Teaching Software Engineering from a Collaborative Perspective: Some Latin-American Experiences

Author

Giraldo, F.D. ; Collazos, C.A. ; Ochoa, S.F. ; Zapata, S. ; de Clunie, G.T.

Author_Institution

Syst. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Quindio, Armenia, Colombia

fYear

2010

fDate

Aug. 30 2010-Sept. 3 2010

Firstpage

97

Lastpage

101

Abstract

Teaching software engineering has been recognized as an important challenge for computer science undergraduate programs. Instruction in such area requires not only to deliver theoretical knowledge, but also to perform practical experiences that allow students to assimilate and apply such knowledge. This paper presents some results of two Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) experiences that involved students of software engineering courses from four Latin American Universities. The obtained results were satisfactory and indicate the reported collaborative activity could be appropriate to address teaching software engineering.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational institutions; engineering education; further education; groupware; software engineering; teaching; Latin American university; computer science undergraduate program; computer supported collaborative learning; engineering course; knowledge assimilation; software engineering teaching; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Computers; Education; Programming; Software; Software engineering; Collaborative Activity; Collaborative Groups; Collaborative Work; Computer Supported Collaborative Learning; Software Engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA), 2010 Workshop on

Conference_Location

Bilbao

ISSN

1529-4188

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8049-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEXA.2010.39

Filename

5592021