Open educational resources in computer science teaching
| Published | February 2012 |
| Conference | The 43rd ACM Technical Symposium: Proceedings of the 43rd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education - SIGCSE '12 |
| Publisher | ACM Press |
| Editors | Smith King, Laurie · Musicant, David R. · Camp, Tracy · Tymann, Paul |
| Country | United States, North America |
ABSTRACT
Open content and open access to resources are important factors in the innovation of Computer Science education. This paper presents a study aimed at gaining an understanding of the needs of Computer Science educators in terms of Open Educational Resources (OER): what kind of resources they need, when they need them, how they use them, and what are the barriers and the enablers for using OER The results of the study are compared and analyzed in the context of the popular OER sites. The work contributes to the research on OER utilization and discovery.| Keywords | open content · open education · Open Educational Resources |
| Published at | Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; New York, New York |
| Language | eng |
| ISBN | 9781450310987 |
| Refereed | Yes |
| DOI | 10.1145/2157136.2157314 |
| URL | http://myweb.wssu.edu/dichevc/Research/SIGCSE2012_DichevDicheva.pdf |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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