An Approach to Effortless Construction of Program Animations
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| Title: | An Approach to Effortless Construction of Program Animations |
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| 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: | |
| 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. |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Entry Date: | 2007 |
| Accession Number: | EJ777408 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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