Educating software engineers of the future: Software quality research through problem-based learning

Ita Richardson; Louise Reid; Stephen B. Seidman; Bob Pattinson; Yvonne Delaney

doi:10.1109/CSEET.2011.5876161

Educating software engineers of the future: Software quality research through problem-based learning

Ita Richardson
, Louise Reid
, Stephen B. Seidman
, Bob Pattinson
, Yvonne Delaney

University of Limerick
Texas State University

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Abstract

Software Engineering graduates are expected to enter the workforce with both technical and soft skills. In addition, software quality is a topic that is becoming increasingly important both because of educational and industry requirements. Software engineering lecturers need to bring their research into the classroom. Bringing all of these together can pose the lecturer with a dilemma that is not easily solvable. This paper presents how problem-based learning, a pedagogical methodology that is popular in medicine and other disciplines, can be used to accomplish these goals in a single course module. It describes a research project which analyses the implementation of problem-based learning within a M. Sc. Software Engineering Quality Module, and evaluates the outcomes against published expectations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 24th IEEE-CS Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2011 - Proceedings
Pages	91-100
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CSEET.2011.5876161
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	2011 24th IEEE-CS Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2011, Co-located with the 33rd International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE - Waikiki, Honolulu, HI, United States Duration: 22 May 2011 → 24 May 2011

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Name	2011 24th IEEE-CS Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2011 - Proceedings

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Conference	2011 24th IEEE-CS Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2011, Co-located with the 33rd International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE
Country/Territory	United States
City	Waikiki, Honolulu, HI
Period	22/05/11 → 24/05/11

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SDG 4 Quality Education

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Richardson, I., Reid, L., Seidman, S. B., Pattinson, B., & Delaney, Y. (2011). Educating software engineers of the future: Software quality research through problem-based learning. In 2011 24th IEEE-CS Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2011 - Proceedings (pp. 91-100). Article 5876161 (2011 24th IEEE-CS Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2011 - Proceedings). https://doi.org/10.1109/CSEET.2011.5876161

Richardson, Ita ; Reid, Louise ; Seidman, Stephen B. et al. / Educating software engineers of the future : Software quality research through problem-based learning. 2011 24th IEEE-CS Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2011 - Proceedings. 2011. pp. 91-100 (2011 24th IEEE-CS Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2011 - Proceedings).

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Richardson, I, Reid, L, Seidman, SB, Pattinson, B & Delaney, Y 2011, Educating software engineers of the future: Software quality research through problem-based learning. in 2011 24th IEEE-CS Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2011 - Proceedings., 5876161, 2011 24th IEEE-CS Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2011 - Proceedings, pp. 91-100, 2011 24th IEEE-CS Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2011, Co-located with the 33rd International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE, Waikiki, Honolulu, HI, United States, 22/05/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/CSEET.2011.5876161

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Richardson I, Reid L, Seidman SB, Pattinson B, Delaney Y. Educating software engineers of the future: Software quality research through problem-based learning. In 2011 24th IEEE-CS Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2011 - Proceedings. 2011. p. 91-100. 5876161. (2011 24th IEEE-CS Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEE and T 2011 - Proceedings). doi: 10.1109/CSEET.2011.5876161

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