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ITICSE
2009
ACM
16 years 22 days ago
Xen worlds: leveraging virtualization in distance education
The Xen Worlds project at Iowa State University was designed to provide a virtualized lab environment for the Information Assurance program. The large number of off-campus student...
Benjamin R. Anderson, Amy K. Joines, Thomas E. Dan...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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16 years 6 months ago
A graphics package for the first day and beyond
We describe cs1graphics, a new Python drawing package designed with pedagogy in mind. The package is simple enough that students can sit down and make use of it from the first day...
Michael H. Goldwasser, David Letscher
ECTEL
2009
Springer
16 years 24 days ago
Grid Service-Based Benchmarking Tool for Computer Architecture Courses
Benchmarking for educational purposes in the context of computer science can be hindered by the low number and the homogeneity of machines to be assessed, and the inaccuracy of the...
Carlos Alario-Hoyos, Eduardo Gómez-Sá...
SIGCSE
2003
ACM
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15 years 11 months ago
Introducing middle school girls to fault tolerant computing
During summer 2002, we ran a workshop module for a group of 28 eighth-grade girls. Our aim was ambitious: to introduce these students, ages 12 and 13, to computer science by focus...
Paolo A. G. Sivilotti, Murat Demirbas
BCSHCI
2008
15 years 7 months ago
Creating creative processes: a workshop demonstrating a methodological approach for subjects between the sciences and the arts
There is a lack of `explicit education' of different modes of creativity and different methodologies for initiating creative processes. This is important for not only art pra...
Carola Boehm