The Use of Video-Gaming Devices as a Motivation for Learning Embedded Systems Programming

Author

Gonzalez, Jose ; Pomares, P. ; Damas, M. ; Garcia-Sanchez, Pedro ; Rodriguez-Alvarez, M. ; Palomares, J.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Archit. & Comput. Technol., Univ. of Granada, Granada, Spain

Volume

56

Issue

2

fYear

2013

fDate

May-13

Firstpage

199

Lastpage

207

Abstract

As embedded systems are becoming prevalent in everyday life, many universities are incorporating embedded systems-related courses in their undergraduate curricula. However, it is not easy to motivate students in such courses since they conceive of embedded systems as bizarre computing elements, different from the personal computers with which they are familiar. This problem has been overcome at the University of Granada, Spain, by taking advantage of the connection many students have with video games.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer games; computer science education; educational courses; embedded systems; further education; microcomputers; Spain; University of Granada; computing elements; embedded system programming; embedded system-related courses; personal computers; undergraduate curricula; video gaming devices; Educational institutions; Embedded software; Embedded systems; Games; Open source software; Program processors; Programming; Embedded systems teaching; firmware development; mobile and personal devices; open-source development tools; student motivation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Education, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9359

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TE.2012.2208194

Filename

6248186