• DocumentCode
    704863
  • Title

    Flow Paths: A standalone tangible board system to create educational games

  • Author

    Barredo, Alejandro ; Garaizar, Pablo

  • Author_Institution
    DeustoTech Learning, Univ. of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    18-20 March 2015
  • Firstpage
    301
  • Lastpage
    304
  • Abstract
    Educational mobile apps are ubiquitous these days. Despite of their huge commercial success, parents and children realized that physical objects manipulation requires a different set of skills, often developed using traditional toys. A century ago, Montessori proposed a methodology that emphasizes the use of physical materials to facilitate self-learning of abstract concepts. Self-correcting Montessori´s materials allow learners to improve autonomously in a structured environment. In the same vein, Flow Paths provides a standalone tangible board system to create educational games.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; computer games; mobile computing; Flow Paths; abstract concept; educational game; educational mobile apps; self-learning; standalone tangible board system; Games; Logic gates; Microcontrollers; Multiplexing; Radiofrequency identification; Registers; User interfaces; education; educational programs; educational technology; games; tangible user interface;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2015 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Tallinn
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7095987
  • Filename
    7095987