Add to ORKGVideo games have a history of being exploited for education. However, all too fre-quently, the resulting educational video game is either transparent in its hijacking of video game media, or the educational content is not intelligently placed within the context of the game. In this paper we analyze existing educational video games and observe popular commercial video game mechanics to form a more player oriented development mindset. Our approach involves mingling game mechanics that are not commonly used together to create a genre hybrid educational video game with a seamlessly integrated introductory programming curriculum. We use a machine architecture visualization tool to allow the player to write and execute simple pro-grams. This lead...
This paper describes our experiences developing and piloting a course in educational games. We discu...
Teaching elementary programming is a difficult and often frustrating process. Many students fail to ...
Besides the ability of making learning more interesting, educators and researchers have been explori...
Video games have a history of being exploited for education. However, all too fre- quently, the resu...
Computer and video games are a channel of evolution and productivity that is most consumed keeping t...
Video games are one of the topics that have received more attention from educators, since these are ...
There is a common belief that educational video games designed to deliver conceptual and applied kno...
As programming educators we need to find ways to engage our students. The students we see today have...
Lowering the barrier between education and real entertainment is an important challenge in order to ...
Researchers have argued that an effort should be made to raise teachers' and parents' awareness of t...
Many scholars, talking about both educational games and general educational practice, argue that pri...
Game-based learning has dominantly embedded itself into a tool of education in the 21st century. In ...
The emerging trend of teaching computer programming to more and younger people has led to the develo...
Games have been shown to be capable tools in teaching. Additionally, programming can be a hard skill...
In order to view this article, you must first create an account at ���Innovate���. You will then ha...
This paper describes our experiences developing and piloting a course in educational games. We discu...
Teaching elementary programming is a difficult and often frustrating process. Many students fail to ...
Besides the ability of making learning more interesting, educators and researchers have been explori...
Video games have a history of being exploited for education. However, all too fre- quently, the resu...
Computer and video games are a channel of evolution and productivity that is most consumed keeping t...
Video games are one of the topics that have received more attention from educators, since these are ...
There is a common belief that educational video games designed to deliver conceptual and applied kno...
As programming educators we need to find ways to engage our students. The students we see today have...
Lowering the barrier between education and real entertainment is an important challenge in order to ...
Researchers have argued that an effort should be made to raise teachers' and parents' awareness of t...
Many scholars, talking about both educational games and general educational practice, argue that pri...
Game-based learning has dominantly embedded itself into a tool of education in the 21st century. In ...
The emerging trend of teaching computer programming to more and younger people has led to the develo...
Games have been shown to be capable tools in teaching. Additionally, programming can be a hard skill...
In order to view this article, you must first create an account at ���Innovate���. You will then ha...
This paper describes our experiences developing and piloting a course in educational games. We discu...
Teaching elementary programming is a difficult and often frustrating process. Many students fail to ...
Besides the ability of making learning more interesting, educators and researchers have been explori...