BackgroundThe Computer Graphics Educational Materials Source (CGEMS) is an online system that provides curricular material for computer graphics educators. The system includes a method for contributors to submit and editors to jury and control.Announcements/Computers & Graphics 30 (2006) 669–675 the quality of content to ensure sound and robust materials. The fast pace of change in the computer graphics (CG) field makes it difficult for educators to continually design up-to ate, meaningful and robust curricular that address the full potential of new technology. Although small systems and groups of people exist who are trying to address this issue, there is currently no centralized worldwide-refereed repository for CG educational materials. CGEMS supports a way for educators in easily accessing quality course materials and for contributors to share and get recognition for their curricular innovations.ScopeThe CGEMS project aims to serve the computer graphics educational community on a number of levels. First, by making timely and quality materials available to educators, those teaching in the rapidly changing CG field will be able to tap into resources that will aid in their efforts to keep pace. Often it is not enough to know how the technology works, rather it is most important to understand its implications and how best to apply it. Only at this point can an educator design materials for students that fully reveal the potential of the technology. The collective contributions of the computer graphics community will add to a network of knowledge and understanding that educators may use to provide content-rich courses.Aims and objectivesCurricular development in a technically complex and rapidly changing landscape is not trivial.Rather, a successful curriculum is creative and innovative and deserves research recognition. CGEMS seeks to support these efforts by providing an opportunity to have curricular materials peer-reviewed, thus making them worthy of recognition. In order to facilitate content availability and peer recognition, CGEMS implements policies for submission and the subsequent editorial review of materials.
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