This paper describes the motivation and design of an introductory computational course for natural, physical, and social scientists. Categories and Subject Descriptors: K.3.2 Comp...
In this paper we present an innovative prototype Open Source Teaching/Learning Collaboratory created at UC Merced that will provide the foundation for offering the vast majority of...
Jeff Wright, Stefano Carpin, Alberto Cerpa, German...
This paper seeks to inform instructors responsible for designing introductory programming courses within a university setting. In particular, guidelines for choosing programming l...
: This paper analyzes three popular programming languages (Adobe/Macromedia Flash, Java and Visual Basic.net), used to teach introductory 2D game programming courses. Presented in ...
Programming languages as a required course is disappearing from undergraduate computer science programs. This is not surprising given that the course often proves to be challengin...