Computers and physical construction: Blending fabrication into computer science education

Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering, FECS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 127-133

  Eisenberg, Michael ^a   Eisenberg, Ann ^a   Buechley, Leah ^a   Elumeze, Nwanua ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer science education; Computer controlled fabrication; Embedded computation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULUM; COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; EMBEDDED COMPUTATION; ENGINEERING WORKS; PHYSICAL OBJECTS; PROJECT-BASED COURSE;

BLENDING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTERS; CURRICULA; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING; FABRICATION;

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 62649157289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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