educators' symposium

8:30-10:15am -- Welcome and Invited Panel

"Mastering OO Modeling: An Industry Training & Mentoring Perspective"

Panelists:
Grady Booch, Rational Software Corporation
Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, Wirfs-Brock Associates
Martin Fowler, Independent Consultant
Norman Kerth, Elite Systems

10:15-10:45am

10:45am-12:00pm

12:00-1:00pm

Break

"Mastering OO Modeling: Experiences in OO Education"

Panelists:
"What Should We Teach about OO Modeling and Design?"
Martin Barrett, East Tennessee State University

"Teaching OO Modeling for Requirements Analysis",
Frank Armour, George Mason University

"A Framework for Integrating the UML in an Undergraduate OO Analysis and Design Course",
Kevin Dittman, Purdue University

"The Topsy-Turvy Worlds We Live and Work In: And the Different Ways We Need to Use Objects in Each of Them",
Alan O'Callaghan, De Montfort University

"A Conceptual Approach to Teaching OO to C Programmers",
Ole Lehrmann Madsen, Henrik Ron, Kresten Krab Thorup, Mads Torgersen, University of Ärhus

"The Influence of Previous Software Development Experience on the Acquisition of Object Technology Concepts",
Helen Sharp, The Open University, and Jacqui Griffyth, Software Services Group

Lunch

1:00pm-1:45pm

1:45pm-2:45pm

"OO Training & Education 97/98 Conference Workshop Reports"

"UK Java in the Computing Curriculum" (conference)
Fintan Culwin, South Bank University

"Elementary Patterns and their Role in Instruction"
(ChiliPLoP workshop)
Eugene Wallingford, University of Northern Iowa

"A Pattern Language for Pedagogy" (OT98 workshop)
Helen Sharp, The Open University

"Curricular Opportunities of Java Based Internet Software Development" (ITiCSE`98 workshop)
Joseph Bergin, Pace University

"A Paradigm Shift in Teaching OOT" (OT98 and OOPSLA workshop)
Jutta Eckstein, Integral Development GmbH

"Evaluating OO Design" (OOPSLA workshop)
Robert Biddle, Victoria University

"Classroom Reuse: What Makes Course Materials Reusable?" (OOPSLA workshop)
Ed Gehringer, North Carolina State University

"Software to Support OO Education & Training"

Panelists:
"A Learning Environment to Improve OO Thinking"
Alejandro Fernández and Gustavo Rossi, LIFIA - Universidad Nacional de La Plata

"A Multimedia Resource for Teaching the OO Lifecycle"
Judy Green and Ivan Tomek, Acadia University

"The Largest Object-Oriented Course in the World"
Mark Woodman, Hugh Robinson, Rob Griffiths, Simon Holland, The Open University

"Using a Framework to Teach OOT to Beginners"
Birgit Demuth and Heinrich Hussmann, Dresden University of Technology, and Lothar Schmitz and Steffen Zschaler, University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich

"Using An OO Simulation to Teach Computer Architecture:
A Case Study"
Phil Pfeiffer, East Tennessee State University

2:45pm-3:15pm

3:15pm-4:45pm

Break and Software Demonstrations

"Facilitation Techniques for OO Education & Training"

Mahesh Dodani, IBM Global Services

Participants will experience techniques (such as Yin-Yang, Metaplan, paired comparisons, and shoes) to facilitate OO education and training through mentor-led exercises, and will compare and contrast their experiences with these techniques.