Refereed digital publication of computer graphics educational materials

Abstract

Computer Graphics (CG) as a discipline has undergone drastic modifications over the past decades. Indeed the phenomenal progress in both the technical and digital art domains requires educators to master new content and achieve deeper understandings of computers and imagery if they are to keep up with the pace of change. Moreover, as the core field matures, educators in all areas experience a greater need for high-quality curricular resources. Thus, offering excellent educational materials online is an important service to the community. Such support will empower both young and seasoned educators alike to benefit from and contribute to the work of others. The purpose of the work described here is to provide tools to foster such a community of CG educators. We present a system that will allow for original work to be appraised, assessed and made available to others through an online source for refereed educational content in CG. The present paper highlights some of the user requirements and describes the current status of CGEMS, the online CG Educational Materials Source. This is organized around a web-based groupware application that supports the all phases of submission, reviewing, acquisition, and archiving of curricular resources.