Title :
An environment for teaching object-oriented programming: objectKarel
Author :
Satratzemi, Maya ; Xinogalos, Stelios ; Dagdilelis, Vassilios
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Informatics, Univ. of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract :
We propose a new integrated programming environment, objectKarel, for teaching the object-oriented programming paradigm. Its main features are: a series of e-lessons, a special kind of structure editor, runtime error detection, program animation and recordability of students´ actions. Finally, we describe the results of a pilot use of objectKarel to teach object-oriented programming to undergraduate students.
Keywords :
computer animation; computer science education; object-oriented programming; program visualisation; programming environments; teaching; e-lesson; object oriented programming teaching; objectKarel; program animation; programming environment; runtime error detection; structure editor; undergraduate students; Animation; Education; Educational robots; Informatics; Object oriented programming; Programming environments; Programming profession; Runtime; Visualization; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2003. Proceedings. The 3rd IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1967-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2003.1215114
