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ITICSE
2003
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Teaching programming to liberal arts students: a narrative media approach
In this paper we present a new learning environment to be used in an introductory programming course for students that are non-majors in computer science, more precisely for multi...
Peter Bøgh Andersen, Jens Bennedsen, Steffe...
ICMCS
1999
IEEE
114views Multimedia» more  ICMCS 1999»
13 years 9 months ago
Experiences from Teaching an Interdisciplinary Multimedia Course
At Wellesley College very rarely do the Fine Art and Computer Science faculty cross paths. That was the case until two years ago when we taught an experimental course that brought...
Panagiotis Takis Metaxas, Naomi Ribner
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
175views Education» more  SIGCSE 2010»
13 years 10 months ago
MPCT: media propelled computational thinking
Media-Propelled Computational Thinking (MPCT – pronounced impact) is a course designed to introduce programming in the context of engaging problems in media computation, math, a...
Eric Andrew Freudenthal, Mary K. Roy, Alexandria N...
HICSS
2003
IEEE
215views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2003»
13 years 10 months ago
A Field Study of Use of Synchronous Chat in Online Courses
A field study of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) as used in higher education asks the questions, "Will students take part in synchronous chat sessions if they are sched...
David H. Spencer, Starr Roxanne Hiltz
CHI
1998
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
New Media, New Practices: Experiences in Open Learning Course Design
We explore some of the complex issues surrounding the design and use of multimedia and Internet-based learning resources in distance education courses. We do so by analysing our e...
Tamara Sumner, Josie Taylor