VISUALIZATION OF SYMBOLIC INFORMATION: EMPOWERING STUDENT INTROSPECTION

Paul Juell

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2000 (2000) pp. 1391–1393

We are developing 3D visualizations for use in AI classes. This paper presents the process of developing visiaulization for symbolic information for classroom use. The basic process is to: determine the questions the user should be able to ask,...

Topics: Students

Robust Hierarchical Web Space for a University

Paul Juell

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 5401–5408

We propose a way for an university to keep current its hierarchical structured Web space. The system has two major properties. One is that the structure is specified from higher in the hierarchy. And two is that each unit in the organization can...

Educational Opportunities Using VRML in the AI Classroom

Paul Juell

International Conference on Mathematics / Science Education and Technology 1999 (1999) pp. 119–123

This paper presents some results from the Visual Program project. The goal of the Visual Program project is to provide an environment in which students can study and learn AI techniques. We provide tools to support active learning using...

Visualization Tool for Student Use in Learning Programming

Paul Juell; Manohar Sreekantaradhya

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 68–74

This paper presents a tool to allow students to see visualizations of various levels of software interaction. Students in the initial steps of learning programming and algorithms need to integrate information from several points of view to...

Topics: Students, Integration

Fading Presentation Scaffolding to General Ontologies

Paul Juell; Priya Joseph

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1059–1063

We would like to present students with clear and well structured tutorials and then in controlled steps allow the student to see the full underlying knowledge about a topic. In education terms, we start with a scaffolded view and will fade this...

Topics: Students

Effectiveness of Visualizations for Student Use

Paul Juell; Vijayakumar Shanmugasundaram; Anne Denton

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2003 (2003) pp. 591–598

Our evaluations of student learning have indicated the more accurately we can address the student learning process with a visualization the better the student outcome. This includes issues such as more interactive systems and a wider range of...

Topics: Students, Computer Sciences, Information Sciences, Learning Outcomes, Interaction

TESTING BEFORE CODING: A CULTURAL CHANGE APPROACH For TEACHING and DEVELOPING COMPUTER PROGRAMS

Syed Rahman; Paul Juell; Akram Salah

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1964–1971

In this paper, we introduce a new software development method. This method emphasizes software testing cycles and makes a cultural change in teaching and developing computer programs. In our approach, students write a program by writing a test suite ...

Topics: Computer Sciences, Programming, Students, Teaching Methods, Software

Visualizations to Address Known Problems in Teaching Java

Vijayakumar Shanmugasundaram; Paul Juell; Curt Hill

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1983–1990

This research describes an approach emphasizing using visualization to teach Java I class. This research discusses the difficulties in teaching java, the way the visualizations overcome the difficulties in teaching java. This approach includes...

Topics: Students, Learning Objects

Increased Flexablity in Display of Course Content

Hector Aybar; Paul Juell; Vijayakumar Shanmugasundaram

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 2346–2353

Converting course websites from a collection of static pages to Semantic Web ontologies provides several benefits for both students and faculty, ultimately resulting in a more effective course-delivery method. This paper focuses on an approach in...

Evaluation of Computer Conferencing Tools for Conducting Collaborative Seminars on the Internet

Paul Juell; Daniel Brekke; Ronald Vetter; John Wasson

International Journal of Educational Telecommunications Vol. 2, No. 4 (1996) pp. 233–248

In this paper, we discuss collaborative conferencing environments in terms of their effectiveness and problems in a virtual classroom setting. Our focus is on the collaborative software, computing platforms, and the communications link between...

Topics: Classrooms, Collaboration, Virtual Environments

Cognitive Model for Learning Java

Vijayakumar Shanmugasundaram; Paul Juell; Curt Hill; Kendall Nygard

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 2631–2640

This paper proposes a cognitive model for learning Java programming. This model is based on constructivism theory, which involves a combination of learning knowledge from old knowledge and the development of programming skills at different levels. ...

Topics: Cognition, Programming, Students

Effectiveness of BlueJ in Learning Java

Vijayakumar Shanmugasundaram; Paul Juell; Curt Hill; Kendall Nygard

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2007 (Jun 25, 2007) pp. 3776–3781

This work describes an experiment to compare the effectiveness of BlueJ with Textpad in the learning process of Java programming. This research discusses the details of the experiment in a classroom over a period of three semesters. The result of...

Topics: Programming

Evaluation of Alice World as an Introductory Programming Language

Vijayakumar Shanmugasundaram; Paul Juell; Gabriel Groesbeck; Matthew Makosky

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2006 (June 2006) pp. 1976–1982

This paper focuses on the programming environment developed by CMU and distributed (freely) as the Alice 3D Authoring System. An overview of the difficulty in retaining computer science students due to the high initial learning curve associated...

Topics: Learning Objects, Programming, Computer Sciences

Development of ViewJ - a Visualization Builder for Object Oriented Programming Development Environment

vijayakumar shanmugasundaram; Paul Juell; Nanda Jayasuriya; James Benson

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2004 (2004) pp. 1619–1627

Abstract: We are developing ViewJ, a tool that creates pictures/visualizations so that the student can see and study what their program is actually doing. ViewJ is an interactive tool. The user interface provides VCR-like control of the program...

Topics: Learning Objects, Teaching Methods

Features of Visualization that Help Object Oriented Programming Learning

Vijayakumar Shanmugasundaram; Paul Juell; Daniel Aalderks; Aldridge Wilder; Matthew Dimich; Michael Westhoff

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2005 (Jun 27, 2005) pp. 1291–1297

Our main goal is to find effective ways of learning object-oriented (OO) programming. Very few attempts are made to find out the important features of the visualizations that would enhance the students understanding of object-oriented programming....

Topics: Evaluation, Learning Objects, Programming, Students

Cooperative Development of Visually-Oriented, Problem-Solving Science Courseware

Don P. Schwert; Paul Juell; Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat; Brian M. Slator; Alan R. White; Phil E. McClean

International Conference on Mathematics / Science Education and Technology 1999 (1999) pp. 486–491

The NDSU World Wide Web Instructional Committee (WWWIC) is a group of faculty who have a strong and active interest in applying information technology for instructional purposes. A World Wide Web (WWW) site, http: //www.ndsu.nodak.edu/wwwic/,...