TY - GEN
T1 - Towards developing an effective algorithm visualization tool for online learning
AU - Romanowska, Katarzyna
AU - Singh, Gurpreet
AU - Dewan, M. Ali Akber
AU - Lin, Fuhua
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/12/4
Y1 - 2018/12/4
N2 - Although many Algorithm Visualization (AV) tools are available online, most of them are not effective in helping students to learn algorithm and data structures. The reasons for this may be the poor design consideration of the tools to fulfill the learners' needs in terms of pedagogy, usability, and accessibility. This paper reports a work-in-progress research project at Athabasca University on developing an effective algorithm visualization tool for online learning. We analyze the pedagogy, usability, and accessibility goals and their respective features for the online learners and examines how the visualization and user interaction principals can help to achieve these goals in the design process of an effective AV tool. We present a review of the related literature to highlight current and past researches and illustrate the need for better user experience design in AV tools. We then identify the online learners' needs and the context of their activities to design a usable, useful, effective, and pleasurable interactive AV tool. Such a tool can fulfill the pedagogy, usability, and accessibility goals for the online learners.
AB - Although many Algorithm Visualization (AV) tools are available online, most of them are not effective in helping students to learn algorithm and data structures. The reasons for this may be the poor design consideration of the tools to fulfill the learners' needs in terms of pedagogy, usability, and accessibility. This paper reports a work-in-progress research project at Athabasca University on developing an effective algorithm visualization tool for online learning. We analyze the pedagogy, usability, and accessibility goals and their respective features for the online learners and examines how the visualization and user interaction principals can help to achieve these goals in the design process of an effective AV tool. We present a review of the related literature to highlight current and past researches and illustrate the need for better user experience design in AV tools. We then identify the online learners' needs and the context of their activities to design a usable, useful, effective, and pleasurable interactive AV tool. Such a tool can fulfill the pedagogy, usability, and accessibility goals for the online learners.
KW - Algorithm visualization
KW - Interaction design
KW - Learning analytics
KW - Online learning
KW - Students' engagement
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060301928&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/SmartWorld.2018.00336
DO - 10.1109/SmartWorld.2018.00336
M3 - Published Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85060301928
T3 - Proceedings - 2018 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Cloud and Big Data Computing, Internet of People and Smart City Innovations, SmartWorld/UIC/ATC/ScalCom/CBDCom/IoP/SCI 2018
SP - 2011
EP - 2016
BT - Proceedings - 2018 IEEE SmartWorld, Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Cloud and Big Data Computing, Internet of People and Smart City Innovations, SmartWorld/UIC/ATC/ScalCom/CBDCom/IoP/SCI 2018
A2 - Loulergue, Frederic
A2 - Wang, Guojun
A2 - Bhuiyan, Md Zakirul Alam
A2 - Ma, Xiaoxing
A2 - Li, Peng
A2 - Roveri, Manuel
A2 - Han, Qi
A2 - Chen, Lei
T2 - 4th IEEE SmartWorld, 15th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Advanced and Trusted Computing, Scalable Computing and Communications, Cloud and Big Data Computing, Internet of People and Smart City Innovations, SmartWorld/UIC/ATC/ScalCom/CBDCom/IoP/SCI 2018
Y2 - 7 October 2018 through 11 October 2018
ER -