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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2020.18.5.055

A Case Study on the Effectiveness of Major-friendly Contents in Software Education for the Non-majors  

Seo, Joo-Young (Da-San University College, Ajou University)
Shin, Seung-Hun (Da-San University College, Ajou University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.18, no.5, 2020 , pp. 55-63 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, there is a strong interest in SW basic education for non-major students in universities, but SW non-majors are having a hard time learning. This paper proposes a class operation method that utilizes customized contents reflecting the interests of non-majors, rather than using existing learning contents for SW majors. The proposed method is to improve the education effects by increasing the learning motivation of SW non-majors. The paper shows a case study of A university, which has operated non-major SW basic education for more than five years. The case study analyzed the change of class satisfaction of students of pre- and post- learning group that reformed major-friendly contents about the same curriculum. As a result, the students of social sciences are interested in learning contents using public data that can examine the social and cultural phenomena of the country, and humanities students are interested in text contents such as novels, history books, and SNS articles. In addition to the understanding of the lectures, the class satisfaction was also greatly improved, and it showed that the major-friendly contents is useful for SW basic education of non-majors.
Keywords
SW Education; SW Non-majors; Major-friendly Contents; Class Satisfaction; University General Education;
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