Learning to support the instructor: classroom assessment tools as discussion frameworks in CS 1
Proceedings of the 7th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Just-in-Time Teaching: Blending Active Learning with Web Technology
Just-in-Time Teaching: Blending Active Learning with Web Technology
Proceedings of the 8th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Proceedings of the 36th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Proceedings of the 14th Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education
A breadth-first course in multicore and manycore programming
Proceedings of the 41st ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
Course guides: a model for bringing professionals into the classroom
Proceedings of the 43rd ACM technical symposium on Computer Science Education
Proceedings of the 43rd ACM technical symposium on Computer Science Education
Using JITT in a database course
Proceedings of the 43rd ACM technical symposium on Computer Science Education
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I report on my experiences with Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) in two systems courses and two design courses as a new instructor at a small liberal arts college. My purposes are threefold: to further raise awareness of JiTT in the computer science education community, to show instructors can achieve JiTT's goals with simple technology and preparation on the fly, and to consider strengths and limitations of the approach, particularly for new faculty. My experience has been very positive: classes have been fun, engaging, and conversational. Students have reported that they come to class better prepared and appreciate the opportunity to ask and discuss questions before class. Where others have warned of the high workload with this approach, my experience is that the workload is reasonable compared to preparing a new course from scratch; the approach discourages some types of overpreparation. For these reasons, I would recommend the approach for other new instructors.