Joyce Currie Little

• PhD University of Maryland College Park, 1984
• Professor Emeritus at Towson University

Changes in technology are beneficial in almost all aspects of our lives. However, many unanticipated/undesirable consequences of technology exist. Some consequences are immediate, while others may not be known for decades. Current university students grew-up with technology and cannot imagine a world without it. They not only use technology, they a...

The acceptance and integration of social issues into computing curricula is still a work in progress twenty years after it was first incorporated into the ACM Computing Curricula. Through an international survey of computing instructors, this paper corroborates prior work showing that most institutions include the societal impact of ICT in their pr...

This paper discusses how to ensure that students attain professional values important to the workplace by integrating them into computing curricula. It describes a survey of the attitudes of students, faculty and professionals in computing towards the teaching and assessment of such values. The results show that these groups share a set of professi...

Working Group 3 at ITiCSE 2007 continued the ongoing work of the Ontology of Computing project. The working group brought several new people into the project and addressed areas of the ontology of particular interest to these participants. In particular, the group worked on the Ontology sections related to History of Computing, Computing Security a...

Working Group 3 at ITiCSE 2007 continued the ongoing work of the Ontology of Computing project. The working group brought several new people into the project and addressed areas of the ontology of particular interest to these participants. In particular, the group worked on the Ontology sections related to History of Computing, Computing Security a...

The discipline of computing sciences has evolved over the last fifty or so years from several directions - with some influences coming from the workplace and others from research and development in corporations and universities. Today, with accepted curriculum models, knowledgeable faculty, and students interested in learning, the science has achie...

Since the early to mid 1990s, with the advent of easy to use browser software, the Internet has become available to those outside the community of researchers and knowledgeable users. Currently, anyone with computing and some type of networking capability is able to connect to the internet: some still through University and work-place links, others...

Since the early to mid 1990s, with the advent of easy to use browser software, the Internet has become available to those outside the community of researchers and knowledgeable users. Currently, anyone with computing and some type of networking capability is able to connect to the internet: some still through University and work-place links, others...

Since the early to mid 1990s, with the advent of easy to use browser software, the Internet has become available to those outside the community of researchers and knowledgeable users. Currently, anyone with computing and some type of networking capability is able to connect to the internet: some still through University and work-place links, others...

Introduction Colleges and Universities offering an accredited program in computer science are required to show evidence that students are being instructed in "computer ethics." Towson University in the Baltimore Maryland metropolitan area offers students a choice of two such courses -one a three-credit general education course taken by majors along...

During the last years of the 20th century, the increase in the number of computers in use in business and industry, corporations, government, and the home caused more jobs to be created than ever before. During the 1980s the personal computer and workstation (q.v.) became prevalent, but during the 1990s the computer became ubiquitous and connected...

Industry leaders and educators in Computer and Information Technology (CIT) have expressed a need for graduates to have a background in professional, societal, and ethical concerns as well as a strong technical capability (Huff and Martin, 1995). Some educators have gone so far as to include cultural awareness: "The cultural dimensions of informati...

In a time of rapid technological and social change, business organizations must help their employees develop a new appreciation of how social and ethical values are being shaped and challenged by evolving information technologies. Many ethical and social conflicts have arisen around the advanced information technology used today. The emerging techn...

Industry leaders and educators in Computer and Information Technology (CIT) have expressed a need for graduates to have a background in professional, societal, and ethical concerns as well as a strong technical capability (Huff and Martin, 1995). Some educators have gone so far as to include cultural awareness: "The cultural dimensions of informati...

The Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice, intended as a standard for teaching and practicing software engineering, documents the ethical and professional obligations of software engineers. The code should instruct practitioners about the standards society expects them to meet, about what their peers strive for, and about wh...

In some circles, all programming is collaborative, yet in many CS1 and CS2 courses, individual programming assignments are made, collaboration with other students is cheating, and tailoring a program found on the web is plagiarism. Many educators feel that collaboration belongs only in a very few upper division courses. Others have experience to sh...

Educators in computing and information technology (CIT) suggest a need for graduates going into the workplace to have a better understanding of professionalism and workplace issues. It is not enough for graduates to have technical capabilities. They must understand many aspects of CIT as a discipline. They should be aware of the various types of CI...

Educators in computing and information technology (CIT) suggest a need for graduates going into the workplace to have a better understanding of professionalism and workplace issues. It is not enough for graduates to have technical capabilities. They must understand many aspects of CIT as a discipline. They should be aware of the various types of CI...

Long before the electronic computing era, women were already a part of the information processing industry. For the first fifty years of information processing, women had an important role to play-from the women data entry operators of the early 1900s to the six women programmers of ENIAC in the 1940s and the scientific computation women computists...

Developing a learning suppliment to support the breadth-first computer science curriculum and taking advantage of emerging technologies to provide interactive, demand-driven simulations which enhance comprehension of abstract concepts in computer science ...

