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The Design of Co-Robotic Games for Computer Science Education

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Erik Harpstead,

Jaemarie Solyst,

Judith Odili Uchidiuno,

Jessica HammerAuthors Info & Claims

CHI PLAY '21: Extended Abstracts of the 2021 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

Pages 111 - 116

https://doi.org/10.1145/3450337.3483472

Published: 15 October 2021 Publication History

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Digital games featuring programmable agents are popular tools for teaching coding and computational thinking skills. However, today's games perpetuate an arguably obsolete relationship between programmable agents and human operators. Borrowing from the field of human-robotics interaction, we argue that collaborative robots, or cobots, are a better model for thinking about computational agents, working directly with humans rather than in place of or at arm's length from them. In this paper, we describe an initial design inquiry into the design of “cobot games”, programmable agent scenarios in which players program an in-game ally to assist them in accomplishing gameplay objectives. We detail three questions that emerged out of this exploration, our present thinking on them, and plans for deepening inquiry into cobot game design moving forward.

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Uchidiuno JSolyst JHarpstead EHigashi R(2023)“I'm a little less inclined to do it”: How Afterschool Programs’ Culture Impact Co-Design Processes and OutcomesProceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3563657.3596006(1263-1276)Online publication date: 10-Jul-2023
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The Design of Co-Robotic Games for Computer Science Education
1. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Multimedia information systems
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software organization and properties
    1. Contextual software domains

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CHI PLAY '21: Extended Abstracts of the 2021 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

October 2021

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ISBN:9781450383561

DOI:10.1145/3450337

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Günter Wallner
JKU Linz, Austria & TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Alexander Meschtscherjakov
Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, Austria
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Max Birk
Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Jo Iacovides
University of York, UK
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Mitchell McEwan
Macquarie University, Australia

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Chen LNguyen H(2024)Study Trends and Core Content Trends of Research on Enhancing Computational Thinking: An Incorporated Bibliometric and Content Analysis Based on the Scopus DatabaseComputers10.3390/computers1304009113:4(91)Online publication date: 3-Apr-2024
https://doi.org/10.3390/computers13040091
Uchidiuno JSolyst JHarpstead EHigashi R(2023)“I'm a little less inclined to do it”: How Afterschool Programs’ Culture Impact Co-Design Processes and OutcomesProceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3563657.3596006(1263-1276)Online publication date: 10-Jul-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3563657.3596006
Nguyen HElse-Quest NRichey JHammer JDi SMcLaren B(2023)Gender Differences in Learning Game Preferences: Results Using a Multi-dimensional Gender FrameworkArtificial Intelligence in Education10.1007/978-3-031-36272-9_45(553-564)Online publication date: 3-Jul-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-031-36272-9_45
Harpstead E(2023)Learning Within Gameplay Loops: Considering Adaptive Educational Technology from a Game Design LensAdaptive Instructional Systems10.1007/978-3-031-34735-1_10(137-147)Online publication date: 23-Jul-2023
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