@inproceedings{a2da1e7ecb7d4a66a6d720033b17f9b4,
title = "Enhancing student engagement through cloud computing coursework: challenges and opportunities in the time of COVID-19",
abstract = "The COVID-19 pandemic has forced universities world-wide to adjust to an online delivery model resulting in many unforeseen challenges for module delivery and student engagement. The Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) Cloud Platform Development (CPD) final year undergraduate module requires hands-on lab work and coursework, and thus call for more deliberation and interventions to maintain student engagement. The module teaching material created at GCU is also taught at the African Leadership College (ALC), Mauritius using a flipped classroom model. However, for the current academic year, the ALC campus was closed, with the enrolled students spread over many countries and time zones in Africa, resulting in a compounding of the challenges for maintaining student engagement. In this study we describe the approaches and techniques employed at increasing the students{\textquoteright} engagement for the CPD coursework.",
keywords = "artificial intelligence, online teaching, personal protective equipment, distance learning, Amazon web services (AWS)",
author = "Sajid Nazir and Yovin Poorun and James Paterson and Brian Hainey",
year = "2021",
month = nov,
day = "22",
doi = "10.1145/3507923.3507958",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781450385763",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)",
pages = "110--112",
editor = "Dave Stikkolorum and Ebrahim Rahimi",
booktitle = "CSERC '21: Proceedings of the 10th Computer Science Education Research Conference",
address = "United States",
note = "10th Computer Science Education Research Conference, CSERC 2021 ; Conference date: 22-11-2021 Through 23-11-2021",
}