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Using LEGO to teach software interfaces and integration

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ITiCSE 2018: Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3197091.3205831

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Software design is a complex endeavor because it requires mastery of engineering practices, insight into the domain knowledge, exploring of alternative ideas, and, most importantly, plenty of practice. Principles of good software design should be introduced early in the curriculum and practiced whenever possible. This work describes a LEGO-based activity for multiple teams to practice collaborative design, parallel development, and component integration to illustrate the advantages of well-designed component interfaces.

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Using LEGO to teach software interfaces and integration
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Software engineering education
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development process management
      1. Software development methods
        Agile software development
    2. Software development techniques
      1. Object oriented development

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DOI:10.1145/3197091

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Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

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Gordillo ALópez-Fernández DMayor J(2024)Examining and Comparing the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Serious Games and LEGO Serious Play for Learning ScrumApplied Sciences10.3390/app1402083014:2(830)Online publication date: 18-Jan-2024
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López-Fernández DTovar EGordillo AGayoso-Cabada JBadenes-Olmedo CCimmino A(2024)Comparing a LEGO® Serious Play Activity With a Traditional Lecture in Software Engineering EducationIEEE Access10.1109/ACCESS.2024.340350412(74045-74053)Online publication date: 2024
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3403504
Morales-Trujillo MErdogmus HMoreno A(2021)Learning software quality assurance with bricksProceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering: Joint Track on Software Engineering Education and Training10.1109/ICSE-SEET52601.2021.00010(11-19)Online publication date: 25-May-2021
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