Enhancing student engagement through cloud computing coursework: challenges and opportunities in the time of COVID-19

Sajid Nazir; Yovin Poorun; James Paterson; Brian Hainey

doi:10.1145/3507923.3507958

Enhancing student engagement through cloud computing coursework: challenges and opportunities in the time of COVID-19

Sajid Nazir, Yovin Poorun, James Paterson, Brian Hainey

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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’ engagement for the CPD coursework.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CSERC '21: Proceedings of the 10th Computer Science Education Research Conference
Editors	Dave Stikkolorum, Ebrahim Rahimi
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	110-112
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450385763
ISBN (Print)	9781450385763
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3507923.3507958
Publication status	Published - 22 Nov 2021
Event	10th Computer Science Education Research Conference - Virtual conference due to pandemic Duration: 22 Nov 2021 → 23 Nov 2021

Conference

Conference	10th Computer Science Education Research Conference
Abbreviated title	CSERC 2021
Period	22/11/21 → 23/11/21

Keywords

artificial intelligence
online teaching
personal protective equipment
distance learning
Amazon web services (AWS)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Computer Networks and Communications

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Nazir, S. et al (2021) Enhancing student engagement through cloud computing coursework: challenges and opportunities in the time of COVID-19
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Nazir, S., Poorun, Y., Paterson, J., & Hainey, B. (2021). Enhancing student engagement through cloud computing coursework: challenges and opportunities in the time of COVID-19. In D. Stikkolorum, & E. Rahimi (Eds.), CSERC '21: Proceedings of the 10th Computer Science Education Research Conference (pp. 110-112). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3507923.3507958

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Nazir, S, Poorun, Y, Paterson, J & Hainey, B 2021, Enhancing student engagement through cloud computing coursework: challenges and opportunities in the time of COVID-19. in D Stikkolorum & E Rahimi (eds), CSERC '21: Proceedings of the 10th Computer Science Education Research Conference. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 110-112, 10th Computer Science Education Research Conference, 22/11/21. https://doi.org/10.1145/3507923.3507958

Enhancing student engagement through cloud computing coursework: challenges and opportunities in the time of COVID-19. / Nazir, Sajid; Poorun, Yovin; Paterson, James et al.

CSERC '21: Proceedings of the 10th Computer Science Education Research Conference. ed. / Dave Stikkolorum; Ebrahim Rahimi. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2021. p. 110-112.

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