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SIGCSE
2003
ACM
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14 years 3 months ago
Teaching objects-first in introductory computer science
An objects-first strategy for teaching introductory computer science courses is receiving increased attention from CS educators. In this paper, we discuss the challenge of the obj...
Stephen Cooper, Wanda Dann, Randy Pausch
CCGRID
2006
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
A Shibboleth-Protected Privilege Management Infrastructure for e-Science Education
Simplifying access to and usage of large scale compute resources via the Grid is of critical importance to encourage the uptake of e-Research. Security is one aspect that needs to...
J. P. Watt, Oluwafemi Ajayi, Jipu Jiang, Jos Koets...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
144views Education» more  SIGCSE 2008»
13 years 9 months ago
Geographic information systems: real world applications for computer science
: This paper discusses the development and delivery of an upper level computer science elective course in geographic information systems (GIS). GIS applications span numerous and d...
Wendy Zhang, Theresa Beaubouef
SIGCSE
2004
ACM
114views Education» more  SIGCSE 2004»
14 years 3 months ago
Student culture vs group work in computer science
Our industrial advisory boards tell us that our students are well prepared technically, but they lack important group work skills. Simply adding project courses and requiring that...
William M. Waite, Michele H. Jackson, Amer Diwan, ...