The priority curve algorithm for video summarization
Information Systems
Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
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Introductory computer science students are often overwhelmed by the constant demand to learn new programming concepts, so they often do not have an easy way to step back and summarize what they have learned. These students also characteristically do not have well-developed verbal skills. This study uses Instructure's Canvas™ LMS (which is freely available to all instructors, whether or not it is the endorsed LMS at their specific institutions) to deliver an intervention which requires the students in one section of an introductory computer science course to produce audio introductions to their submitted programming assignments. Though the study is in its pilot phase, the survey data and audio introduction content are producing promising results. In the survey, all of the students indicated that producing the audio introductions was helpful to their learning and with practice they were growing more comfortable with the process. This paper reports upon the progress these students are making, and also provides a methodology for replicating the intervention in other institutions. It concludes with some areas for further study, as a way to facilitate a conversation about how these emerging technologies can enhance teaching and learning in the computer science classroom.