Forum for Academic Software Engineering Volume 4, Number 5, Wed Feb 16 11:08:38 CST 1994 Topics: FASE Subcriptions top 400! announcement for TCSE newsletter contributions 2nd All-Ireland Conference on the Teaching of Computing A------------------------------------------------------- From; kpierce@d.umn.edu (Keith Pierce) Subject: FASE Subscriptions top 400! Apparently by way of the grapevine (I've done virtually no advertising), educators are learning about FASE. About 30 new subscriptions poured in since the last issue, many from around the world, putting us at 409 subscribers. Please continue to submit articles of interest to software engineering educators. Your message will get out to a substantial segment of the software engineering education community.I'll publish as often as necessary to keep a dialogue going. Keith Pierce, Professor 327A Heller Hall Department of Computer Science Phone: 218-726-7194 University of Minnesota, Duluth FAX: 218-726-6360 Duluth, MN 55812-2496 email: kpierce@d.umn.edu A------------------------------------------------------- From: CSBURNST@IITVAX2.BITNET Subject: announcement for TCSE newsletter contributions The Education Subcommittee of the TCSE [ED: Technical Committee on Software engineering of the IEEE]is seeking contributions for a special 4-page section of the TCSE Newsletter on software engineering education. Areas of interest include the following: Course Descriptions Books and Paper Reviews Teaching Materials Upcoming Workshops and Committee Meetings Women/Minority Student Retension Issues in Software Engineering Programs Project Sources Ethical Issues Software Engineering as a Profession Contributions should range from 100-500 words. Deadline is Feb 26, 1994. Please include the authors mailing address, phone number, fax number and e-mail address. Send to: Ilene Burnstein Computer Science Dept. Illinois Institite of Technology 10 West 31st Street Chicago, IL 60616 E-mail: csburnstein@minna.iit.edu FAX: 312-567-5067 Phone: 312-567-5155 A------------------------------------------------------- From: CCFY23@ujvax.ulster.ac.uk Subject: Newsletter article 2nd All-Ireland Conference on the Teaching of Computing --------------------------------------------------------- Announcement And Call For Participation The All-Ireland Centre for Teaching Computing, in conjunction with the Computers in Teaching Initiative Centre for Computing at the University of Ulster are hosting their 2nd All-Ireland Conference on the Teaching of Computing at Dublin City University from Monday 5th to Wednesday 7th September 1994. This conference is the only European forum to bring together computer science teachers and researchers from both the further and higher education sectors who are concerned with the effective teaching and assessment of their subject. The format of the conference will draw on the success of the first conference in September 1993, which included keynote addresses, parallel paper sessions and curriculum discussion groups and will also diversify to include poster and hands-on workshop sessions. The conference should be of interest to anyone teaching computing science in Universities or Colleges of Further Education, who wish to share their ideas with others and to gain an insight into alternative methods for the development and delivery of computing curricula. Full proceedings will be published as a special edition of the CTI Centre for Computing newsletter, 'Monitor'. Key Topics Although contributions an any area of computer science education will be considered the organisers are particularly interested in receiving contributions in the following areas: - Delivery mechanisms - Curriculum issues - Assessment - Authoring and courseware development - Models for computer science education - Supporting aids - New technologies - Evaluating teaching and assessment methods - Peer tutoring - Computing science for non-specialists Submissions Submissions are invited in the following categories: Paper presentations Lecture presentations (30 minutes). These will run in parallel streams Workshops An opportunity for delegates to explore topics of common interest (90 minutes). A typical workshop will include a short presentation or demonstration but the focus will be on interactive discussion and activity. Poster demonstrations Posters will be on display throughout the conference and special times will be allocated when stands will be manned. Participants will be provided with both poster space and a table for computer demonstrations. All submissions should be made in the form of an abstract of up to 500 words. Every submission should include a cover sheet detailing: - Type of submission - Title of submission - Names of all contributors plus address, phone number and e-mail address of main author. Please send 3 copies of your submission to the address below. Abstracts should also be forwarded in machine readable form or by e-mail for inclusion in the conference handbook. All abstracts must reach the conference organisers by Friday 18th March 1994. All enquires or submissions should be send to: Miss Sylvia Alexander CTI Centre for Computing Faculty of Informatics University of Ulster Jordanstown Co Antrim BT37 OQB Tel: +44 232 365131 Ext: 3020 Fax: +44 232 352803 E-mail: CTIComp@uk.ac.ulster.ujvax E------------------------------------------------------------------- FASE Volume 4 Number 5 Send newsletter articles to fase-submit@d.umn.edu or fase@d.umn.edu Send requests to add, delete, or modify a subscription to fase-request@d.umn.edu Send problem reports, returned mail, or other correspondence about this newsletter to fase-owner@d.umn.edu or kpierce@d.umn.edu Keith Pierce, Editor Laurie Werth, Advisory Committee Department of Computer Science Dept. of Computer Science University of Minnesota, Duluth Taylor Hall 2.124 Duluth, MN 55812-2496 University of Texas at Austin Telephone: (218) 726-7194 Austin, Texas 78712 Fax: (218) 726-6360 Telephone: (512) 471-9535 Email: kpierce@d.umn.edu Fax: (512)471-8885 Email: lwerth@cs.utexas.edu