Title :
A Seminar Looking for Traces of History
Author :
Mittermeir, Roland T.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Inf., Univ. Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt
Abstract :
Students need to overcome their reluctance in understanding how, and why, informatics has evolved as it has. Toward that end, the author developed a course-designed as a seminar-in which students were required to reflect on ideas presented in seminal papers and relate them to contemporary concepts in the respective informatics subdomain. This article describes the seminar´s structure, methods, and goals.
Keywords :
computer science education; educational courses; history; computer science curriculum; historical traces; informatics curriculum; seminar; Civil engineering; Computer science; Engineering profession; History; Informatics; Maintenance engineering; Mechanical engineering; Portable computers; Seminars; Software maintenance;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2008.34
