Algorithm visualization (AV) has not yet fulfilled its pedagogical promises. At the same time,instructors lament that incorporating AV into their courses is too time-intensive. This working group therefore focuses on pedagogical strategies for effective AV incorporation with an impact on improving student understanding.
Participants should have some experience in using AV in instruction and be willing to share ideas on what can make AV usage effective or ineffective. At the early working group stages, these techniques will be collected together with examples. In Aarhus, the working group will focus on developing a strategy for coherently and systematically testing the effectiveness of the techniques. How can we define metrics for determining improved student understanding, if it occurs? The group's report will help provide the details for such testing.
After ITiCSE, the group members shall use AV in their instruction and monitor its effectiveness according to these metrics. The interaction between members will continue for comparing and reviewing results and building a solid basis for further instructional use of AV. The working group participants will hopefully collaborate in writing follow-up papers describing their efforts in more detail.
To apply for joining the working group, please send a mail to either organizer. Please send only plain text or pdf. The mail should contain the following information:
Members of the working group can Working Group Workspace after they have been provided with a login.