Collaborative Strategy for Software Engineering Courses at a South American University

Miguel Feijóo-García, Helio Ramírez-Arévalo, Pedro Feijóo-García, Pedro Feijóo-García

2021

Abstract

Software Engineering (SE) is the discipline that integrates theory, methods, and tools to promote the development of new informatic solutions for multiple contexts. The discipline is generally introduced in Computer Science (CS) programs between the sophomore and junior years, adding the human being as an actor who participates in teamwork strategies to optimize time and effort. We report on an inter-curricular collaborative instructional strategy between two subsequent SE core courses—SE1 and SE2, at Universidad El Bosque, Colombia. We evaluated our strategy considering students’ performance and perceptions, basing our analysis on their grades, Likert scale (1-5) responses, and the sentiment of their open-ended feedback— we calculated it with Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques. Our findings suggest that an inter-curricular strategy like the one we present can foster students’ performance, engagement, and motivation. Moreover, the strategy supports the promotion of SE skills, such as communication and teamwork.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Feijóo-García M., Ramírez-Arévalo H. and Feijóo-García P. (2021). Collaborative Strategy for Software Engineering Courses at a South American University. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-502-9, pages 266-273. DOI: 10.5220/0010460602660273

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu21,
author={Miguel Feijóo-García and Helio Ramírez-Arévalo and Pedro Feijóo-García},
title={Collaborative Strategy for Software Engineering Courses at a South American University},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2021},
pages={266-273},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010460602660273},
isbn={978-989-758-502-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - Collaborative Strategy for Software Engineering Courses at a South American University
SN - 978-989-758-502-9
AU - Feijóo-García M.
AU - Ramírez-Arévalo H.
AU - Feijóo-García P.
PY - 2021
SP - 266
EP - 273
DO - 10.5220/0010460602660273