IslayTouch: an educational visual programming environment for tablet devices Online publication date: Thu, 10-Nov-2016
by Erjing Zhou; Michitoshi Niibori; Shusuke Okamoto; Masaru Kamada; Tatsuhiro Yonekura
International Journal of Space-Based and Situated Computing (IJSSC), Vol. 6, No. 3, 2016
Abstract: Educational programming languages are programming languages that have been designed for users without programming experience, with the purpose of teaching them the skill of logical thinking or as an introduction to regular programming languages. Although these languages are relatively easier for beginners, difficult concepts of regular programming languages are still being introduced into some of them. As a new approach to this problem, an educational visual programming environment called Islay has been developed, in which the concept of state-transition diagram is used to compose a program. As a result, Islay becomes even easier for beginners than some other educational programming languages. In this research, a new version of Islay is developed as an Android application, with more features being added and a new user interface that is suitable for tablet devices.
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