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Incorporating real-world projects in teaching computer science courses

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Richard Detmer,

Judy HankinsAuthors Info & Claims

ACMSE '10: Proceedings of the 48th annual ACM Southeast Conference

Article No.: 24, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/1900008.1900042

Published: 15 April 2010 Publication History

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Research has shown students are more motivated and more likely to perform active learning when working on real-world projects that have societal impact. The Computer Science Department at Middle Tennessee State University has embarked on the task of incorporating real-world projects into multiple courses across the curriculum. This paper describes the real world project collection process and a management framework being developed to collect and track the usage of real-world projects for Computer Science courses. It discusses pilot courses that used real-world projects in teaching various computing subjects, as well as lessons learned from these pilot studies.

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Ferreira VCanedo E(2019)Design sprint in classroom: exploring new active learning tools for project-based learning approachJournal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing10.1007/s12652-019-01285-311:3(1191-1212)Online publication date: 29-Mar-2019
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-019-01285-3
Boese EAlphonce CTims JCaspersen MEdwards S(2016)Just-In-Time Learning for the Just Google It EraProceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education10.1145/2839509.2844583(341-345)Online publication date: 17-Feb-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2839509.2844583

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Incorporating real-world projects in teaching computer science courses
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
      2. Model curricula

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Ferreira VCanedo E(2019)Design sprint in classroom: exploring new active learning tools for project-based learning approachJournal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing10.1007/s12652-019-01285-311:3(1191-1212)Online publication date: 29-Mar-2019
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12652-019-01285-3
Boese EAlphonce CTims JCaspersen MEdwards S(2016)Just-In-Time Learning for the Just Google It EraProceedings of the 47th ACM Technical Symposium on Computing Science Education10.1145/2839509.2844583(341-345)Online publication date: 17-Feb-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2839509.2844583

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