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Between Tanzania and Finland: learning Java over the Web

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A pilot project between two institutions of computer science, one in Finland and the other in Tanzania, reveals potentials and risks of a collaborative learning framework. Two groups, one from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and the other from the Computing Centre of the University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, were designing a web-based environment for learning the Java programming language. Preliminary experiences indicate that the challenges of the scheme fall into at least four categories, namely those of technicalities, organizational aspects, attitudes, and cultural differences.

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            cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
            ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 31, Issue 1
            March 1999
            370 pages
            ISSN:0097-8418
            DOI:10.1145/384266
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              SIGCSE '99: The proceedings of the thirtieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
              March 1999
              383 pages
              ISBN:1581130856
              DOI:10.1145/299649
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              • Jane Prey,
              • Bob Noonan

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