Increasing collaborative communications in a programming course with gamification: A case study

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 883, Issue , 2014, Pages 370-377

  Knutas, Antti ^a   Ikonen, Jouni ^a   Nikula, Uolevi ^a   Porras, Jari ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computer supported collaborative learning; CS1; CSCL; Gamification; Programming education; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

GAMIFICATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); STUDENTS;

COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATIONS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; CSCL; INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS; PROGRAMMING COURSE; PROGRAMMING EDUCATION; STUDENT COLLABORATION;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84908680929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2659532.2659620     Document Type: Conference Paper

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