Using gaming devices as a vehicle for teaching computer science

Author

Eikerling, Heinz-Josef ; Uelschen, Michael

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Appl. Sci. Osnabruck, Osnabrück, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

19-20 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

127

Lastpage

132

Abstract

Gaming equipment has become rather mature technology-wise. According hardware devices and software contain a lot of features addressing advanced computer science topics usually being part of academic learning units. In this paper we survey the usage of such devices in these units taking Microsoft´s Kinect as an example. Furthermore, we report on experiences made when featuring the Kinect in learning units of different type at our university. Relationships between the technology of such gaming equipment on one hand and the computer science curricula on the other are drawn and recommendations concerning the definition and execution of respective learning units are given.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer games; computer science education; educational courses; teaching; Microsoft Kinect; academic learning unit; computer science curricula; computer science teaching; computer science topics; gaming devices; gaming equipment; hardware devices; Decision support systems; Erbium; Information management; academic teaching; gaming devices; sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Management in the Knowledge Economy (IMKE), 2013 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chandigarh

Type

conf

Filename

6915086