1. 1 WORKSHOP ON RESULTS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION Innovation of Computer Science Curriculum in Higher Education TEMPUS project CD-JEP 16160/2001

2. 2 Implementation of innovations at UKIM Skopje 2002-2005 University “Sts. Cyril & Methodius” Fac. of Nat. Sciences & Mathematics Institute of Informatics

3. 3 Univ. “Sts Cyril & Methodius” One of two universities in Macedonia “Big” university 26 faculties, 5 institutes More then 35.000 students

4. 4 Univ. “Sts Cyril & Methodius” Organizes Computer Studies – Informatics at two faculties: Faculty of Natural Sciences & Math. Electro technical Faculty

5. 5 Univ. “Sts Cyril & Methodius” Differences for Computer Studies/Informatics at both faculties: Software and hardware driven/oriented? Background: Math or electrical? Science or technology?

6. 6 Faculty of Natural Sciences & Math. Institute of Informatics Institute of Mathematics Institute of Physics Institute of Chemistry Institute of Biology Institute of Geography

7. 7 History (Institute of Informatics) University Numerical Center from 1972 Studies for Applied Mathematics and Informatics from 1977 Institute of Informatics founded in 1985 Organizes separate studies for educational and applied informatics

8. 8 Staff (2005) 15 professors 17 teaching and research assistants 4 staff (secretary, library, system eng.)

9. 9 Organization Department of theoretical background of informatics – “mathematics” (TOI) Department of software engineering (SE) Computer Center

10. 10 Education degrees Undergraduate studies Educational Informatics Applied Informatics Graduate studies M.Sc. Ph.D.

11. 11 Undergraduate studies Educational Informatics – “teachers” Applied Informatics – “engineers”

12. 12 2 profiles of Applied Informatics Industrial Mathematics and Informatics Statistics Modeling and Optimization Discrete Processing Software Engineering Application Programming Computer System Engineering Information Systems

13. 13 Reorganization of Computer Studies 1979/80 – Mathematics – Informatics study 1985/86 – formation of Institute 1989/90 – studies of Applied Informatics and educational informatics

14. 14 Reorganization of Computer Studies 1998-2000 (2 year reconstruction) Tempus JEP-14440-99 (1999-2002), Distributed Information Technologies new curricula and flexible education. Tempus CD JEP 16160-2001 (2002- 2005) Innovations of Computer Science Education

15. 15 Results Organized 5 workshops CS education in Europe 30.09-1.10.2002 Skopje Teaching methods in CS courses 8.10.2003 Skopje Tools for CS education 11-14.12.2003 Bitola Advances in CS education 23-26.09.2004 Ohrid CS and IT education in EU 17-18.02.2005 Skopje

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17. 17 Participating on workshops University of Nis, Electronic Faculty 2-3 Oct 2002 18-19 June 2003 6-7 Oct 2003 7-8 Oct 2004 3-4 Mar 2005

18. 18 Participating on seminars Technical Education Institution in Athens 21-22 Apr 2003 07-11 June 2003 19-23 Nov 2003 28-31 Mar 2005

19. 19 Participating on presentations University of Dortmund 13-18 March 2003 10-14 May 2003 14-17 Sept 2003 17-20 March 2004 16-23 June 2004 10-16 March 2005

20. 20 Realized visits

21. 21 Workshop results 124 presentations, and 164 participants from 15 different academic institutions take active parts during the preparation of the material and numerous discussions related to presentation of the achieved results of our joint project.

22. 22 Proceedings 35 papers passed the referee procedure for publication. The contributed papers were divided into six sessions, on innovations curriculum, lab practicing, teaching tools, Internet technologies, Mathematics in computer science, and selected topics.

23. 23 Journal A special issue of journal Acta Universitaes will be dedicated to results of implementation of innovations in CS education.

24. 24 Published papers M.Stojcev, I.Milentijevic, D.Kehagias, R.Drechsler, M.Gusev, "Computer Architecture Core of Knowledge for Computer Science Students", Cyprus Computer Society Journal, Vol.1, No.4, 2003, pp.12-19. A.Misev, M.Gusev, "Visual simulator for ILP dynamic OOO processor", 30 th ISCA conf. Proc. CS education workshop, pp.87-93

25. 25 How we implemented innovations Improved new curricula Introduced new courses Established WEB courses Published textbooks and manuals New tools: simulators, labs Interchange of ideas!!!

26. 26 Improved new curricula Software engineering Computer systems Application engineering Information systems

27. 27 Introduced new courses Computer Architecture advanced systems Computer systems (computer networks,, microprocessors, network operation systems, parallel processing) IT (computer network design, system software, interactive applications, Internet programming, Internet technologies, multimedia, information systems)

28. 28 Established WEB courses Computer Architecture Advanced Computer Systems Microprocessors and microcontrollers Internet programming Internet technologies Network and distributed operating systems Parallel processing System software Computer networks Computer network design

29. 29 Web courses

30. 30 Textbooks and manuals Textbooks Computer architecture Advanced computer architecture Mobile and wireless technologies Manuals Computer architecture Microprocessors and microcontrollers

31. 31 Textbooks

32. 32 Textbooks and manuals Lab manuals Computer architecture Microprocessors and microcontrollers Parallel processing Computer network design System software Internet technologies Network and distributed operating systems

33. 33 Lab manuals

34. 34 New tools Simulators: Dynamic Out of order processor Tomasulo algorithm Other simulators…

35. 35 Conclusion The innovation process is on-going The web sites are alive and still developing New teaching material available both by electronic and printed versions