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ABSTRACT

The goal of this session is to start a discussion among IT educators about the value and possible approaches to sharing instructional materials.

IT is the computing discipline for which the community of educators has most recently organized (as measured by milestones such as accreditation and development of a curriculum model). Sharing instructional materials and providing broader access to materials is an important step in continuing to develop a cohesive community of IT educators.

At the same time, sharing materials is very difficult to do well. Faculty reward systems generally do not give much weight for any efforts that faculty members make to share their instructional materials with others. In addition, it is difficult to find the right form so that materials are easy to locate, and useful in contexts beyond the course for which they were developed.

As organizer of this session, my interest in this topic is driven by the experience of leading an effort to create a BSIT degree program and obtain accreditation for it. My interest is also driven by current and prior work in several areas including:

SWENET - SWENET is an NSF-funded repository of instructional materials related to software engineering. SWENET is a possible model for an IT materials collection. SWENET is located at http://swenet.org.

IT 2008 - With the release of this curriculum model, there is a framework that could provide a basis for developing and organizing shared instructional materials.

Ensemble - Ensemble is an NSF-funded effort to create a digital library to support all of computing education, including IT. Additional information about Ensemble can be found at http://computingportal.org

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education
          Subjects: Information systems education

General Terms:
Experimentation, Human Factors

Keywords:
sharing instructional materials