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SIGCSE
1999
ACM
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13 years 9 months ago
Discovery learning in introductory operating system courses
Practical experiencesare necessaryto balance the theory discussed in textbooks and in class meetings. Effective practicalexperiencesmust have a clear purpose and must motivate stu...
Uta Ziegler
SIGOPS
2008
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13 years 4 months ago
Using model checkers in an introductory course on operating systems
During the last three years, we have been experimenting with the use of the Uppaal model checker in an introductory course on operating systems for first-year Computer Science stu...
Roelof Hamberg, Frits W. Vaandrager
SIGMOD
2003
ACM
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14 years 4 months ago
Learning about data integration challenges from day one
I describe the format of the new version of an introductory database course that I taught at the University of Washington in Winter, 2003. The key idea underlying the course is to...
Alon Y. Halevy
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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13 years 4 months ago
Using iPodLinux in an introductory OS course
This paper describes a proof of concept for introducing iPods and iPodLinux into a one-semester introductory undergraduate operating systems course. iPodLinux is a version of the ...
Barry Lawson, Lewis Barnett
WWW
2001
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Online Learning in Hong Kong: A Preliminary Comparison of the Lecture and Online Versions of a Computing Fundamentals Course
This case study compares students' learning experience and outcomes in the lecture and online versions of a first-year introductory computing course offered at the Department...
Giovanni B. Moneta, Synnöve Kekkonen-Moneta