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Introduction to the Special Issue on Web Development

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Craig S. Miller,

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ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE), Volume 15, Issue 1

Article No.: 1, Pages 1 - 5

https://doi.org/10.1145/2724759

Published: 04 March 2015 Publication History

Abstract

Despite its prevalence in computing, web development is underrepresented in computing curricula and computing education research. This special issue takes a step towards improving its representation with three articles on web development education. Drawing upon diverse methods from a variety of contexts, the articles address challenges of teaching web development and common difficulties students encounter when learning particular concepts. All three articles identify web development as a promising avenue for motivating students in their study of computing.

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Kearney-Volpe CFleet COhshiro KAlfaro Arias VHao Xu EHurst A(2023)Tangible Progress: Tools, Techniques, and Impacts of Teaching Web Development to Screen Reader UsersACM Transactions on Accessible Computing10.1145/358531516:1(1-33)Online publication date: 28-Mar-2023
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Introduction to the Special Issue on Web Development
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
        Information science education

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ACM Transactions on Computing Education Volume 15, Issue 1

Special Issue on Web Development

March 2015

65 pages

EISSN:1946-6226

DOI:10.1145/2742853

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Robert McCartney
University of Connecticut, USA
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University of Washington-Tacoma, USA

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Published: 04 March 2015

Accepted: 01 January 2015

Received: 01 January 2015

Published in TOCE Volume 15, Issue 1

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Priyanka D(2024)Educational Technology and Libraries Supporting Online/Digital Learning With the ASP.NET MVC FrameworkAI-Assisted Library Reconstruction10.4018/979-8-3693-2782-1.ch011(191-208)Online publication date: 28-Jun-2024
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Kearney-Volpe CFleet COhshiro KAlfaro Arias VHao Xu EHurst A(2023)Tangible Progress: Tools, Techniques, and Impacts of Teaching Web Development to Screen Reader UsersACM Transactions on Accessible Computing10.1145/358531516:1(1-33)Online publication date: 28-Mar-2023
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