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Proceedings of the 1998 annual ACM SIGAda international conference on Ada [electronic resource].
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Proceedings of the 2014 ACM SIGAda annual conference on High integrity language technology [electronic resource].
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Proceedings of the companion publication of the 2014 ACM SIGPLAN conference on Systems, Programming, and Applications Software for Humanity [electronic resource].
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Proceedings of the conference on TRI-Ada '88 [electronic resource].
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Proceedings of the 2011 ACM annual international conference on Special interest group on the ada programming language
No full textThe Effectiveness of Aural Instructions with Visualisations in E-Learning Environments
No full textBased on Mayer’s (2001) model for more effective learning by exploiting the brain’s dual sensory channels for information processing, this research investigates the effectiveness of using aural instructions together with visualisation in teaching the difficult concepts of data structures to novice computer science students. A small number of previous studies have examined the use of audio and visualisation in teaching and learning environments but none has explored the integration of both technologies in teaching data structures programming to reduce the cognitive load on learners’ working memory.
A prototype learning tool, known as the Data Structure Learning (DSL) tool, was developed and used first in a short mini study that showed that, used together with visualisations of algorithms, aural instructions produced faster student response times than did textual instructions. This result suggested that the additional use of the auditory sensory channel did indeed reduce the cognitive load.
The tool was then used in a second, longitudinal, study over two academic terms in which students studying the Data Structures module were offered the opportunity to use the DSL approach with either aural or textual instructions. Their use of the approach was recorded by the DSL system and feedback was invited at the end of every visualisation task.
The collected data showed that the tool was used extensively by the students. A comparison of the students’ DSL use with their end-of-year assessment marks revealed that academically weaker students had tended to use the tool most. This suggests that less able students are keen to use any useful and available instrument to aid their understanding, especially of difficult concepts.
Both the quantitative data provided by the automatic recording of DSL use and an end-of-study questionnaire showed appreciation by students of the help the tool had provided and enthusiasm for its future use and development. These findings were supported by qualitative data provided by student written feedback at the end of each task, by interviews at the end of the experiment and by interest from the lecturer in integrating use of the tool with the teaching of the module. A variety of suggestions are made for further work and development of the DSL tool. Further research using a control group and/or pre and post tests would be particularly useful
Design Patterns and Component Framework for Building RTSJ-Based Real-Time Middleware
No full textThe middleware is a software layer located on top of the operating system that uses its facilities, integrates with it, and extends its functionality in order to support the development of effective and reliable distributed systems; however, the architectures of most of the conventional middleware solutions, e.g. Java RMI, do not either offer the predictability required to support the real-time behaviour in these systems, or the reconfigurablity required for these middleware solutions to be applicable in a wide range of distributed systems.
Java has a great support for building distributed systems; however, due to its unpredictability, Java does not support building distributed real-time systems and middleware solutions. Hence, this thesis argues that the RTSJ can be used to build reusable and reconfigurable software components and design patterns that have high levels of predictability and reliability. These proposed real-time components and design patterns can be used for building real-time middleware solutions in Java. Therefore, the RTSJ has to be used as a base for modifying the existing reconfigurable and reusable software patterns and components for distribution models. It could also be used to create a new set of these patterns and components, in order to support the real-time behaviour and the predictability in the real-time middleware.
