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A Cloud Computing Course: From Systems to Services

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M. Suhail Rehman,

Mohammad Hammoud,

Majd F. SakrAuthors Info & Claims

SIGCSE '15: Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Pages 338 - 343

https://doi.org/10.1145/2676723.2677298

Published: 24 February 2015 Publication History

Abstract

We have designed, developed and administered a course on cloud computing that was taught to over 700 students at our institution over two years. The goal of this project-based course is to provide students with foundational systems concepts as well as experience in developing the required skills to design and deploy viable, robust and elastic web-services within performance and budgetary constraints. We present our objectives, learning outcomes, projects, learning model, outcomes and lessons learned. So far, for this demanding course, our student retention rate is above 80% and enrollment is doubling every year.

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A Cloud Computing Course: From Systems to Services
1. Social and professional topics
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    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
      2. Model curricula

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