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WWW interactive learning environments for computer science education

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The wide accessibility of the World Wide Web makes it a perfect base for developing computer science courseware modules. Since learning involves more than just receiving transmitted information, courseware must be interactive and encourage student engagement, which is a challenge on the Web architecture. This article describes an ongoing effort to develop World Wide Web-based computer science courseware modules that will use interactive components as integral parts of the material, in order to promote student involvement. It also discusses the proposed usage of new technology such as HotJava in this framework.

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        cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
        ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 28, Issue 1
        March 1996
        379 pages
        ISSN:0097-8418
        DOI:10.1145/236462
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        • cover image ACM Conferences
          SIGCSE '96: Proceedings of the twenty-seventh SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
          March 1996
          447 pages
          ISBN:089791757X
          DOI:10.1145/236452

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