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- Title
Collaboration of Two Service-Learning Courses: Software Development and Technical Communication.
- Authors
Brown, Jennifer K.; Chao, Joseph T.
- Abstract
We describe a service-learning collaboration between a software development course and a technical communication course. Good documentation is essential for easing users' experience with a software system, as well as for introducing maintenance and support personnel to the system. Therefore, one of the main goals of this collaboration was to produce usable documentation to accompany the student-developed software. Additionally, the goals were to provide students with a hands-on learning experience and to provide more time for software development. We discuss the courses involved, the goals/benefits of the collaboration, the collaboration process, the method of student communication, predicted challenges, assessment criteria, and results and future improvements. Despite the challenges with this first attempt at the collaboration, the results were encouraging and we have gained invaluable insight into how to improve for the future.
- Subjects
AGILE software development; COMPUTER software development; SOFTWARE maintenance; ACTIVE learning; SERVICE learning; COLLABORATIVE learning
- Publication
Issues in Informing Science & Information Technology, 2010, Vol 7, p403
- ISSN
1547-5840
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.28945/1216