Research-based education in computer science at the ANU [electronic resource] : challenges and opportunities / Peter Strazdins
- Bib ID:
- 5552171
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Strazdins, Peter
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- Description:
- Canberra : Dept. of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Australian National University, 2007
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- Joint computer science technical report series (Online) ; TR-CS-07-05.
- Joint computer science technical report series ; TR-CS-07-05.
- PANDORA electronic collection.
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- Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Address as at 16/08/2011: http://cs.anu.edu.au/techreports/
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- Summary:
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This project examines research-based education, which includes research-led education, in the discipline of computer science at the Australian National University. It traces the University's position on the issue over recent years, and it explores and evaluates current practices of research-based education. Of particular interest is the newly-introduced Bachelor of Computer Science program, which is found to have many issues in common with the University's flagship research-oriented degree, the Bachelor in Philosophy (PhB) program. From the analysis of data from semi-structured interviews with both BCS students and academics either involved in the BCS and/or whose teaching practices relate to research-based education, this project explores the range of staff and student attitudes and experiences in this area. It then identifies challenges and opportunities in creating an expanded and more coherent use of research-based education through the computer science curriculum. This project makes the following main conclusions. Firstly, that the range of staff and student attitudes and experiences concur with what is found in recent literature. Secondly, there are several important lessons for the BCS program and research-based education in general that can be gleaned from the PhB experience. Thirdly, that there are in fact already a large range of practices of research-based education in computer science (but there has previously been little overall awareness of this). Finally, that if applied judiciously, the potential benefits of research-based education are considerable, in terms of higher quality pedagogical outcomes, enhanced student and academic experience and a positive future impact in computing-related industry.
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- "August 2007".
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 18-19)
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- Published jointly by the Dept. of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology; and the Computer Sciences Laboratory, Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering, the Australian National University.
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- Research-based education in computer science at the Australian National University
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