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Tangibles and Computing Education: A View from the History of Computing
John Tucker 
ACM Transactions on Computing Education
Swansea University Author:
John Tucker
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DOI (Published version): 10.1145/3769855
Abstract
All sorts of objects embody ideas about data and computation through their creation, their application and impact. ‘Old’ objects also embody histories that are composed of period, location, use, ownership, etc. We explore the nature of historical artefacts and what role they might play in computing...
| Published in: | ACM Transactions on Computing Education |
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| ISSN: | 1946-6226 |
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New York, USA
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
2025
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70992 |
| Abstract: |
All sorts of objects embody ideas about data and computation through their creation, their application and impact. ‘Old’ objects also embody histories that are composed of period, location, use, ownership, etc. We explore the nature of historical artefacts and what role they might play in computing education. We argue that encounters with historical artefacts bring students closer to fundamental ideas, themes and issues in both technical and social aspects of computing. |
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| Keywords: |
historical artefacts, tangibles, embodiment, data and computing before computers, local histories of computing, historical computing collections |
| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |