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Fellow:Jillian Jacques

2017-01-13T02:23:14Z

Jajacques:

<span class="s1">Jillian Jacques is a University Innovation Fellow Candidate and an undergraduate student studyingComputer Science at the University of New Haven. [[File:JajacquesProfilePic.jpg|thumb|JajacquesProfilePic.jpg]]Jillian is originally from Southern Pennsylvania, where she lived until 2015 when her family moved to New Hampshire. One week after that move, she started her college career off with a bang by studying abroad in Prato, Italy for her first semester. After the four most exhilarating months of her life, she returned to main campus in Connecticut to continue her college career.</span>

<span class="s1">At UNH, Jillian is involved with the Robotics club. In addition, he has worked for the University on grant related work through the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN). This has lead her to work closely with the freshmen Engineering Living Learning Community (LLC). She is also a member of the first year of a sophomore Innovation and Entrepreneurship LLC which was created by a previous University Innovation Fellow. Each semester Jillian also takes part in multiple start up competitions.</span>

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Fellow:Jillian Jacques

2017-01-13T02:20:58Z

Jajacques:

<span class="s1">Jillian Jacques is a University Innovation Fellow Candidate and an undergraduate student studyingComputer Science at the University of New Haven. [[File:JajacquesProfilePic.jpg|thumb]]Jillian is originally from Southern Pennsylvania, where she lived until 2015 when her family moved to New Hampshire. One week after that move, she started her college career off with a bang by studying abroad in Prato, Italy for her first semester. After the four most exhilarating months of her life, she returned to main campus in Connecticut to continue her college career.</span>

<span class="s1">At UNH, Jillian is involved with the Robotics club. In addition, he has worked for the University on grant related work through the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN). This has lead her to work closely with the freshmen Engineering Living Learning Community (LLC). She is also a member of the first year of a sophomore Innovation and Entrepreneurship LLC which was created by a previous University Innovation Fellow. Each semester Jillian also takes part in multiple start up competitions.</span>

Fellow:Jillian Jacques

2017-01-13T02:20:30Z

Jajacques:

<span class="s1">Jillian Jacques is a University Innovation Fellow Candidate and an undergraduate student studyingComputer Science at the University of New Haven. [[File:JajacquesProfilePic.jpg]]Jillian is originally from Southern Pennsylvania, where she lived until 2015 when her family moved to New Hampshire. One week after that move, she started her college career off with a bang by studying abroad in Prato, Italy for her first semester. After the four most exhilarating months of her life, she returned to main campus in Connecticut to continue her college career.</span>

<span class="s1">At UNH, Jillian is involved with the Robotics club. In addition, he has worked for the University on grant related work through the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN). This has lead her to work closely with the freshmen Engineering Living Learning Community (LLC). She is also a member of the first year of a sophomore Innovation and Entrepreneurship LLC which was created by a previous University Innovation Fellow. Each semester Jillian also takes part in multiple start up competitions.</span>

Fellow:Jillian Jacques

2017-01-13T02:20:11Z

Jajacques:

<span class="s1">Jillian Jacques is a University Innovation Fellow Candidate and an undergraduate student studyingComputer Science at the University of New Haven. Jillian is originally from Southern Pennsylvania, where she lived until 2015 when her family moved to New Hampshire. One week after that move, she started her college career off with a bang by studying abroad in Prato, Italy for her first semester. After the four most exhilarating months of her life, she returned to main campus in Connecticut to continue her college career.</span>

<span class="s1">At UNH, Jillian is involved with the Robotics club. In addition, he has worked for the University on grant related work through the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN). This has lead her to work closely with the freshmen Engineering Living Learning Community (LLC). She is also a member of the first year of a sophomore Innovation and Entrepreneurship LLC which was created by a previous University Innovation Fellow. Each semester Jillian also takes part in multiple start up competitions.</span>

Fellow:Jillian Jacques

2017-01-13T02:18:54Z

Jajacques:

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Fellow:Jillian Jacques

2017-01-13T02:16:45Z

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User:Jajacques

2017-01-13T02:13:03Z

Jajacques:

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User:Jajacques

2017-01-13T02:05:51Z

Jajacques:

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2017-01-13T01:59:27Z

Jajacques:

Resource:How to leverage Harvard's free CS50 online class to teach code on your campus

2017-01-06T22:50:43Z

Jajacques:

== Topic ==

Harvard’s Introduction to Computer Science course, CS50, is a popular class not only at Harvard but also around the world.  It is available free to the public via <u>edX.org</u>, a hub for online classes hosted by over 90 of the world's top Universities.  It is a means for anyone who has an interest to learn to code and is a valuable resource to Fellows in particular.  Topics covered in this class include abstraction, algorithms, data structures, encapsulation, resource management, security, software engineering, and web development. A wide variety of languages are covered as well including C, Python, SQL, and JavaScript plus CSS and HTML.