The key contributions in this thesis include the presentation of a component framework design model for building RTSJ-based middleware and distributed systems; this framework focuses mainly on the memory model, the communication model of building the components and it also provides the management mechanism of these components, which uses a set of design patterns that integrates with these models. This includes a memory model for the RTSJ components associated with a set of reusability and life-management sub-components that support building real-time components in the RTSJ. Also, we provided a design of a real-time reconfigurable communication component based on the RTSJ that can be used to support predictable low level remote communications in distributed real-time Java applications and we showed how this component could be integrated within the component model as a sub-component, to provide communication services within the component model. Also, we presented our own model of integrating both the framework and the component model within the RMI architecture to provide a reconfigurable real-time Java RMI middleware based on the RTSJ
An aging world - growing old in developing countries. The Courier No. 176, July/August 1999
No full textThe Spark, Volume 6, No. 14
No full textSpecial Edition
TIie l11ark Volume 6
Number 14
September 14, 1982
(704) 373-6751, 373-6665
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Taylor Hall 102 Charlotte, North Carolina
SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY
BY SERVING YOU
WEST AREA LEARNING CENTER
by Terry Wilson
Spark Editor
The West Area Learning Center
was established as the College
Mart in 1979, to provide off
campus support services to the
west side of town. Since then
2,250 citizens have taken classes
there and the center has handled
over 7,000 class registrations.
To mark their third anniversary
of the center and promote
all the center's services, the West
Area Learning Center showcased
their Big Day Celebration, August
28 .
Instructors and counselors were
on hand to answer questions
about job training and college
transfer programs. The college
staff provided information about
financial aid, high school completion,
veteran's benefits, off
campus classes, the library and
the Small Business Center.
Vistors were able to experiment
with computer terminals,
a miniature typing lab, and
Dolly, CPCC's collection of 900
informative and entertaining tapes
accessible by telephone.
Catalogues and schedules will
be distributed with information
on how to register for the fall
quarter, which will begin on
September 30.
folk Art Classes Taught T his fall
It's Not Too
Late To
Register
If you've been wondering if you
can still register for classes, you
can.
Registration has already begun
but you can register for any class
before its first meeting provided
it has not been filled or cancelled.
Regular registeration ends on
September 13 but Final Registration
will be held September
27 and 28.(Monday and Tuesday.
Hours of registration these
two days will be 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
PLEASE NOTE: In-class registration
has been eliminated for
most curriculum classes.
Schedule Adjustment Week
will be September 30-0ctober 6.
If you need to add or drop a class
you may do so at this time.
Remember, you may find it
easier to register or make schedule
adjustments at the learning
centers. (North Area near Cornelius,
West Area in the Freedom
Mall, and the Matthews Area in
the Matthews Depot Shopping
Center.
POLICY
The Spark is a Student Publication,
financed by student activity fe,!s,
written, edited and published by
student journalists for the CPCC
community. It is not an official collyge
publication, and any viewpoints
expressed herein should not be
interpreted as representing official
CPCC positions.
Central Piedmont Community College is beginning a series of folk arts
courses that will teach students how to play instruments such as, the
banjo, blue grass fiddle, dulcimer, and recorder.
CPCC is the first Charlotte area college to join a small but growing
number of American universities that are adding America's traditional
tunes to music education programs.
"There are now many accomplished, well-educat ed musicians
who are interested in American folk music and its history," says GENE
BRYANT, head of the CPCC Performing Arts Department. And this
music appeals to a large protion of the population. So, in offering this
series, we seek to be what we say we are: a community college."
The first six courses will meet during fall quarter, which begins
September 30. They are:
FIDDLE-BLUE GRASS AND OLD-TIME: Mondays and Wednesdays,
4:30 - 5:45 p.m.; also Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6 -7:15 p.m.;
Instructor BOB ENNIS of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.
BANJO-OLD-TIME MUSIC (CLAWHAMMER): Mondays and
Wednesdays, 4 :30 - 5 :45 p.m.; also Mondays and Wednesdays from
6 -7 :15 p.m. ; Instructor JULIE GILLESPIE, festival competitor and
member of the group Uncle Waldos Free Lunch.
OLD-TIME MUSIC JAM: Sundays, 6 - 8:50 p.m. , for students
learning to play in groups, Instructor MARILYN PRICE, accomplished
guitarist, traditional music hsitorian and president of the Charlotte Folk
Music Society.
FOLK MUSIC GUITAR: Thursdays, 9 :30 a.m. - noon and Thursdays
7:30 - 10 p.m., Instructor Marilyn Price.
