A mobile application development approach to teaching introductory programming

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mahmoud, Qusay H ^a   Popowicz, Pawel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

CS1; Mobile devices; Smartphone programming

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER ENGINEERING; CS1; INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMMING; MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT; MOBILE ENVIRONMENTS; NEW APPROACHES; SMART PHONES; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; UNIVERSITY CAMPUS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SIGNAL ENCODING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

MOBILE DEVICES;

EID: 78751473633     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2010.5673608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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