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Offline and Online Active Learning: Lessons in Teaching Software Engineering to Multicultural Groups

Authors:
Simona Vasilache

Keywords: software engineering; active learning; culturally-responsive teaching; multicultural students

Abstract:
The past two years have seen a huge increase in university courses offered online, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. At the same time, as the active learning approach is one of the most pursued approaches in teaching engineering disciplines, new strategies of implementing it online had to be pursued. Whereas the benefits of active learning have often been highlighted, the question arises whether the (sudden) transition to online teaching can remain successful in its pursuit of active learning, especially in multicultural groups. This short paper will be based on the experience of teaching an undergraduate software engineering course to a multicultural group of students. It will describe the active learning strategies employed during offline classes and will highlight the changes made once the course was suddenly switched to an online format, providing important lessons for software engineering instructors.

Pages: 15 to 18

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2022

Publication date: October 16, 2022

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-61208-997-3

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from October 16, 2022 to October 20, 2022