COMPUTER SUPPORT FOR A CROSS-DISCIPLINE RESEARCH CONSORTIUM

William B. Frakes, Gabriella Belli, Julián Urbano, Reghu Anguswamy

2010

Abstract

This paper describes the use of web based and freeware tools for a cross-discipline research consortium to support graduate education. The use of WordPress and Simple Machine Forums as the main environment to provide web support is discussed, as are the use of statistics tools such as R and SAS-JMP. Usage data for these tools are provided.

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in Harvard Style

B. Frakes W., Belli G., Urbano J. and Anguswamy R. (2010). COMPUTER SUPPORT FOR A CROSS-DISCIPLINE RESEARCH CONSORTIUM . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-674-023-8, pages 154-159. DOI: 10.5220/0002771501540159


in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu10,
author={William B. Frakes and Gabriella Belli and Julián Urbano and Reghu Anguswamy},
title={COMPUTER SUPPORT FOR A CROSS-DISCIPLINE RESEARCH CONSORTIUM },
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2010},
pages={154-159},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002771501540159},
isbn={978-989-674-023-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - COMPUTER SUPPORT FOR A CROSS-DISCIPLINE RESEARCH CONSORTIUM
SN - 978-989-674-023-8
AU - B. Frakes W.
AU - Belli G.
AU - Urbano J.
AU - Anguswamy R.
PY - 2010
SP - 154
EP - 159
DO - 10.5220/0002771501540159