Database curriculum issues for four-year IT programs

ACM Sigcse Bulletin, 1997

Integrating the practical use of a database product into the theoretical curriculum of a database management course is a challenge, The approach described minimizes the amount of class time that is allocated to teaching students the use of a database product, while providing guidance to the students in the use of the tool. Introduction of the database product is accomplished through cooperative learning, where students help each other learn the intricacies of the system. To facilitate this process, the students are provided with a complete database implementation example. Using this example, students gradually advance from a tutorial exercise, to a step-by-step extension of the example, and finally to more difficult extensions. These self-paced assignments provide a solid foundation for the students' knowledge in the implementation of their own cooperative group project.

2012

This paper describes methods and tools used for the Database Systems (DBS) instruction at the University of Hradec Králové. In the DBS courses, the theoretical issues are followed by practical training. Thus the learners have possibility to study both the theory and work with practical database products– ORACLE, MS SQL, DB2 a MySQL. The students work on several practical projects within the DBS courses. They co-operate in teams on developing an operating database application for a real (or virtual) organization, e.g. small businesses or services organizations. Students should go through all stages of database development the analysis, conceptual, logical and physical design. The process of instruction is supported by eLearning courses in the LMS Blackboard. In this paper tutors ́ and students ́ experience from these courses is presented and discussed. Key-Words: Computer Science Education, Databases, Multimedia, Internet, Educational Software, WebBased Education

2001

This paper describes the development of a second database course for undergraduates, preparing students for the advanced database concepts they will experience in industry. Assuming an introductory course on relational database systems as a prerequisite, the topics addressed in the course include object-oriented data modeling, objectoriented database systems, object-relational database systems, Web access to databases, and professionalism and ethics. We present our experience with teaching the course, elaborating on the topics and assignments. We also present feedback from students and industry partners as well as our own assessment of future course refinements.

2016

In this report, we present an example of the re-design of a particular course unit using the ACM Computer Science Curricula 2013, in order to address a concern of a Quality Assurance evaluation made using the same standard. The course unit described in this report is a Databases course unit given in the third semester of Computer Science at Reykjavik University. We first present the process of synthesizing the ACM topics and learning outcomes into a course description and associated learning outcomes. We then present an evaluation of the ACM conformance of the course unit to the ACM learning outcomes, which shows that the objectives of the re-design were met. Finally, we describe the execution of the course unit; in particular how the teacher ensured coverage of the learning outcomes. We believe that the experience of using the ACM curricula for the course re-design was very positive. The major contribution in this work is the process for re-designing learning outcomes according to ...

IEEE Transactions on Education, 2000

This paper presents a Web-based educational system, ADVICE, that helps students to bridge the gap between database management system (DBMS) theory and practice. The usage of ADVICE is presented through a set of laboratory exercises developed to teach students conceptual and logical modeling, SQL, formal query languages, and normalization. While working on the exercises, students use the system to access real databases, and the system provides them with feedback about their solutions. From the perspective of an instructor, the system allows easy exercise management and continual progress monitoring. The paper also describes a practical experience with the use of ADVICE on a database course over a three-year period.

2015

Databases is identified as a specific area of study within the 2007 QAA Computing benchmark. Aside from the practical skills that are delivered under this heading, what does database teaching contribute to a general understanding of Computer Science? This paper looks at that contribution through the lens of professional body accreditation. It sets out the nature of accreditation as undertaken by BCS The Chartered Institute for IT on behalf of the Engineering Council, the Science Council and for the Chartered IT Professional standard. It demonstrates that elements of the standard database curriculum can make an important contribution to the recognition that an undergraduate degree course meets the requirements of professional bodies.

2002

The information systems discipline has a long history of applying model curricula to guide the particular course offerings of academic institutions. This paper provides an overview of the most recent work on updating the information system model curriculum, referred to as IS 2002-The Model Curriculum and Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Information Systems. The last major update, IS '97, was completed several years ago. The need for the update is warranted due to the advent of the Internet, the changes in student computing literacy, and the recent information systems accreditation movement. The curriculum updates follow the recommendations of three collaborating organizations: AIS, ACM and AITP. After presenting an introduction and discussion of the need for a curriculum update, the paper describes the key principles and guiding assumptions about the information systems field. Next, the exit characteristics of IS graduates are presented. This motivates a discussion and presentation of the scope of the current curriculum update. The paper concludes by presenting the course architecture, sequence and high-level catalog descriptions.

Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Conference of Engineering and Implementation on Vocational Education (ACEIVE 2018), 3rd November 2018, North Sumatra, Indonesia, 2019

The global issue of problems in learning and teaching database subjects is a factor causing learning difficulties for students. Various problems of learning and teaching database systems lead to low learning outcomes, lack of learning motivation and lack of modeling and database design skills by students. In addition to teaching errors in managing learning, the models and approaches used in teaching and learning are not appropriate because they are not in accordance with the characteristics of the subjects and characteristics of students. The solution to the problem of learning and teaching database systems from previous researchers is to collaborate learning models based on the relevance between learning models with the characteristics of database subjects and characteristics of students so that database competencies can be fulfilled so that graduates can compete in the work industry.

Computers in Human Behavior, 2005

Database design and use has educational interest for utilitarian and learning reasons. Database technology has significant economic impact and the demand for database design can not be covered by the existent educated experts. Furthermore the database management systems available at schools could be used for the design and implementation of high quality learning activities. Databases are general purpose modeling environments that enable problem solving using conceptual frameworks closer to the solver and the problem than the machine architecture. Databases design introduction in the curricula of secondary education programs raises educational research questions. Research questions concern the didactics of the subject as well as the value of database design based learning activities. In this paper we present some of the more significant findings of an action research concerning the database design in secondary education. Research questions concern the ideas of students about databases and their difficulties during database design. Data, collected using a variety of research activities, are analyzed and discussed and teaching strategies are proposed. He has participated in several research projects about the educational use of Information and Communication Technologies while he is Informatics teacher at a vocational public school named 2 nd TEE of Rhodes at Greece and a PhD student at University of Aegean. His research interests include data and procedural modeling, algorithms visualization, and Computer Sciences Education.

ACM SIGMIS …, 1996

IS organizations. However, there is no lessening in demand for IS knowledge and ability in organizations; to the contrary, the demand is expanding as the functional areas of the organization gain more capability in IS. Many areas of the organization are now hiring IS majors for departmental computing activities. There is also strong demand for the IS minor by students in other disciplines who need IS expertise in order to be effective in their work and to assist in developing applications in their functional area. A third reason that the demand for IS courses will continue to increase is that students in related disciplines want to acquire basic and intermediate IS skills. Every discipline is experiencing growth in computer use, and students who enrich their IS knowledge are at a career advantage. The editors of IS'97 thank those who have helped in this project. We hope this will be the beginning of a cooperative effort for continuous curriculum development. We are interested in your input and encourage you to let us know how you are using these materials and how they might be improved.