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A novel introduction to file I/O using KML and Google Earth

Published: 02 July 2018 Publication History

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In this paper, we propose the use of simple KML files to increase student engagement when learning file I/O. We also report on our trial study where we had one group of students learn I/O functions using conventional exercises while we had another working with KML-based files that could trivially be viewed in Google Earth. Our assessment of student engagement indicated that students in the experiment group registered significantly higher in the usefulness and interest dimensions.

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  • (2019)Using Google Earth and KML to teach Fundamental Object Oriented Programming2019 38th International Conference of the Chilean Computer Science Society (SCCC)10.1109/SCCC49216.2019.8966389(1-4)Online publication date: Nov-2019

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ITiCSE 2018: Proceedings of the 23rd Annual ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
July 2018
394 pages
ISBN:9781450357074
DOI:10.1145/3197091
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  1. CS2
  2. File I/O
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