TY - GEN
T1 - Improving the teaching of Computer Networks through the incorporation of industry based training courses
AU - Matusa, Robertas
AU - Butkus, Laimonas
AU - Krilavicius, Tomas
AU - Man, Ka Lok
AU - Liang, Hai Ning
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Computer networks are an integral part to the proper functioning of today's society. They are also becoming essential components in almost all the software programs as well because of the need to get devices interconnected. As such, software engineers should be well prepared and able to use and integrate them. In this paper, we provide an overview of current Computer Networks teaching approaches at some current universities, and propose an updated curriculum based on the up-to-date approaches and our own teaching experiences. In particular, we describe our approach using the D-Link Baltija training courses, which are organized by the multinational company that makes network related products, to make the teaching more practical and up to today's current developments. In addition, we propose extensions to the course, improvements that involve cooperation between remote institutions, namely Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) and Xi'an Jiatong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), to improve hands-on experience.
AB - Computer networks are an integral part to the proper functioning of today's society. They are also becoming essential components in almost all the software programs as well because of the need to get devices interconnected. As such, software engineers should be well prepared and able to use and integrate them. In this paper, we provide an overview of current Computer Networks teaching approaches at some current universities, and propose an updated curriculum based on the up-to-date approaches and our own teaching experiences. In particular, we describe our approach using the D-Link Baltija training courses, which are organized by the multinational company that makes network related products, to make the teaching more practical and up to today's current developments. In addition, we propose extensions to the course, improvements that involve cooperation between remote institutions, namely Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) and Xi'an Jiatong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), to improve hands-on experience.
KW - D-Link
KW - Industry sessions
KW - Industry-University collaboration
KW - computer networks
KW - university teaching
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84892643572&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TALE.2013.6654454
DO - 10.1109/TALE.2013.6654454
M3 - Conference Proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:84892643572
SN - 9781467363556
T3 - Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2013
SP - 325
EP - 328
BT - Proceedings of 2013 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2013
T2 - 2013 2nd IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering, TALE 2013
Y2 - 26 August 2013 through 29 August 2013
ER -