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The NDSU World Wide Web Instructional Committee (WWWIC) is a group of faculty who have a strong and active interest in applying information technology for instructional purposes. A World Wide Web (WWW) site, http: //www.ndsu.nodak.edu/wwwic/,...

This paper presents some results from the Visual Program project. The goal of the Visual Program project is to provide an environment in which students can study and learn AI techniques. We provide tools to support active learning using...

We propose a way for an university to keep current its hierarchical structured Web space. The system has two major properties. One is that the structure is specified from higher in the hierarchy. And two is that each unit in the organization can...

Abstract: We are developing ViewJ, a tool that creates pictures/visualizations so that the student can see and study what their program is actually doing. ViewJ is an interactive tool. The user interface provides VCR-like control of the program...

This paper presents a tool to allow students to see visualizations of various levels of software interaction. Students in the initial steps of learning programming and algorithms need to integrate information from several points of view to...

Our evaluations of student learning have indicated the more accurately we can address the student learning process with a visualization the better the student outcome. This includes issues such as more interactive systems and a wider range of...

We are developing 3D visualizations for use in AI classes. This paper presents the process of developing visiaulization for symbolic information for classroom use. The basic process is to: determine the questions the user should be able to ask,...

In this paper, we discuss collaborative conferencing environments in terms of their effectiveness and problems in a virtual classroom setting. Our focus is on the collaborative software, computing platforms, and the communications link between...

Our main goal is to find effective ways of learning object-oriented (OO) programming. Very few attempts are made to find out the important features of the visualizations that would enhance the students understanding of object-oriented programming....

We would like to present students with clear and well structured tutorials and then in controlled steps allow the student to see the full underlying knowledge about a topic. In education terms, we start with a scaffolded view and will fade this...

In this paper, we introduce a new software development method. This method emphasizes software testing cycles and makes a cultural change in teaching and developing computer programs. In our approach, students write a program by writing a test suite ...

This paper focuses on the programming environment developed by CMU and distributed (freely) as the Alice 3D Authoring System. An overview of the difficulty in retaining computer science students due to the high initial learning curve associated...

This research describes an approach emphasizing using visualization to teach Java I class. This research discusses the difficulties in teaching java, the way the visualizations overcome the difficulties in teaching java. This approach includes...

Converting course websites from a collection of static pages to Semantic Web ontologies provides several benefits for both students and faculty, ultimately resulting in a more effective course-delivery method. This paper focuses on an approach in...

This paper proposes a cognitive model for learning Java programming. This model is based on constructivism theory, which involves a combination of learning knowledge from old knowledge and the development of programming skills at different levels. ...

This work describes an experiment to compare the effectiveness of BlueJ with Textpad in the learning process of Java programming. This research discusses the details of the experiment in a classroom over a period of three semesters. The result of...