Phillips, Gervase (1995) Dissertations and databases: The historian as software engineer. Association for Learning Technology Journal, 3 (2). pp. 48-52. ISSN 0968-7769

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Abstract

This article argues that historians have always been closer to programmers than has perhaps been recognized, and that historical software projects undertaken within the framework of the traditional third‐year dissertation are useful training not just for the potential historian, but also for the potential software engineer.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC1022 - 1022.25 Computer-assisted Education
Divisions:	ALT-J Journal
Depositing User:	Justin Smith
Date Deposited:	10 Apr 2009 09:51
Last Modified:	04 Apr 2011 09:25
URI:	http://repository.alt.ac.uk/id/eprint/188

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