Starting with Ubicomp: Using the senseboard to introduce computing

SIGCSE'12 - Proceedings of the 43rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 583-588

  Richards, Mike ^a   Petre, Marian ^a   Bandara, Arosha K ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

computer science education; distance education; programming; sense; senseboard; ubiquitous computing

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; DIGITAL LIFE; INPUT/OUTPUT; SENSE; SENSEBOARD; STUDY MATERIALS; UBICOMP;

MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; PRODUCT DESIGN; SCAFFOLDS; STUDENTS; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

DISTANCE EDUCATION;

EID: 84858963198     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2157136.2157306     Document Type: Conference Paper

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