11 March 2014
Present first seminar on project proposal (slides are available under Downloads).
22 April 2014
Project website was made live on departmental website.
12 May 2014
Survey run in the CS and IS departments to gauge opinions and preconceptions about contextualized learning and its effect on the gender gap in computer science.
25 July 2014
Changed from developing in Unity to GameMaker Studio.
28 July 2014
Ran pre-intervention survey in CSc 112 to assess students attitudes towards computer science.
12 August 2014
Presented second seminar on progress so far (slides are available under Downloads).
3 September 2014
Abstract accepted for ICERI 2014 (Seville, Spain).
10 September 2014
Ran pilot study to test the game.
29 September to 3 October 2014
CSc 112 used the developed game in their programming logic practical (play the game yourself at Developed Game).
2 October 2014
Submitted paper for ICERI 2014 (Seville, Spain).
6 to 10 October 2014
Ran post-intervention survey in CSc 112 about game experience and to re-evaluate students' attitudes.
22 October 2014
Submitted thesis draft.
29 October 2014
Presented final seminar (slides are available under Downloads).
30 October 2014
Printed thesis.
31 October 2014
Thesis handed in.
Present first seminar on project proposal (slides are available under Downloads).
22 April 2014
Project website was made live on departmental website.
12 May 2014
Survey run in the CS and IS departments to gauge opinions and preconceptions about contextualized learning and its effect on the gender gap in computer science.
25 July 2014
Changed from developing in Unity to GameMaker Studio.
28 July 2014
Ran pre-intervention survey in CSc 112 to assess students attitudes towards computer science.
12 August 2014
Presented second seminar on progress so far (slides are available under Downloads).
3 September 2014
Abstract accepted for ICERI 2014 (Seville, Spain).
10 September 2014
Ran pilot study to test the game.
29 September to 3 October 2014
CSc 112 used the developed game in their programming logic practical (play the game yourself at Developed Game).
2 October 2014
Submitted paper for ICERI 2014 (Seville, Spain).
6 to 10 October 2014
Ran post-intervention survey in CSc 112 about game experience and to re-evaluate students' attitudes.
22 October 2014
Submitted thesis draft.
29 October 2014
Presented final seminar (slides are available under Downloads).
30 October 2014
Printed thesis.
31 October 2014
Thesis handed in.