The Third International Conference on Data Mining (EDM 2010) was held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. It follows the second conference at the University of Cordoba, Spain, on July 1-3, 2009 and the first edition of the conference held in Montreal in 2008, and a series of workshops within the AAAI, AIED, EC-TEL, ICALT, ITS, and UM conferences. EDM 2011…

Nowadays we need to teach students how to become flexible problem solvers in a dynamic world. The pace in which technology changes and complexity increases requires increased efficiency in learning and understanding. This requires the engineers of tomorrow to quickly gain knowledge and insight outside their prime area of expertise. To transfer…

The inclusion of digital multimedia into teaching and learning has changed instructional strategies in the classroom. While this course has been traditionally given in lecture-based environment, an attempt was made to move it towards a more multimedia-mediated environment to provide a student-centred approach in teaching the principles of…

This article proposes a VHDL language course that establishes a strong correlation between the language statements and their use in circuit synthesis. Two course modules are described: a basic module that contains the essential concepts of the language, sufficient for students to describe medium complexity circuits, followed by a second module…

This study reports findings from an experimental field study of scripted collaboration for net-based learning in the context of a one-semester university course on operating systems. In scripted collaboration, activities of learners are coordinated and guided according to particular rules, implemented via respective tools in the learning…

This work describes a new "Moodle" module developed to give support to the practical content of a basic computer organization course. This module goes beyond the mere hosting of resources and assignments. It makes use of an automatic checking and verification engine that works on the VHDL designs submitted by the students. The module automatically…

Higher education programs need to prepare their graduates for the practical challenges they can expect to face upon entering the workforce. Students can be better prepared if their academic learning is reinforced through authentic workplace experience, where the link between theory and professional practice can be realized. Increasingly, such…

Paper recommends undergraduate teacher certification in computer science and gives the steps necessary for approval of a certification program for the state of Texas. In addition, coursework for a certification program is discussed. (Author)

A description of a new teacher education program that has been inaugurated at the University of Massachusetts' School of Education under the title "Computer Augmented Teacher Training". (Author)

The Computer Science Department at the University of Oregon has developed a summer master's degree program in Computer Science Education directed toward teachers in grades 7-14. This report describes the goals, design criteria and constraints which influenced the development of the program. (Author)

This bibliography lists computer-oriented books, primarily textbooks, according to the following subject areas: (1) introduction to electronic data processing; (2) computer programing and computer languages; (3) systems analysis; (4) systems design; (5) computer-based management information systems; (6) computer applications; (7) special subjects;…

A newsletter for the SOLO Project at the University of Pittsburgh contains short problems and solutions of a general nature that arise in computer technology for education and computer science education. The recent and planned activities of the SOLO Project are also listed. Solo Works Newsletter No. 25 is a poster and No. 26 is a journal reprint;…

The Ad Hoc Committee on Computers in Secondary Schools has as its aim the establishment and development of computer science teaching in British Columbia secondary schools. In this paper it sets forth guidelines for such a program. They present a sample curriculum to be used in conjunction with Grades 8-12 mathematics courses. They review some…

With the production of SBAS, a combination of language and machine allowing for a disciplined and error-free approach to teaching programming is available. Instructional strategies for use with SBAS and basic concepts (decisions, repetitions/iterations, actions/processes) are discussed. Sample flow charts and program listings are provided. (JN)