Automated Interactive Visualization on Abstract Concepts in Computer Science
Abstract
The paper presents CSVisFrame, a framework for
making visualizations, which solves the understanding difficulty
on learning abstract concepts in computer science including data
structures and algorithms. With the framework, instructors and
developers can develop all varieties of interactive visualizations,
with which students can learn and understand abstract concepts
in computer science more easily.
CSVisFrame has been applied to both offline and online
computer courses. Students from Sichuan Normal University
have enjoyed visualizations based on CSVisFrame in their Algorithm
Design and Analysis course, and thousands of students of
Jisuanke have benefitted from online CSVisFrame-based visualized
computer science courses. The effectiveness of CSVisFramebased
visualizations has been demonstrated by our sample survey,
which shows that visualizations are widely accepted, and almost
all students can achieve a better learning. CSVisFrame is opensourced1,
and demonstrations based on CSVisFrame are free2.
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