Game-Themed CS1/2: Empowering the Faculty

该项目为教师开发材料、培训和支持结构，用于将游戏主题的内容整合到他们的计算机编程入门课程中，同时对现有课程的影响最小。通过教程和研讨会，教师有权利用以游戏为主题的计算机科学教育来吸引、吸引和留住学生的入门编程课程。一个独立于编程语言的游戏主题库正在根据之前特定于平台的结果进行定义。然后基于Java和c#实现该库。许多引人入胜的演示示例、作业和教程正在设计中，然后用Java和c#实现。使用新作业和教程的有效性评估为改进这些材料提供了形成性的输入。正在开发的四个教学模块中的每一个都抽象并隐藏了计算机图形和游戏的细节，因此教师和学生都不需要在这些领域有任何以前的背景。此外，这些模块是自包含的，范围有限，因此教师可以选择一个子集集成到现有的课程中。这项工作既以学生为中心，也以教师为中心，因为它旨在满足两者的需求。卡斯卡迪亚社区学院和北西雅图社区学院的教职员工，以及威拉米特大学、常青州立大学、约翰霍普金斯大学和华盛顿大学博塞尔分校的教职员工，都参与了对这些材料的易用性和有效性的测试。

This project develops materials, training, and support structures for faculty to use in integrating game-themed content into their introductory computer programming courses with minimal impact on their existing curriculum. Through tutorials and workshops, faculty members are empowered to take advantage of game-themed Computer Science education to attract, engage, and retain students in introductory programming courses. A programming language-independent game-themed library is being defined based on previous platform-specific results. The library is then implemented based on Java and C#. A number of engaging demonstration examples, assignments, and tutorials are being designed and then implemented in Java and C#. Assessment of the effectiveness of using the new assignments and tutorials provides formative input in refining these materials. Each of the four teaching modules being developed abstracts and hides the details of computer graphics and games so that neither faculty nor students need any previous background in these areas. Additionally, the modules are self-contained and limited in scope so that faculty can pick and choose a subset to integrate into existing classes. The work is both student- and faculty-centric because it is designed to address the needs of both. Faculty at Cascadia Community College and North Seattle Community College, along with faculty at Willamette University, Evergreen State University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Washington Bothell are involved in testing the ease of use and efficacy of the materials.