One Fellow, Trevor Nicks, leveraged the class to not only teach himself a valuable skill, but also to establish it as an accredited course at his university, William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. Initiating the use of online courses such as CS50 on a campus can help to teach students skills and knowledge that they may not have been able to learn in their major or at their school at all. 

== Need and Goal ==

Coding is one of many important skills in today's technological landscape. For college students in non-STEM majors or at institutions with limited course offerings, it can be difficult to supplement one's learning in a convenient way. Incorporating online accredited courses into an institutions course catalog would better enable students to broaden the scope of their learning without sacrificing their major or school of choice.

== Academic Permission/Support ==

Making changes to a course catalog requires first communication with the school's administration. The provost or vice-provost would be the most apt to address this topic. To gain access to a school's administration, it would most likely be easier to go through one's UIF sponsor or another faculty member who supports making this change. It is important to communicate frequently and professionally through email, as faculty and administrators are notoriously busy people. In order to coax the administrators into hearing and heeding this request, it may help to invite them to a meeting and offer refreshments so that you may politely and professionally state your case.

 

== Cost ==

The greatest cost in instituting currculum changes is time and energy in the form of paperwork and bureaucracy. Adding a course such as CS50 is relatively cheap for an institution in the long run, as it only requires some effort at the beginning. Once a course is added, the cost for an individual student is roughly $100. While the course content is accesible for no cost, the charge is necessary for one's work to be graded by the host university, thereby validating the credit hours. One's school may accept a certain amount of credits for online courses from edx.org, and considering the generally high tuition cost at most institutions, paying roughly $100 for 3-4 credit hours is very reasonable.
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== Timeline ==

It is important to consider how long it takes for bureaucracy to be completed and institutional changes to be made. While it may seem like a small task, making changes to a course catalog requires various levels of approval from accredidation boards. One should allow at least a semester to pass for paperwork to be completed. Once an online course is authorized, the next students will be able to enroll in the course and receive credit from the institution as easily as with any other course.

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== Lessons Learned ==

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Resource:How to leverage Harvard's free CS50 online class to teach code on your campus

2017-01-06T21:48:25Z

Jajacques:

== Topic ==

Harvard’s Introduction to Computer Science course, CS50, is a popular class not only at Harvard but also around the world.  It is available free to the public via <u>edX.org</u>, a hub for online classes hosted by over 90 of the world's top Universities.  It is a means for anyone who has an interest to learn to code and is a valuable resource to Fellows in particular.  One Fellow, Trevor Nicks, leveraged the class to not only teach himself a valuable skill, but also to establish it as an accredited course at his university, William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. Initiating the use of online courses such as CS50 on a campus can help to teach students skills and knowledge that they may not have been able to learn in their major or at their school at all.

== Need and Goal ==

Coding is one of many important skills in today's technological landscape. For college students in non-STEM majors or at institutions with limited course offerings, it can be difficult to supplement one's learning in a convenient way. Incorporating online accredited courses into an institutions course catalog would better enable students to broaden the scope of their learning without sacrificing their major or school of choice.

== Academic Permission/Support ==

Making changes to a course catalog requires first communication with the school's administration. The provost or vice-provost would be the most apt to address this topic. To gain access to a school's administration, it would most likely be easier to go through one's UIF sponsor or another faculty member who supports making this change. It is important to communicate frequently and professionally through email, as faculty and administrators are notoriously busy people. In order to coax the administrators into hearing and heeding this request, it may help to invite them to a meeting and offer refreshments so that you may politely and professionally state your case.

 

== Cost ==

The greatest cost in instituting currculum changes is time and energy in the form of paperwork and bureaucracy. Adding a course such as CS50 is relatively cheap for an institution in the long run, as it only requires some effort at the beginning. Once a course is added, the cost for an individual student is roughly $100. While the course content is accesible for no cost, the charge is necessary for one's work to be graded by the host university, thereby validating the credit hours. One's school may accept a certain amount of credits for online courses from edx.org, and considering the generally high tuition cost at most institutions, paying roughly $100 for 3-4 credit hours is very reasonable.
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== Timeline ==

It is important to consider how long it takes for bureaucracy to be completed and institutional changes to be made. While it may seem like a small task, making changes to a course catalog requires various levels of approval from accredidation boards. One should allow at least a semester to pass for paperwork to be completed. Once an online course is authorized, the next students will be able to enroll in the course and receive credit from the institution as easily as with any other course.

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== Lessons Learned ==

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