Modern Distributed Computing Education

分布式计算在两个重要方面得到了扩展：在互联网层面，Web服务提供了一个协作工作环境;在处理器层面，多核芯片正在成为标准而不是例外。这些模式补充了通过局域网互连的工作站集群。在分布式计算的所有三个层次上提供指导是计算机科学教育中的一个挑战。该项目通过开发灵活和适应性强的教育材料在低年级课程中引入了这一指令，这些材料可以由教师在现有课程中使用，这些教师本身可能不是分布式计算专家。该项目开发了三个模块，每个模块持续三周。多核模块可以包括在CS 1的结尾或CS2的开头;集群模块可以包括在CS2或数据结构中;并且web服务模块可以包括在数据结构或互联网编程课程中。每个主题都在一个小时的讲座中介绍，在讲座后的两个或三个屏幕投影（每个约15分钟）中扩展，以及一个小时的实验室活动。 幻灯片演示文稿的教师开发，是在线教程，教语言或工具依赖的课堂外的细节，教育模拟，实验室作业，在线自我测试材料的学生，测试材料的教师，样本项目，并链接到在线网站，提供访问并行计算设备。

Computer Science (31) Distributed computing has expanded in two important ways: at the level of the Internet, as web services are providing a collaborative work environment, and at the processor level, as multi-core chips are becoming the standard rather than the exception. These modes supplement the cluster of workstations interconnected by a local area network. It is now a challenge in computer science education to provide instruction at all three levels of distributed computing. This project introduces this instruction in the lower-division curriculum by developing flexible and adaptable educational materials that can be used in existing courses by instructors who themselves may not be experts in distributed computing. This project develops three modules each lasting three weeks. The multi-core module may be included at the end of CS1 or start of CS2; the cluster module may be included in CS2 or data structures; and the web services module may be included in data structures or an internet programming course. Each topic is introduced in a one-hour lecture, expanded in two or three screen-casts (about 15 minutes each) viewable outside of class after the lecture, and a one-hour lab activity. Slide presentations for instructors are developed, as are online tutorials to teach language- or tool-dependent details outside of class, educational simulations, laboratory assignments, online self-testing materials for students, testing materials for instructors, sample projects, and links to online sites that provide access to parallel computing equipment.