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An approach to integrating ICTD projects into an undergraduate curriculum

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An approach to integrating ICTD projects into an undergraduate curriculum
Applying information and communication technologies to development (ICTD) is emerging as an interesting and motivating research area in computer science and engineering. It spans application areas from healthcare to transportation, and requires the use of computing skills from networking to user interface design. Addressing problems of developing regions and underserved communities lets students explore a different part of the ICT design space, leading to new implementation and research questions. ICTD is also an area that has the potential to excite students about the CSE field more generally, with its emphasis on enabling social benefits with technology, and is rich in possibilities for interesting student projects. In this paper we report on two offerings of a course at the University of Washington that introduce students to the field by way of 1) reading papers from literature in the area to gain exposure to this very different design mindset and 2) doing practical projects that e...
Richard J. Anderson, Ruth E. Anderson, Gaetano Bor
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Type Conference
Year 2010
Where SIGCSE
Authors Richard J. Anderson, Ruth E. Anderson, Gaetano Borriello, Joyojeet Pal
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