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Incorporating a Theme Through Literature

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2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Location

Virtual Conference

Publication Date

July 26, 2021

Start Date

July 26, 2021

End Date

July 19, 2022

Conference Session

First-Year Programs: Unique Projects and Pedagogies

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First-Year Programs

Page Count

7

DOI

10.18260/1-2--37320

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https://peer.asee.org/37320

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242

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Robin K. Hill University of Wyoming Orcid 16x16 orcid.org/0000-0001-5466-7271

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Dr. Hill is an adjunct professor in both the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research and the Philosophy Department of the University of Wyoming, and a Lecturer in Computer Science. She currently writes a blog on the philosophy of computer science for the online Communications of the ACM. Her teaching experience includes logic, computer science, and information systems courses for the University of Wyoming, University of Maryland University College (European Division), State University of New York at Binghamton, Metropolitan State College, and others. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science, an M.S. in Management Information Systems, an M.A. in Mathematical Logic, and a B.A. in Philosophy.

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Abstract

Even in a first-year seminar in a technical field like computer science, the assignment of a classic work of literature touching on a theme related to computing can provide rich material for demonstrations, exercises, and thoughtful analysis on the relations between society and technology.

Hill, R. K. (2021, July), Incorporating a Theme Through Literature Paper presented at 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual Conference. 10.18260/1-2--37320

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