University of Otago

Department of Computer Science
University of Otago

New Resources

Reconceptualizing Computation: Radically Rethinking CS1

What We Swept Under the Rug: Radically Reghinking CS1

Java Campus

Java in the Computing Curriculum Conference

Moving from Pascal to Java

IBM Java Course Resources

Java Resources for Computer Science Instruction

Suprises in Teaching CS1 with Java

Using Java in the Introductory Course





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