OPS Stream Discussion
Overview
This WIKI is a collection of curriculum discussions held in May 2014 and January 6, 2015, as well as discussion from PAC committee meetings have been held several times during 2014. The term PAC stands for Program Advisory Committee. This committee consists of management, faculty, industry professionals, and former CNS/CTY students that meet to review and discuss the current curriculum and recommend or advise any changes that may need to be made. It is the intension of this WIKI to provide a collection point for ideas and collaboration between courses for the OPS Stream to assist in future curriculum development as a result of these PAC meetings.
Curriculum Discussion for each course in OPS Stream
General Findings from OPS Stream Discussion / Curriculum Review / Analysis
- Key issues have been immediately identified (See each course "Curriculum Discussion" for detail):
- Tighten up wording of Learning Outcomes. There are considerably more learning outcomes for OPS235 course outline compared to OPS335, OPS435 course outlines
- Check that learning outcomes apply to course delivery
- Missing central repository for all courses for consistent "cover-off" of materials, techniques, better supporting AODA, course start-up check-lists, etc.
- Tighten up overview or description of course to meet all learning outcomes
- How newer CPU implementation will affect delivery of courses like OPS235, OPS335, OPS535
- How will "Visualization" affect OPS Stream course delivery, and if so, when (eg. target dates)
- Students should be exposed to and reinforced shell scripting throughout stream from the beginning and add additional scripting skills throughout program duration
- Students should incorporate Linux commands in the form of a standardized reference sheet and that resource for be permitted in addition to lab logbook for evaluation in courses such as: OPS235, OPS335, OPS435, OPS535
This WIKI's Approach
- This WIKI hopes to encourage on-line repository of OPS stream course discussions to provide to help view all courses and to foster communication between faculty members. Faculty members can simply view and contribute freely to the the curriculum discussion. To help keep the discussion on track, a Triage framework has will be used to prioritize suggested improvements into short-term, long-term, and wish-list categories. In this way, faculty can sort out easy to perform changes or "tweaks" to courses and foster discussion among courses in the OPS stream. It is hoped that this method allows for transparency, and allows for an encouraging and welcoming area for faculty to make suggestions / improvements to course curriculum.
- Faculty members (new hires and existing) can be directed to this site when teaching these courses for the first time to help gain the fundamental importance of the course curriculum, to note the importance of flow between the streaming courses, and to perhaps integrate this knowledge into their course delivery to provide students with forward linkages (i.e. a "heads-up") of why the current course content topics are essential to their success in the CNS/CTY programs.