1. SE Disciplinary Commons
1st Meeting
SE Disciplinary Commons
29th August 2009
SE Disciplinary Commons

2. Welcome!

3. Stated Goals of the Disciplinary Commons
To document and share knowledge about teaching and student learning in software engineering courses
To establish practices for the scholarship of teaching by making it public, peer-reviewed, and amenable for future use and development by other educators: creating a teaching-appropriate document of practice equivalent to the research-appropriate journal paper

4. Dennis’ Personal Motivation
I’ve always felt:
Software Engineering was the forgotten part of CS sandwiched in the middle without thought to it’s relationship to other CS subjects
Software Engineering is undervalued and underrepresented in CS degrees
I care about teaching
(in my blood)
Feel the need to improve my teaching
(and the teaching of others)
Find it difficult to adopt other’s materials and want to change that

5. Dennis’ Personal Goals
To learn from you
Informing my own practice
Reinforcing my strengths
Addressing weaknesses
Think / learn about sharing practice
Publish this work with you

6. Disciplinary Commons History
Josh Tenenberg and Sally Fincher jointly devised the Disciplinary Commons model
US itp Disciplinary Commons (JT)
Introductory programming in Tacoma, WA region
CC to Univ.
UK itp Disciplinary Commons (SAF)
Introduction to programming in UK
Univ.
UK hci Disciplinary Commons (SAF)
Human Computer Interaction in UK

7. Our Trans-Atlantic partners
Two Disciplinary Commons in
Database Disciplinary Commons in the UK, led by Rich Cooper
Software Engineering Disciplinary Commons in the US

8. Today’s agenda Learn about each other Learn about each other’s context
Motivations
Goals
History
Learn about each other’s context
What is it like to teach in my department
Course Portfolios
Lunch
How the Commons functions
Further discussions
Business / paperwork
IRB consideration
Homework

9. Just like in class …
I won’t be doing all the work

10. What about you? Where are you coming from Why are you here
Your motivations
Your goals

11. Dennis J Bouvier, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DUE and by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.