VR‐OCKS: A virtual reality game for learning the basic concepts of programming

Segura, Rafael J.; Pino, Francisco J. del; Ogáyar, Carlos J.; Rueda, Antonio J.

doi:10.1002/cae.22172

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“…Segura et al [59] This study designed a VR application (VR-OCKS) to teach basic programming concepts such as flow statements and conditional selections.…”

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Application of Virtual Reality in Computer Science Education: A Systemic Review Based on Bibliometric and Content Analysis Methods

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This study investigated the role of virtual reality (VR) in computer science (CS) education over the last 10 years by conducting a bibliometric and content analysis of articles related to the use of VR in CS education. A total of 971 articles published in peer-reviewed journals and conferences were collected from Web of Science and Scopus databases to conduct the bibliometric analysis. Furthermore, content analysis was conducted on 39 articles that met the inclusion criteria. This study demonstrates that VR research for CS education was faring well around 2011 but witnessed low production output between the years 2013 and 2016. However, scholars have increased their contribution in this field recently, starting from the year 2017. This study also revealed prolific scholars contributing to the field. It provides insightful information regarding research hotspots in VR that have emerged recently, which can be further explored to enhance CS education. In addition, the quantitative method remains the most preferred research method, while the questionnaire was the most used data collection technique. Moreover, descriptive analysis was primarily used in studies on VR in CS education. The study concludes that even though scholars are leveraging VR to advance CS education, more effort needs to be made by stakeholders across countries and institutions. In addition, a more rigorous methodological approach needs to be employed in future studies to provide more evidence-based research output. Our future study would investigate the pedagogy, content, and context of studies on VR in CS education.

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“…Segura et al [59] This study designed a VR application (VR-OCKS) to teach basic programming concepts such as flow statements and conditional selections.…”

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“…The authors claim that students of age nine to thirteen who tried the game have provided positive feedback in terms of engagement and learning effectiveness. Segura et al [90] developed a VR game called "VR-OCKS" that requires students to use code functions represented with blocks in the game to complete puzzles. To test the effectiveness of the system, twenty participants that have played VR-OCKS and another twenty participants who didn't play the game were recruited.…”

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Gender Diversity in Computing and Immersive Games for Computer Programming Education: A Review

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Yap²

2021

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This paper provides a review of the current state of the gender gap in computer science and highlights how immersive games can mitigate this issue. Game-based learning (GBL) applications have been shown to successfully incite motivation in students and increase learning efficiency in both formal and non-formal educational settings. With the rise of GBL, researchers have also used virtual reality to provide pupils with a more immersive learning experience. Both GBL and virtual reality techniques are also used for computer programming education. However, there is a paucity of applications that utilize these techniques to incite interest in computer science from a female perspective. This is a cause for concern as immersive games have been proven to be capable of inciting affective motivation and fostering positive attitudes towards specific subjects. Hence, this review summarises the benefits and limitations of GBL and virtual reality; how males and females respond to certain game elements; and suggestions to aid in the development of immersive games to increase female participation in the field of computer science.

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“…and b) "what do you like about this learning method? The 5-point Likert-scale questionnaires on the interface evaluation used in this experiment were adopted from [50], and amended to suit for this experiment. This 5-point Likert scale has these ratings: 1 = "strongly disagree" to 5 = "strongly agree".…”

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Innovative Systems for Intelligent Health Informatics

2021

Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies

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Programming is a highly sought-after technical skill in the job market, but there are limited avenues available for training competent and proficient programmers. This research focuses on evaluating an immersive virtual reality (VR) application that has been introduced in the field of Python learning, which uses the interaction technique and a user interface, allowing the novice to engage in VR learning. 30 participants were recruited for the evaluation purpose and they are divided into two groups--15 for Experiment I, and 15 for Experiment II. A questionnaire to evaluate the user interface was done in Experiment I, and a questionnaire to evaluate the novice's acceptance of the VR application was given to the participants in Experiment II. Furthermore, interviews were conducted to collect detailed feedback from all the participants. From the results, it can be noted that the implemented interaction designs in this VR application are adequate. However, more interaction techniques can be integrated to increase the degree of immersive experience of the user in the application. Besides, the interface of the application is considered adequate and reasonable. Nevertheless, there is room for improvement in the aspect of usability and provide a higher level user experience. The novices' acceptance level of the new proposed learning method is low; this might be due to the users' fear of change--a normal human behaviour in embracing new things in life. Therefore, a larger sample size is proposed to further investigate the novice's acceptance of the new learning method by using an improved version of the VR application.

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VR‐OCKS: A virtual reality game for learning the basic concepts of programming

Cited by 62 publications

References 21 publications

Application of Virtual Reality in Computer Science Education: A Systemic Review Based on Bibliometric and Content Analysis Methods

Application of Virtual Reality in Computer Science Education: A Systemic Review Based on Bibliometric and Content Analysis Methods

Gender Diversity in Computing and Immersive Games for Computer Programming Education: A Review

Innovative Systems for Intelligent Health Informatics

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