Didactic Games for Teaching Information Theory

Authors:
Michal Forišek;Monika Steinová
Affiliations:
Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia;ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Venue:
ISSEP '10 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Informatics in Secondary Schools - Evolution and Perspectives: Teaching Fundamentals Concepts of Informatics
Year:
2009

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Abstract

We developed a set of didactic games and activities that can be used to illustrate and teach various concepts from Information Theory. For each of the games and activities we list the topics it covers, give its rules and related information, describe our practical experiences and give an overview of its scientific background. We also discuss the proper ways to integrate these games into the knowledge acquisition process.