Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction / Alastair Irons and Sylvia Alexander -- Current issues / Alastair Irons and Sylvia Alexander -- pt. 1. Teaching and the support of learning. Motivating computing students / Peggy Gregory and Tony Jenkins -- The role of practical skills in computing education / Fintan Culwin -- Learning and teaching with computers / Ian Benest -- Accessibility, disability and computing / David Sloan and Lorna Gibson -- Variations on a theme: divisions and union in a maturing discipline / Lillian N. Cassel -- pt. 2. Learning activities for computing students. Groupwork for computing students / Liz Burd -- Automating the process of skills-based assessment / Mike Joy -- Motivation and electronic assessment / Stephen Bostock -- Reducing plagiarism in computing / Alastair Irons -- pt. 3. Developing effective learning environments. Evaluating what works in distance learning / Patrick McAndrew -- Industrial input to the computing curriculum / Nancy R. Mead -- Computing education and entrepreneurial spirit / Sylvia Alexander, Gerry McAllister, and Deborah Trayhurn -- Higher education, IT and industry / Gillian Lovegrove -- pt. 4. Reflective practice and personal development. Continuing professional development for the computing academic: wheeling in the Trojan Horse / Su White and Hugh Davis -- Improving the quality of teaching in computing / Andrew McGettrick -- Technology and the reflective practitioner / Tom Boyle -- Conclusion. Future issues in computing / Alastair Irons and Sylvia Alexander.