BlockXR: A Novel Tangible Block-Based Programming Platform

Siqueira, Alexandre Gomes de; Feijóo-García, Pedro Guillermo; Stanley, Sean P.

doi:10.1109/vl/hcc51201.2021.9576344

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“…Cada desarrollo por lo general diseña sus propios modelos y causa confusión (Schez-Sobrino et al, 2021). (De Siqueira et al, 2021) Manejo de bloques En este estudio se utilizan bloques físicos magnéticos para crear un programa. Algunos estudiantes indicaron dificultad de manejar los bloques en problemas complejos.…”

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Revisión sistemática de los entornos digitales inmersivos tridimensionales en la enseñanza de la programación

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2023

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Currently, three-dimensional immersive digital environments (TIDE) have been applied to the educational field, being Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Virtual Worlds the most representative technologies. Currently in the literature there are systematic reviews that address each technology separately, making evident the need for a study covering all technologies and more specifically applied to the teaching and learning of computer programming. In the present study, 64 research studies related to the teaching of computer programming at different educational levels were analyzed. Among the main results, 57 studies developed their own tool or application, which shows the little or no practical usefulness of the developments since they are only used for experiments. In addition, most of the works present the benefits of their tools and only 12 studies mention a problem when using the TIDE in the teaching of programming. Finally, the use of TIDE is highlighted mainly for teaching the topic of control structures in programming. This topic is essential since it allows students to modify the execution flow of program instructions. En la actualidad los entornos digitales inmersivos tridimensionales (EDIT) se han aplicado al ámbito educativo, siendo la Realidad Aumentada, Realidad Virtual y los Mundos Virtuales las tecnologías más representativas. Actualmente en la literatura existen revisiones sistemáticas que abordan cada tecnología por separado, haciendo evidente la necesidad de un estudio que abarque todas las tecnologías y más puntualmente que se aplique a la enseñanza aprendizaje de la programación de computadoras. En el presente estudio se analizaron 64 investigaciones que están relacionadas a la enseñanza de algún tema sobre la programación de computadoras en diversos niveles educativos. Entre los principales resultados se destaca que 57 estudios desarrollaron su propia herramienta o aplicación, lo cual pone de manifiesto la poca o nula utilidad práctica de los desarrollos puesto que solamente se utilizan para sus experimentos. Además, la mayoría de los trabajos presentan las bondades de sus herramientas y solamente 12 estudios mencionan algún problema al utilizar los EDIT en la enseñanza de la programación. Finalmente, se destaca el uso de los EDIT principalmente para la enseñanza del tema de estructuras de control en programación. Este tema es primordial ya que permite a los estudiantes modificar el flujo de ejecución de las instrucciones de un programa.

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Revisión sistemática de los entornos digitales inmersivos tridimensionales en la enseñanza de la programación

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“…The apparatus employed by fableBlocks is similar to that of BlockXR [14]. It includes an Akaso DLP pocket-sized projector and a 3 megapixel okiocam-s camera [4] to implement a tabletop display (14 by 8.5 inches projected area).…”

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“…With fableBlocks, we invoke the power of storytelling by embedding a spy-inspired tale into the educational programming puzzles of the BlockXR platform [14]. The threeact story is called "The DISK Chronicles: Intro to Field Operations."…”

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“…USER STUDY 1) Methodology and Procedure: We conducted an Internal Review Board approved between-subjects study to compare fableBlocks and Google Blockly regarding programming anxiety. We also conducted usability and user-experience evaluations comparing Google Blockly, fableBlocks, and BlockXR [14]. Participants went through three phases: pre-assessment, interaction, and post-assessment.…”

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“…To develop fableBlocks, we modified BlockXR [14] -an existing tangible block-based programming (BBP) platformadding storytelling features toward mitigating programming anxiety in college students. fableBlocks leverages BBP environments' ability to facilitate the formation of users' mental model of programming, tangible user interfaces' ability to elicit playfulness and aid learning [20] and combines these with storytelling, which is an exceptional tool for engaging students in computationally rich problem-solving [26].…”

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fableBlocks: Toward Mitigating Programming Anxiety with Storytelling-based Tangible Block Programming Environments

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Feijóo-García

Carnell

et al. 2022

2022 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC)

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Learning how to program is perceived by many college students as difficult. Factors that influence novices' success in computer programming learning include the student's mental model of programming, computer playfulness during training, and programming anxiety. Programming anxiety (PA) is a psychological state engendered when a student experiences or expects to lose self-esteem in confronting a programming task. Students' achievements have been seen to be negatively affected by programming anxiety. Others have investigated storytelling and tangible block programming to facilitate learning programming skills, but such efforts did not focus on analyzing their effects on users' anxiety toward programming. In this work, we present fableBlocks, a tangible block-based programming (BBP) environment that relies on storytelling to mitigate programming anxiety. We adapted an existing BBP environment to incorporate storytelling. In a comparative pilot study, fableBlocks outdid a conventional GUI-based environment in usability and userexperience scores. Although not statistically significant, participants demonstrated lower levels of PA with fableBlocks.

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Moving Away from the Blocks: Evaluating the Usability of EduBlocks for Supporting Children to Transition from Block-Based Programming

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Lochrie,

Zubair

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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BlockXR: A Novel Tangible Block-Based Programming Platform

Cited by 4 publications

References 16 publications

Revisión sistemática de los entornos digitales inmersivos tridimensionales en la enseñanza de la programación

Revisión sistemática de los entornos digitales inmersivos tridimensionales en la enseñanza de la programación

fableBlocks: Toward Mitigating Programming Anxiety with Storytelling-based Tangible Block Programming Environments

Moving Away from the Blocks: Evaluating the Usability of EduBlocks for Supporting Children to Transition from Block-Based Programming

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