Is Integration of Communication and Technical Instruction Across the SE Curriculum a Viable Strategy for Improving the Real World Communication Abilities of Software Engineering Graduates? Mladen Vouk NCSU Janet E. Burge Paul V. Anderson Miami University Andrew Begel Microsoft Research This work was funded by NSF CPATH-II Award CCF-0939122. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Gerald C. Gannod Moderator http://cpath.csi.muohio.edu
1. Is Integration of Communication and Technical Instruction
Across the SE Curriculum a Viable Strategy for Improving the Real
World Communication Abilities of Software Engineering
Graduates?
http://cpath.csi.muohio.edu
MladenVouk
NCSU
Janet E. Burge
Paul V. Anderson
Miami University
Andrew Begel
Microsoft Research
Gerald C. Gannod
Moderator
This work was funded by NSF CPATH-II Award CCF-0939122.Any
opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in
this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily
reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
2. I have people skills
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3. Audience: What do you think communication in CS and SE
means?
4. Project: http://cpath.csi.muohio.edu
Developing communication course outcomes and assignments for 6
courses:
CS1, CS2, Data Structures, Software Engineering, Databases,
Capstone/Senior Design
Participants from 14 institutions with Miami and NCSU as lead
CS and Software Engineering Faculty
Communication Across the Curriculum Faculty
Industrial participants
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5. The Panelists
Three different perspectives on the project:
CS/SE Faculty (Burge, Vouk)
Communication Across the Curriculum Faculty (Anderson)
Industrial Partner/Participant (Begel)
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6. Format
2-3 minute introduction by each of the panelists
Prepared Questions
Questions from audience
Twitter hashtag: #cseet2011p2
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7. What communication skills are do we expect graduates to
possess?
(Audience?)
8. How are we doing this?
(Audience: What have you tried?)
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9. What are the roles of the different participants?
(Audience: Are we missing any important constituents?)
10. What do the assignments look like?
(Audience: Is this sufficient for you to get started?)
11. Audience: Do you see any pitfalls?
What has make this difficult?
12. How are we preparing faculty?
(Audience: What kind of training would you expect to
receive?)
13. How do the participants feel about the project?
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15. Are we doing the right thing?
(Audience: What might the alternatives be?)
16. How are we evaluating success?
(Audience: What would drive you towards using our materials?)
17. Is there something that we havent thought of?
(Audience?)
