Proposal for Teaching Computer Architecture with Gamification and Augmented Reality
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Augmented Reality, Gamification, Computer Organization and Architecture, MIPSAbstract
This article presents a simulator that uses Augmented Reality with a gamification approach for teaching and learning Computer Organization and Architecture. The aim of this proposal is to allow greater integration between the main textbook used in this course, "Computer Organization and Design" by Patterson and Hennessy, and the proposed simulator. To achieve this, the simulator recognizes the figures from the book and creates 3D models over them through augmented reality, with which the student can interact, obtaining information and visualizing the internal functioning of the MIPS processor. The figures presented in the book follow an order in which the level of detail is gradually refined, so the proposed simulator uses gamification aspects to treat these figures as levels of a game. The proposed tool also includes knowledge assessment for each level, and this assessment determines whether the user can advance to the next level.
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