> ----- Original Message ----- > From: Yuvi Panda > Sent: 06/18/10 05:50 PM > To: ILUG-C > Subject: Re: [Ilugc] Open Source Lab Syllabus > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Victor Johnson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Much worried to think the status of the students who are going to mug up > > every program and exercise as they dont have any theory paper to explain > > what > > they are working in the lab. > > As a student who sees this happen first hand, I'm incredibly worried > as well. What will happen is, ofcourse, staff will google to find > solutions to exercises, print them out, xerox them and give them off > to students to copy. Students will type in the xeroxed notes, make > tons of spelling mistakes - which the staff will have no idea how to > fix. Average impact of this course on the average student will not be > much. > > Most we can hope for is that someone new will get impressed from the > NRCFOSS materials itself and want to find out something new for > himself. Looking forward to see the result NRCFOSSS produces.
Yes but most of the cases which I've seen - faculty members don't even "google" it around but simply using the exercises/code that has been written years back. Also they stick to some limited number game (like I will keep 6 to 12 programs only for this semester) and no matter whether students understand them or not. I would appreciate if NRC FOSS requests university academic dean or curriculum council or respective authorities to come out from traditional way of conducting lab exercises to mini projects which must be unique in nature and allocate to the individual student. It doesn't whether he/she can 100% success in running the code or not and I think that's way we look at, otherwise it's going to like the same even after many years like what are seeing today. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
