Paper Info
Title
Communication patterns: a tool for analyzing communication in emerging computer science educational practices (abstract only)
Abstract
We introduce Communication Patterns (CPs) as a tool for rigorous qualitative analysis of project communication. Using our library of student capstone project case studies as a test bed, we describe our approach to communication analysis. We identify, analyze and compare the communication, at various granularities, that takes place in student projects. The patterns allow us to objectively describe the structure (what, how, who, where, when, why) of the different forms of communication that occur in a software project. Patterns range from strategic (choice of genre) to tactical (wording or tone). We use CPs to sensitize students to their communication choices as developers and users. The CP framework is familiar to students (akin to design patterns) and generative (readily extendible to new scenarios). In addition, we as researchers and instructors plan to use CPs to assess how new pedagogical practices, moving from traditional classroom communication towards more blended learning, are changing the student experience and assess the effectiveness of current software project communication practices. We use CPs to analyze the communication that occurs in teaching computer use to novice senior citizens. The examples illustrate how CPs can be used to study communication practices in many different contexts of software development or use.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1145/2445196.2445407
SIGCSE
Keywords
Field
DocType
software project,teaching computer use,project communication,student project,student capstone project case,communication practice,communication pattern,communication choice,computer science educational practice,traditional classroom communication,communication analysis,current software project communication,qualitative,communication
Software engineering,Computer science,Knowledge management,Software design pattern,Software,Capstone project,Generative grammar,Communication Analysis,Blended learning,Multimedia,Software development
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.60
0
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Charles Wallace15516.25
Shreya Kumar2113.97