A holistic framework for the development of an educational game aiming to teach computer programming

7th European Conference on Games Based Learning, ECGBL 2013

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 359-368

  Malliarakis, Christos ^a   Satratzemi, Maya ^a   Xinogalos, Stelios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computer programming; Educational games; Educational programming environments; Holistic framework; Learning process

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING COURSE; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL GAME; EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENTS; HOLISTIC FRAMEWORKS; LEARNING PROCESS; PROGRAMMING KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

COMPUTER GAMES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84893672373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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