While recent work has begun to evaluate the efficacy of educational programming games,
many common design decisions in these games (eg, single player gameplay using …

Game and creation are activities which have good potential for computational thinking skills.
In this paper we present T‐Maze, an economical tangible programming tool for children …

This paper presents a tangible programming tool'T-Maze'for children aged 5 to 9. Children
could use T-Maze to create their own maze maps and complete some maze esca** tasks …

In this paper we outline the issues surrounding live coding which is projected for an
audience, and in this context, approaches to code visualisation. This includes natural …

In the last few years, the interest in the use of robots in STEM education has risen. However,
their main drawback is the high cost, which makes it almost impossible for schools to have …

This paper introduces situated tangible robot programming, whereby a robot is programmed
by placing specially designed tangible" blocks" in its workspace. These blocks are used for …

We explore a new approach to programming swarm user interfaces (Swarm UI) by
leveraging direct physical manipulation. Existing Swarm UI applications are written using a …

Tangible programming tools enable children to easily learn the programming process,
previously considered to be difficult for them. While various tangible programming tools have …

We consider the artist-programmer, who creates work through its description as source
code. The artist-programmer grandstands computer language, giving unique vantage over …

In this paper, we present Virtual Touch, a toolkit that allows the development of educational
activities through a mixed reality environment such that, using various tangible elements, the …