CITS2232 DATABASESAssociate Professor David Glance

Distributed Flipped Class• Databases will be run as a “flipped-classroom”• Lectures will be replaced by online videos, quizzes and

exercises• Content is from Professor Jennifer Widom, Stanford

University• Course has previously run as a MOOC on Coursera and

Class2Go• Face-2-Face time will be in form of tutorials and labs• Labs, project and exams will remain

Amazon Web Services• Labs and projects will utilise Amazon Web Services• Interface will be qwikLABs• Own private “cloud”

Timetable• 1 Lecture• Tutorials each week starting next week• 1 2 hour Lab starting week 3• 4 weeks for project in groups of 3 – 4 students• You are expected to watch videos, do the quizzes and

interactive exercises• You are encouraged to participate in the forums

Intro to Databases MOOC• The database course will be offered to the public• You are encouraged to participate in the forum and help

with questions or discussion• There will be small prize for the person who is the most

helpful and most active on the forum

Research • Evaluation of the use of MOOC content from Stanford

University and use for flipped classroom• Ensure that this meets educational standards• Meets student needs• Evaluate the technologies used • Two surveys• Entirely Voluntary• You are not obliged to fill in the survey. Either leave the

room or hand in blank.• Absolutely no impact on your participation in this unit,

assessment or other forms of involvement• Anonymous

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