Computers for communication, not calculation: Media as a motivation and context for learning

Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue , 2004, Pages 1513-1522

  Forte, Andrea ^a   Guzdial, Mark ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; EDUCATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; WEBSITES;

COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES; DIGITAL AUDIO EQUIPMENT; PHOTOSHOP; PROGRAMMING SKILLS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 12344259520     PISSN: 10603425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/hicss.2004.1265259     Document Type: Conference Paper

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