An active learning environment for intermediate computer architecture courses

Authors:
Jayantha Herath;Sarnath Ramnath;Ajantha Herath;Susantha Herath
Affiliations:
St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN;St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN;Marycrest International University, Davenport, IA;St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
Venue:
WCAE '02 Proceedings of the 2002 workshop on Computer architecture education: Held in conjunction with the 29th International Symposium on Computer Architecture
Year:
2002

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Abstract

Most computer science, information systems and engineering programs have two or more computer architecture courses but lack suitable active learning and design experience in the classroom. Computer architecture at the intermediate level should focus on the implementation of basic programming constructs in different instruction set architectures. To accommodate such features we developed an undergraduate computer architecture course with hands-on classroom activities, laboratories and web based assignments. To assess the course we distributed the course modules among 200 computer architecture instructors. This paper describes our experience in developing active learning course modules.