NDLI: Engaging games with the computer science underlying concepts

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Capay, M.
Copyright Year	2015
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Inf., Constantine the Philosopher Univ. in Nitra, Nitra, Slovakia (Capay, M.)
Abstract	Computer Science Unplugged is a collection of free learning activities that teach Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around. This paper concerns the use of games and relatively simple materials to educate young students about computer science fundamentals. It is devoted to the visualization of abstract concepts of the main principles of the computer science through experiential teaching. The activities introduce students to underlying concepts from the distractions and technical details we usually see with computers. We prepare an introduction of how the data are going through the monitor, computer and converter to the Internet. We assume that we need to secure, efficiently organize, search and sort data. The main purpose of this study is to describe a set of learning activities that were found suitable for non-formal learning environments, result of the project granted by national project KomPrax (Competencies for Practice). The main goal was to motivate students actively create a self-knowledge and prepare the informal activities for teaching computer science. The realization of project showed us experiential teaching is an issue that could change the view on the not very popular parts of computer science. All used learning activities could be implemented within the environment of formal institutions such as secondary schools. The quality of suggested learning activities from the methodical point of view is discussed.
Starting Page	975
Ending Page	979
File Size	461556
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
e-ISBN	9781479987078
DOI	10.1109/ICL.2015.7318160
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2015-09-20
Publisher Place	Italy
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Computer science Computers Computer science unplugged Engaged games Education Games Visualisation Collaborative work Encoding Informatics Constructivism
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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