Instructor recommendations for running a module-development course project¶

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Description¶

The authors distill their AY201b experience into implementable steps: "we recommend beginning the module development project by providing students with brief in-class tutorials of the software technologies"; hold regular consultations with an initial proposal and early in-class presentations for feedback and peer-teaching; require written explanatory material; and make a narrated video tour available. For computationally inexperienced classes they recommend lower-barrier technologies (WWT and Wolfram CDF).

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Teaching staff time for tutorials (the authors spent two hours over two class periods) and for regular consultations evaluating project scope.

Constraints¶

• Technical barriers may halt progress; instructors may need to help students find workarounds or contact other experts.

Target Learners¶

• graduate students in science courses

Target Learning Goals¶

• project-based learning
• scientific communication
• software development for education

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Nathan E. Sanders, Chris Faesi, Alyssa A. Goodman. (2013). A New Approach to Developing Interactive Software Modules through Graduate Education. https://arxiv.org/abs/1308.1908