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2009
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Pair-teaching a course on Grid computing from two campuses on NCREN
- Since Fall 2004, we have been co-teaching a class on Grid computing to several NC institutions using the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN). In this paper, we ...
Clayton Ferner, Barry Wilkinson
FECS
2009
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United States Challenges in Science and Engineering Education
- Numerous statistical data indicate that science and engineering workforce in the United States is aging and nearing retirement. Moreover, various studies show that it has become ...
Houssain Kettani
FECS
2009
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Design and Assessment of a Multidisciplinary Course in Service Oriented Architecture
- Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is finding increasing acceptance in industry for the design of enterprise-scale, networked applications. However, opportunities to study SOA i...
Thomas Way, Vijay Gehlot
FECS
2009
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Using Interface Inheritance to Structure the Data Structures Course
Traditional instruction in the first data structures course treats object-oriented inheritance and polymorphism as isolated topics if at all. Course organization is an exploration...
Dale Parson, Daniel Spiegel
FECS
2009
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Development of a System for Teaching C/C++ Using Robots and Open Source Software in a CS1 Course
- This paper describes the development of a system for teaching C/C++ using LegoTM RCX Robots in a CS1 college course on introductory programming. The system has been implemented u...
Amy Delman, Lawrence Goetz, Yedidyah Langsam, Theo...