PROVIDING MASTERS LEVEL COMPUTING STUDENTS WITH REAL-LIFE LEARNING EXPERIENCES VIA CAPSTONE PROJECTS

摘要

Within academic programmes real-life learning experiences can be provided in a number of ways: internships/placements, group projects and individual projects. A comparison is made between the mechanisms that can be employed in programmes with a duration of several years compared with intensive taught masters programmes which have a total duration of 12 to 14 months. Details are presented of the range of taught masters programmes in computing that are offered at the University of Sunderland with emphasis on practical parameters and assessment. Actual problems and challenges that have had to be addressed in a changing academic climate are detailed. Finally some overall conclusions and outstanding questions are presented.