AlgoPath's New Interface Helps You Find Your Way Through Common Algorithmic Mistakes

Estelle Perrin (1, 2) , Sébastien Linck (2)

1 CRESTIC - Centre de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication - EA 3804
2 URCA - Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne

This paper presents the new interface of our serious game AlgoPath and its related interactions. AlgoPath helps students learn algorithmic. The virtual world represented in AlgoPath is all linked to the business of road construction and people running along these roads: objects students interact with are 3D figures, houses (huts and suburban houses), boxes, a crane, a concrete mixer and a bus station. This paper shows that AlgoPath helps students avoid common mistakes they can make while learning algorithmic. The entire interface is dedicated to help them conceptualize and understand the rules of algorithmic and programming. Whenever it is possible, AlgoPath reminds students of these rules and corrects the mistakes.

Mots clés: 3D-based training education algorithmic ludic teaching; 3D-based training; education; algorithmic; ludic teaching

Domaines: Informatique [cs]; Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Estelle Perrin, Sébastien Linck. AlgoPath's New Interface Helps You Find Your Way Through Common Algorithmic Mistakes. The Sixth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions, IARIA, Feb 2013, Nice, France. ⟨hal-04487969⟩