An Evaluation of Using a Game Development Framework in Higher Education

Author

Wu, Bian ; Wang, Alf Inge ; Strom, J.-E. ; Kvamme, Trond Blomholm

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim

fYear

2009

fDate

17-20 Feb. 2009

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

44

Abstract

This paper describes an application of a game development framework (GDF) - Microsoft XNA in software architecture (SA) course at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and evaluates how well the GDF is to use and integrate in a software engineering (SE) course. The result of the evaluation is based on the questionnaire with 9 types of general questions related to SE learning. In most aspects, the result shows that XNA is a suitable teaching aid in SE learning and can be used to teach SA. It is easy to use and save students time in development, thus let them have more time focusing on the course theory.

Keywords

computer games; computer science education; educational courses; educational institutions; software architecture; Microsoft XNA; Norwegian University of Science and Technology; game development framework; higher education; software architecture course; software engineering course; software engineering learning; Application software; Computer science; Computer science education; Educational technology; Game theory; Information science; Pattern analysis; Software architecture; Software engineering; Testing; Evaluation; Game development framework; Software architecture; Software engineering education; XNA;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering Education and Training, 2009. CSEET '09. 22nd Conference on

Conference_Location

Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

ISSN

1093-0175

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3431-2

Electronic_ISBN

1093-0175

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSEET.2009.9

Filename

4812673