• DocumentCode
    2016426
  • Title

    Overview and Introduction to the Workshop: The Roles of Student Projects and Work Experience in Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate Programmes

  • Author

    Thompson, J. Barrie ; Edwards, Helen M.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Comput. & Technol., Univ. of Sunderland, Sunderland
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    14-17 April 2008
  • Firstpage
    267
  • Lastpage
    270
  • Abstract
    The areas of student projects and work experience in undergraduate and taught postgraduate programmes provide a focus for this open event. The key objectives set for the activities are (i) to gain information on specific instances of: project-based classes, capstone course(s), and student work, (ii) to gain an understanding of: beneficiaries and benefits, constraints, risks and challenges, and resources that are needed and those actually provided, (iii) to undertake evaluations - both pros and cons.
  • Keywords
    computer science education; capstone course; postgraduate programmes; project-based classes; student work; undergraduate experience; Education; Student Projects; Work Experience; capstone courses; real-world experience;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Software Engineering Education and Training, 2008. CSEET '08. IEEE 21st Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Charleston, SC
  • ISSN
    1093-0175
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-7695-3144-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CSEET.2008.37
  • Filename
    4556975