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ITICSE
2010
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
PhidgetLab: crossing the border from virtual to real-world objects
Teaching pupils the ideas behind objects in programming languages can be difficult since these concepts are mostly and not comprehensible at first sight. Etoys as a visual progra...
Michael Haupt, Michael Perscheid, Robert Hirschfel...
SIGCSE
2006
ACM
162views Education» more  SIGCSE 2006»
16 years 10 days ago
Accessibility first!: a new approach to web design
This paper proposes an accessibility first pedogogy for web design, in which the course is organized around the requirement of implementing web pages accessible to visually impai...
Brian J. Rosmaita
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
116views Education» more  SIGCSE 2008»
15 years 6 months ago
Evaluating a breadth-first cs 1 for scientists
This paper presents a thorough evaluation of CS for Scientists, a CS 1 course designed to provide future scientists with an overview of the discipline. The course takes a breadth-...
Zachary Dodds, Ran Libeskind-Hadas, Christine Alva...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
126views Education» more  SIGCSE 2008»
15 years 6 months ago
Game-themed programming assignments: the faculty perspective
We have designed and implemented game-themed programming assignment modules targeted specifically for adoption in existing introductory programming classes. These assignments are ...
Kelvin Sung, Michael Panitz, Scott A. Wallace, Rut...
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
162views Education» more  SIGCSE 2008»
15 years 6 months ago
Automatic extraction of notions from course material
Formally defining the knowledge units taught in a course helps instructors ensure a sound coverage of topics and provides an objective basis for comparing the content of two cours...
Michela Pedroni, Manuel Oriol, Bertrand Meyer, Luk...