CloudSpace: A Web Development Environment for CS1 Courses

dc.contributor.authorWoods, Michael Johnen
dc.contributor.committeecochairBack, Godmar V.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairEdwards, Stephen H.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTilevich, Elien
dc.contributor.departmentComputer Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:37:15Zen
dc.date.adate2011-06-16en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:37:15Zen
dc.date.issued2011-05-03en
dc.date.rdate2011-06-16en
dc.date.sdate2011-05-16en
dc.description.abstractSince a massive decline of computer science graduates in 2002, computer science departments have been unable to reach previous graduation rates. In wake of this dramatic loss of graduates, researchers have been searching for the reasons students are avoiding computer science and choosing other majors. To combat this decrease in computer science graduates, the CloudSpace environment pro- vides additional context to entry level computer science courses. This shift in context re- moves boring assignments from the early computer science curriculum and replaces them with more engaging web centric assignments. The CloudSpace environment presents a model that maintains student's focus on core computer science competencies while providing a highly simplified web development toolkit to develop feature rich AJAX web applications. This the- sis includes the rational and implementation of a cloud based hosting service and a highly abstracted web tool kit that enables students to replicate modern web applications.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05162011-222439en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05162011-222439/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32880en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartWoods_MJ_T_2011.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectWeb Technologiesen
dc.subjectVirtual Machinesen
dc.subjectEducationen
dc.subjectCS1en
dc.titleCloudSpace: A Web Development Environment for CS1 Coursesen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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