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SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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A cross-domain visual learning engine for interactive generation of instructional materials
We present the design and development of a Visual Learning Engine, a tool that can form the basis for interactive development of visually rich teaching and learning modules across...
K. R. Subramanian, T. Cassen
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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The game of life: an outreach model for high school students with disabilities
In this hands-on special session, attendees will learn about and use a Game of Life cellular automata framework (Java) to assist with outreach activities. Using the framework, stu...
Richard E. Ladner, Tammy VanDeGrift
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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Computing educators oral history project: seeking the trends
Vicki L. Almstrum, E. Anne G. Applin, Barbara Bouc...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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Contributing student pedagogy
A Contributing Student Pedagogy (CSP) is a pedagogy that encourages students to contribute to the learning of others and to value the contributions of others. CSP in formal educat...
John Hamer, Quintin I. Cutts, Jana Jacková,...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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A specimen MPI application: N-Queens in parallel
: The generalized problem of placing n queens on an n-by-n board provides an "embarrassingly parallel" problem for parallel solution. This paper expands on the discussion...
Timothy J. Rolfe
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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Teaching tales: some student perceptions of computing education
: Student perceptions of the educational experiences that are provided to them at tertiary institutions do not necessarily match the perceptions of the academics who provide these ...
Carol Edmondson
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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Enhancing learning management systems to better support computer science education
Many individual instructors--and, in some cases, entire universities--are gravitating towards the use of comprehensive learning management systems (LMSs), such as Blackboard and M...
Guido Rößling, Mike Joy, Andrés ...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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Use of MATLAB in teaching the fundamentals of random variables
Gordana Jovanovic-Dolecek, Alfonso Fernánde...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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Computing education for sustainability
Computing plays a critical role in sustainability. This paper examines the status of education for sustainability in computing. There are clearly stated high level declarations fo...
Samuel Mann, Lesley Smith, Logan Muller