The Java language is commonly used in CS 1 courses, though its complexity and evolving nature introduce difficulties to instructors and students alike. In recognition of these challenges, the ACM established the Java Task Force to study the problem. The work of this committee resulted in a collection of Java-based resources which simplifies the teaching and learning of computer science. In this...

Epidemiology instructors are collaborating with computer scientists to construct network-based simulations to recreate infectious disease transmission dynamics and to examine intervention strategy efficacies. Here we propose an architecture based on demographic and geographic properties to support the learning efforts of undergraduate students and novice researchers, and describe our simulation...

With the growth in popularity of online instruction has also come the concern for accountability and the need to make adjustments and improvements in online programs. This paper describes the conceptualization and development of an evaluation system that can be used to judge online instructional efforts. The evaluation system addresses concerns of both program administrators and course instruct...

The benefits of online collaborative learning, sometimes referred to as CSCL (computer-supported collaborative learning) are compelling, but many instructors are loath to experiment with non-conventional methods of teaching and learning because of the perceived problems. This paper reviews the existing literature to present the seven most commonly reported such problems of online group learning...

Technology-facilitated collaboration is extending the ways in which students and instructors interact within and beyond the classroom. Our paper describes how we effectively used Personal Response Systems (PRS), lecture slides, video archives, instant messaging, and course management software to extend interaction in a junior-level Computer Science course. Besides this description, we provide o...

This book review aims to assist instructors in their selection of textbooks for entry-level or intermediate educational technology courses or workshops for teachers. It discusses four major textbooks: Instructional Media and Technologies for Learning, by Heinich, Molenda, Russell, and Smaldino; Teachers Discovering Computers: Integrating Technology in the Classroom, by Shelly, Cashman, Gunter, ...

Introduction to Mobile Robot Programming is a new projectbased course taught at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar to undergraduates early in the curriculum. We describe the course details and relate our experiences and observations. We believe that this course is a valuable introductory computer science course; however, its success requires a significant time commitment from the instructors. ...

Security topics in all areas are a pressing need for Computer Science instructors. This paper provides a survey of security features in modern programming languages. We present the role that type safety and capabilities provide for the building of secure systems, and how language systems allow designers to model security issues that once were part-and-parcel of Operating Systems, or that can no...

Recent advances in computer hardware and software can enable individual instructors to easily create and deliver prerecorded lectures via the World Wide Web. Through the use of new video and audio compression techniques, an entire semester of lectures can be stored on less than 2 gigabytes of disk space and delivered over the Internet on demand. A methodology for quickly generating effective le...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of professional preparation among clinical instructors employed in baccalaureate dental hygiene programs in the U.S. and to examine clinical instructors' and students' perceived need for educational preparation. The data-generating sample consisted of 285 dental hygiene clinical students and 76 dental hygiene clinical instructors fr...