This report presents the results of a collaborative working group activity focusing on the use of information technology (IT) to integrate social and ethical issues within computer science or information systems courses. The report provides an organizational approach for classifying exercises, based on the issue each one addresses and the course or...

The use of the Internet is a common theme in current educational technology research. However, hype does not augment learning, and new technology alone does not promise improvement. The question is does Internet presentation alone affect learning outcomes? ...

After presenting some characteristics of evolving disciplines, this paper gives background information on the evolution of informatics as a discipline. A discussion of how informatics can be extended into a program of informatics education supported by the various informatics departments follows. Arguments for the advancement of informatics educati...

The integration of computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools into the curriculum benefits computer science/information systems educators as well as industry. There has been a continuing, long and arduous movement toward the use of CASE tools especially in industry. The type of tool, the type of methodology in use for software development, an...

This paper describes the major components of ImpactCS, a program to develop strategies and curriculum materials for integrating social and ethical considerations into the computer science curriculum. It presents, in particular, the content recommendations of a subcommittee of ImpactCS; and it illustrates the interdisciplinary nature of the field, d...

The Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) has a new LISTSERV for uniting people all over the world who want to talk about issues involving computing and societal impact. The LISTSERV is predominately in English because it's the lingua franca of the Net. Issues being discussed include security, decency, privacy, law, national ident...

This article deals with professional and entry-level certification through the examination programs of the Institute for Certification of Computing Professionals (ICCP). The material is organized by frequently-asked questions (FAQs).

Evaluation is an educational process, not an end in itself; we learn in order to help our students learn. This paper presents a pragmatic perspective on evaluation, viewing it as a matter of trade-offs. The space of possible evaluation approaches is analysed in terms of trade-offs among desired evidence, costs, and other constraints. This approach...

This paper describes the major components of ImpactCS, a program to develop strategies and curriculum materials for integrating social and ethical considerations into the computer science curriculum. It presents, in particular, the content recommendations of a subcommittee of ImpactCS; and it illustrates the interdisciplinary nature of the field, d...

This paper provides an overview report of the first joint curriculum development effort for undergraduate programs in information systems. The curriculum recommendations are a collaborative effort of the following organizations: ACM, AIS, DPMA, and ICIS. After a summary of the objectives and rationale for the curriculum, the curriculum model is des...

This paper provides a status report of the joint curriculum task force effort to develop a new model curriculum for undergraduate programs in Information Systems. The curriculum work is the first collaborative effort between ACM, AIS and DPMA. After a brief description of the background and current task force activities are presented, the recommend...

Traditional undergraduate Computer Science curricula have been increasingly challenged on a host of grounds: undergraduate computing education is attracting fewer majors, is not producing graduates who satisfy the needs of either graduate programs or ...

More than one-half of all students choose to initiate their studies at two-year colleges. These graduates are increasingly the 'incoming class' at four-year colleges. Articulation between two-year and four-year degree programs is a very important issue for everyone; students deserve it and faculty need to know more about it. Recognizing this need,...

The reproductive and thyroid status of male Syrian hamsters maintained on long days (14 h light, 10 h darkness) were assessed after 10 weeks of daily injections of pharmacological doses of melatonin (25 μg s.c.) and/or N-methyl- dl -aspartic acid (NMDA, 0·025–6 mg i.p.), a compound with receptor sites in the central nervous system which are known t...

Circadian rhythms in acid phosphatase (ACP), hexosaminidase (HEX) and beta-glucuronidase (RON) activity were studied in the pineal glands of adult male Syrian hamsters exposed to control (20 +/- 2 degrees C and 14:10 LD) conditions or to naturally decreasing autumn photoperiod and temperature conditions (outside) for 8 weeks. Testes and testosteron...

A circadian rhythm in acid phosphatase and hexosaminidase was found in adult male hamsters exposed to a long photoperiod (14:10 h light/dark [LD]; lights on 06.00 h) and killed at 08.00, 14.00, 20.00, 02.00, 04.00, 05.50 and 0.615 h. Hexosaminidase and beta-glucuronidase activity at 02.00, 04.00 and 05.50 h (values pooled for these times before lig...

Prepubertal 27-day-old female rats maintained in a 14L:10D cycle (lights on 06:00 h) were injected s.c. at 13:00 h with saline or 2, 20 or 200 micrograms 6-methoxy-2-benzoxazolinone (6-MBOA) and killed 25-27 h later. No significant differences in body, pituitary or ovarian weight were noted. Differences in uterine weight (mg/100 g body weight) and...

Adult male hamsters bearing either a blank beeswax, 6-methoxy-2-benzoxazolinone (6-MBOA), or melatonin pellet were exposed to 8 weeks (Oct. 6-Dec. 6) of natural autumn decreasing photoperiod (<11 h light) and temperature conditions (mean 10°C for last 4 weeks) or to a 14 h light/10 h dark (14L:10D) photoperiod and controlled temperature (20°C). Mel...