APPALACHIAN DULCIMER: Thursdays from 2 - 4 :50 p.m.
and Thursdays from 6 - 8:50 p.m., Instructor LOIS HORNBOSTEL,
author of two booklets on how to play dulcimer and a featured performer
at festivals in England, Ireland, Apalachia and New England;
featured artist in 1978 CBS documentary on dulcimers.
WIND ENSEMBLE - RECORDER I: Mondays and Wednesdays,
7:30 - 8:45 p.m., Instructor SARA SPENCER, member of the CPCC
Early Music Consort and accomplished on recorder, lute harp, krummhorn,
psaltry and keyboards.
All courses are designed for beginners, but artists with more experience
are welcome. Students should register in advance, b mail or at
the campus r egistration center or -the learning centers (Matthews,
Cornelius and Freedom Mall) Septmeber 7 - 11 , 13 17 or 27 - 28.
Cost is 4.25 per course.
For more information, call 373-6978 .
STAFF
Editor .............. . .. . .. . ... .. . ..... . .... Terry Wilson
Assistant Editor . .......... .. . .. .. . . . .. ..... Ada Jane Long
Feature Editor . ........... . . .. .... .. .. ....... Tony White
Photo Editor .. . . . ..... . ........ .. ..... .. . David Campbell
Staff Writers Photographers
Terry Wilson David Campbell
Lorraine Little Chapie Chapman
Ada Jane Long Jeff Anderson
Tony White
Michael Farrer
Typesetter . .......................... . ... . Monica Rankin
Manager, Student Publications . . ....... .. .. ... . . Darrell Gray
by Vanessa Beatty
Spark Staff Writer
Yes, CPCC has a 20th anniversary
coming up. This summer the
celebration began early with a
series of concerts.
A well attended, well received
"Turning 20" jazz concert on
September 3 featured outstanding
local jazz musicians LoonisM cG lohon,
Bill Hann, Cannonball McClure
and their respective bands.
A special attraction was New
York singer Marlene VerPlanck
who was accompanied by the
McGlohon trio.
A concert will also be held
with Jim Corr and Friends
October 6. Jim Corr will perform
Irish music beginning at 11 : 30
till 1 :00. A symposium in Pease
Auditorium will be held afterwards
with questions from the
audience welcomed. Mr. Corr
will be discussing the Northern
Ireland situations. The performance
will be held in the Forum.
An outside concert will be held
October 7 with Montana performing.
If you are a lover of
country, rock, and bluegrass
music, you'll be sure to enjoy
this concert. Montana is well
known for their music. There
will be booths set up around the
campus by various clubs selling
food and drinks for the students.
The fall will offer us all a
chance to help CPCC to celebrate
its coming twentieth birthday
July 1, 1983. We'll keep you
informed of more festivities in
coming issues of Spark.
The CPCC Student Association, in its anticipatory series
of events leading up to next July 1 's celebration of CPCC's
twentieth anniversary, presents- October 15
Call 373-6512
for reserved seats
Daedalus Productions of New York
------1 DROP-OUTS DROPPING INI -----
by Tony White
Spark Staff Writer
CPCC has a program that's been
in affect since January 1982, the
program is called The National
Model of Drop-out Information
and Service Project.
The Department of Community
Colleges and the Department of
Public Education encourage the
completion of high school education,
therefore the program is
designed to; identify high school
drop-outs, lpcate and contact
them, and off er help toward
their completion of high school
education. Individuals are offered
the opportunity to attend public
high schools. . .if the individual
At 3205 Freedom Drive
On the West side of town
chooses not to attend public
school, alternatives are; GED
testing, adult high school classes
at CPCC (tutors are available
also).
The program is government
funded (CETA), however, funds
will be discontinued September
30, 1982. Since the program has
been very successful. . .having
identified 3,811 high school dropouts,
665 have been contacted
and have responded positively
either by mail, phone, or face to
face. Out of the persons taking
and passing the GED tests at
CPCC, 15 percent were brought
in by the Drop-out project. . .
