international education: opportunities and challenges
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International Education: Opportunities and Challenges. John Paxton 10 August 2004. My Background 1985: B.S. in Computer Science from the Ohio State University 1990: Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan 1990-present: Computer Science Professor, Montana State University. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
International Education: Opportunities and
Challenges
John Paxton10 August 2004
My Background
1985: B.S. in Computer Science from the Ohio State University
1990: Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Michigan
1990-present: Computer Science Professor, Montana State University
United States
Montana State University
Engineering Building
Opportunities
1996: Al-Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco1999: University of Tamaulipas, Tampico, Mexico2003: Don Bosco University, Soyapango, El
Salvador2004: Massey University, Albany, New Zealand2005: ??? National University of Ireland, Galway2006: ??? Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Al-Akhawayn University
Contact: Montana State sister university
Duration: 2 weeks
Activities: – guest lectures in artificial intelligence course– guest lectures in programming course– general presentation– curriculum discussions
University of Tamaulipas
Contact: sister’s husband’s brother
Duration: 2 days
Activities: –conference talk
Special Challenge: pre-conference fiesta
Don Bosco University
Contact: former student
Duration: 1 month
Activities: – neural network mini-course– Common Lisp mini-course – theory of computation mini-course– guest lectures– conference presentation– curriculum discussions
Massey University
Contact: e-mail listserv (Guan Yue Hong)
Duration: 2 months
Activities:– 157.235 (first half) – networks and client/server design– 157.762 block course – software quality and reliability
NUI Galway - ???
Contact: Montana State sister university
Duration: 6 weeks
Activities: – web programming course for 10-15 MSU students
Leipzig University - ???
Contact: Fulbright program
Duration: 6 months
Activities: – web programming course– customized algorithms/data structures course
Challenges
HousingTransportation
Different CoursesDifferent StudentsDifferent Pedagogical Approaches (Block Courses)
Challenges – Being Efficient
Upcoming Talk
Experiences of a Short Term Visiting LecturerTuesday, August 24thIIMS Lab 3high noon
Thank you!
Questions??