TY - CHAP

T1 - Resource Center for Computer Science at Novosibirsk State University

AU - Lavrentiev, Mikhail M.

AU - Derzho, Marina A.

N1 - Conference code: 3

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - A Resource Center for Computer Science (RCCS) has been established at Novosibirsk State University. The Center includes a ready-to-launch first year undergraduate program in Computer Science, complete with an edtech platform and original ready-to-go teaching materials as well as short requalification courses for the clients' teaching staff and various support services. RCCS is intended for educational institutions that wish to outsource curriculum and staff development for part of their undergraduate program without compromising the quality and appeal of their taught provision. Investment in original concepts and materials as well as recruiting top-notch academic staff for course delivery is often beyond the means of smaller schools in less affluent regions, especially if the program has to be centered on problem-solving and depend on lateral thinking and critical evaluation of knowledge. This is where the concept of RCCS is likely to be at its most useful: not only does the Center support rapid course deployment, it also has a profound effect on the client's staff who will, after a few runs of the program, be equipped, both intellectually and in terms of edtech, to develop further materials while adhering to the principles and quality standards promoted by RCCS. Furthermore, being an RCCS client enables such a school to run side-by-side its regular undergraduate CS program to cater for the needs of local industry, and an advanced one for a few students who may have a higher potential/aspiration, without the school incurring prohibitive costs.

AB - A Resource Center for Computer Science (RCCS) has been established at Novosibirsk State University. The Center includes a ready-to-launch first year undergraduate program in Computer Science, complete with an edtech platform and original ready-to-go teaching materials as well as short requalification courses for the clients' teaching staff and various support services. RCCS is intended for educational institutions that wish to outsource curriculum and staff development for part of their undergraduate program without compromising the quality and appeal of their taught provision. Investment in original concepts and materials as well as recruiting top-notch academic staff for course delivery is often beyond the means of smaller schools in less affluent regions, especially if the program has to be centered on problem-solving and depend on lateral thinking and critical evaluation of knowledge. This is where the concept of RCCS is likely to be at its most useful: not only does the Center support rapid course deployment, it also has a profound effect on the client's staff who will, after a few runs of the program, be equipped, both intellectually and in terms of edtech, to develop further materials while adhering to the principles and quality standards promoted by RCCS. Furthermore, being an RCCS client enables such a school to run side-by-side its regular undergraduate CS program to cater for the needs of local industry, and an advanced one for a few students who may have a higher potential/aspiration, without the school incurring prohibitive costs.

KW - Bachelor Program

KW - Computer Science

KW - Education

KW - Resource Center

KW - Support for regional education

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U2 - 10.1109/PIERE62470.2024.10805067

DO - 10.1109/PIERE62470.2024.10805067

M3 - Chapter

SN - 979-8-3315-1633-8

T3 - Proceedings of the IEEE 3rd International Conference on Problems of Informatics, Electronics and Radio Engineering, PIERE 2024

SP - 1400

EP - 1404

BT - Proceedings of the IEEE 3rd International Conference on Problems of Informatics, Electronics and Radio Engineering, PIERE 2024

PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

T2 - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Problems of Informatics, Electronics and Radio Engineering

Y2 - 15 November 2024 through 17 November 2024

ER -