Effective Learning and Teaching in Information and Computer Sciences

Each book in the Effective Learning and Teaching in Higher Education series is packed with up-to-date advice, guidance and expert opinion on teaching in the key subjects in higher education today. This book covers information and computer sciences and includes contributions from a wide range of experts in the field, with a broad and international perspective. The book is grouped into structured sections covering: A. Teaching and the support of learning; B. Learning activities for computing students; C. Developing effective learning environments and; D. Reflective practice and personal development. Individual chapters cover topics such as: Motivating computer students; Practical development skills; Groupwork; Computer aided assessment; Skills-based assessment; Emotional and social aspects of the electronic assessment; Reducing plagiarism; Distance learning; Simulating reality; Industrial input into curriculum design; Entrepreneurship; Improving Quality.Contributors include Nancy Mead: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon, and Boots Cassell of Villanova University, Pennsylvania.Irons, Alastair is the author of 'Effective Learning and Teaching in Information and Computer Sciences' with ISBN 9780749440718 and ISBN 0749440716.