Can quality graduate software engineering courses really be delivered asynchronously on-line?

Author

Edwards, Stephen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

676

Lastpage

679

Abstract

The article briefly presents a case study in online asynchronous course delivery. It sketches the design of a graduate computer science course entitled “Software Design and Quality”, illustrating an effective approach to distance learning that accommodates learning by doing, team collaboration, and critical thinking. It also shows that there are effective alternatives to “canned” streaming media presentations that achieve quality online education

Keywords

computer science education; distance learning; educational courses; educational technology; information resources; software engineering; teaching; Software Design and Quality; asynchronous online courses; case study; critical thinking; distance learning; graduate computer science course; learning by doing; online asynchronous course delivery; quality graduate software engineering courses; quality online education; streaming media presentations; team collaboration; Collaboration; Computer aided instruction; Computer science; Educational institutions; Software design; Software engineering; Software quality; Streaming media; Videoconference; Web sites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Engineering, 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Limerick

ISSN

0270-5257

Print_ISBN

1-58113-206-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSE.2000.870465

Filename

870465