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ACMSE
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Educational software packages for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) XO laptop
The goal of the One Laptop Per Child program is “to provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment, and express themselves.” To stay true to t...
Michael Keating
IVA
2007
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Virtual Patients for Clinical Therapist Skills Training
Virtual humans offer an exciting and powerful potential for rich interactive experiences. Fully embodied virtual humans are growing in capability, ease, and utility. As a result, t...
Patrick G. Kenny, Thomas D. Parsons, Jonathan Grat...
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
219views Education» more  SIGCSE 2010»
14 years 1 months ago
The design of an online environment to support pedagogical code reviews
Inspired by the formal code inspection process commonly used in the software industry, we have been exploring the use of pedagogical code reviews (PCRs), in which a team of three ...
Christopher D. Hundhausen, Anukrati Agrawal, Kyle ...
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Taking the time to care: empowering low health literacy hospital patients with virtual nurse agents
Ninety million Americans have inadequate health literacy, resulting in a reduced ability to read and follow directions in the healthcare environment. We describe an animated, empa...
Timothy W. Bickmore, Laura M. Pfeifer, Brian W. Ja...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
151views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
14 years 9 months ago
A CS unplugged design pattern
"Computer Science (CS) Unplugged"is an educational method for introducing non-specialists to concepts of CS through hands-on activities that don't require the use o...
Tomohiro Nishida, Susumu Kanemune, Yukio Idosaka, ...