Challenges and Recommendations forthe Design and Conduct of GlobalSoftware Engineering Courses: ASystematic Review

摘要

This SLR we are conducting traverses the many options available to Computer Science (CS) educatorsteaching CS courses involving global collaboration. The challenges and solutions in conducting globalsoftware engineering courses will be addressed. While there is a rich source of literature covering thistopic, there is limited consolidated guidance available for CS educators wishing to implement a globalcourse, in collaboration with other institutions. So building upon the existing knowledge in the literaturein the area will help to produce a report that will serve as a broad ranging resource for global softwareengineering educators.The SLR focusses on two areas:1. Learning GSE Theory: Developing courses based on GSE theory. I.e. How to teach studentsabout developing software across multi-site teams (to include things like cultural training – i.e.how to build trust amongst a team that hasn’t met face to face, etc.).AND2. Learning GSE by doing: Developing courses that show how to apply GSE methods in theclassroom. E.g. where students develop software in multi-site teams (where the softwaredeveloped is not really the focus, but ‘how’ to develop the software is what we would belooking at).We also include studies that take a hybrid approach by including a combination of theory and practice.I.e. research that presents experiences of running hybrid courses aimed at developing student capabilitiesin working as global professionals which have varying degrees of cross-site collaboration, and theorypracticebalance.