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Title: An Approach to Effortless Construction of Program Animations
Language: English
Authors: Velazquez-Iturbide, J. Angel, Pareja-Flores, Cristobal, Urquiza-Fuentes, Jaime
Source: Computers & Education. Jan 2008 50(1):179-192.
Availability: Elsevier. 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, FL 32887-4800. Tel: 877-839-7126; Tel: 407-345-4020; Fax: 407-363-1354; e-mail: usjcs@elsevier.com; Web site: http://www.elsevier.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Physical Description: PDF
Page Count: 14
Publication Date: 2008
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Higher Education, Animation, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation, Teacher Developed Materials, Material Development, Multimedia Materials, College Instruction, Educational Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2006.04.005
ISSN: 0360-1315
Abstract: Program animation systems have not been as widely adopted by computer science educators as we might expect from the firm belief that they can help in enhancing computer science education. One of the most notable obstacles to their adoption is the considerable effort that the production of program animations represents for the instructor. We present here an approach to reduce such a workload based on the automatic generation of visualizations and animations. The user may customize them in a user-friendly way to construct more expressive program animations. These operations are carried out by means of a user-friendly manipulation based on the metaphor of office documents. We have applied this approach to the functional paradigm by extending the WinHIPE programming environment. Finally, we report on the successful results of an evaluation performed to measure its ease of use.
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