Recently in the ACM

• 5 (really) hard things about using the internet in higher education by Grandon Gill
  Here they are:
  • Lack of models from our own experience
    
  • Constant disruptions precipitated by evolving technologies
    
  • Explaining our courses to others
    
  • Adjusting to a new rhythm of life
    
  • Adjusting to our new role
  This is a companion piece to the earlier 13 (Educational) Things I'd Rather Do Over the Internet also by Grandon Gill. These articles are about the good news and not so good news on mounting courses on the web.
  
• Three hundred pages of very interesting stuff from the latest Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges v21i6, relevant article & panel presentation highlights below:
  
  
  • Using LEGO robots for traditional projects in the artificial intelligence course by Amruth N. Kumar
    
  • From computer literacy to cyber-literacy by Evelyn Stiller, Cathie LeBlanc
    
  • Web design: interface to the liberal arts by Bridget Baird
    
  • Bridges connecting computer science and calculus by Jill Gerhardt, Saralyn Grenga Mathis, Rebecca Hall
    
  • Computer science education and Asperger Syndrome by Michael Battig, Mary Anne Egan, Greta Pangborn, Mary Beth Doyle
    
  • Using wikis to foster team communication, cohesion, & collaboration by Clif Kussmaul, Susannah Howe, Simon Priest
    
  • Student perspectives on a real world project by Sofya Poger, Frances Bailie
    
  • A bioinformatics experience course by Charles Toth, Richard Connelly
    
  • Technology skills of incoming freshman: are first-year students prepared? by Jeffrey A. Stone, Mark E. Hoffman, Elinor M. Madigan, David R. Vance
    
  • An invitation to IT: redesigning the first year by Gian Mario Besana, Lucia Dettori, Theresa A. Steinbach
    
  • The curse of Monkey Island: holding the attention of students weaned on computer games by Brian C. Ladd
    
  • Writing for computer science: a taxonomy of writing tasks and general advice by Robert F. Dugan, Jr, Virginia G. Polanski
    
  • Resources for reconsidering software engineering offerings by computer science departments by Gregory W. Hislop, Thomas B. Hilburn, Michael J. Lutz, Mark J. Sebern