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

确保软件系统的质量在21世纪世纪需要一个改进的教学方法来教学软件测试，利用目前访问学术机构和我们的学生的社会网络倾向的网络基础设施。 两个主要因素突出了需要为计算机学科的学生提供更多的软件测试学习材料：与包含错误的软件系统的生产相关的高成本，以及对未来软件工程师和计算机程序员进行充分培训的必要性，因为这些职业预计将增加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的知识和使用方面的专业知识：（1）创建网络学习环境（WReSTT？基于Web的软件测试教程库），为学生和教师提供软件测试概念和工具的教程;（2）举办研讨会，以发展教师在软件测试方面的专业知识，并使用WReSTT中的功能来支持教学法;（3）培养学生？（4）披索软件测试技术及向学术界披索研究成果。 该项目小组由来自各机构的经验丰富的教员和评估员组成，包括有来自代表性不足群体的学生的机构。 三个行业合作伙伴通过在项目上提供服务来支持该项目？的顾问委员会，在教师研讨会上介绍测试工具教程，并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.