CPCC (and the other eight
community colleges in the state)
has decided to continue the project
without government funding.
The aim of project is to find
out why students choose not to
complete high school and off er
help. Although the project has
been successful, there is still a
long way to go, since students
leave school for different reasons
and no one knows how many high
school drop-outs tomorrow brings.
In the meantime, anyone seeking
help in high school completion,
for information contact: Bill
Connelly, Director of Drop-out
Project.
E.T. Room 210
CPCC P.O. Box 35009
Charlotte, NC 28235
(704) 373-6975
There's a Learning Center off Ashley Road
That thrives on spreading education around.
We're a part of a large whole
That cares about being a friend
Not to girls and women
But also to boys and men.
We're the Central Piedmont Learning Center,
And we love being a part of this town,
And as long as the public needs us,
We 'll continue to be around.
We're a proud and honorable group
Whose main purpose is to help
The fine people of our fine community
By using methods that are step-by-step.
We don 't pretend to be
Anymore than we are
But our function in this community
Has helped the. public so far.
_ For the..§_e are th_e people that mak~up
The society we live in today;
So we're proud and honored to help you
In each and every way.
We don 't have a motto we live by,
but if we did it would be:
We 're here to help the community
To flourish and to thrive;
For this purpose we are content
To dedicate the rest of our lives.
Tommy L. Funches
YOUR STUDENT
/ ASSOCIATION
Every student paying the one
dollar student activity fee is a
member of the CPCC Student
Association.
The basis of student representation
at CPCC is the Program
Area Committee (PAC).
If you are interested in any
of the many extracurricular activities
available to you, call the
Student Activities Department at
373-6751 or come by Taylor Hall
102 for information. Program
Area Committees are groups of
students in curri_culum programs
which decide how to spend their
share of allotted student activity
fees.
Most of their activities center
on their particular areas of study
(buying references, special equipment,
field trips, etc.).
If you don't know how to get
in touch with these groups, call
the Student Activities Department
at the above number.
The coordinating committee
of the P AC's , clubs, and other
groups is called the Student Senate;
the chairperson of this group
becomes a non-voting member of
the college's Board of Trustees.
Current topics of business in
the Student Senate are: setting
up a delegates committee to attend
a state conference of the North
Carolina Comprehensive Com-
CLASS ADS
WANTED: Ride from CPCC
__,/ to Concord Monday, Tuesday,
and Thursday will help with gas.
Call Jerry Mauldin.
(704) 786-8722
munity College Student Government
Association (NCCCCSGA).
The group will be in Charlotte
for this conference October 28,
29, and 30.
Lynn Bonavita, Chairperson
of the Student Senate, invites
students who are insterested to
contact the Student Activities
Department and mdicate such .
Bonavita also wants the student
body to know that the Student
Senate will be holding its internal
elections at its first meeting in
the Fall Quarter's first week.
The specific date has not yet
been set but will be posted on
the marquees on campus.
Another item for student
clubs or organizations to note
is the availability of resources
offered by the staff in the
Taylor Hall 102 office. Groups
needing supplies, typewriter availability
should come to the lobby
of Taylor Hall or call 373-6665.
October 7 is slated for the Fall
Quarter Activity Day on campus.
The day is set aside for clubs,
P ACs, and other organizations to
show other students what they
do and try to interest them in
joining. Displays, hands-on activities,
artwork, sales, food, and
fun and music are all present.
This Fall Quarter's theme is
"Turning Twenty" as next
July 1 is CPCC's twentieth birthday.
Montana, a well-known electric
bluegrass and country band will
be on hand from 11 :30 til 1 p.m.
Location will be on the mall
between Kratt and Mecklenburg
Halls. (See the article 01.1- other
coming events elsewhere in this
issue.)
NOTES
Literary
Magazine
Shows
Promise
The student literary magazine,
formerly known as the Paul Atwell
Memorial Literary Magazine,
will be available before Fall Quarter
begins. When classes have
begun students can pick up their
free copy in the Spark distribution
stands (tripod with yellow
box).
