@inproceedings{f087e96b2268441e8e8eac0bb33c11a4,
title = "Blend and Flip for Teaching Communication Skills to Final Year International Computer Science Students",
abstract = "In addition to technical knowledge, graduates in computing and engineering disciplines are expected to have communication skills, and the ability to undertake lifelong learning. These skills are difficult to acquire using conventional lecture and tutorial based teaching. Final year international graduate computer science students at the Australian National University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, were found to have particular difficulty when asked to write about their learning. In response, lectures were replaced with online exercises, group workshops in a new purpose-built flat floor classroom, and peer-assessed progressive assessment. This approach was trialed with eighty students in 2019. Preliminary results indicate students performed at least as well as with conventional lecture-based instruction.",
keywords = "STAR-L, WIL, Work-Integrated Learning, assessment, classroom, e-portfolio, podcast, reflection, video",
author = "Tom Worthington",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 IEEE.; 2019 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Education, TALE 2019 ; Conference date: 08-04-2019 Through 11-04-2019",
year = "2019",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1109/TALE48000.2019.9225921",
language = "English",
series = "TALE 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Education",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "TALE 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Education",
address = "United States",
}