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Effective Learning and Teaching in Computing(Effective Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Series) »
Authors: Sylvi Alexander, Sylvia Alexander, Sylvia Alexander
ISBN-13: 9780415335010, ISBN-10: 0415335019
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: August 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Sylvi Alexander
Alastair Irons is Associate Dean of the School for Informatics at Northumbria University. Sylvia Alexander is Lecturer in Computing at the University of Ulster, Jordanstown and Manager of the National Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences.
Book Synopsis
Written to meet the needs of teachers, lecturers and tutors, this is a comprehensive guide to understanding the key issues, best practices and new developments in learning and teaching in information and computer sciences in higher education.
It covers a range of issues relating to teaching within the broad discipline of computing at under- and post-graduate level, including:
* curriculum
* assessment
* links with industry
* international perspectives
* innovative techniques for teaching
* effective use of ICT in teaching.
Effective Learning and Teaching in Computing will be essential reading for less experienced teachers seeking authoritative guidance as well as experienced teachers seeking material for reflection and advice.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | Current issues | 6 |
| Pt. 1 | Teaching and the support of learning | 19 |
| 2 | Motivating computing students | 21 |
| 3 | The role of practical skills in computing education | 29 |
| 4 | Learning and teaching with computers | 38 |
| 5 | Accessibility, disability and computing | 48 |
| 6 | Variations on a theme : divisions and union in a maturing discipline | 57 |
| Pt. 2 | Learning activities for computing students | 67 |
| 7 | Groupwork for computing students | 69 |
| 8 | Automating the process of skills-based assessment | 76 |
| 9 | Motivation and electronic assessment | 86 |
| 10 | Reducing plagiarism in computing | 100 |
| Pt. 3 | Developing effective learning environments | 111 |
| 11 | Evaluating what works in distance learning | 113 |
| 12 | Industrial input to the computing curriculum | 123 |
| 13 | Computing education and entrepreneurial spirit | 136 |
| 14 | Higher education, IT and industry | 148 |
| Pt. 4 | Reflective practice and personal development | 159 |
| 15 | Continuing professional development for the computing academic : wheeling in the Trojan horse | 161 |
| 16 | Improving the quality of teaching in computing | 172 |
| 17 | Technology and the reflective practitioner | 182 |
| Conclusion | 189 | |
| 18 | Future issues in computing | 191 |
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