Augmented Reality for Teaching Data Structures in Computer Science

Narman, Husnu S.; Berry, Cameron; Canfield, Alex; Carpenter, Logan; Giese, Jeremy; Loftus, Neil; Schrader, Isabella

doi:10.1109/ghtc46280.2020.9342932

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“…An important advantage of using augmented reality is the motivation it exerts on the student, generating a high level of satisfaction and enjoyment [30,56,72]. Although positive results are not always obtained [17], the characteristics and the ability of augmented reality to visualize information activate the level of attention of the student [46], motivating him/her in the learning task and generating a feeling of interest and participation [12,25,29,30].…”

Section: Programming Learning With Augmented Realitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some augmented reality platforms make it easy to learn programming in introductory courses. In some cases focused on textual programming languages learning [72] or basic data structures learning [56]. But in any case, they do not reach the degree of sophistication necessary to support the learning of optimization algorithms, such as step-by-step interactive control of algorithm or coordination mechanisms between multiple views.…”

Section: Using Algorithm Animations With Augmented Realitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Augmented reality with algorithm animation and their effect on students’ emotions

Velasco

Velázquez‐Iturbide

Gómez‐Rios

2022

Multimed Tools Appl

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Algorithm animations are a resource that assists in learning algorithms by visually displaying the behavior of an algorithm at a higher level of abstraction than source code. On the other hand, augmented reality is a technology that allows extending visible reality in a mobile device, which can result in greater emotional well-being for the student. However, it is not clear how to integrate algorithm animations with augmented reality. The article makes two contributions to this concern. On the one hand, we describe an architecture that allows generating interactive algorithm animations, integrating them appropriately in the context of immersive augmented reality. This way the user can watch the source code of the algorithm, augmented with textual explanations, visualizations and animations of its behavior. We illustrate the use of the architecture by instantiating it to the well-known Dijkstra’s algorithm, resulting in an augmented reality tool that generates text, 2D and 3D visualizations. On the other hand, the influence of the tool on the user’s emotions has been studied by conducting an experience with face-to-face and online students. The results show that, with the joint use of augmented reality and visualizations, the students: experienced significantly more positive than negative emotions, experienced more agitation and stimulation than inactivity or calm, enjoyed as much as they expected, and their feeling of boredom decreased during the experience. However, students felt anxiety from the beginning and it increased with the use of augmented reality. The study also found that the face-to-face or online learning model influences emotions and learning outcomes with augmented reality.

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Section: Programming Learning With Augmented Realitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Using Algorithm Animations With Augmented Realitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Augmented reality with algorithm animation and their effect on students’ emotions

Velasco

Velázquez‐Iturbide

Gómez‐Rios

2022

Multimed Tools Appl

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“…Another author (Agrahari and Chimalakonda 2020) proposes an Augmented Reality-based software application to teach data structures with the help of abstract syntax trees. Using Unity with Vuforia to show concepts of data structures, Narman and colleagues developed an AR application that visualizes some operations in Array list, Linked list, and Stack (Narman et al 2020). The author creates a learning environment for students based on AR.…”

Section: Thinking About Data-structuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ar-Based Learning Resource: A Different Way to Learn Data-Structures

2023

Proceedings of the International Conferences on E-Society 2023 and Mobile Learning 2023

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Considering the difficulties in the teaching/learning process of computer programming, the development of skills related to Computational Thinking (CT) to prepare people to better solve problems stands out. Augmented Reality (AR) allows for the insertion and interaction with virtual information in the real world. AR is becoming ordinary to humanity, including the design of new teaching/learning strategies that enable the creation of metaphors with virtual information. In this way, it can be said that AR provides a framework for the creation of analogies of complex concepts facilitating their comprehension. This article describes an interactive way of understanding computer instructions (a program) to manipulate data structures (lists, stacks, and queues). The objective of this study is to use Augmented Reality to visualize high-level program statements through a mobile animation system. User instructions are animated in real-time creating virtual 3D representations to help understand operations that handle abstract data-structures used in classic programming. This approach contributes substantially to the construction of educational resources aimed at supporting novice programmers that face critical difficulties to learn adequately Computer Programming. The work described here shows that with effective AR-based Learning Resources, it is possible to train skills such as analyzing, representing information, planning strategies, and systematizing resolution schemes, that are crucial to solve problems.

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“…Occasionally, found some research focusing on more than one application type. For example, [28]used both web and mobile apps to teach data science with data visualization using AR. 48.78% of the reviewed articles use mobile applications, followed by 17.03% Microsoft HoloLens (As shown in Fig 3).…”

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Data Visualization Using Augmented Reality for Education: A Systematic Review

Ekanayake

Gayanika²

2022

2022 7th International Conference on Business and Industrial Research (ICBIR)

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Current education systems use data visualization to present the data in a more comprehensible format. Augmented data visualization is an extended version to present the data in a 2D or 3D form in our field of vision. This study conducted a systematic literature review to identify the current state of the art research in augmented reality and potential future research. Research paid especial attention towards the effective use of augmented reality for data visualization to offer a better pedagogical experience. A total of 39 studies have been filtered between 2017 to 2021 from two recognized databases, IEEE Xplore and ScienceDirect. Three research questions are designed for further analysis. Finally, the paper concludes with a future projection and uncovers research gaps that need to be addressed.

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Augmented Reality for Teaching Data Structures in Computer Science

Cited by 14 publications

References 16 publications

Augmented reality with algorithm animation and their effect on students’ emotions

Augmented reality with algorithm animation and their effect on students’ emotions

Ar-Based Learning Resource: A Different Way to Learn Data-Structures

Data Visualization Using Augmented Reality for Education: A Systematic Review

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