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Educator Experiences of Low Overhead Student Project Risk Management

Authors:

Andrew Luxton-Reilly,

Steffan Hooper,

Paramvir Singh,

Craig Sutherland,

Yi-Chien Vita Tsai,

Burkhard WuenscheAuthors Info & Claims

ACE '24: Proceedings of the 26th Australasian Computing Education Conference

Pages 58 - 67

https://doi.org/10.1145/3636243.3636250

Published: 29 January 2024 Publication History

Abstract

Many software-related courses at tertiary level incorporate group projects in their assessment strategy. Project goals vary according to course learning outcomes, for example, consolidating course content and preparing students for industry by providing experience in teamwork. Studies have shown that many teams experience issues that are detrimental to project goals. In this paper, we explore the use of a risk framework that has been created to support academic group projects. We invited instructors from the computer science (CS) and software engineering (SE) disciplines within our university to use the framework to support their group projects and to report on their experience. Instructors from eight courses used the framework to address different needs. Most educators found the risk framework useful but students were more indifferent or critical. An outcome of our experience is the recommendation that instructors need to ensure risk plans are implemented throughout the project and to assess risk-related activities.

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Hooper SWünsche BMarks SLuxton-Reilly ADenny P(2024)Projects and Portfolios — An Educator's Reflections on the Summative Assessments in a Game Programming CourseSIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Educator's Forum10.1145/3680533.3697071(1-8)Online publication date: 3-Dec-2024
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Educator Experiences of Low Overhead Student Project Risk Management
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    1. Computing education

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ACE '24: Proceedings of the 26th Australasian Computing Education Conference

January 2024

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DOI:10.1145/3636243

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Zawadzka TZawadzki MLandowska A(2024)Looking For Motivation. How to Keep Students’ Software Projects from Ending up on the Shelf?Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Information Systems Development10.62036/ISD.2024.74Online publication date: 2024
https://doi.org/10.62036/ISD.2024.74
Hooper SWünsche BMarks SLuxton-Reilly ADenny P(2024)Projects and Portfolios — An Educator's Reflections on the Summative Assessments in a Game Programming CourseSIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Educator's Forum10.1145/3680533.3697071(1-8)Online publication date: 3-Dec-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3680533.3697071

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