Towards an industry-collaborative, reflective software learning and development environment

Prior, JR; Arjpru, S; Leaney, JR

Towards an industry-collaborative, reflective software learning and development environment

Prior, JR

Arjpru, S Leaney, JR

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the 23rd Australasian Software Engineering Conference ASWEC 2014, 2014
Issue Date:: 2014-01

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dc.contributor.author	Prior, JR https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7182-0984	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Arjpru, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Leaney, JR https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5009-0401	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Falkner, N	en_US
dc.date	2014-04-07	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the 23rd Australasian Software Engineering Conference ASWEC 2014, 2014	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/33856
dc.description.abstract	A significant mismatch (88%) has been found between what employers and graduates perceived as important abilities and how universities had prepared graduates for employment. Conventional Teaching and Learning approaches fall short of providing the kind of learning experiences needed to prepare graduates for the realities of professional practice in industry. On the other hand, current students have very different learning styles than their forebears. Their learning preferences are experiential, working in teams, and using technology for learning. One solution to address this mismatch issue is the software development studio. Our aim is to provide an industry-collaborative, reflective learning environment that will effect the students development of holistic skills, such as teamwork, collaboration and communication, together with technical skills, in a discipline context. This paper further describes the design and validation via prototyping for our software development studio, the progress that we have made so far, and presents the preliminary insights gleaned from our studio prototyping. The prototypes raised issues of attitudinal change, communication, reflection, sharing, mentoring, use of process, `doing time, relationships and innovation.	en_US
dc.publisher	IEEE	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the 23rd Australasian Software Engineering Conference ASWEC 2014	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian Software Engineering Conference	en_US
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dc.title	Towards an industry-collaborative, reflective software learning and development environment	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Piscataway, New Jersey	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Sydney, Australia	en_US
utslib.for	0899 Other Information and Computing Sciences	en_US
dc.location.activity	Sydney, Australia
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - HCTD - Human Centred Technology Design
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Abstract:

A significant mismatch (88%) has been found between what employers and graduates perceived as important abilities and how universities had prepared graduates for employment. Conventional Teaching and Learning approaches fall short of providing the kind of learning experiences needed to prepare graduates for the realities of professional practice in industry. On the other hand, current students have very different learning styles than their forebears. Their learning preferences are experiential, working in teams, and using technology for learning. One solution to address this mismatch issue is the software development studio. Our aim is to provide an industry-collaborative, reflective learning environment that will effect the students development of holistic skills, such as teamwork, collaboration and communication, together with technical skills, in a discipline context. This paper further describes the design and validation via prototyping for our software development studio, the progress that we have made so far, and presents the preliminary insights gleaned from our studio prototyping. The prototypes raised issues of attitudinal change, communication, reflection, sharing, mentoring, use of process, `doing time, relationships and innovation.

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