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编程语言完成关卡。该项目迄今已扩大了教育技术的边界在多个方面：1）而不是作为一个讲座为基础的系统，它是一个数字游戏与引人入胜的情节，人物和设置; 2）它包括一个竞争性的多人模式;然而3）该技术也是一个全方位的学习平台，包括交互式教科书，游戏中的集成开发环境（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。该项目将为大量初中和高中学生提供可扩展的计算机科学教育。通过这个项目，教育研究将取得进展，因为它探讨了在区域和国家范围内提供基于游戏的教育意味着什么。在K-12级别雇佣合格的计算机科学教师是一个已知的挑战，这个项目可以帮助将高度吸引人的计算机科学教育带到课堂，而不必增加教学成本。

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.