This issue is called Impressions
and contains poetry, prose, and
art produced by students over
the past year or so.
Chapie Chapman, the student
preparing the magazine for print
said, "We are now ready to
take 64 pages of very good work
to our printer. It has been a
real treat being able to compile
this year's book. I believe it
will certainly uphold the traditional
quality and impact of
previous issues."
Past issues have been well received
by the community as a
magazine featuring beginning writers
and occasional contributions
by well-known writers.
These have included, among
others, Paul B. Newman, Queens
College English faculty member;
and Tom Heffernan, former Wri-ter
in Residence at CPCC.
Campus
Ministry
Offers
Helping
Hands
by fe rry Wilson
Spark Editor
In the hustle and bustle of everyday
life, one acquires problems
that seem insurmountable when
faced alone.
The United Campus Ministry
will be there to help in any way
they can The Ministry is concerned
with people finding a deeper and
more meaningful spiritual life
through prayer, discussion, scripture
study and fellowship.
The Ministry is developing
programs for students and faculty
that would assist in the development
of the individual, with a
belief that living and learning can
be an exciting experience.
Under the United Campus
Ministry are three clubs, Baptist
Students Union, Catholic Campus
Ministry and the Christian Science
Group. Each club will remain as
separate entities but will coordinate
some efforts under the leadership
of David Upshaw, the
Campus Ministry Coordinator.
Working with Upshaw, the
Ministry includes: Sister Mary
Agnes Solare, Don Rogers, Chuck
Kirby, Jim Kelly, Merritt Greenwood
and Mark Key.
A Campus Minister will be in
the Drop-In.Center on Monday
through Friday, available for
appointments or for fascial conversation.
For futher information,
call David Upshaw at 333-8099.
Clergy group working with United Campus Ministry
from-Office of Public Information
The setting is an opulent sitting room, complete with
mahogany coffee table and leather couch. Presidents of two
leading financial firms are discussing the wisest investment
opportunities for the l 980's.
Look around and you're in your own living room, taking a
course to be offered this fall by Central Piedmont Community
College on WTVI, Channel 42, and Chalrotte Cable 3.
The course, "Personal Financial and Investment Planning,"
features 12 televised interviews with financial experts that are
conducted by Venita VanCaspel, financial planner and author
of three books on investing, including Money Dynamics for
the 1980's.
The TV programs are titled "The Moneymakers" and stress
achievement of financial success despite inflation. The stock
market, financial advisors, tax laws and shelters, real estate,
energy investments, precious metals and gems and insurance
will be discussed and analyzed.
In addition to watching one half hour TV program weekly
and reading for a half hour each week in a booklet accompanying
the series, students will attend class weekly.
In class, Accounting Instructor Pat Butler will show graphics
and slides that illustrate the television interviews, answer
questions and pay special attention to each student's financial
planning efforts.
"Most people spend more time working on their yards
than on their finances," Pat says, "and yet only two out of
every 100 people reaching 65 are financially independent."
The class discussions will offer an objective survey of monetary
opportunities, he says: "In most of the traditional
places where you ask financial questions, there's often a product
involved."
Pat has taught accounting at CPCC for four years, and he
holds bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration.
He has worked in investments, insurance and financial
advising and has served as chairman of the Mecklenburg County
Council on Aging. For more information, call 373-6422.
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/
New SPARK Editor Named
Terry Wilson was selected as the new editor of The Spark at the final
Summer Quarter meeting of the Student Publications Board Thursday,
August 5.
Ms. Wilson has been a student for three years, taking classes when she
can, and is interested in transferring as a Communications or Journalism
major. She is a member of the Writer's Institute of America and plans
to make journalism her career.
Since her editorship began Ms. Wilson has met with administrators
and staff members in order to form a viable plan to make the student
newspaper one which students can look forward to for useful information
and interesting features.
