1. Best Practices in Undergraduate Computer Science Education Chris Wilcox Colorado State University 5/21/2015

2. Pedagogic Practices  The automated grading of student programs conserves scarce resources and gives real time feedback to students.  Partial adoption of inverted classroom via peer instruction has increased student engagement and interest.  Assignment of an online tutorial to supplement labs and lectures has improved student programming skills.  Continued integration of media computation makes programming assignments more relevant and fun.  All of the above are accompanied by frequent programming quizzes in the lab to ensure that skills are developed. Best Practices in Undergraduate Computer Science Education at Colorado State University 25/21/2015

3. Automated Grading (Workflow) 5/21/2015 04567321 Workflow with Automated Grading Workflow with Manual Grading Final Feedback Preliminary Feedback Post Date Due Date Best Practices in Undergraduate Computer Science Education at Colorado State University 3

4. Automated Grading (Interface) 5/21/2015 Best Practices in Undergraduate Computer Science Education at Colorado State University 4

5. Peer Instruction Best Practices in Undergraduate Computer Science Education at Colorado State University 55/21/2015

6. Online Tutorial Best Practices in Undergraduate Computer Science Education at Colorado State University 65/21/2015

7. Media Computation Best Practices in Undergraduate Computer Science Education at Colorado State University 75/21/2015

8. Organizational Practices  The use of undergraduates in addition to graduate students as teaching assistants.  The staffing of a help desk and provision of additional online help via a bulletin board such as Piazza.  The development of a consistent web interface and tools for all courses in the department.  The staffing of automated tools to reduce rote teaching tasks and allow more time with students.  Extra Credit: the hiring of teaching faculty with better pay, secure employment, and advancement potential.  Extra Credit: the staffing of outreach programs, attendance at SIGCSE, starting an ACM-W chapter, etc. Best Practices in Undergraduate Computer Science Education at Colorado State University 85/21/2015

9. Challenges  Opinion: Teaching requires someone in the organization with full-time responsibility for undergraduate education!  Otherwise processes are fragile, results are not repeatable, continual improvement is not possible.  Rotation of faculty through high-enrollment courses leads to a lack of consistency in lower-level courses.  Curriculum goes out of date, teaching materials are mismanaged, new teaching practices are ignored.  Resources are insufficient in many areas: curriculum development, instructor training, tool development, etc. Best Practices in Undergraduate Computer Science Education at Colorado State University 95/21/2015

10.  Participation by females and minorities is very low, and non-majors are often ignored 5/21/2015 Best Practices in Undergraduate Computer Science Education at Colorado State University 10 Female Participation