Each book in the Effective Learning and Teaching in Higher Education series is packed with up-to-date advice, guidance and expert opinion on teaching in the key subjects in higher education today. This book covers information and computer sciences and includes contributions from a wide range of experts in the field, with a broad and international perspective. The book is grouped into structured sections covering: A. Teaching and the support of learning; B. Learning activities for computing students; C. Developing effective learning environments and; D. Reflective practice and personal development. Individual chapters cover topics such as: Motivating computer students; Practical development skills; Groupwork; Computer aided assessment; Skills-based assessment; Emotional and social aspects of the electronic assessment; Reducing plagiarism; Distance learning; Simulating reality; Industrial input into curriculum design; Entrepreneurship; Improving Quality.Contributors include Nancy Mead: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon, and Boots Cassell of Villanova University, Pennsylvania.