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Making Computing Science Students More Employable with Problem-Based Learning and Cross-Site TeamWork

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Marie DevlinORCiD, Professor Chris Phillips, Emeritus Professor Lindsay MarshallORCiD

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Abstract

Computing Science graduates need a global perspective of the software engineering industry to make them more employable. As well as gaining the technical and academic skill levels expected from their discipline, students must now learn to operate in ‘virtual teams’. This paper describes how we changed the curriculum of our Software Engineering Module at Newcastle University to incorporate problem-based learning and distributed team working in collaboration with Durham University as part of the ALiC project, (Active Learning in Computing), a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning project funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The module involves working with our industrial contacts to ensure realism and has received positive feedback. The paper describes the assignments, assessments and collaboration technologies we used during the module and details tutor and student experiences and the lessons learned.


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Author(s): Devlin M, Phillips C, Marshall L

Publication type: Report

Publication status: Published

Series Title: School of Computing Science Technical Report Series

Year: 2007

Pages: 14

Print publication date: 01/10/2007

Source Publication Date: October 2007

Report Number: 1055

Institution: School of Computing Science, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Place Published: Newcastle upon Tyne

URL: http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/publications/trs/papers/1055.pdf


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