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International Education: Opportunities and Challenges. John Paxton 10 August 2004. My Background 1985: B.S. in Computer Science from the Ohio State University 1990: Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan 1990-present: Computer Science Professor, Montana State University.
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International Education: Opportunities and Challenges John Paxton 10 August 2004
My Background 1985: B.S. in Computer Science from the Ohio State University 1990: Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan 1990-present: Computer Science Professor, Montana State University
Opportunities 1996: Al-Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco 1999: University of Tamaulipas, Tampico, Mexico 2003: Don Bosco University, Soyapango, El Salvador 2004: Massey University, Albany, New Zealand 2005: ??? National University of Ireland, Galway 2006: ??? Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Al-Akhawayn University Contact: Montana State sister university Duration: 2 weeks Activities: guest lectures in artificial intelligence course guest lectures in programming course general presentation curriculum discussions
University of Tamaulipas Contact: sister’s husband’s brother Duration: 2 days Activities: conference talk Special Challenge: pre-conference fiesta
Don Bosco University Contact: former student Duration: 1 month Activities: neural network mini-course Common Lisp mini-course theory of computation mini-course guest lectures conference presentation curriculum discussions
Massey University Contact: e-mail listserv (Guan Yue Hong) Duration: 2 months Activities: 157.235 (first half) – networks and client/server design 157.762 block course – software quality and reliability
NUI Galway - ??? Contact: Montana State sister university Duration: 6 weeks Activities: web programming course for 10-15 MSU students
Leipzig University - ??? Contact: Fulbright program Duration: 6 months Activities: web programming course customized algorithms/data structures course
Challenges Housing Transportation Different Courses Different Students Different Pedagogical Approaches (Block Courses)
Upcoming Talk Experiences of a Short Term Visiting Lecturer Tuesday, August 24th IIMS Lab 3 high noon
Thank you! Questions??