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Title

DCER: Sharing Empirical Computer-Science Education Data

Authors

Brad Richards, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, USAFollow
Kate Sanders, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, USA
Jan Erik Moström, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Vicki Almstrum, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Stephen Edwards, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
Sally Fincher, University of Kent at Canterbury - U.K., Canterbury, United Kingdom
Kat Gunion, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Mark Hall, University of Wisconsin, Marathon County, Wausau, WI, USA
Brian Hanks, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO, USA
Stephen Lonergan, University of British Columbia, Victoria, BC, Canada
Robert McCartney, University of Connecticut - Storrs, CT, USA
Briana Morrison, Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, GA, USA
Jaime Spacco, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, USA
Lynda Thomas, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2008

Publication Title

ICER '08 Proceedings of the Fourth international Workshop on Computing Education Research

Conference or Event

Fourth international Workshop on Computing Education Research

Department

Mathematics and Computer Science

Abstract

Data sharing is common, and sometimes even required, in other disciplines. Creating a mechanism for data sharing in computer science education research will benefit both individual researchers and the community. While it is easy to say that data sharing is desirable, it is much more difficult to make it a practical reality.

This paper reports on an examination of the issues involved by researchers who gathered at a one-day NSF-sponsored workshop held in connection with SIGCSE 2008. We outline the advantages and challenges of developing a repository, show how the challenges have been addressed by repositories in other fields, describe a possible prototype system for empirical computer science education data, and discuss how to move the project forward.

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1404520.1404534

WorldCat Link

http://worldcat.org/oclc/368074366

Provider Link

http://worldcat.org/oclc/368074366

Citation

Kate Sanders, Brad Richards, and Jan Erik Moström, et al., "DCER: Sharing Empirical Computer-Science Education Data." In Proceedings of the fourth international Workshop on Computing Education Research (ICER 2008), pages 137-148, New York, NY, USA, 2008. ACM Press.