T-106.5800 - Seminar on Software Techniques (3-10 cr) P V
T-106.6540 - Seminar in computing education research (3-10 cr) P V
News
The seminar has ended.
| Name | Credits | Grade | Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essi Lahtinen | 5 | 5 | JOO (T-106.5800) |
| Jan Lönnberg | 5 | 5 | T-106.5800 |
| Lauri Lahti | 5 | 5 | T-106.5800 |
| Mikko-Jussi Laakso | 5 | 5 | JOO (T-106.6540?) |
| Otto Seppälä | 5 | 5 | T-106.5800 |
| Teemu Rajala | 5 | 5 | JOO (T-106.6540) |
| Tuukka Ahoniemi | 5 | 5 | JOO (T-106.6540) |
| Ursula Koivikko | 4 | 5 | T-106.6540 |
| Ville Karavirta | 5 | 5 | T-106.5800 |
Introduction
The seminar will take place in the first period (September - October) so that some of the modules can be used and evaluated in the Advanced Data Structures course later in the fall. The exact scheduling will be organized so that researchers from other universities in Finland can better participate the course.
This working seminar will concentrate on topics in our joint research in improving visualization tools. Several themes will be discussed:
The seminar will have one or two introductory lectures presenting the current state and motivation of research and its subtopics. This will be followed by a sequence of student presentations where they discuss each topic more.
In addition to presentations, students will work in pairs to prepare a project where they design and implement, using a system of their choice, a complete instructional module that portrays an algorithm to learners in a way that employs all the levels of engagement. Each team then analyzes the effectiveness of the modules they have designed by collecting either anecdotal or statistical data from learners who use the module.
General
[1] Thomas L. Naps, Guido Rößling, Vicki Almstrum, Wanda Dann, Rudolf Fleischer, Chris Hundhausen, Ari Korhonen, Lauri Malmi, Myles McNally, Susan Rodgers, and J. Ángel Velázquez-Iturbide (2003) Exploring the Role of Visualization and Engagement in Computer Science Education. SIGCSE Bulletin, 35 (2), June. pp. 131-152.
The final seminar material will be based on a number of research papers some of which are required to be obtained by participants in terms of literature survey.
Tentative Schedule
Here we will cover those aspects of a visualization that make it effective from a pedagogical perspective. See the 2002 working group report and the Implementor's Guide at the Virginia Tech AlgoViz Wiki
This will include students' working in teams of two, presenting quick hand-drawn prototypes of the visualizations for the algorithm they have chosen. The purpose of these prototypes is to obtain valuable feedback to guide the actual implementation of the visualization in a software system
By this time the significant progress should have been made on the implementation of the visualizations. We will discuss and develop strategies for user-testing their instructional effectiveness
The presentations will include demonstrating the visualizations in the context of their software system and also discussing the results of the effectiveness studies that were conducted.
Venue
Helsinki University of Technology
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Street address: Konemiehentie 2, 02015 Espoo
Seminar hall: TA232
For further information, please contact to the coordinator.
Last updated 30 Nov 2007