Abstract This paper is based on a course run in the fall semester 2008 with students from Sweden ... more Abstract This paper is based on a course run in the fall semester 2008 with students from Sweden and USA where they addressed an open problem in the health sector. Part of the course for the students has been to review how the collaboration actually worked and with special attention to the collaboration platform used. The background to the course and process of choosing the collaborative platform, ClockingIT, is presented.
Proceedings of the 21st annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques - SIGGRAPH '94, 1994
The panelists will discuss various approaches to teaching an introductory computer graphics cours... more The panelists will discuss various approaches to teaching an introductory computer graphics course. They represent a wide spectrum of the discipline, offering courses emphasizing systems, engineering, mathematics, science, art design and animation. Sample course syllabi, textbook recommendations, software packages and suggested projects will be available. This past summer at an Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Workshop in Computer Graphics sponsored by the NSF and the ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee, it became apparent that there were widely different viewpoints on the content and methodology for teaching the introductory computer graphics course. The panelists will discuss various approaches to teaching an introductory computer graphics course. They represent a wide spectrum of the discipline, offering courses emphasizing in systems, engineering, mathematics, science, art design and animation. Included in the discussion will be conventional approaches, beginning with two-dimensional concepts and introducing three-dimensional concepts at the end of the course; an approach that focus on generic graphics pipeline elements and system specification/implementation; a new approach that emphasizes image synthesis based on Physics; and approaches that emphasize art design and animation. Software packages, both commercial and public domain, used to teach computer graphics will be described. The courses described are taught at large public universities as well as small private colleges. The equipment used varies from 8088 personal computers to Sun workstations. Sample course syllabi, textbook recommendations, and suggested projects will be available.
International collaborative student projects are inherently difficult for everyone concerned -- t... more International collaborative student projects are inherently difficult for everyone concerned -- the students working on the projects, the faculty guiding the students, and the clients submitting the projects. With more and more schools recommending, or even requiring, that their students have some form of international experience in their degree programs, these projects will become more prevalent in helping to educate
Computer graphics is a powerful medium used to communicate information and knowledge. It is a dis... more Computer graphics is a powerful medium used to communicate information and knowledge. It is a discipline whose time has come. Until recently it was a mysterious specialty involving expensive display hardware, considerable computing resources, and specialized software. In the last few years, computer graphics has found its way into the mainstream of society, from entertainment, to engineering design, to the
We demonstrate a symbiosis of multimedia materials and human interaction. Every first-year studen... more We demonstrate a symbiosis of multimedia materials and human interaction. Every first-year student at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology takes CS 100. This course is a lo-week introduction to programming and problem solving. Each week, students experience a 50-minute ...
ABSTRACT This year marks the 19th ITiCSE conference. This panel will provide conference delegates... more ABSTRACT This year marks the 19th ITiCSE conference. This panel will provide conference delegates, both frequent attendees and those new to ITiCSE the opportunity to reflect on the conference's success as one of the premier international com- puter science education conferences and to discuss potential future directions for the conference.
... instructor, and concerns about losing financial aid or visa status in the case of internation... more ... instructor, and concerns about losing financial aid or visa status in the case of internationalstudents. ... observe (in the case of academics) and can be easily used by students to rationalize ... in the literature as to whether it actually has much influence on academic dishonesty in the ...
Journal of Applied Computing and Information Technology
As international collaborations become a part of everyday life, cultural awareness becomes crucia... more As international collaborations become a part of everyday life, cultural awareness becomes crucial for our ability to work with people from other countries. People see, evaluate, and interpret things differently depending on their cultural background and cultural awareness. This includes aspects such as appreciation of different communication patterns, the awareness of different value systems and, not least, to become aware of our own cultural values, beliefs and perceptions. This paper addresses the value of cultural awareness in ...
Abstract This paper is based on a course run in the fall semester 2008 with students from Sweden ... more Abstract This paper is based on a course run in the fall semester 2008 with students from Sweden and USA where they addressed an open problem in the health sector. Part of the course for the students has been to review how the collaboration actually worked and with special attention to the collaboration platform used. The background to the course and process of choosing the collaborative platform, ClockingIT, is presented.
Proceedings of the 21st annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques - SIGGRAPH '94, 1994
The panelists will discuss various approaches to teaching an introductory computer graphics cours... more The panelists will discuss various approaches to teaching an introductory computer graphics course. They represent a wide spectrum of the discipline, offering courses emphasizing systems, engineering, mathematics, science, art design and animation. Sample course syllabi, textbook recommendations, software packages and suggested projects will be available. This past summer at an Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Workshop in Computer Graphics sponsored by the NSF and the ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee, it became apparent that there were widely different viewpoints on the content and methodology for teaching the introductory computer graphics course. The panelists will discuss various approaches to teaching an introductory computer graphics course. They represent a wide spectrum of the discipline, offering courses emphasizing in systems, engineering, mathematics, science, art design and animation. Included in the discussion will be conventional approaches, beginning with two-dimensional concepts and introducing three-dimensional concepts at the end of the course; an approach that focus on generic graphics pipeline elements and system specification/implementation; a new approach that emphasizes image synthesis based on Physics; and approaches that emphasize art design and animation. Software packages, both commercial and public domain, used to teach computer graphics will be described. The courses described are taught at large public universities as well as small private colleges. The equipment used varies from 8088 personal computers to Sun workstations. Sample course syllabi, textbook recommendations, and suggested projects will be available.
International collaborative student projects are inherently difficult for everyone concerned -- t... more International collaborative student projects are inherently difficult for everyone concerned -- the students working on the projects, the faculty guiding the students, and the clients submitting the projects. With more and more schools recommending, or even requiring, that their students have some form of international experience in their degree programs, these projects will become more prevalent in helping to educate
Computer graphics is a powerful medium used to communicate information and knowledge. It is a dis... more Computer graphics is a powerful medium used to communicate information and knowledge. It is a discipline whose time has come. Until recently it was a mysterious specialty involving expensive display hardware, considerable computing resources, and specialized software. In the last few years, computer graphics has found its way into the mainstream of society, from entertainment, to engineering design, to the
We demonstrate a symbiosis of multimedia materials and human interaction. Every first-year studen... more We demonstrate a symbiosis of multimedia materials and human interaction. Every first-year student at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology takes CS 100. This course is a lo-week introduction to programming and problem solving. Each week, students experience a 50-minute ...
ABSTRACT This year marks the 19th ITiCSE conference. This panel will provide conference delegates... more ABSTRACT This year marks the 19th ITiCSE conference. This panel will provide conference delegates, both frequent attendees and those new to ITiCSE the opportunity to reflect on the conference's success as one of the premier international com- puter science education conferences and to discuss potential future directions for the conference.
... instructor, and concerns about losing financial aid or visa status in the case of internation... more ... instructor, and concerns about losing financial aid or visa status in the case of internationalstudents. ... observe (in the case of academics) and can be easily used by students to rationalize ... in the literature as to whether it actually has much influence on academic dishonesty in the ...
Journal of Applied Computing and Information Technology
As international collaborations become a part of everyday life, cultural awareness becomes crucia... more As international collaborations become a part of everyday life, cultural awareness becomes crucial for our ability to work with people from other countries. People see, evaluate, and interpret things differently depending on their cultural background and cultural awareness. This includes aspects such as appreciation of different communication patterns, the awareness of different value systems and, not least, to become aware of our own cultural values, beliefs and perceptions. This paper addresses the value of cultural awareness in ...
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