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Data and content management: a master’s level course
Smith J., McGuffee J. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 31(1): 70-79, 2015. Type: Article
An overview is provided of a graduate-level, information technology (IT) course in data and content management. Four main topics are covered in the course: encryption, content management systems, revision control systems, and nontradit...
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Jul 6 2016 |
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Foundations of a cross-disciplinary pedagogy for big data
Eckroth J. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 31(3): 110-118, 2016. Type: Article
Big data use cases are attracting more and more attention, but big data programming environments tend to be too complex for non-computer scientists to work in alone, without the help of computer scientists. In order for multiple discip...
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Mar 7 2016 |
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From advanced Cobol to data, file and object structures
Whitson G. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 22(5): 39-45, 2007. Type: Article
In the ever-changing world of information technology (IT), one of the major changes was from the mainframe to client-server paradigm. With that changing paradigm, computer and information science (CIS) curricula had to change as well.<...
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Mar 9 2009 |
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How sweet it is! A course in Cocoa
Rogers M. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 18(4): 295-307, 2003. Type: Article
While most object-oriented programming (OOP) courses base themselves on C++ or Java, Rogers suggests Cocoa [1] as an alternative, in particular because of its powerful framework, the elegant syntax of Objective-C, and the high-quality ...
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Oct 7 2004 |
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Teacher specification and student implementation of a unit testing methodology in an introductory programming course
Snyder R. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 19(3): 22-32, 2004. Type: Article
Teaching introductory programming based on early test development is discussed in this paper. An advantage of this method is that students acquire procedural abstractions rapidly, by recognizing the redundancy of testing code, a practi...
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May 3 2004 |
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Exploring Beowulf clusters
Meredith M., Carrigan T., Brockman J., Cloninger T., Privoznik J., Williams J. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 18(4): 268-284, 2003. Type: Article
Cluster computing is turning out to be a very powerful and cost- effective approach to parallel computing. The availability of powerful networking infrastructure and computing nodes makes this a viable technological option, considering...
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Aug 29 2003 |
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Presenting computer algorithm knowledge units in computer science curriculum
Krishnaprasad S. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 16(2): 256-262, 2001. Type: Article
This paper does a good job of analyzing the anticipated impact of Computing Curriculum 2001 (CC2001), a recently finalized model for undergraduate computer science curricula, on the coverage of algorithms. There is also good discussion...
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May 30 2002 |
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Evaluating the output of recursive routines using successive queues
Boettler J. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 16(2): 124-133, 2001. Type: Article
The author presents a method for illustrating the output of recursive subprograms, using successive queues rather than stacks. The work is concerned entirely with the CS1/CS2 pedagogical issue of illustrating recursion, and makes no pr...
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May 22 2002 |
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Teaching fundamentals for web programming and e-commerce in a liberal arts computer science curriculum
Bloss A. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges 16(2): 297-302, 2001. Type: Article
The author presents her experiences with a course using Java and Perl/CGI to teach fundamentals of web programming, and suggests inputs for a course that would provide fundamentals for e-commerce....
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Mar 1 2002 |
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Patterson W., Hankins J. Type: Proceedings
This paper describes the development of a web-based CRT virtual reality visualization tool for computer literacy. The paper is not too technical for the casual reader, and describes in some detail the process of the capabilities of the...
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Mar 1 2002 |
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