WCCCE

Despite much excitement with learning analytics, there is still a lack of adoption in the classrooms. Possible reasons may include not having enough time to incorporate the use of analytics, not being familiar enough with specific techniques to readily ...

This study 1 determined the utilization of rubrics in self-assessment of Computer Science students who underwent research writing course. Two sections with a total of 69 students served as participants of the study. The grades of the teacher in the ...

This paper reflects on seven years of experience teaching parallel programming at the undergraduate level in Ontario. A rationale is given for incorporating the topic into the CS curriculum, and essential content is identified. Two contrasting ...

The term open educational resources was initially coined at UNISCO's 2002 forum as an attempt to provide open access to teaching and research materials at no cost. Since that time, many initiatives have been proposed to support this goal but the cost of ...

This paper details our experiences running the OnTrack Seminar at the University of Toronto Scarborough. OnTrack is a one day seminar for CS1 students aimed at both stu- dents who are struggling, and those who are excelling and wish to ensure continued ...

Having students involved with such service-learning web projects activities parallel my teaching philosophy as "you have to be able to practice what you teach". This session will describe the community outreach service-learning web projects where I have ...

We describe a homegrown peer assessment tool with an innovative algorithm for spreading trust, computing marks, and evaluating student feedback once staff have reviewed a small percentage of submitted work.

China is the number one country of origin for international students in Canada. The computer science and other closely related programs are favorable choices for these students. The language barriers, the culture shock, and the academic expectation have ...

The CISters social support group for women in computing at Mount Royal University was founded three years ago with the goal of bringing together female students, faculty, and alumni in order to help the members overcome the unique challenges they face. ...

In this presentation we report on two approaches related to engaging and motivating students: programming competitions and applied research projects. We report on student programming competition results of students from the Computer Science Department (...

Computer Networks is one of the required courses that is being delivered to colleges and universities students who enroll electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science programs. The course introduces students to hardware, software ...