• DocumentCode
    2166166
  • Title

    A game concept using conflictive animations for learning programming

  • Author

    Moreno, Alexander ; Sutinen, Erkki ; Islas Sedano, Carolina

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Comput., Univ. of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    23-25 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    175
  • Lastpage
    178
  • Abstract
    Learning programming with animations is not considered fun and does not engage all students in using them. On the other hand, games have potential to attract all cohorts of students and to make them learn, apparently effortless, while they are immersed in playing. Conflictive animations are those purposely created to have an error in them. To combine conflictive animations and games a list of heuristics is applied to an existing program animation tool to create the concept of an innovative educational game. The result combines the creation of conflictive animations by the students and the resolution of the conflicts by their peers on an online platform.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; computer animation; computer games; conflictive animations; game concept; innovative educational game; learning programming; online platform; program animation tool; Animation; Education; Games; Java; Programming profession; Visualization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Games Innovation Conference (IGIC), 2013 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Vancouver, BC
  • ISSN
    2166-6741
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-1244-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGIC.2013.6659161
  • Filename
    6659161