history of history of computing courses
Dear Colleagues, I am working on an article and I would like to learn about history of computing classes, particularly at the undergraduate level. Does anyone have details on when and where these kinds of courses were first offered? Are there any that are particularly well-known for whatever reason? If you have a syllabus from a particular course, especially before 2005, I would greatly appreciate a copy. On- or off-list replies are welcome. Chris Leslie Fulbright Lecturer. South China University of Technology Chair, IFIP Working Group 9.7: History of Computing (http://ifipwg97.org)
Dear Chris, I started teaching my course "History of Computers" in 1994 at Stanford University. I’ve been teaching it more or less continuously since then. When I started, I was unaware of any other such courses in the USA — though in 1994, very early days of the Web, it was much harder to find out about such things than it is now. I’ll be curious to hear what courses began earlier, if any. It focused exclusively on events in the UK and the USA. One of the great pleasures of the last 10-15 years has been to see emerging literatures about the rest of the world, and about the role of women in this history. At the time, I was appointed in both the Computer Science Dept. and the Science, Technology & Society Program. The course was listed in both units - CS 104 and STS 161 (undergraduate). I don’t think this list allows attachments, so I’ll send you my first syllabus and bibliography separately. (I have all the others over the last 23 years, too.) I’m happy to provide it to anyone else who would like to see it. Best, Paul On Jan 28, 2018, at 19:11, Chris Leslie <chrisleslienyc@hotmail.com<mailto:chrisleslienyc@hotmail.com>> wrote: Dear Colleagues, I am working on an article and I would like to learn about history of computing classes, particularly at the undergraduate level. Does anyone have details on when and where these kinds of courses were first offered? Are there any that are particularly well-known for whatever reason? If you have a syllabus from a particular course, especially before 2005, I would greatly appreciate a copy. On- or off-list replies are welcome. Chris Leslie Fulbright Lecturer. South China University of Technology Chair, IFIP Working Group 9.7: History of Computing (http://ifipwg97.org<http://ifipwg97.org/>) _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org<http://sigcis.org>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org ___________________________ Paul N. Edwards William J. Perry Fellow in International Security Center for International Security and Cooperation<http://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/> Stanford University Professor of Information<http://www.si.umich.edu/> and History<http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/> University of Michigan Contact: m: pedwards@stanford.edu<mailto:pedwards@stanford.edu> w: pne.people.si.umich.edu<http://pne.people.si.umich.edu> t: @AVastMachine
J.A.N. Lee was teaching history of computing fairly early at Virginia Tech. He included history as part of a “professionalism” course for CS undergraduates that also had a heavy dose of ethics. See website: http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs3604/CWRU.html <http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs3604/CWRU.html> Also, he has a website last updated in 1998 (http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/courses.html <http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/courses.html>) that lists these courses at various universities: University of Warwick <http://www.dcs.warwick.ac.uk/pub/> CS330: History of Computing University of Calgary <http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/Courses/509/>, CPSC 509 American University <http://www.cas.american.edu/courses/syllabi/6455001s98.html>, CSIS 64.550 History of Computing Stanford University STS 161 <http://www-leland.stanford.edu/group/STS/161.html> -- History of Computers. Virginia Tech <http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~cs3604/lib/history/class.html>, CS 3604 Professionalism in Computing (contains a section on history). [J.A.N.’s own course] Rhodes College <http://colossus.mathcs.rhodes.edu/~stuart/cs465.hist/syllabus/syllabus.html>, CS 465: Topics in Computer Science Computer History I doubt the links are still working, but you could probably track down some of the instructors. best, Janet Dr. Janet Abbate Associate Professor, Science, Technology and Society Virginia Tech Co-director, VT National Capital Region STS program www.sts.vt.edu/ncr www.linkedin.com/groups/STS-Virginia-Tech-4565055 www.facebook.com/VirginiaTechSTS
On Jan 28, 2018, at 10:11 PM, Chris Leslie <chrisleslienyc@hotmail.com> wrote:
Dear Colleagues,
I am working on an article and I would like to learn about history of computing classes, particularly at the undergraduate level. Does anyone have details on when and where these kinds of courses were first offered? Are there any that are particularly well-known for whatever reason?
If you have a syllabus from a particular course, especially before 2005, I would greatly appreciate a copy.
On- or off-list replies are welcome.
Chris Leslie Fulbright Lecturer. South China University of Technology Chair, IFIP Working Group 9.7: History of Computing (http://ifipwg97.org <http://ifipwg97.org/>) _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
Le 29/01/18 à 04:11, Chris Leslie a écrit :
Dear Colleagues,
I am working on an article and I would like to learn about history of computing classes, particularly at the undergraduate level. Does anyone have details on when and where these kinds of courses were first offered? Are there any that are particularly well-known for whatever reason?
If you have a syllabus from a particular course, especially before 2005, I would greatly appreciate a copy.
On- or off-list replies are welcome.
Chris Leslie Fulbright Lecturer. South China University of Technology Chair, IFIP Working Group 9.7: History of Computing (http://ifipwg97.org)
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Dear all, I taught my first history of computing course (30 hours) at the University of Namur (Belgium) in 2002. I am still in charge of this course which is entitled 'Approche anthropologique de l'informatique'. Best regards. Marie -- Prof. Marie d'UDEKEM-GEVERS Chargée de cours extérieure Professeure invitée au Collège Belgique Faculté d'Informatique et Centre d'Etudes Sciences et PHIlosophie à Namur (ESPHIN) Centre de Recherche Information, Droit & Société (CRIDS) T. +32 (0)81 724 973 F. +32 (0)81 724 967 marie.gevers@unamur.be <mailto:marie.gevers@unamur.be> http://www.unamur.be/universite/personnes/page_view/01001574/ http://www.academieroyale.be/cgi?usr=bb58g68qxq&lg=fr&pag=919&tab=111&rec=513&frm=368&par=secorig1018&id=5337&flux=83265846 Université de Namur ASBL Rue de Bruxelles 61 - 5000 Namur Belgique Lets respect the environment together. Only print this message if necessary!
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