A Handbook for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Enhancing academic and Practice

Computing science
❘
299
‘communication’ dimension which is assuming increasing importance in the sense of
equipping young people to transfer their thoughts and ideas. Computing science
educators need to develop awareness of how online teaching technologies and
environments can become an integral part of the process and management of all teaching
and learning; to enhance and enrich education; to provide access to electronic information
sources and interactive learning resources; and to encourage flexible and effective patterns
of learning.
REFERENCES
JISCIPAS Internet Plagiarism Services http://www.jiscpas.ac.uk (last accessed 1 February
2008).
Leitch, S (2006) ‘Skills in the UK: the long term challenge’. Available online at http://www.
hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/leitch_review/review_leitch_index.cfm
(accessed 1 February 2008).
Prensky, M (2001) ‘Digital natives digital immigrants’. Available online at http://
www. marcprensky.com/writing/Prensky%20%20Digital%20Natives,%20Digital%20
Immigrants%20-%20Part1.pdf (accessed 1 February 2008).
QAA Subject Benchmark for Computing http://qaa.ac.uk/academicinfrastructure/
benchmark/honours/default.asp (accessed 1 February 2008).
Second Life – an online 3D virtual world created entirely by its residents available at
www.secondlife.com (last accessed 1 February 2008).
Sparrow, E (2006) Developing the Future. A Report on the Challenges and Opportunities Facing the
UK Software Development Industry, Microsoft Corporation.
Vassell, C et al. (2006) ‘Mobile learning: using SMS to enhance education provision’. Paper
presented to the 7th Annual Conference of the Subject Centre for Information and
Computer Sciences, 29–31 August, Trinity College Dublin, pp 43–48.
Wing, J M (2006) ‘Computational thinking’, Communications of the ACM, March 49(3).
FURTHER READING
See http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/ for a comprehensive overview of the work of the
Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer Sciences to
include links to other relevant sites.