1. The CS Practicum Experience
Ronald Hartung
Division Chair of CIS
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2. GOAL:
Real life software development
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3. Practicum Group project?
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4. Best student does the work
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5. Flat organization
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6. Desert Start
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7. No individual accountability
Group grade
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8. Practicum Group project
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9. Industrial Organization
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10. Individual Responsibilities
with
Roles
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11. Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors
All work in mixed temas
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12. Mix Online and Face to Face
Students
Just like the real world of distributed
teams
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13. Management by Students
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14. Projects as Real as Possible
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15. Students continue past work
Projects continue term to term
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16. Performance management
Students rate the work of students
Grades come from the instructor
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17. Have to produce code
But
It is not about the code
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18. Students have been fired!
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19. Great experience for the
students
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20. We think we have a success!
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