A team-centered approach in designing software prototypes for wearable computers

In an experimental course in software engineering, students were placed in teams, where the role of the team changed during the term. In this paper we describe the process we followed in this ten-week course, with particular emphasis on the mixed-team, multiple-role structure and consider factors critical to its success when working with senior-level undergraduate computer science majors. These critical factors provide insight into the broader research problems addressed, namely, ways by which to improve educational pedagogy in software engineering and better methods of closing the gap between current research and industry best practice