Collaboration across the curriculum: a disciplined approach todeveloping team skills

  • Authors:
  • Ben Coleman;Matthew Lang

  • Affiliations:
  • Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, USA;Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, USA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 43rd ACM technical symposium on Computer Science Education
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Improving communication and collaborative skills of computer science students has been a priority in the community for some time. We present our philosophy, collaboration across the curriculum, which moves beyond existing individual courses or course units to teach collaboration skills in a pervasive manner. In our approach, concepts are introduced and skills are developed throughout the computer science curriculum---from CS1 to a capstone experience. Students are provided with opportunities to exercise skills in reflective environments that eventually mirror real-world experiences, and technical course content is not compromised. We argue for this system and provide details about how collaboration across the curriculum is accomplished at a small liberal arts college.