I-Corps: CodeSpells: Game-Based Education in American Schools

研究人员开发了一款沉浸式3D视频游戏来教授编程，用户必须使用Java编程语言来完成关卡。到目前为止，这个项目已经从多个方面扩展了教育技术的边界：1)它不是一个基于讲座的系统，而是一个具有引人入胜的情节、角色和背景的数字游戏；2)包含竞争性多人模式；3)该技术也是一个全方位的学习平台，包括交互式教科书，游戏内置集成开发环境（IDE），自动化IDE支持，实时聊天支持，以及逐步介绍复杂编程概念的故事情节。该项目将为大量中学生和高中生提供可扩展的计算机科学教育。这个项目将推动教育研究的进步，因为它探索了在地区和国家范围内提供引人入胜的基于游戏的教育意味着什么。众所周知，在K-12阶段招聘合格的计算机科学教师是一项挑战，而这个项目可以在不增加教学成本的情况下，将高度吸引人的计算机科学教育带到课堂上。

Researchers have developed an immersive 3D video game to teach programming, where users have to use Java programming language to complete levels. This project to date has expanded the boundaries of educational technology in multiple ways: 1) rather than being a lecture-based system, it is a digital game with an engaging plot, characters, and setting; 2) it includes a competitive multiplayer mode; yet 3) the technology is also a full-spectrum learning platform that includes an interactive textbook, an in-game integrated development environment (IDE), automated IDE support, live chat support, and a storyline that progressively introduces complex programming concepts.This project would enable providing scalable computer science education to a large number of middle and high school students. Advances in educational research would be made through this project as it explores what it means to provide engaging game-based education on regional and national scales. There is a known challenge in hiring qualified computer science teachers at the K-12 level, and this project could help bring highly engaging computer science education to the classroom without having to increase instructional costs.