Although faculty have the best of intentions when a concept-based curriculum is developed and implemented, this process requires more than just designing a curriculum based on concepts. The full benefit of a concept-based curriculum occurs when faculty adopt conceptual teaching methods, where the roles and expectations of instructor and learner are different than in a traditional paradigm of te...

The ultimate purpose in designing a Curriculum should be to have an organized system of what is to be learned when an area of study is identified. The Curriculum Development should be designed in such a way that even the beginners are able to get a complete idea of the subject over a period of time on learning it. The curriculum should be as of that it should make him/her to get involved in kno...

This paper discusses undergraduate ethics education from the point of view of a learning-outcomes-centered approach to curriculum design. It aims to identify the kinds of learning-outcomes that Ethics Across the Curriculum programs ought to aim at and be judged successful by. The first section explains the learning-outcomes-centered approach to designing and evaluating curriculum proposals. The...

The paper introduces a framework for the development of an interdisciplinary research approach in Computer Science / Computer Engineering education. Given the difficulty level required in many current research directions as well as the curriculum constraints on the number and type of courses that need to be taken by CS / CE undergraduate students, it is a challenge to attract them to participat...

Designing creative learning environments involves not only facilitating student creativity, but also modeling creative pedagogical practice. In this paper we explore the implementation of a framework for designing creative learning environments using mobile social media as a catalyst for redefining both lecturer pedagogical practice, as well as redesigning the curriculum around student generate...