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Larry [email protected]
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Demonstration and assessment of a modular courseware format using a VB.NET programming
course as an example
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Presentation outline
• The modular courseware format • The programming course• Demonstration• Assessment of efficacy• Advantages and disadvantages• Further work
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Modules for these topics • Introduction to programming• Network applications • Introduction to Web development • Image processing • Audio and video processing • TCP/IP networking technology • Wireless networking • VoIP • Connectivity • History • Encoding data
Press, L., "Information Processing at Tomorrow's University," Communications of the ACM, Vol. 37, No. 7, pp 13-17, July, 1994.
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Modules consist of
• A focused topic note with terms with optional demonstration programs
• Assignments• Review questions
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Programming course user interface
92 focused modules and 416 index entries
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Presentation outline
• The modular courseware format • The programming course• Demonstration• Assessment of efficacy• Advantages and disadvantages• Further work
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Context: the course
• First course in programming• Business IS, High School CS, etc.• Use VB.NET, but could be any language• Stress terminology and concepts• Conventional topics
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Topic areas
• Programming languages and terminology• The VS.NET development system• User interface creation and widgets• Event handlers -- sequential execution and
assignment statements• Interactive programs • Numeric, string and Boolean data• Continued …
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Topic areas, continued
• Expressions• Variables and scope• Type conversion and checking• Algorithms• Functions• Conditional execution if, case and loops• Sequential files• Arrays
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Using the modules in class
• Lecture/demonstration using topic note• One or more assignments with due dates• Food for thought questions on their own• Responsible for key terms
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Presentation outline
• The modular courseware format • The programming course• Demonstration• Assessment of efficacy• Advantages and disadvantages• Further work
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Context: six dimensions
•Isolated instructional modules vs. an integrated course
•Self-study vs. instructor mediated•Face-face vs. distant education•Joint, open authorship vs. editorial control•Repurposed textbook vs. interactive/executable
material•Degree of correlation between classroom and
courseware
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Presentation outline
• The modular courseware format • The programming course• Demonstration• Assessment of efficacy• Advantages and disadvantages• Further work
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Assessment: four sections
Section
Term Day Evening
Textbook 17 24
Modules 18 23
Number of students
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Assessment: outcomes
Term Mean StDev.
Textbook 77.6 12.7
Modules 78.9 11.0
Combined 78.2 11.7
Final exam scores
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Assessment: mean scores
Day Textbook Modules Best Eve. Textbook Modules Best
Mid 1 44.6 44.1 T Mid 1 44.4 45.7 M
Mid 2 48.6 46.8 T Mid 2 49.5 47.7 T
HomeWork
81.9 80.7 T HomeWork
77.9 82.4 M
Final Exam
77.0 77.8 M Final Exam
78.1 79.6 M
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Assessment: standard deviations
Day Textbook Modules Best Eve. Textbook Modules Best
Mid 1 10.4 8.5 M Mid 1 7.3 7.6 T
Mid 2 13.7 10.7 M Mid 2 13.1 11.8 M
HomeWork
14.6 11.6 M HomeWork
14.2 15.7 T
Final Exam
14.9 10 M Final Exam
11.1 12.4 T
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Presentation outline
• The modular courseware format • The programming course• Demonstration• Assessment of efficacy• Advantages and disadvantages• Further work
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Advantages
• Save cost for students• Executable content• Easily modified and extended• Close correlation between classroom and
course material
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CalPIRG: Textbook spending 2003-4
GAO: Textbook prices rose 186% between 1986 and 2004.
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Textbook cost distribution
Publisher 64.7 %
Bookstore 22.6 %
Author 11.6 %
Freight 1.1 %
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Textbook cost per dollar
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Disadvantages
• Lot of grading and bookkeeping• No integrative exercises
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Presentation outline
• The modular courseware format • The programming course• Demonstration• Assessment of efficacy• Advantages and disadvantages• Further work
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Further work
• Capture live presentations• Pre-record presentations• Other languages• Solutions and answers – wiki/threaded
discussion• Database-driven implementation
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Modules for these topics • Introduction to programming• Network applications • Introduction to Web development • Image processing • Audio and video processing • TCP/IP networking technology • Wireless networking • VoIP • Connectivity • History • Encoding data
Press, L., "Information Processing at Tomorrow's University," Communications of the ACM, Vol. 37, No. 7, pp 13-17, July, 1994.