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SIGCSE
2006
ACM
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14 years 2 months ago
Scavenger hunt: computer science retention through orientation
This paper describes Scavenger Hunt, a team-based orientation activity for incoming freshmen in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaig...
Jerry O. Talton, Daniel L. Peterson, Sam Kamin, De...
CHI
2011
ACM
13 years 16 days ago
Creek watch: pairing usefulness and usability for successful citizen science
Citizen science projects can collect a wealth of scientific data, but that data is only helpful if it is actually used. While previous citizen science research has mostly focused ...
Sunyoung Kim, Christine Robson, Thomas Zimmerman, ...
WWW
2009
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
A geographical analysis of knowledge production in computer science
We analyze knowledge production in Computer Science by means of coauthorship networks. For this, we consider 30 graduate programs of different regions of the world, being 8 progra...
Alberto H. F. Laender, Guilherme Vale Menezes, Niv...
JCDL
2009
ACM
150views Education» more  JCDL 2009»
14 years 1 months ago
Science teachers' use of online resources and the digital library for Earth system education
A three-part study of teachers’ use of online resources and of the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) was conducted from 2004 through summer 2006. The first two ...
Lecia Jane Barker
CONCURRENCY
2007
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13 years 9 months ago
VLab: collaborative Grid services and portals to support computational material science
: We present the initial architecture and implementation of VLab, a Grid and Web Service-based system for enabling distributed and collaborative computational chemistry and materia...
Mehmet A. Nacar, Mehmet S. Aktas, Marlon E. Pierce...