Globalizing software development in the local classroom

Ita Richardson, Sarah Moore, Daniel Paulish, Valentine Casey, Dolores Zage

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Abstract

Given the requirement for software engineering graduates to operate in Global Software Development (GSD) environments, educators need to develop teaching methods to enhance and instill GSD knowledge in their students. In this paper, we discuss two projects that provided students with a first-hand learning experience of working within GSD teams. One project was with Siemens Corporate Research, whose focus was to shadow the development of a real-life GSD project. The second project, whose focus was virtual team software testing, was carried out in collaboration with Ball State University. In parallel with these projects we undertook qualitative research during which we analyzed students' own written reflections and face-to-face interviews that focused on their learning experiences in these contexts. We identified three specific forms of learning which had taken place: pedagogical, pragmatic and the acquisition of specific globally distributed knowledge. Our findings confirm that mimicking real work settings has educational benefits for problem-based learning environments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 20th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEET 2007
Pages64-71
Number of pages8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Event20th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEET 2007 - Dublin, Ireland
Duration: 3 Jul 20075 Jul 2007

Publication series

NameSoftware Engineering Education Conference, Proceedings
ISSN (Print)1093-0175

Conference

Conference20th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, CSEET 2007
Country/TerritoryIreland
CityDublin
Period3/07/075/07/07

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