Interactive learning of data structures and algorithmic schemes

Abstract

We present an interactive environment called Vedya for the visualization of data structures and algorithmic schemes which can be used as a very useful educational tool in Computer Science. The integration of Vedya and the Virtual Campus of the Complutense University of Madrid has allowed us to manage the whole administration of the individual students' homework, including generating exercises, tests, grading delivered homework, and storing the achieved results. The part of the system concerning data structures has been evaluated during the last academic course 2006/07. By means of the Vedya tool, the students benefited from complementary and interactive material, facilitating the intuitive comprehension of most typical operations of classical data structures without any restriction of time or material. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.