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SIGCSE
2012
ACM
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13 years 5 months ago
Teaching operating systems using android
The computing landscape is shifting towards mobile devices. To learn about operating systems, it is increasingly important for students to gain hands-on kernel programming experie...
Jeremy Andrus, Jason Nieh
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ACE
2004
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14 years 11 months ago
Using a Maze Case Study to Teach Object-Oriented Programming and Design Patterns
In order to teach object-oriented design and programming in introductory computer science it is imperative to teach objects from the very beginning of the course. The use of inter...
Chris Nevison, Barbara Wells
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SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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15 years 10 months ago
QuickDraw: bringing graphics into first year
This paper describes a new tool for introducing computer graphics and multimedia applications into first year, called QuickDraw, and our experience using it. QuickDraw provides an...
Ben Stephenson, Craig Taube-Schock
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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15 years 10 months ago
Foss 101: engaging introductory students in the open source movement
Can engaging students in free and open source software (FOSS) pique their interest in computer science? This paper describes an introductory computer science course that introduce...
Ralph Morelli, Trishan R. de Lanerolle
OOPSLA
2004
Springer
15 years 2 months ago
Event-driven programming facilitates learning standard programming concepts
We have designed a CS 1 course that integrates event-driven programming from the very start. In [2] we argued that event-driven programming is simple enough for CS 1 when introduc...
Kim B. Bruce, Andrea Pohoreckyj Danyluk