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ICSE
2007
IEEE-ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Bug Hunt: Making Early Software Testing Lessons Engaging and Affordable
Software testing efforts account for a large part of the software development costs. We still struggle, however, to properly prepare students to perform software testing activitie...
Sebastian G. Elbaum, Suzette Person, Jonathan Doku...
SIGCSE
2005
ACM
366views Education» more  SIGCSE 2005»
13 years 11 months ago
Using asynchronous discussions to enhance student participation in CS courses
As Computer Science (CS) educators, we are involved in teaching a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses such as database management systems, networking, software developme...
Bhagyavati, Stan Kurkovsky, Christopher C. Whitehe...
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
WallCology: designing interaction affordances for learner engagement in authentic science inquiry
The broadening array of technologies available to support the design of classroom activity has the potential to reshape science learning in schools. This paper presents a ubiquito...
Brenda López Silva, Brian Uphoff, Darshan B...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
213views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
14 years 6 months ago
Engaging middle school teachers and students with alice in a diverse set of subjects
This paper describes the integration of the Alice 3D virtual worlds environment into a diverse set of subjects in middle school, including the development of tutorials, example wo...
Susan H. Rodger, Jenna Hayes, Gaetjens Lezin, Henr...
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Navigating persistent audio
This paper gives an overview of RadioActive, a largescale asynchronous audio messaging platform for mobile devices. It supports persistent chat spaces that allow users to engage i...
Aaron Zinman, Judith S. Donath