Building in Resilience Through Graduate Skills Computer Science Assessment

English, R. and Maguire, J. (2020) Building in Resilience Through Graduate Skills Computer Science Assessment. QAA Scotland Learning From Disruption: Exploring What Counts in Higher Education, Glasgow, UK, 03-04 Jun 2020.

Abstract

Students enrolled in computing science programmes are often more focused on gaining skills such as programming than other valuable skills such as team work, adaptability and self- regulation. An ability to react, collaborate and adapt in changing environments and to evolving timelines are valuable skills required for any professional software engineering role. However, communicating the value of such skills as well as providing opportunities for students to refine skills is challenging. In this paper we argue that developing graduate skills can help students develop the necessary resilience for facing such circumstances and propose some approaches for designing such assessment in computer science.

• Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item
• Status: Published
• Refereed: No
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Maguire, Dr Joseph and English, Dr Rosanne
• Authors: English, R., and Maguire, J.
• Subjects: L Education > LB Theory and practice of education; L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• Research Group: Centre for Computing Science Education (CCSE)
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2020 The Authors
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced with the permission of the Author

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