Experiences in using animations in introductory computer science lectures

Authors:
Guido Rößling;Bernd Freisleben
Affiliations:
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Siegen, Hölderlinstr. 3, D-57068 Siegen, Germany;Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Siegen, Hölderlinstr. 3, D-57068 Siegen, Germany
Venue:
Proceedings of the thirty-first SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
2000

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Abstract

Algorithm animation has received much interest over the last few years. In this paper, we discuss the experiences gained in integrating animations into introductory computer science courses with large audiences of more than 200 students. After providing a short introduction to the animation tool we developed, we describe why and how we used animations in our lectures and present some example animations.