Experience of mixed learning strategies in teaching lean software development to third year undergraduate students

Abstract

Teaching is always a challenging task, especially in the current fast-paced and changing world. Universities curricula and instructional practices should take into account growing and changing demands of both industry and students themselves. Given all these factors, a Lean Software Development course for third year BS has been developed and continues to evolve at Innopolis University, Russia. In the course, lean methods are used both for teaching lean software development skill, and for teaching Lean via other, not directly related to programming, collaborative tasks, i.e. writing a research paper. Besides, lean methodology is used by the course development team for course design. As a result, this approach helps not only to develop the theoretical and practical skills that students can apply in various spheres of life but also to engage the students and to maintain their attention throughout the course without any overload.