Distributed Expertise in Teaching Computer Organization

现代通信和资源共享机制为确保在教师专业知识不能涵盖所有适合核心课程的主题的地方提供高质量教育提供了新的途径。本项目以计算机组织/体系结构为测试用例，探索分布式专业知识应用于支持高质量课程的可能性。在这种情况下，课程被认为是一种传统的形式：完全控制课程内容、作业和预期表现的当地教师将受益于其他人开发的材料的可用性以及课程主题领域专家的支持。该项目汇集了内容和教学法方面的专家，以考虑最好的资源和最好的方式来支持教学人员。该项目的最低成果将是一份关于当前与计算机组织/体系结构相关的课程建议的报告，一份世界范围内课程状况的分析（包括最常教授的主题和最具挑战性的主题），以及一份关于分布式专业知识应用于广泛课程支持的几个小组的建议的报告。这些调查的结果将应用于仔细监测的课程试点课程，并将在适当的会议上报告这些经验。如果结果令人满意，将制定进一步发展这一概念的计划。

Modern communication and resource sharing mechanisms make possible new ways of Assuring high qualitv education at locations where faculty expertise does not cover all topics appropriate to core courses. This project, using Computer organization/Architecture as a test case, explores the possibilities of distributed expertise applied in support of high quality course offerings. In this case, the course is considered to be of a traditional format: local faculty with complete control over the content of the course, assignments, and expected performance will benefit from the availability of materials developed by others and from the support of experts in topic areas of the course. The project brings together experts in content and in pedagogy to consider the best resources and the best ways to support teaching faculty. The minimum outcome of this project will be a report on the current curriculum recommendations relative to Computer organization/Architecture, an analysis of the state of the course around the world (including topics most commonly taught and topics that are most challenging), and a report on the recommendations of several groups on the application of distributed expertise to widespread course support. The results of these investigations will be applied in carefully monitored pilot offerings of the course and that experience will be reported at appropriate conferences. If results are promising, a plan for further development of the concept will be produced.