Accepted by_ Educational Fusion: A Distributed Visual Environment for Teaching Algorithms

Educational Fusion is a Web based learning environment for teaching algorithmic concepts. Teachers and Students access Fusion from any computer with a JavaTM enable browser. Once logged in to the system, teachers and students alike are presented with a Concept Graph: a collection of modules, each representing an algorithm, that are interconnected to express a collective algorithmic concept. Students are challenged to complete the Concept Graph by implementing a chosen set of the modules. Each module provides a simulation environment that depicts the given algorithm, allowing students to visually test their implementations. Teachers use the same tools to monitor and evaluate the student's efforts. An extensive collaboration system allows for continuous communication between the educators and pupils, sharing of results, and automation of teacher feedback. The goal of Educational Fusion is to aid teachers, students, and lesson developers in the educational process of teaching algorithms. Through Fusion's online collaborative environment, teachers and students become more accessible to each other. A server sid