Computer graphics in context an approach to a first course in computer graphics

ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA 2008 Educators Programme, SIGGRAPH Asia'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Cunningham, Steve ^a  

^a Brown Cunningham Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; First graphics course

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION AREA; COMMUNITY BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSE; CONTEXT; FIRST GRAPHICS COURSE; SENSE OF COMMUNITY; TECHNICAL COURSE;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

TEACHING;

EID: 67650683166     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1507713.1507715     Document Type: Conference Paper

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