Towards a Serious Game to Help Students Learn Computer Programming

Towards a Serious Game to Help Students Learn Computer Programming

Video games are part of our culture like TV, movies, and books. We believe that this kind of software can be used to increase students’ interest in computer science. Video games with other goals than entertainment, serious games, are present, today, in several fields such as education, government, health, defence, industry, civil security, and science. This paper presents a study around a serio...

Classification of Cognitive Difficulties of Students to Learn Computer Programming

Teaching and learning of computer programming is mentioned as one of the grand challenges in Computing Education. A study has been conducted in this regard, to analyze the difficulties of students in programming education. This study analyses the data collected from a group of engineering undergraduates. The respondents have mentioned programming difficulties at various granularities and levels...

Designing a web-based visual programming environment that generates code to help students learn textual programming

Learning programming can be a challenging task for design students, especially when code is to be entered in textual form. Visual programming languages, such as McNeil’s Grasshopper, have helped students to engage in scripting without having to deal with lower level syntax that is often hindering them in expressing their thoughts. However, the problem with learning how to program textually is o...

Relive: a serious game to learn how to save lives.

A recent review has provided evidence in support of new nd alternative methods for CPR training.1 Among these, are he “serious games”, which are applications developed using omputer game technologies more often associated with enterainment, but characterized by a serious purpose. Indeed, during he last decade, many serious games have been developed and sed successfully in the field of health, i...

A Location-Based Serious Game to Learn About the Culture