Type 2 Collaborative Project: Integrating Testing into Advanced CS/IT Courses Supported by a Cyberlearning Environment

为了确保21世纪软件系统的质量，需要改进软件测试教学方法，利用目前学术机构可访问的网络基础设施和我们学生的社交网络倾向。有两个主要因素凸显了为计算机学科的学生提供更多获取软件测试学习材料的必要性：与生产包含错误的软件系统相关的高成本，以及需要充分培训未来的软件工程师和计算机程序员，因为这些职业预计从2008年到2018年将增加21%。该项目正在创建新的软件测试网络学习材料，并通过以下方式提高教师在软件测试技术和工具方面的知识和使用专业知识：(1)创建网络学习环境(WReSTT？基于Web的软件测试教程资源库)，为学生和教师提供有关软件测试概念和工具的教程；(2)举办研讨会，发展教师在软件测试方面的专业知识，并使用WReSTT的功能来支持教学；(3)培养学生？在本科编程课程中获得软件测试的概念和技能；以及(4)促进WReSTT并将研究成果传播给学术界。项目小组由来自不同机构的经验丰富的讲师和评估员组成，其中包括学生来自代表性不足群体的机构。三个行业合作伙伴通过为该项目提供服务来支持该项目-S顾问委员会，在教师研讨会上提供测试工具教程，以及向学术机构的学生提供测试工具。

Ensuring the quality of software systems in the 21st Century requires an improved pedagogical approach to teaching software testing that exploits the cyberinfrastructure currently accessible to academic institutions and the social networking inclinations of our students. Two main factors highlight the need to provide students in the computing disciplines with greater access to learning materials on software testing: the high cost associated with the production of software systems that contain errors and the need to adequately train future software engineers and computer programmers since these occupations are projected to increase by 21% from 2008 to 2018.This project is creating new cyberlearning materials on software testing and improving faculty expertise in the knowledge and use of software testing techniques and tools by: (1) creating a cyberlearning environment (WReSTT ? Web-based Repository of Software Testing Tutorials) that provides students and instructors with access to tutorials on software testing concepts and tools; (2) conducting workshops to develop faculty expertise in software testing and using the features in WReSTT to support pedagogy; (3) fostering students? acquisition of software testing concepts and skills in undergraduate programming courses; and (4) promoting WReSTT and disseminating the research findings to the academic community. The project team consists of experienced instructors and evaluators from a cross-section of institutions, including institutions with students from underrepresented groups. Three industry partners support the project by serving on the project?s advisory board, presenting testing tool tutorials at faculty workshops, and making testing tools available to students at academic institutions.