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{{Programming Stream Index | 20111}}
= Strategy =
for 2011 into 2012
== Overview ==
# marketing through transparency
# comprehensive web presence with visible depth
# student-centered teaching techniques
# recent hard-copy publication presence
# in-house recognition of student excellence
# 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)
*** examples only
*** examples and problems
*** 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 ==

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! Course !! Web Site !! In-Class !! Workshops !! Targeted Tutorials !! Assignments !! SCS Integration !! Remarks
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|BTP100||[https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~btp100/index.html btp100]||[https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~btp100/pages/handouts pages/exercises]||[https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~btp100/pages/workshops pages/workshops]||to be considered||[https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~btp100/pages/assignments/index.html pages/assignments]||to be discussed||open
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|OOP244||[https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~oop244/index.html oop244]||[https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~oop244/pages/handouts pages/exercises]||[https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~oop244/pages/workshops pages/workshops]||to be completed||[https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~oop244/pages/assignments/index.html pages/assignments]||Fall 2011||2011 Edition ?
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|BTP200||[https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~btp200/index.html btp200]||[https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~btp200/pages/handouts pages/exercises]||[https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~btp200/pages/workshops pages/workshops]||to be considered||[https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~btp200/pages/assignments/index.html pages/assignments]||to be discussed||open
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|BTP300||[https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~btp300/index.html btp300]||[https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~btp300/pages/handouts pages/exercises]||[https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~btp300/pages/workshops pages/workshops]||deferred||[https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~btp300/pages/assignments/index.html pages/assignments]||Fall 2011||needs reordering
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|GAM666||[https://cs.senecac.on.ca/~gam666/index.html gam666]||deferred||to be implemented||deferred||self-selected topics||Fall 2011||needs compression

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== Student Awards Granted ==
=== TEL Award for Game Programming ===
* Fall 2010
*# Razed By Fire - Daniel Hodgin, Jon Buckley, James Boelen, Steven Weerdenburg, Kaitlyn Callow
*# The 10th Floor - Ryan Wang, Aravinthan Vathsalan, Geoffrey Mok
*# Don't Crash into Buildings - David Perit, Andrew Condinho, Brian Law
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= Academic Publications =
== 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.
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Szalwinski, C. M. 2011. An Open Instructional Framework for Game Programming Students. ACM Transactions on Computing Education. (submitted for publication).
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== 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

{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="5"
|+ Completion Status
! Title !! Candidate Courses !! Remarks !! Printed
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| Introduction to the C Language || IPC144 BTP100 || content to be reviewed ||
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| Introduction to C++ for C Programmers || OOP244 BTP200 || December 2010 edition || completed
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| Object-Oriented Programming Using C++ || OOP344 BTP300 || content to be reorganized ||
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| Introduction to Game Programming for C++ Programmers || GAM666 DPS901 || content to be compressed ||
|}
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= Software Support =
== Game Programming ==
=== Framework for Game Programming Students ===
* Release 1.0
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