Group work

This pattern documents a process used in the Juris Doctor program to incorporate a video annotation tool into the delivery of curriculum involving simulations and role plays. Video annotation provides the opportunity for students to engage with video material in an active rather than passive mode, and can heighten collaborative group discussion and student reflection.

Programming is taught as of first year in Computer Science and cognate disciplines and is known to be challenging (to first year students). In CSIT the key first year programming course is Programming 1.

Typically, and this is a worldwide phenomenon, first year programming courses experience high failure and attrition rates.