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HICSS
2003
IEEE
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14 years 27 days ago
Is web-based seminar an effective way of learning in adult education?
The Internet can be used to solve pedagogical problems. To give an example, seminars for crowded courses exceeding a hundred participants would not be possible without web-based a...
Pekka Makkonen
SIGCSE
2006
ACM
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14 years 1 months ago
Introductory game creation: no programming required
Many incoming college freshmen have accumulated a significant number of hours of experience playing computer games. Extending that experience to actual game creation activities ca...
A. T. Chamillard

Lecture Notes
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15 years 5 months ago
Foundations of Computer Science
"This course has two objectives. First (and obvious) is to teach programming. Second is to present some fundamental principles of computer science, especially algorithm desi...
Lawrence C Paulson
HICSS
2003
IEEE
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14 years 27 days ago
A Field Study of Use of Synchronous Chat in Online Courses
A field study of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) as used in higher education asks the questions, "Will students take part in synchronous chat sessions if they are sched...
David H. Spencer, Starr Roxanne Hiltz
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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14 years 8 months ago
Engaging students through mobile game development
This paper describes using mobile game development as a motivational tool to engage students early in the curriculum. Mobile devices have become an integral part of everyday lives...
Stan Kurkovsky