OPS Professor Meeting - Discussion - November 2013
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- Discrepancy Between College and Industry. Many of the CNS/CTY graduates in CDOT that move into industry notice "delta" between course concepts and "real world" practice of Linux admin in terms of Enterprise computing (clusters as opposed to single machines).
- Setting up in the Cloud. More emphasis should be placed on administering / setting up in the cloud (paradigm shift) . This concern was also mentioned and addressed in the CNS/CTY PAC committee meeting held in the previous week.
- Clusters vs Single Machines. Many of the CNS/CTY graduates in CDOT that move into industry notice "delta" between course concepts and "real world" practice of Linux admin in terms of Enterprise computing (clusters as opposed to single machines).
- Taxonomy. Importance to design courses using a taxonomy (i.e. a ladder or "steps") whereby complexity builds so students develop and understand how to administer or perform an operation, but are then required to apply skills (especially "think" / self actualization to better cement concepts or purpose of labs). Perhaps over time (due to other instructors not involved with planning of course) made improvements that may have made students "perform steps" (path clearing) as opposed to being challenged with a purpose in mind.
OPS235 Students need become self sufficient to "tackle" Linux administration problems as they occur. They need to be able to research existing materials on the Internet, and filter information to determine solution to problems. The OPS235 course should carefully balance clear and concise notes to give students solid foundation on concepts, commands and technique, and then provide real-world tasks to help reinforce what students learned without "hand-holding".
- Online Collaboration (OPS235 Instructor Resource). Discussion of the importance of collaboration. For example, more instructors are starting to use the WIKI, but should there be "best-practices" for WIKI use? Also, mention of need possibly for instructors to use technology to help all keep "in sync" in a way to keep consistent, but also prevent impeding on instructor's flexibility or freedom of delivery...
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