Discussion: How will this course be delivered?

[DamienIrving]

How do we envisage that this course will be delivered?

Will each "lecture" be run like a Carpentries workshop, alternating between a short burst of live coding from the instructor (to demonstrate a new concept) followed by exercises that participants work on in pairs (to consolidate the new concept)?

Are the "exercises" listed in each chapter of the book the short exercises I've referred to above, or longer assignments that students work on after class, or both?

Are students doing any reading (perhaps of certain sections of this textbook) before they come to class?

Do we need to write our chapters so that they are achievable in a certain number of lectures?

[ChristinaLK]

+1 - I had the same questions.

[DamienIrving]

A few groups around the world have delivered Software Carpentry as a university course. Here's an extended discussion they had a while back: https://software-carpentry.org/blog/2016/02/swc-as-a-university-course.html

[DamienIrving]

ACTION: @DamienIrving to make a formal proposal based on 25-06-2019 meeting discussion.

[DamienIrving]

At the 25 June meeting it was felt that the materials would be delivered Carpentries style (i.e. alternating between short bursts of live coding from the instructor followed by exercises that participants work on). However, in order to allow maximum flexibility for instructors, exercises would be placed at the end of each chapter rather than integrated into the lesson notes.

Later down the track we will need to develop assessment tasks (i.e. as opposed to exercises that are part of the lesson).