Abstract
Nowadays, there is a high demand for programming expertise on the labor market. New technologies such as eye tracking could help to improve programming education and thereby help to fulfill this demand. For instance, Eye Movement Modeling Examples (EMMEs) are learning videos that visualize a person’s (the model’s) eye movements while s/he demonstrates how to perform a (programming) task. The eye movements can, for in-stance, get visualized as moving dots onto a screen recording. By observing where an expert programmer looks, programming beginners might better understand what s/he is doing and referring to. Recent studies showed promising first results about the beneficial effects of using EMMEs in programming education. In this manuscript, we present a research project that aims to provide evidence-based guidelines for educational practitioners on how to use eye-tracking technology for programming training. We first introduce the basic concept of EMMEs and exemplary gaps in literature. We then present our first empirical study on how
different instructions affect expert programmer’s eye movements when modeling a debugging task (and hence EMME displays). With this manuscript, we hope to inspire more programmers to use eye-tracking technology for programming education.
different instructions affect expert programmer’s eye movements when modeling a debugging task (and hence EMME displays). With this manuscript, we hope to inspire more programmers to use eye-tracking technology for programming education.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Angewandte Forschung in der Wirtschaftsinformatik 2019 |
Subtitle of host publication | Tagungsband zur 32. AKWI-Jahrestagung vom 15.09.2019 bis 18.09.2019 an der Fachhochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Aachen |
Editors | Martin R. Wolf, Thomas Barton, Frank Herrmann, Vera G. Meister, Christian Müller, Christian Seel |
Place of Publication | Heide |
Publisher | mana-Buch |
Pages | 42-49 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783944330624 |
Publication status | Published - 16 Sept 2019 |
Event | Die 32. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Wirtschaftsinformatik der deutschsprachigen Fachhochschulen/The 32nd Annual Conference of the Working Group Business Information Systems of the German-speaking Universities of Applied Sciences - FH Aachen, Aachen, Germany Duration: 15 Sept 2019 → 18 Sept 2019 http://akwi2019.fh-aachen.de/ |
Conference
Conference | Die 32. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Wirtschaftsinformatik der deutschsprachigen Fachhochschulen/The 32nd Annual Conference of the Working Group Business Information Systems of the German-speaking Universities of Applied Sciences |
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Abbreviated title | AKWI 2019 |
Country/Territory | Germany |
City | Aachen |
Period | 15/09/19 → 18/09/19 |
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