Capturing camp experiences on the web
Hyun Jhin Lee · 2001
In this paper, I present Cyber Camp CAEN, a novel web-based form of computer programming education for junior/high school students. Cyber Camp CAEN is a web-based interactive learning platform which incorporates many of the pedagogical features that make University of Michigan's Camp CAEN successful. Based on observations, surveys, and interviews, three features of camp life were found to be particularly significant, and they have been incorporated into the Cyber Camp CAEN design. Those features are: 1) competition, 2) collaboration, and 3) unpredictability. Cyber Camp CAEN incorporates these aspects of camp experience by utilizing A) a peer-based and skill graded learning community; B) live online peer help; C) an "Iron programmer" competition; and D) project exhibitions.