Currently this newspaper is pubiished three times in- tlle Summer
Quarter ( one of those being mailed to all registered students.) Fall
plans include five issues (two of these will be mailed) and possibly
advertising by local businesses.
Cl11b and
u_r_ganization
Notes
SME-cPcc
Mechanical and Manufacturing
Engineering Technology
students have formed a student
unit of the Society of Manufacturing
Engineers (SME).
The focus of the club is on
educational and career opportunities
in manufacturing and design
engineering. Special events planned
include plant tours, speaker
presentations, educational seminars,
and other events.
The July meeting featured Mr.
Joe Dumontier, Senior Vice-President
of Pelton-Crane who spoke
to students on tool and die making.
The club will hold its meetings
once per month. M~eting
times and campus locations will
be posted in the Mechanical Drafting
and Mechanical Engineering
Technology labs.
Full-time students enrolled in
a mechanical engineering techno-logy
program, or those who demonstrate
a sincere interest in the
field of manufacturing engineerring
are eligible to apply for student
SME membership. Memberhip
application forms are available
in the Mechanical Engineering
Technology lab (GA 249)
and in the Mechanical Drafting
lab (CE 409). For more information,
please contact the club's
co-chairman Doug Knox at 563-
2758.
Phi Theta Kappa-by
James Thomas
Phi Lambda Chapter of Phi
Theta Kappa fraternity is now
actively seeking new members.
The national honor society for
junior/community colleges meets
bi-weekly on Thursdays at noon
in MH 213.
The society is for students
who have a grade point average
of 3.25 and are interested in issues
of the day and involved
leadership and service.
BELK GRANT
TO AID
PROGRAMMING
From the Office of Public Information-
Laura F riedlein
A 100,000 donation ~resented
to CPCC by the Belk Foundation
August recently will be used to
improve instructional programs.
A study in progress to determine
the best possible use of the
grant indicates that the greatest
need is computers for programmjng
and data processing students
who are training for an eager job
market.
The check was presented at a
luncheon here by John Belk,
chairman of the board of Belk
Stores Services, former mayor of
Charlotte and a trustee of the Belk
Fountadion; and by Tom Belk,
president of Belk Stores Services
and chairman of the Belk Foundation.
Department
Name Changed
A new distribution of responsibilities
in the college transfer/
liberal arts area is expected to give
faculty members more individual
attention from their supervisors
and generate additional, more
innovative course offerings.
The former Language and
Humanities Department has b~en
renamed Writing and Humanities
and include courses in composition
for freshmen and sopho!
llores, technical writing and
humanities.
Foreign language and :;pee ch
were reassigned from that department
to the reading department,
headed by Terilynn Turner, to
create a more balanced workoad
in each department. Turner's
department is now called the
Reading, Speech and Foreign
Languages Department. ·
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UNITED WAY
CAMPAIGN ASKS STUDENTS' HELP
The CPCC Student Association
by a vote of its coordinating body,
(Student Senate) has endorsed
this year's United Way campaign
by encouraging individual students
to make a pledge and asking the
more than forty student organizations
to consider fund-raising
projects and contributing part
of the proceeds from them.
CPCC United Way Chairperson
Mitchell Hagler said he had not
yet received this year's goal but
estimated that "our goal will be
somewhat higher this year. Since
the economy is tight, it may be
harder to reach that goal. Our
president, Dr. Richard Hagemeyer,
is chairing the higher education
section this year. Naturally we
want CPCC to set a good example."
Some Facts About the United Way-
Consists of 32 local and state agencies providing
over 178 services.
Approximately 1 is returned to
the community through agency services.
A few of the United Way agencies include:
American Red Cross
Association for Retarded Citizens
Charlotte Speech and Hearing Center
Council for Aging
Epilepsy Association
Family and Children's Services
Metrolina Association For the Blind
Florence Crittenton Services
Goodwill Industries
Mental Health Association
Hagler pointed out that this
is the first year that the CPCC
effort has included an appeal
to the students. Usually only
employees of the college are
informed of
