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Barbershop Computing

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Moving education beyond computer science pipelines.

Madison C. Allen Kuyenga, Eleanor R. Glover Gladney, Michael Lachney, Marwin McKnight, Theodore S. Ransaw, Dominick Sanders, Aman Yadav | October 1, 2023

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The Beginner's Creed

We all need to learn to be expert beginners. Peter J. Denning
From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2017

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Automated Education and the Professional

Technology boffins argue the new technologies of intelligent personal learning environments will put universities out of business. Will the purported successor,... Peter J. Denning
From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2015

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A Technician Shortage

In our elation about rising CS enrollments, we are overlooking a growing shortage of computing technicians. Our education system is not responding to this need. Peter J. Denning, Edward E. Gordon
From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2015

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Learning For the New Digital Age

Digital machines are automating knowledge work at an accelerating pace. How shall we learn and stay relevant? Peter J. Denning
From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2014

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The Long Quest For -Universal Information Access

Digital object repositories are on the cusp of resolving the long-standing problem of universal information access in the Internet. Peter J. Denning, Robert E. Kahn
From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2010