Paper Info
Title
Variations on a theme: role of media in motivating computing education
Abstract
The SIGCSE community has been exploring the role of multimedia to enhance computing education since the earliest algorithm visualization systems and studies [1]. Media Computation is a shift in focus [2]. Where algorithm visualization presents information to the student to facilitate their understanding, media computation is about having students manipulate media as the data for their programming, i.e., as the focus of the course activities. Students in media computation produce new images, sounds, and video. We aim to show that computer science is about more than numbers and strings. Computer science is also about creative expression. The original media computation work focused on using media to motivate non-computing majors [2]. The role of media in motivating student learning for computing education has broadened. Inventive teachers are using media computation for lots of different kinds of students, at different kinds of institutions, with a range of languages and toolkits. This special session is a mixture of "Five Minute Madness," science fair, and art gallery. Each participant will present how he or she is using media to motivate student learning, and some student work will be available for audience inspection
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1145/1734263.1734287
SIGCSE
Keywords
Field
DocType
minute madness,algorithm visualization system,original media,algorithm visualization,student learning,media computation,student work,different kind,computing education,computer science,science fair,motivation,multimedia
Computer science,Art gallery,Human–computer interaction,Algorithm visualization,Multimedia,Student learning,Computation
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.79
3
Authors
9
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mark Guzdial12274354.35
David Ranum2202.01
Brad Miller329965.09
Beth Simon41245127.72
Barbara J. Ericson519924.10
Samuel A. Rebelsky64716.29
Janet Davis730135.01
Deepak Kumar817727.52
Douglas S. Blank99914.69