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Setting Students Up to Succeed in Computing Internships Penny Kyburz (Sweetser) [email protected], @DrKyburz Alaine King and Timothy De Wan, Xperience Works
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Setting Students Up to Succeed in Computing InternshipsPenny Kyburz (Sweetser)[email protected], @DrKyburz
Alaine King and Timothy De Wan,Xperience Works
Computer Science Internship Program
Pilot program in S2/2017 (12 students)First run in S2/2018 (13 students)2019 - S1 (13 students), S2 (17 students)
2020 - S1 (28 students)
Internships are valuable
Accreditation
Professional Skills
Academic Achievement
Employability
Our priority: supporting our students
Support Network
Academic Course Convenor, Tutor
Host Supervisor On-site supervisor at host organisation
Industry Mentors XperienceWorks, 4-6 students per mentor
Host Organisations
Key Activities
Working at host organisation (15 hours / week)Weekly tutorialsProject-based assessment3 Mentoring workshops 3 Internship circles Mentoring 1-on-1
Program Overview
Plan-Act-Reflect (Action Learning Cycle)
Week 1 Placements begin, Intro Session, Mentoring Workshop 1
Week 2 Internship Circle 1, Mentoring Workshop 2
Week 3 Planning Tutorial
Week 4 Milestone Tutorial, Internship Circle 2
Week 5 Feedback Tutorial
Week 6 Reflection Tutorial, One-on-One Mentoring
Week 7 Planning Tutorial
Week 8 Milestone Tutorial, Internship Circle 3
Week 9 Feedback Tutorial
Week 10 Showcase
Week 11 Planning Tutorial, Mentoring Workshop 3
Week 12 WPP Tutorial
Activities Timeline (Academic)
Week 1 Placements begin, Intro Session, Mentoring Workshop 1
Week 2 Internship Circle 1, Mentoring Workshop 2
Week 3 Planning Tutorial
Week 4 Milestone Tutorial, Internship Circle 2
Week 5 Feedback Tutorial
Week 6 Reflection Tutorial, One-on-One Mentoring
Week 7 Planning Tutorial
Week 8 Milestone Tutorial, Internship Circle 3
Week 9 Feedback Tutorial
Week 10 Showcase
Week 11 Planning Tutorial, Mentoring Workshop 3
Week 12 WPP Tutorial
Activities Timeline (Professional)
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4 Milestone 1: Statement of Work (20%), Feedback 1 (5%)
Week 5
Week 6 Reflection 1 (5%)
Week 7
Week 8 Milestone 2: Progress & Acceptance (20%), Feedback 2 (5%)
Week 9 Project Poster due (10%)
Week 10 Reflection 2 (5%)
Week 11
Week 12 Work Portfolio Package (20%), Feedback 3 (10%)
Activities Timeline (Assessment)
Course Evaluation
Course Evaluation
Best learning experienceWorking in a real workplace
Applying knowledge to a real project
Colleagues and teamwork
Developing confidence, communication skills, and project management
Improving the courseRefine the assessment
Clearer guidelines
More spaced out assessment
Changes and Challenges
We iterate each semester, based on feedbackGrowing our program, while maintaining qualityMeeting student and hosts needs and demandPlacements for international students in CanberraTuning assessment to support, but not overload, studentsFrontloading and setting expectations early and oftenIdentifying and intercepting potential problems
Questions?
