| 研究実績の概要 |
During the past fiscal year, a thorough literature review was conducted, highlighting the state of the art of software engineering education, mostly outside Japan. Various active and collaborative learning strategies employed during offline classes were researched, with particular interest on the impact of switching from an offline to an online class modality. Based on the experience of teaching a graduate software engineering course to a multicultural group of students, a first set of data was analyzed. The results (reflected in a published journal paper) showed that the sudden switch to online teaching was managed successfully and the active and collaborating teaching activities were successful in fulfilling the course objectives and offering student satisfaction with the course and the learning process. Furthermore, ethical considerations within software engineering were researched and experience was drawn from a computer ethics taught at the local university. The results were presented at an international conference, in a poster, as well as in a panel discussion.
The work will continue with gathering more data related to software engineering education and continuously monitoring recent developments in this educational field, in both online and offline environments.
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| 今後の研究の推進方策 |
In the next fiscal year, data regarding the state of software engineering teaching in Japan will be gathered. A visit at a higher-education institution within Japan is planned, meeting international faculty that teaches software engineering to local and international students. Both students and teaching staff may be interviewed regarding their experience of teaching/being taught offline and online software engineering courses.
During teaching the principal investigator’s own software engineering course, surveys will be administered to the large body of students participating in the classes. Data will be gathered with regard to students’ perceptions of attending classes online, during Emergency Remote Teaching, as well as offline (in the classroom). In particular, the students’ expectations, as well as their actual experience, will be surveyed. This is important to understand the sudden switch from face-to-face classes to online classes and, furthermore, the switch back to the classroom.
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