This paper describes an experimental undergraduate course in applications of artificial intelligence, sponsored by an Industry/Academic Partnership with Towson State University. The course was developed as one of several activities promoting interaction between faculty, students, and industry in the local metropolitan area.Towson State University i...

Continuing education is a major concern for most professional societies. This is especially true for ones like ACM, whose members are working at the leading edge of technology - both in research and within numerous application areas. ACM, through its Education Board, sponsors several different activities to assist members in their quest to keep abr...

This paper describes an experimental undergraduate course in applications of artificial intelligence, sponsored by an Industry/Academic Partnership with Towson State University. The course was developed as one of several activities promoting interaction between faculty, students, and industry in the local metropolitan area. Towson State University...

Continuing education is a major concern for most professional societies. This is especially true for ones like ACM, whose members are working at the leading edge of technology - both in research and within numerous application areas. ACM, through its Education Board, sponsors several different activities to assist members in their quest to keep abr...

Adult male Syrian hamsters either placed in a short photoperiod alone or kept in a long photoperiod and given daily afternoon injections of the pineal indole melatonin (25 micrograms) exhibited splenic hypertrophy and extramedullary hematopoiesis in addition to a marked regression in testicular weight. The testicular regression as well as the chang...

Female Syrian hamsters were maintained in a 14:10 light: dark photoperiod (lights on 6 a.m.) and injected each afternoon between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. with diluent or with 25 micrograms melatonin, O-acetyl-5-methoxytryptophol (aML) or 5-methoxytryptophol (ML). After 7 or 12 weeks of treatment, only the melatonin-treated hamsters were acyclic. Gross ins...

The certification effort in the computer field has been in existence since the initiation of it by the Data Processing Management Association, with the 1962 Certificate in Data Processing (CDP) examination. DPMA then started an examination for business computer programmers, called the Registered Business Programmer (RBP) examination, giving it firs...

This session will provide a summary of the first ACM curriculum recommendations for the community and junior college associate and vocational technical level of education. The publication of this report represents the culmination of five years of work by the Curriculum Committee on Computer Education, Subcommittee for Community and Junior Colleges...

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The paper describes the integration of computer science education in the management curriculum at Pace University. The computer courses required to be taken by management majors are described in detail. Moreover, the course objects for management students ...

The Community and Junior College Subcommittee of the Curriculum Committee on Computer Education (C3E-CAJC) of the Association for Computing Machinery has recently completed work on its first report. Entitled “Curriculum Recommendations and Guidelines for a Community and Junior College Career Program in Computer Programming,” the report presents fin...

Results of a survey conducted by the author in late 1974 are presented and used to give estimates of Computer Manpower production for 1974-75. These production estimates are compared with needs estimates presented in an earlier paper (SIGCSE Bulletin ...

Curriculum recommendations are given for a two year Associate Degree program to prepare computer programmers for jobs. The program is specifically directed toward the education of the computer programmer who works in conjunction with a systems analyst in the programming environment usually found in a medium to large job shop. Graduates should be qu...

Intact and pinealectomized adult male hamsters kept in light:dark cycles of 14:10 (in hours) were given daily injections of either 25 microgram melatonin, 5-methoxytryptophol, N-acetylserotonin, or 6-hydroxymelatonin at 19.00 hours (13h after lights on). The injections were continued for 50 consecutive days. The daily melatonin injections significa...

In male rats pretreated for 3 days with 50 microgram of estradiol benzoate (E) and 25 mg of progesterone (P), the i.v. administration of 1 microgram of arginine vasotocin (AVT) from solutions that were 0, 6, 24 or 48 h old caused a significant rise in plasma prolactin (Prl) 10 min after injection. In the 2nd experiment, the i.v. injection of 1 micr...

A Workshop in Two Year College Programs in Computer Science was held August 11-13, 1975 in Gloucester Point, Virginia. Sponsored by the ACM's Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), it brought thirteen community and junior college participants together at the Virginia Institute for Marine Science (VIMS) to work toward recomme...

A Workshop in Two Year College Programs in Computer Science was held August 11-13, 1975 in Gloucester Point, Virginia. Sponsored by the ACM's Special Interest Group in Computer Science Education (SIGCSE), it brought thirteen community and junior college participants together at the Virginia Institute for Marine Science (VIMS) to work toward recomme...

Even though minicomputers are widely used in industry they are slow to gain acceptance in computer science education. However, because of its increasingly great impact on industry and its potential as a teaching device, the minicomputer should be considered ...

Academic computer departments, whether called by this name or by others such as the department of computer science or data programing, can be of great assistance to other departments in the two-year college. Faculty in other departments need to know about computer applications in their fields, require assistance in the development of curriculum con...

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Maryland, 1984 Microfilm. s