DocumentCode :
1404991
Title :
Student group working across universities: a case study in software engineering
Author :
Brereton, O.P. ; Lees, S. ; Bedson, R. ; Boldyreff, C. ; Drummond, S. ; Layzell, P.J. ; Macaulay, L.A. ; Young, R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Keele Univ., UK
Volume :
43
Issue :
4
fYear :
2000
fDate :
11/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
394
Lastpage :
399
Abstract :
Distributed group working among teams of software engineers is increasingly evident in the "real world." Tools to support such working are at present limited to general-purpose groupware involving video, audio, chat, shared whiteboards, and shared workspaces. Within software engineering education, group tasks have an established role in the curriculum. However in general, groups are local to a particular university or institution and are composed of students who have a significant shared history (in terms of technical background and social interaction) and who are able to meet face-to-face on a regular basis. This paper reports on work undertaken by three UK universities to provide computer science students with the opportunity to experience group working across universities using low-cost tools to support distributed cooperative working.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational courses; groupware; software engineering; teaching; UK; case study; computer science students; curriculum; distributed cooperative working; distributed group working; groupware; software engineering education; student groups; universities; Application software; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Computer aided software engineering; Computer science; Computer science education; Educational institutions; Information systems; Software engineering; Software tools;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Education, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9359
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/13.883348
Filename :
883348
Link To Document :
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