/ Edited by Jenny Carter, Michael O’Grady, Clive Rosen
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Cham
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: Springer
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, 2018.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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x, 244 pages
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: illustrations (chiefly color)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Changing minds : multitasking during lectures / Liz Coulter-Smith --Active learning in large lectures / Diane Kitchin --The flipped classroom / Michael O'Grady --Distance learning : lessons learned from a UK masters programme / Jenny Carter and Francisco Chiclana --Academic integrity for computer science instructors / Thomas Lancaster --Why Is teaching programming difficult? / Carlton McDonald --Using graphics to inspire failing students / David Collins --Best practices for teaching information systems modelling / Steve Wade --Promoting design thinking through knowledge maps : a case study in computer games design and development education / Carlo Fabricatore and Maria Ximena López --Fostering inclusivity through dynamic teaching practices / Arjab Singh Khuman --Semi-automating the marking of a Java programming portfolio assessment : a case study from a UK undergraduate programme / Luke Attwood and Jenny Carter --The enterprise showcase experience / Gary Allen and Mike Mavromihales --Task versus process : a taxonomy for group projects / Clive Rosen --Realising the threshold of employability in higher education / Chris Procter and Vicki Harvey --Baseline skills--scaffolding soft skills development within the curriculum / Sue Beckingham.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"There is currently a great emphasis on teaching quality in Higher Education. In the UK, the Teaching Excellence Framework and the National Student Survey have contributed significantly to this focus. Additional support for staff to develop teaching skills has also come from the Higher Education Academy, whose fellowship scheme encourages HE staff to focus on their practice in the classroom. The growth in the number of students attending university has resulted in a much wider range of learning styles amongst them. Many students do not fit the idealised average of being adept at learning from primarily text-based media. Two further trends are also driving change and innovation in academic staff teaching. The first is the availability of online teaching materials such as MOOCs. The second is the emphasis now given to student postgraduate employability, represented by certain aspects of the Teaching Excellence Framework that require students not only to know information, but also to be able to articulate that knowledge and to demonstrate their skills. With a desire to enable our students to achieve their highest potential, many staff undertake initiatives to facilitate learning that accommodate a wide range of learning styles. This book focuses on approaches to teaching and learning within the discipline of Computer Science. The book consists of a selection of chapters that describe a particular teaching activity or topic within Computing in HE, presented in such a way that other practitioners can adopt and adapt them as a way of helping them to develop their own teaching. It provides a number of practical cases of putting theory into practice when teaching Computer Science to both undergraduate and postgraduate students in Higher Education institutions. A chapter on the importance of developing soft skills and a professional online presence is also included as an essential part of preparing the students for their future employment"--Publisher's website.