Age of computers: game-based teaching of computer fundamentals

Authors:
Lasse Natvig;Steinar Line
Affiliations:
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, NORWAY;Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, NORWAY
Venue:
Proceedings of the 9th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Year:
2004

Citing 2
Cited 5

Experience from a 450 Students/Year Course on Digital Logic and Computer Fundamentals using FPGAs and µ-Controllers

MSE '01 Proceedings of the 2001 International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education (MSE'01)
Virtual machines as an aid in teaching computer concepts

WCAE '00 Proceedings of the 2000 workshop on Computer architecture education

Implementing the jigsaw model in CS1 closed labs

Proceedings of the 11th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Games, stories, or something more traditional: the types of assignments college students prefer

Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Interactive Video Game Platform for Game-Based Learning

ICWL '08 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Advances in Web Based Learning
Digital Game-Based Learning in high school Computer Science education: Impact on educational effectiveness and student motivation

Computers & Education
Serious games in tertiary education: A case study concerning the comprehension of basic concepts in computer language implementation courses

Computers in Human Behavior

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

Age of Computers (AoC) is a new approach to the learning activities that supplements the auditorium lectures in a computer fundamentals course with 250 students. It is a computer game that presents the students a diverse set of problems from the course topics linked to computer history. It is implemented as set of dynamic web pages retrieved from a database. A prototype was used in 2003, and the feedback is positive and a strong motivation for continuing the project. The paper describes AoC, its use and implementation.