Real world, student selectable data for education - Learning graph algorithms

Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age, CELDA 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 129-136

  Karavirta, Ville ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Algorithm visualization; Elearning; Graph algorithms; Location data; Semantic data

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM VISUALIZATION; DIFFICULT CONCEPTS; END-PRODUCTS; GOOGLE MAPS; GRAPH ALGORITHMS; INTERACTIVE ALGORITHMS; LEARNING GRAPHS; LOCATION DATA; SEMANTIC DATA; STUDENT-CENTERED;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; E-LEARNING; GRAPH THEORY; SEMANTICS; STUDENTS; VISUALIZATION;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84858990974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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