HumIT ex2gr3

Exercise 2 - Group 3

Sample learning activities mapped to particular courses

1. Select learning activity & map to course
   • Understanding the problem
     • Requirements & Analysis course
   • Installing and running system
     • Intro IT
   • Managing Data
     • Content Management
   • Capturing processes of getting system the run
     • OS Programming (Systems Programming)
     • Some class to help documentation
2. Analyze pros and cons
   • Students
     • pros - engaging, motivating, cutting edge
     • cons - complexity, risk & failure
   • Faculty
     • pros - engaging, research potential
     • cons - no existing material, grading, risk & failure
   • Department
     • pros - industry partnership, marketing, grants
     • cons - lack resources, controversy/turf war
   • School
     • pros - pr, industry partnership, alumni industry
     • cons - risk of failure, resource allocation, different mission
   • HFOSS community
     • pros - another valuable project, helping community
     • cons - competition for resources
   • Professional Community and Industry
     • pros - PR opportunity, generate new technology (money)
     • cons - competition
3. Identify resources needed
   • Faculty
     • Skilled instructors in courses required
   • Technical Resources
     • Computational needs
   • Administrative
     • Additional technical support
   • Social resources
     • Ties to sign language community
4. Identify roadblocks
   • Faculty
     • apathy or antipathy
   • Technical Resources
     • Insufficient resources / lab support
   • Administrative
     • Lack of staff support
   • Social resources
     • Aversion of technology for sign language community
     • Lack of awareness of problem