Computing and the understanding of text
Lillian N Cassel, Robert E. Beck, Daniel Hardt · 1995
A paradigm shift is underway in the needs of newcomers to information technology. The computer and its use have invaded the core of how people learn and work, even how people know. This paper describes a course built on the principle that computing is an integral part of the human experience with text in all its forms, from simple strings of characters to intricately entwined hypermedia documents. We extract advanced topics in computing and make them accessible in a nontechnical introductory computing course conducted within the context of the production, management, storage and understanding of text. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.