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CITS2232 Databases. Associate Professor David Glance. Distributed Flipped Class. Databases will be run as a “flipped-classroom” Lectures will be replaced by online videos, quizzes and exercises Content is from Professor Jennifer Widom , Stanford University
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CITS2232 Databases Associate Professor David Glance
Distributed Flipped Class • Databases will be run as a “flipped-classroom” • Lectures will be replaced by online videos, quizzes and exercises • Content is from Professor Jennifer Widom, Stanford University • Course has previously run as a MOOC on Coursera and Class2Go • Face-2-Face time will be in form of tutorials and labs • Labs, project and exams will remain
Amazon Web Services • Labs and projects will utilise Amazon Web Services • Interface will be qwikLABs • Own private “cloud”
Timetable • 1 Lecture • Tutorials each week starting next week • 1 2 hour Lab starting week 3 • 4 weeks for project in groups of 3 – 4 students • You are expected to watch videos, do the quizzes and interactive exercises • You are encouraged to participate in the forums
Intro to Databases MOOC • The database course will be offered to the public • You are encouraged to participate in the forum and help with questions or discussion • There will be small prize for the person who is the most helpful and most active on the forum
Research • Evaluation of the use of MOOC content from Stanford University and use for flipped classroom • Ensure that this meets educational standards • Meets student needs • Evaluate the technologies used • Two surveys • Entirely Voluntary • You are not obliged to fill in the survey. Either leave the room or hand in blank. • Absolutely no impact on your participation in this unit, assessment or other forms of involvement • Anonymous
UWA Class2Go: Login • Platform used for the course • Login with Student Number and Pheme Password