Revitalizing computing education through free and open source software for humanity

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 67-75

  Morelli, Ralph ^a   Tucker, Allen ^c   Danner, Norman ^b   De Lanerolle, Trishan R ^a   Ellis, Heidi J C ^d,e   Izmirli, Ozgur ^f   Krizanc, Danny ^b   Parker, Gary ^f  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Trinity College   (United States)

^e WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Connecticut College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING EDUCATION; FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARES;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 69149110148     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1536616.1536635     Document Type: Article

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