On the teaching of distributed software development

Crnković, Ivica; Čavrak, Igor; Fredriksson, Johan; Land, Rikard; Žagar, Mario; Åkerholm, Mikael

doi:10.1109/iti.2003.1225351

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“…For example, the collaboration between Croatia and Sweden resulted in a course that still exists. The course's creation was published 2003 [17]. This course has been associated to other publications over the years (e.g., [11] [18]).…”

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Towards a GSE international teaching network: Mapping Global Software Engineering courses

Fortaleza

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Marczak

et al. 2012

2012 Second International Workshop on Collaborative Teaching of Globally Distributed Software Development (CTGDSD)

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Teaching Global Software Engineering is challenging since it is not trivial to simulate distance and the changes that distance brings into the traditional software development life cycle. Despite the challenge, the need to teach undergrad and graduate students the skills to work in such environment is well-known in academia. The goal of this paper is two-folded. First, we identify what has been thought, by whom and to whom by conducting a literature review. This review aims to consolidate the body of knowledge on the topic in order to help professors and professionals interested in teaching the subject. For instance, we found that 19 courses have been reported involving 25 countries in total since 1997. Most of the courses involves graduate students as the main audience, and mainly discuss challenges in distributed development. Our second goal is to propose the creation of a collaborative repository to store and to report teaching experiences on the topic helping the development and strengthening of the Teaching Network community.

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confidence: 99%

Towards a GSE international teaching network: Mapping Global Software Engineering courses

Fortaleza

Conte

Marczak

et al. 2012

2012 Second International Workshop on Collaborative Teaching of Globally Distributed Software Development (CTGDSD)

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“…As a result, students must apply software engineering skills to a broader range of more realistic technical and human problems than we observe in conventional project courses where informal communication can substitute for good practice. Examples include formal specification [6], abstraction, modeling and architecture [7], formal reviews, and computermediated communication [3]). With international collaborations, students also cultivate cultural experience and sensitivity.…”

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3rd International workshop on collaborative teaching of globally distributed software development (CTGDSD 2013)

Faulk¹,

Young²,

Prikladnicki³

et al. 2013

2013 35th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)

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Software engineering project courses where student teams are geographically distributed can effectively simulate the problems of globally distributed software development (DSD). However, this pedagogical model has proven difficult to adopt or sustain. It requires significant pedagogical resources and collaboration infrastructure. Institutionalizing such courses also requires compatible and reliable teaching partners. The purpose of this workshop is to continue building on our outreach efforts to foster a community of international faculty and institutions committed to developing, teaching and researching DSD. Foundational materials presented will include pedagogical materials and infrastructure developed and used in teaching DSD courses along with results and lessons learned. The third CTGDSD workshop will also focus on publishing workshop results and collaborating with the larger DSD community. Longrange goals include: lowering adoption barriers by providing common pedagogical materials, collaboration infrastructure, and a pool of potential teaching partners from around the globe.Index Terms-Distributed software development, Computational thinking I. WORKSHOP PURPOSESoftware engineering project courses where student teams are geographically distributed can effectively simulate the problems of globally distributed software development (DSD). However, this pedagogical model has proven difficult to adopt or sustain. It requires significant pedagogical resources and collaboration infrastructure. Institutionalizing such courses also requires compatible and reliable teaching partners.The purpose of this workshop is to continue building on our outreach efforts to foster a community of international faculty and institutions committed to developing, teaching and researching DSD, and further, to integrate pedagogical efforts with the broader DSD research community.The challenges of DSD as practiced in industry and other software development environments are encountered also in software engineering project courses where student teams are globally distributed . Experience confirms (e.g., [4] [5] [6] [7][8] [9]) that, even for student projects, the need to collaborate at a distance introduces the same kinds of communication and control issues endemic in industrial developments [5].These problems differ both quantitatively and qualitatively from those of co-located development (e.g., [1], [2]). As a result, students must apply software engineering skills to a broader range of more realistic technical and human problems than we observe in conventional project courses where informal communication can substitute for good practice. Examples include formal specification [6], abstraction, modeling and architecture [7], formal reviews, and computermediated communication [3]). With international collaborations, students also cultivate cultural experience and sensitivity.The adoption barrier is high. In addition to the usual pedagogical materials, DSD requires significant infrastructure to support student collaboration on projects, as...

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“…The DSD course [4], [5], [6], [7] has been conducted successfully for nine years, starting in 2003. The course is designed as a combination of lectures, guest presentations and distributed projects.…”

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Ten tips to succeed in Global Software Engineering education

Crnković

Bosnić

Žagar

2012

2012 34th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)

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The most effective setting for training in Global Software Engineering is to provide a distributed environment for students. In such an environment, students will meet challenges in recognizing problems first-hand. Teaching in a distributed environment is, however, very demanding, challenging and unpredictable compared to teaching in a local environment. Based on nine years of experience, in this paper we present the most important issues that should be taken into consideration to increase the probability of success in teaching a Global Software Engineering course.

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On the teaching of distributed software development

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Cited by 14 publications

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Towards a GSE international teaching network: Mapping Global Software Engineering courses

Towards a GSE international teaching network: Mapping Global Software Engineering courses

3rd International workshop on collaborative teaching of globally distributed software development (CTGDSD 2013)

Ten tips to succeed in Global Software Engineering education

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