Preliminary experiences with a tablet PC based system to support active learning in computer science courses

Proceedings of the 9th Annual SIGCSE Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 213-217

  Simon, Beth ^a   Anderson, Ruth ^b   Hoyer, Crystal ^c   Su, Jonathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Active learning; Classroom assessment; Collaborative learning; Educational technology; Presentation tools; Tablet PC

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; CURRICULA; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REMOTE CONTROL; STUDENTS; TEACHING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ACTIVE LEARNING; CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; PRESENTATION TOOLS; TABLET PC;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 10044281701     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1007996.1008053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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