Panel at CSEET in Honolulu, 2011.

1. Is Integration of Communication and Technical Instruction Across the SE Curriculum a Viable Strategy for Improving the Real World Communication Abilities of Software Engineering Graduates? http://cpath.csi.muohio.edu MladenVouk NCSU Janet E. Burge Paul V. Anderson Miami University Andrew Begel Microsoft Research Gerald C. Gannod Moderator This work was funded by NSF CPATH-II Award CCF-0939122. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

2. “I have people skills” 2

3. Audience: What do you think communication in CS and SE means?

4. Project: http://cpath.csi.muohio.edu Developing communication course outcomes and assignments for 6 courses: CS1, CS2, Data Structures, Software Engineering, Databases, Capstone/Senior Design Participants from 14 institutions with Miami and NCSU as lead CS and Software Engineering Faculty Communication Across the Curriculum Faculty Industrial participants 4

5. The Panelists Three different perspectives on the project: CS/SE Faculty (Burge, Vouk) Communication Across the Curriculum Faculty (Anderson) Industrial Partner/Participant (Begel) 5

6. Format 2-3 minute introduction by each of the panelists Prepared Questions Questions from audience Twitter hashtag: #cseet2011p2 6

7. What communication skills are do we expect graduates to possess? (Audience?)

8. How are we doing this? (Audience: What have you tried?) 8

9. What are the roles of the different participants? (Audience: Are we missing any important constituents?)

10. What do the assignments look like? (Audience: Is this sufficient for you to get started?)

11. Audience: Do you see any pitfalls? What has make this difficult?

12. How are we preparing faculty? (Audience: What kind of training would you expect to receive?)

13. How do the participants feel about the project?

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15. Are we doing the right thing? (Audience: What might the alternatives be?)

16. How are we evaluating success? (Audience: What would drive you towards using our materials?)

17. Is there something that we haven’t thought of? (Audience?)