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RoboTIC: A serious game based on augmented reality for learning programming

Authors:

Santiago Schez-Sobrino,

Carlos Glez-Morcillo,

Miguel Á. Redondo,

José Jesús Castro-SchezAuthors Info & Claims

Multimedia Tools and Applications, Volume 79, Issue 45-46

Pages 34079 - 34099

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-020-09202-z

Published: 01 December 2020 Publication History

Abstract

Coding skills are becoming more and more important in today’s world, especially within the context of the fourth industrial revolution. They also help practice other 21 century skills such as computational thinking, problem solving and teamwork. Unfortunately, learning how to program is tough and can be also frustrating for beginner students. In this work we introduce RoboTIC, a serious game based on gamification and Augmented Reality that facilitates the learning of programming to students in lower levels of the education system by using a novel set of visual metaphors derived from a notation of roads and traffic signs. The architecture that supports RoboTIC has been designed to allow the integration of multimedia components when new programming concepts and techniques must be addressed and to add game levels that enable students to learn incrementally. Experiments have been conducted in a youth center with children who do not have coding skills at all to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposal. The results show promising conclusions in terms of children’s motivation and interest in programming.

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Multimedia Tools and Applications Volume 79, Issue 45-46

Dec 2020

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Published: 01 December 2020

Accepted: 08 June 2020

Revision received: 26 May 2020

Received: 03 September 2019

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El Hassan ANabou AJaouar MEz-Zarzouri HQazdar IBelfarji K(2024)Toward a Gamified Approach Based on Augmented Resources in EducationProceedings of the 7th International Conference on Networking, Intelligent Systems and Security10.1145/3659677.3659826(1-7)Online publication date: 18-Apr-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3659677.3659826
Sakr AAbdullah T(2024)Virtual, augmented reality and learning analytics impact on learners, and educators: A systematic reviewEducation and Information Technologies10.1007/s10639-024-12602-529:15(19913-19962)Online publication date: 1-Oct-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s10639-024-12602-5
Stefanidi EKorozi MLeonidis AArampatzis DAntona MPapagiannakis GRoussou MShahid SFails JLandoni M(2021)When Children Program Intelligent Environments: Lessons Learned from a Serious AR GameProceedings of the 20th Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference10.1145/3459990.3462463(375-386)Online publication date: 24-Jun-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3459990.3462463

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