Khan Academy gamifies computer science

SIGCSE 2014 - Proceedings of the 45th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 39-44

  Morrison, Briana B ^a   DiSalvo, Betsy ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamification; Khan Academy; Motivation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTERS;

GAMIFICATION; KHAN ACADEMY; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; LEARNING PLATFORM;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 84899755268     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2538862.2538946     Document Type: Conference Paper

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