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Academic Scheduling Issues

Workshop on Innovations in ICT Education Beijing, China Cooperative Education: Practical Considerations Mark Erickson Director Co-op and Academic Advising College of Computer and Information Science Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. Academic Scheduling Issues.

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Academic Scheduling Issues

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  1. Workshop on Innovations in ICT EducationBeijing, China Cooperative Education:Practical ConsiderationsMark EricksonDirector Co-op and Academic AdvisingCollege of Computer and Information ScienceNortheastern University, Boston, MA, USA

  2. Academic Scheduling Issues • Continuous alternating model (3, 4, or 6 month) • Maximum coverage for companies • Scheduling difficulty • Offer everything twice • Summer courses, faculty availability • New programs start with a single pattern • Other models, like Sandwich Course in UK

  3. Academic Integration • How best to integrate learning? Different experiences doing different types of things • Traditional lecture model • Group work and project-based assignments • Enriches group discussion • Reflection facilitates individual learning

  4. Complexity of System • 2200 employers including HR contacts, managers, supervisors, mentors • Each one a relationship • Staff changes and turnover • 4300 individual job postings • Accurate and up-to-date • Managers willing and ready to supervise and mentor • Maintaining contact during work term • Feedback during term, goal setting, student & employer evaluation

  5. Information System • Tracking Employer • Company, contacts, managers, positions, descriptions, year and term, assignments • Student information • Status, background and goals, co-op pattern, resume, choices, resume referral, interview status, assignment • Evaluation • Student and employer, goal setting, reflection

  6. Positions At All Levels • Positions available for the super-stars and for the barely average students. • Positions appropriate for first, second, and third co-ops.

  7. Matching Students and Companies • Different ways to set up a match • Algorithmic match • Placement or limited referral • Free market – constrained chaos • Best students compete for best positions • Best companies compete for best students.

  8. Assessment • How do you assess learning outside of the classroom? • Self-reports vs. content evaluation • Company privacy and security • Staffing • Evaluation

  9. Questions

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