EA: Research-Infused Teaching of Parallel Programming Concepts for Undergraduate Software Engineering Students

Abstract

This paper presents experience using a research-infused teaching approach towards an undergraduate parallel programming course. The research-teaching nexus is applied at various levels, first by using research-led teaching of core parallel programming concepts, as well as teaching the latest developments from the affiliated research group. The bulk of the course, however, focuses more on the student-driven research-based and research-tutored teaching approaches, where students actively participate in groups on research projects, students are fully immersed in the learning activity of their respective project, while at the same time participating in discussions of wider parallel programming topics across other groups. This intimate affiliation between the undergraduate course and the research group results in a wide range of benefits for all those involved.