Deciding what to teach novices about programming and what programming language to use
is a common topic for debate. Should an industry relevant programming language be taught …

The need to personalize distance education courses stems from their ultimate goal: the need
to serve an individual student independently of time, place, or any other restrictions. This …

This study examined an ESL writing class, which consisted of 36 students, at a community
college of Hong Kong. The students took part in three online collaborative writing tasks in …

The distance education field offers several potential data sources for data mining
applications. These applications can help both instructors and students in the web-based …

The University of Joensuu started to offer virtual Computer Science studies to high school
students in the surrounding rural area of Joensuu beginning in fall 2000. We evaluated the …

A crucial challenge in the teaching and learning of information and communication
technologies (ICTs) in developing non-Western countries is the irrelevance of much Western …

In Fall 2000, University of Joensuu offered for the first time a Web-based university level
Computer Science course to high school students in the surrounding rural region of North …

This paper presents an approach for educators to evaluate student progress throughout a
course, and not merely based on a final exam. We introduce progress reports and describe …

Despite being a small country, Finland has been highly visible in international Computing
Education Research (CER). This is demonstrated by the presence of several important …

Teaching programming in non-Western surroundings reveals the cultural roots and
dependencies of Computer Science. Both the concepts and the teaching methods of the …