Reflect on Learning from Failure (Framework)

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|'''Overview''' || We want students to understand how much they are learning from their failures during the course instead of getting frustrated over it
 
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=== Background: ===
 
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* Roger Von Oech - A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative - http://courses.washington.edu/art166sp/documents/Spring2012/readings/week_3/AWhackOnTheSideOfTheHead.pdf
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== Idea: ==
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Describe framework and then use a concrete activity to apply our ideas for reflection on learning from failure, probably version control and issue tracking activities, which are already defined, and extending them for our perspective.
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== Rationale for our framework: ==
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* Students will get critiqued in the world they'll enter into. They need to learn how to deal with that in a constructive way.
 
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== Directions & deliverables ==
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* Micro-reflections (throughout an activity; in class)
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** Can be done at regular interval (e.g. every 30 minutes in class)
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** Commit messages where students state their current stage of thought/problem-solving process, snapshot of where they’re at.
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** Prompt: Submit a commit message where students state their current stage of thought/problem-solving process, snapshot of where they’re at. If collecting them in a different place is preferred, a shared doc is an option.
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** If collecting them in a different place is preferred, a shared doc is an option.
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** Index card / Post-its if computers aren’t in use (and public, can optionally be categorized), but would have to be written up / redistributed / photographed if they are supposed to be available to the students for macro reflections.
 
** Index card / Post-its if computers aren’t in use (and public, can optionally be categorized), but would have to be written up / redistributed / photographed if they are supposed to be available to the students for macro reflections.
 
** There is a social aspect to sharing them as tangible artifacts help students to relate and see the social skills for a moment instead of the technology. Color coded notes/notecards could be used for various categories (technical, communication, big picture, etc.)
 
** There is a social aspect to sharing them as tangible artifacts help students to relate and see the social skills for a moment instead of the technology. Color coded notes/notecards could be used for various categories (technical, communication, big picture, etc.)
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** Learning goals / objectives (for the course, as determined by instructor)
 
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= Notes for Instructors =
 
= Notes for Instructors =

Revision as of 17:41, 19 November 2016

Title Framework Reflection on Learning from Failure
Overview We want students to understand how much they are learning from their failures during the course instead of getting frustrated over it
Prerequisite Knowledge This framework can potentially be integrated for any of the courses using FOSS continuously.
Learning Objectives Reflect on their progress in a project or course.

Contents

Background:

Readings

Rationale

  • Students will get critiqued in the world they'll enter into. They need to learn how to deal with that in a constructive way.
  • Go look at someone else's code - can you understand it? If yes, students will start feeling more confident. Also, it reinforces how important code documentation is.
  • Model behavior for students in the classroom and have students suggest what to put in there, then discuss them. How can that be scaffolded?
  • Here’s some code that’s not working, do a quick quiz in class and let them find out why. Then put up “this is what most people think why it doesn’t work. Now go try fix it.”


Directions & deliverables

  • Micro-reflections
    • Regular interval during class, e.g. every 30 minutes in class
    • Prompt: Submit a commit message where students state their current stage of thought/problem-solving process, snapshot of where they’re at. If collecting them in a different place is preferred, a shared doc is an option.
    • Index card / Post-its if computers aren’t in use (and public, can optionally be categorized), but would have to be written up / redistributed / photographed if they are supposed to be available to the students for macro reflections.
    • There is a social aspect to sharing them as tangible artifacts help students to relate and see the social skills for a moment instead of the technology. Color coded notes/notecards could be used for various categories (technical, communication, big picture, etc.)
  • Mini-reflections (weekly; outside of class):
    • Blog
    • Wiki
    • Prompt a different category every week: soft skills, technical aspect, communication, organization
  • Final/macro/meta Reflections (1-3 at milestones/checkpoints; outside of class):
    • Milestones: start of the semester (survey), middle of semester (survey), end of semester (survey and essay)
    • Surveys: use existing FOSS surveys and maybe add a couple of questions
    • Short essay with reflection at the end (using their micro reflections) and the prompt to reflect on how they learned from failure.
  • Progress visualization over an academic term...
    • How can we (help students) visualize progress? Charting on the following fronts:
    • Let students set a goal - may be unrealistic but they engage more if they can contribute creatively
    • Level of frustration, just for giggles, hoping it goes down over the semester ;)
    • Learning goals / objectives (for the course, as determined by instructor)
    • Data collection via Moodle/BlackBoard/whatever your course is already using

Notes for Instructors

The remaining sections of this document are intended for the instructor. They are not part of the learning activity that would be given to students.

Assessment:

How will the activity be graded?

How will learning will be measured? Ideally, there should be a way to measure each of the objectives described above.

How will feedback to the student be determined?

Include sample assessment questions/rubrics. Feel free to indicate that the activity itself is not graded, however it would be helpful to include any questions that might be used at a later date to interpret learning, for example on a quiz or exam.

The form of the assessment is expected to vary by assignment. One possible format is the table:

Criteria Level 1 (fail) Level 2 (pass) Level 3 (good) Level 4 (exceptional)
Criterion 1...
Criterion 2...

Comments:

What should the instructor know before using this activity?

What are some likely difficulties that an instructor may encounter using this activity?

Additional Information:

ACM Knowledge Area/Knowledge Unit What ACM Computing Curricula 2013 knowledge area and units does this activity cover? ACM_Body_of_Knowledge
ACM Topic What specific topics are addressed? The Computing Curriucula 2013 provides a list of topics in Appendix A - The Body of Knowledge (page 58) - https://www.acm.org/education/CS2013-final-report.pdf
Level of Difficulty Is this activity easy, medium or challenging?
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