Programming Stream Chris' Projects

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Strategy for 2011 into 2012

Overview

1. marketing through transparency
2. comprehensive web presence with visible depth
3. student-centered teaching techniques
4. recent hard-copy publication presence
5. in-house recognition of student excellence (pending)
6. creative commons licensing

Implementation Details

• course design for our particular spectrum of students
  • four-stage exposure of course material
    • lectures
    • in-class exercises
    • workshops
    • assignments - real-world related to maximize motivation
  • tutorial support for weakly structured domains (Jordan and Chris)
    • novices - examples only
    • intermediate - examples and problems
    • experts - problems only
• public course web sites (editable by instructors alone)
  • expose a comprehensive view of the course material
    • lecture notes
    • in-class exercises
    • workshop problems
    • assignment specifications
    • practice problems
  • creative commons attribution only 2.5 license - faculty copyright
  • readily upgradable from semester to semester
  • integration of course web sites within the SCS Drupal site
    • should any sections be excluded
• course notes
  • better to present material in chunks
  • need to be up-to-date with current standards
  • we should maximize use of colour coding to facilitate clarity on the web view
• Moodle learning management system - password protected (editable by instructors alone)
  • assignment submission mechanism
  • grade reporting mechanism
  • forums and discussion boards
• wikis (editable by registered members)
  • open to both student and faculty input
  • require a common format to maximize student use
  • require a common host
• awards for exemplary projects
  • determined by faculty
  • awarded during president's honours list ceremonies
  • posted on MySeneca

Implementation Status

Course	Web Site	In-Class	Workshops	Targeted Tutorials	Assignments	ICT Integration	Remarks
IPC144	ipc144	pages/exercises	pages/workshops	to be started	pages/assignments	under discussion	still copy of BTP100
BTP100	btp100	pages/exercises	pages/workshops	to be started	pages/assignments	under discussion	open
OOP244	oop244	pages/exercises	pages/workshops	to be completed	pages/assignments	December 2011	add C++11
BTP200	btp200	pages/exercises	pages/workshops	to be completed	pages/assignments	December 2011	add C++11
BTP300	btp300	pages/exercises	pages/workshops	deferred	pages/assignments	June 2011	add C++11 and C11
GAM666/DPS901	gam666	nothing	to be created	nothing	self-selected topics	Fall 2012	needs completion

Student Awards

TEL Award for Game Programming (cancelled due to exhaustion)

• Fall 2010
  1. Razed By Fire - Daniel Hodgin, Jon Buckley, James Boelen, Steven Weerdenburg, Kaitlyn Callow
  2. The 10th Floor - Ryan Wang, Aravinthan Vathsalan, Geoffrey Mok
  3. Don't Crash into Buildings - David Perit, Andrew Condinho, Brian Law

Publications

Course Notes

The TEL Series on Software Development

• Initially a four volume series
• Up to date with current standards
• Public web pages converted to printed form
• Designed for use in tests and exams as well as lectures
• Printed at Newnham, sold in the Bookstore, and affordable to our students
• Colour versions can be printed once the colour costing drops
• Creative Commons Attribution only 2.5 license

Completion Status

Title	Candidate Courses	Remarks	Most Recent Printing
Introduction to the C Language	IPC144 BTP100	to be written - Winter 2013 target
Introduction to C++ for C Programmers	OOP244 BTP200	ready to add C++11 basics	December 2011 edition
Intermediate C++	OOP344 BTP300	ready to add C++11, C11 basics	June 2011 edition
Introduction to Game Programming for C++ Programmers	GAM666 DPS901	to be written - Fall 2012 target

Journals and Conferences

Anastasiade, J., and Szalwinski, C. 2010. Building Computer-based Tutors to Help Learners Solve Ill-Structured Problems. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2010. Toronto, ON: AACE.

Szalwinski, C. M. 2011. An Open Instructional Framework for Game Programming Students. ACM Transactions on Computing Education. (submitted for publication - need to revise to incorporate recent changes).

Software Support

• Framework for Game Programming Students
  • Release 1.0 Fall 2010
  • Release 2.0 Fall 2011
  • Release 3.0 Fall 2012 - under preparation