Improving Embedded System Education with Software Engineering Methodologies

利用软件工程方法改进嵌入式系统教育

• 批准号: 0737029
• 负责人: Tien Nguyen
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Iowa State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-03-01 至 2011-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0737029&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improving; Embedded; System; Education; Software

Engineering - Electrical (55)The project is exploring a unique education paradigm that systematically integrates software engineering practice into a series of embedded systems courses. It addresses the need to educate students in using software engineering methods in complex embedded software projects, a topic that is not addressed adequately in either software or embedded systems courses. The project involves introductory-, intermediate- and advanced-level embedded systems courses. The most important software engineering methods appropriate to each level are introduced in the corresponding course and the software engineering practices are integrated into the course laboratories and projects. Commonly used software engineering tools will be introduced along with embedded systems development environments. The project will improve student learning and teaching effectiveness in both areas. Furthermore, a short course abstracted from the materials is benefiting other engineering disciplines that develop domain-specific embedded systems. The teaching materials are being designed so that they can be re-organized to serve students and engineers from other disciplines to meet their need for training in Software Engineering. The evaluation effort, under the guidance of an expert from the campus's institute for studies of education, is using validated sample survey instruments, institutional data on achievement and growth, focus groups, and individual interviews to monitor the project's effectiveness, impact, and unexpected outcomes. Investigators are disseminating their methods and results through their website, journal and conference venues, and specialty outlets, including the Shared-Software Infrastructure Program and the Field-tested Learning Assessment Guide. Broader impacts include the dissemination of the material, including their assessment tools, and their outreach to other engineering disciplines.

工程 - 电气（55）该项目正在探索一个独特的教育范式，该范式将软件工程实践整合到一系列嵌入式系统课程中。它解决了在复杂的嵌入式软件项目中使用软件工程方法教育学生的需求，该主题在软件或嵌入式系统课程中均未充分解决。该项目涉及入门，中间和高级嵌入式系统课程。在相应的课程中介绍了适合每个级别的最重要的软件工程方法，并且软件工程实践已集成到课程实验室和项目中。 将与嵌入式系统开发环境一起引入常用的软件工程工具。该项目将提高学生的学习和教学效率。此外，材料中抽象的一门简短课程正在使开发特定领域的嵌入式系统的其他工程学科受益。 正在设计教材，以便可以重新组织以为来自其他学科的学生和工程师提供服务，以满足他们在软件工程领域的培训需求。 在校园教育研究所的专家的指导下，评估工作正在使用经过验证的样本调查工具，成就和成长，焦点小组和个人访谈的机构数据，以监控项目的有效性，影响和意外结果。调查人员正在通过其网站，期刊和会议场所以及专业媒体（包括共享软件基础架构计划和现场测试的学习评估指南）传播其方法和结果。 更广泛的影响包括材料的传播，包括其评估工具以及对其他工程学科的宣传。