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The Drexel Environment
- All students required to have own computer since 1983-84
- Huge growth in computer science and related majors
- 1996-97: 300 CS Majors + 280 IS Majors
- 2000-01: 825 CS Majors + 710 IS Majors + 456 CE Majors
- Moderate growth in faculty
- 1996-97: 9.5 FTE in CS
- 2000-01: 13 FTE in CS
- Increasingly varied student backgrounds in computing
Instructional Objectives for Redesign
- Personalize course presentation for individual students
- Minimize resources, particularly faculty, needed in course
- Create modules with multiple knowledge levels to serve multiple constituencies
for the course: CS, CE, DM, IS
- Allow for multiple entry points into course material depending on
previous knowledge
Old vs. New Class Organization
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Old Course
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New Course
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| 2 lecture hours + 1 lab hour per week |
1 lecture hour + 2 lab hour per week |
| Individual lab projects in a standard computer lab |
Individual and group lab projects |
| Some online materials (Instructor-created) |
Substantial on-line support: chat groups, asynchronous discussion,
on-line assignment submission |
Modular Organization
- Course material divided into modular units
- 3 modules equivalent to 1 credit of course work
- Typical courses are 3 credits: 9 modules per full course (10 week
term)
- Modules to include
- pre-recorded lectures on module topics
- homework assignments
- lab assignments, group and individual
- enrichment materials
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