Games, robots, and robot games: Complementary contexts for introductory computing education

Proceedings - 3rd International Conference on Game Development in Computer Science Education, GDCSE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 66-70

  Xu, Dianna ^a   Blank, Douglas ^a   Kumar, Deepak ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Game development; Robot; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING EDUCATION; GAME DEVELOPMENT; GAMES TO TEACH; INTRODUCTORY COMPUTING COURSE; INTRODUCTORY COURSE; UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION COMPUTING; GAME THEORY; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SCHOOL BUILDINGS;

TEACHING;

EID: 53749087210     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1463673.1463687     Document Type: Conference Paper

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