Supporting the learning problem-solving process
in software engineering – LSE project
(LSE Project)

Effect of collaborative learning in software engineering education

Project Outline

In developing software, software engineers need to have the ability to choose and apply an appropriate method of solving problems, based on a comprehensive evaluation of each method and policy from different aspects. Acquiring this ability in turn requires ideas through collaborative learning, which cannot be acquired through individual lecture-based learning, as these ideas will encourage software engineers to diversify their own thinking and to develop the ability to make the comprehensive judgments that are sine qua non for software engineering processes. A repetition of this process is considered to be effective.

This project develops a tool that offers users the ideas particularly required in the learning process. The tool will assist in the collaborative study of software engineering with networked computers offering digital content. The project also considers the effects of the tool, and how collaborative learning helps users develop the ability to take a comprehensive viewpoint from different aspects. Moreover, the project gathers and analyzes the study tracks, or the thought processes, of users to analyze the characteristics of collaborative learning using digital content in general software engineering education.

Major partner organizations and members
National Institute of Informatics : Rihoko Inoue, Fuyuki Ishikawa