Cutting-edge research by undergraduates on a shoestring?
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Assessing students' practice of professional values
Proceedings of the 13th annual conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Software engineering education: A study on conducting collaborative senior project development
Journal of Systems and Software
Hi-index | 0.00 |
This paper evaluates students' experiences from learning and examination when using a project oriented work approach in an undergraduate information systems development course. The result in this paper shows that students' has an overall positive attitude towards project oriented work. It provides students with an arena for discussing different perspectives, peer-to-peer learning, social interaction and a dynamic work setting. Motivating factors are that the work is authentic, prepare students for working life and last but not least considered as fun. There is however an anxiety about unfair grading that needs to be dealt with. The individual performance must be measured and be a central part of examination and grading. The students must be provided with opportunities to demonstrate what they are able to do on a course, and get genuine feedback on that. This is a way of reducing the free rider syndrome.