Software engineering as a model of understanding for learning and problem solving
Proceedings of the first international workshop on Computing education research
Expanding the database curriculum
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
A service learning project for a software engineering course
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
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This paper provides several thoughts and suggestions regarding the appropriate choices that need to be made in creating and managing an Academic Service Learning project through to a successful implementation. Success is defined as having a satisfied user who has received the designated deliverables of high quality on a timely basis and students who have gained by the experience. Choice is the key word here and appropriate matches must be made regarding: • which non-profit can be supported by what type of project? • which technologies will be utilized versus those available? • which tasks will actually be included? • what will be the timeframe? A semester or less? A full academic year? • how does the instructor select the most promising students? • who are the users who will be involved; at what levels and what will their responsibilities be? Making the correct choices will enhance the project's chance of success but not considering all of the choices that need to be made or making the wrong choices can doom the project to failure hurting the reputation of the school, negatively impacting the non-profit and confusing the student volunteers.