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Game Design As A Writing Course In The Liberal Arts., Amber Settle, Robin Burke, Lucia Dettori
Game Design As A Writing Course In The Liberal Arts., Amber Settle, Robin Burke, Lucia Dettori
Amber Settle
The School of Computer Science, Telecommunications, and Information Systems (CTI) is a technologically-focused college within DePaul University. While DePaul CTI has a large number of technical degree programs, DePaul University is a liberal arts institution and one that is increasingly focused on improving the writing skills of its students. It can be difficult to create courses that cover necessary technical material while requiring writing as a major part of the assessments. In this paper we discuss GAM 224: Introduction to Game Design, a required course in one of the specialized degree programs at DePaul CTI that involves writing in a …
Computing Branches Out: On Revitalizing Computing Education., Ljubomir Perkovic, Amber Settle
Computing Branches Out: On Revitalizing Computing Education., Ljubomir Perkovic, Amber Settle
Amber Settle
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Distance Learning And Student Satisfaction In Java Programming Courses, Amber Settle, Chad Settle
Distance Learning And Student Satisfaction In Java Programming Courses, Amber Settle, Chad Settle
Amber Settle
Student satisfaction with distance learning is impacted by a variety of factors, including interaction with the instructor and the structure of the course. Satisfaction with distance-learning courses also has a strong impact on retention. In an earlier article, we determined that student satisfaction as measured by course evaluation scores in an online discrete mathematics course taught by the first author was not statistically significantly different from that of students in traditional versions of the same course, supporting some previous studies on distance-learning student satisfaction. However, the model of distance-learning studied in our initial work is not the dominant model used …