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Strategies for Communication Skills Development
As the scope of computer science continues to expand and move further into inter-disciplinary research, we see communication skills development (CSD) gain prominence in tertiary c...
Paul Gruba, Reem Al-Mahmood
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2004
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Integrating Ethical Content Into Computing Curricula
This paper contributes to the ongoing dialogue about the inclusion of ethics content within computing education. It presents a brief exposition of the challenges facing the teachi...
Tony Greening, Judy Kay, Bob Kummerfeld
ACE
2004
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Flexible Learning - Maximising Flexibility in a Subject with Large Student Numbers
In providing the introductory computing subject (topic) Information Technology 1A to approximately 800 students per annum in three different modes, a number of delivery mechanisms...
Robert Goodwin, Neville Williams
ACE
2004
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Applying SPICE to e-Learning: An e-Learning Maturity Model?
The Capability Maturity Model and SPICE approach to software process improvement has resulted in a robust system for improving development process capability in the field of softw...
Stephen Marshall, Geoff Mitchell
ACE
2004
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Static Analysis of Students' Java Programs
A recent industry survey (Townhidnejad and Hilburn, 2002) has reported that more than fifty percent of a software project's budget is spent on activities related to improving...
Nghi Truong, Paul Roe, Peter Bancroft
ACE
2004
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Executable/Translatable UML in Computing Education
The Unified Modelling Language (UML) is a diagrammatic notation widely used in the computing industry and often taught in universities as a way to represent software requirements ...
Shayne Flint, Henry Gardner, Clive Boughton
ACE
2004
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The Influence of Web-supported Independent Activities and Small Group Work on Students' Epistemological Beliefs
Epistemological beliefs are those concerning the nature of knowledge and learning: beliefs about how individuals come to know, and how knowledge is constructed. There is growing e...
Denise Tolhurst
ACE
2004
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TinkerNet: A Low-Cost Networking Laboratory
The 2002 SIGCOMM Workshop on Educational Challenges for Computer Networking [Kur02a] exposed many issues related to teaching computer networking with the need for a laboratory in ...
Michael Erlinger, Mart Molle, Titus Winters, Chris...
ACE
2004
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Five Myths of Assessment
This paper describes some issues concerning assessment and the corresponding motivation for students to work in a desired manner. The issues came from studying assessment in the R...
Mats Daniels, Anders Berglund, Arnold Neville Pear...