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“Smart pedagogy”. Near term: implement Berkeley lower-division CS curriculum at U.C. Merced Longer term: implement and evaluate innovations in engineering education enabled by technology. U.C. Merced time line. Fall 2002: some Merced courses are offered at local community colleges.
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“Smart pedagogy” • Near term: implement Berkeley lower-division CS curriculum at U.C. Merced • Longer term: implement and evaluate innovations in engineering education enabled by technology
U.C. Merced time line • Fall 2002: some Merced courses are offered at local community colleges. • Fall 2002: faculty hiring begins. • Fall 2004: some engineering core courses (including lower-division CS) are offered at Merced.
Challenges of U.C. Merced • Provide the best engineering curriculum and continually improve on it. • Expand our notions of engineering instruction and courseware. • Support a wide array of instructors as they implement U.C. Berkeley materials. • Create a model of curriculum development, dissemination, and support.
Features of CS curriculum • Almost all courses involve projects. • Course content is cumulative. • Students often work in groups. • Assessments are often qualitative.
Technology can help with … • Explicit linking and rationale for course components • Tighter integration of explanations, animations, exercises, projects, assessments • Support for group work and online discussions • Support for reflection and higher-level problem solving