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FLAIRS
1998
13 years 8 months ago
Teaching Bottom-up AI from the Top Down
For many reasons, it is desirable to use robots in courses such as introductory computer science, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science, yet the knowledge normally require...
Christopher A. Welty, Kenneth Livingston, Calder M...
EDUTAINMENT
2009
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Entertaining Education - Using Games-Based and Service-Oriented Learning to Improve STEM Education
This paper addresses the development of a computer game design and development curriculum at the authors’ institution. The basis for curriculum decisions, as well as comparison t...
Jon Preston, Briana Morrison
FECS
2009
164views Education» more  FECS 2009»
13 years 5 months ago
Development of a System for Teaching C/C++ Using Robots and Open Source Software in a CS1 Course
- This paper describes the development of a system for teaching C/C++ using LegoTM RCX Robots in a CS1 college course on introductory programming. The system has been implemented u...
Amy Delman, Lawrence Goetz, Yedidyah Langsam, Theo...
FECS
2008
185views Education» more  FECS 2008»
13 years 8 months ago
Will There Ever Be Consensus on CS1?
- The choice of programming language, the approach by which students are taught and the software tools made available to students have been controversial issues in many ways. While...
Robert M. Siegfried, David Chays, Katherine Herber...
ECIS
2000
13 years 8 months ago
Reengineering Undergraduate Teaching by Introducing Internet-Based Learning Information Systems
- This paper illustrates how internet-based learning information systems can be used to reengineer undergraduate teaching in the age of mass higher education. We describe current p...
Petra Meier, Bernd Simon