Guide students in handling crucial conversations
These are life skills they will use forever Student software teams have lots of challenges and they need to talk to each other in order… Read More »Guide students in handling crucial conversations
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Software Engineering Students Should Collaborate on Features
Build thin vertical slices instead of horizontal layers Students tend to think in horizontal layers as described in the textbooks. The books show the nice… Read More »Software Engineering Students Should Collaborate on Features
Help struggling team members collaborate in group projects
Aiding weaker team members helps everyone and the team Some students find it hard to work in teams. Other students dislike team work, but know… Read More »Help struggling team members collaborate in group projects
Team and Project Canvases Focus Student Collaboration
A team or project canvas can focus the effort of a student team Student teams seem to fall into a variety of categories when they… Read More »Team and Project Canvases Focus Student Collaboration
Take the Gambling out of Planning Poker
Teach students to use planning poker for discussion We all know estimates are guesswork. I often introduce this topic with a simple question: ‘how long… Read More »Take the Gambling out of Planning Poker
10 Collaboration Rules for Your Software Engineering Student Teams
These collaboration rules will guide your student teams Students always ask me what to do next, or how they should approach a situation in their… Read More »10 Collaboration Rules for Your Software Engineering Student Teams
Teach Software Engineering Students to Listen to Each Other
Teach students to talk so they will listen and hear each other I have a hard time resisting second hand book shops. Happily, my family… Read More »Teach Software Engineering Students to Listen to Each Other
Facilitate experiences in your teaching
Make teaching more interactive with facilitated experiences One of my key goals for each teaching session I run is to have a facilitated component. This… Read More »Facilitate experiences in your teaching
Invite people to participate
Make the invite to participate welcome When I was an external examiner recently for a PhD viva I was reminded during the discussion that there… Read More »Invite people to participate
Seek real clients for your student teams
Real clients provide surprises that students don’t expect A question that goes around again and again when course organisers meet from different institutions is whether… Read More »Seek real clients for your student teams