„Inovace výstupů, obsahu a metod bakalářských programů vysokých škol
neuniverzitního typu.“CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0115
A New Way of Organizing the Teaching and Its Influence on Students‘ Success
Johann Haag & Paul TavolatoUniversity of Applied Sciences St.Pölten
Department IT Security
AgendaAgenda• The Teaching Experiment and Why We Did It• How We Did It• Evaluation
– Students‘ Time Management– Students‘ Success
• Personal Experience
Who Are We?Who Are We?
Johann Haag
8 years professional experience
Prof. at FH St.Pölten
Head of degree programmes
BSc and MSC IT Security
Lecturing on Computer Networks
Paul Tavolato
Experience in industry and university
Prof. at FH St.Pölten
Lecturing on Software Engineering,
Malware Analysis, Database Systems
Theoretical Computer Science
BSc IT Security – the Study ProgrammeBSc IT Security – the Study Programme
Core areas of study– Computer networks– IT operations– Security technologies– Security management
„Integral view on IT security“
Why Did We Change Our Teaching?Why Did We Change Our Teaching? Dissatisfaction about the students‘ self-study abilities
Students study only for exams
Students study less than they intend to
The battle for the „ressource“ student Every lecturer tries to grab as much of the students‘ time as possible
The students study behaviour is mainly exam oriented
Planned/estimated workload does not match the real workload
Learning outcomes do not always meet the intentions
What Did We Change?What Did We Change?• Teaching is organized blockwise• Every lecture was assigned time calculated
from the ECTS points
• The time for a lecture was subdivided between actual lecturing and self-study
• Exams are at the end of each block
The ProjectThe Project
• In 2011/2012 we carried out a pilot project with the first and second semester
• This pilot project was evaluated scientifically by a team of pedagogics researchers from Hamburg University (R. Schulmeister, C. Metzger)
• Based on the positive results of the evaluation we have decided to change the teaching in both study courses (BSc and MSc) from this year on
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Accompanying MeasuresAccompanying Measures• Pedagogic workshops by external
experts for the lecturers• Tutoring by an advanced student for
students having troubles (missing lectures due to illness etc.)
• Measuring students‘ workload
Example:Example:
Introduction to Computer Networks and Distributed Systems (by J. Haag)
4 weekly hours of lecture, 5 ECTS
5 * 25 = 125 hours workload
3 consecutive weeks
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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Weekend
Self study
TheoryTheory
Individual exercise
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Weekend
Individual exerciseProtocol +
Analysis
Group
exercise
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Weekend
Exam
StudyStudy
Evaluation Evaluation WorkloadWorkload
MathMath Programming Programming 11
Networks & Networks & distrbuteddistrbutedsystemssystems
OperatiOperating ng
SystemSystemss
WindowWindowss
OperatinOperating g
Systems Systems UnixUnix
..
Law
Law
Law
Law
Christmas Holydays
MathMath Programming Programming 11
Networks & Networks & distrbuteddistrbutedsystemssystems
OperatinOperating g
SystemsSystemsWindo.Windo.
OperatinOperating g
Systems Systems UnixUnix
Law
Law
Law
Law
EvaluationEvaluationExam ResultsExam Results
Results – Mean ValueResults – Mean Value
Results - FailuresResults - Failures
Grades for Introduction to NetworksGrades for Introduction to Networks
Grades for MathematicsGrades for Mathematics
Grades for ProgrammingGrades for Programming
Lecturers‘ FeedbackLecturers‘ Feedback Over-motivated students
Very high commitment of the students Concentration on teaching improves my personal teaching
performance
Workload (for the teacher) is heavier than before
Students’ results are evidently better than before
Students‘ FeedbackStudents‘ Feedback• I never could go back to normal study organisation.
Blockwise teaching makes many things so much easier and the knowledge is really consolidated. I think I would not have passed this semester without failed exams otherwise.
• The workload in Operating Systems was enormous – but an awesome experience
• The best system I know. You can concentrate on one topic at a time and you really learn a lot. Thumbs up !
Do you want to continue this system?
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My Personal ExperienceMy Personal Experience I had experience from vocational trainings in companies. Exercise-oriented subjects such as Programming are easy
to transform to the new organization. More theory-based subjects need a complete didactic
restructuring. You have to be prepared for the whole course on the first
day (afterwards there is no more time for it). You have to change your time management (with regard to
work other than teaching, eg research.
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