Güleç, Ulaş ORCID: 0000-0002-6084-3590, Yilmaz, Murat ORCID: 0000-0002-2446-3224, Yalcin, Alihan Dogus, O'Connor, Rory ORCID: 0000-0001-9253-0313 and Clarke, Paul ORCID: 0000-0002-4487-627X (2019) CENGO: a web-based serious game to increase the programming knowledge levels of computer engineering students. In: 26th European and Asian Conference on Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement (EuroSPI 2019), 18-20 Sept 2019, Edinburgh, Scotland. ISBN 978-3-030-28004-8
Abstract
In recent years, games are used to increase the level of knowledge and experience of individuals working in different domains. Especially in the education field, there are several different serious games
to teach the subjects of the lectures or other educational materials to
students in an enjoyable way. Hence, this study proposes a quantitative
research approach to increase the programming knowledge levels of the
first-year undergraduate students at computer engineering departments.
For this aim, a responsive web platform was developed to teach the syntax and logic of C programming language by using some game elements.
Therefore, the students have a chance to repeat the topics related to C
programming language continuously since the platform is always accessible. To figure out the efficiency of the designed environment, 10 first-year
computer engineering students were selected. According to the results obtained from the user tests, this game can be used as an educational tool,
which supports the traditional training methods, to increase the knowledge levels of students about the syntax and logic of C programming
language.
Metadata
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Event Type: | Conference |
Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Serious games; continuous education; personal improvement |
Subjects: | Computer Science > Computer engineering |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Computing Research Initiatives and Centres > Lero: The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre |
Published in: | Walker, Alastair, O'Connor, Rory and Messnarz, Richard, (eds.) Proceedings of the 26th European and Asian Conference on Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement (EuroSPI 2019). Communications in Computer and Information Science 1060. Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-28004-8 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28005-5_18 |
Copyright Information: | © 2019 Springer |
Use License: | This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License |
ID Code: | 23884 |
Deposited On: | 22 Oct 2019 13:55 by Thomas Murtagh . Last Modified 26 Apr 2022 14:52 |
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