Improving an undergraduate data mining course with real-world projects

Authors:
Ping Chen;Irene Chen;Rakesh Verma
Affiliations:
University of Houston-Downtown;University of Houston-Downtown;University of Houston
Venue:
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Integrating real-world industry and research project experience into undergraduate Computer Science education can improve student learning and help produce well-qualified IT work force. In this paper, we discuss our experience to redesign and improve an undergraduate data mining course by adopting real-world projects closely supervised by experienced researchers and industry experts. To provide enough background information for these projects, course instructor fine-tuned the organization and presentation of course materials and activities accordingly. Course evaluation clearly showed effectiveness of our approach.