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Offering a Course

Call for Contributions.

Form for online submission of a course offer.

If you have any further questions about the course that you plan to offer, or would like more information on the CWC, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Setting

Compared to North America or Europe, Australasia has a smaller population spread across a wider area. The CWC reflects the diversity of the Pacific region in a smaller community. Personal contact and informal networking has always been important to us. Our smaller community makes it easier to realise this opportunity and the vision of supporting younger women computer scientists: smaller groups allow presentations to be more flexible and personal. We are also arranging a number of social opportunities to support the growth of a strong network amongst all attendees.

Due to the range of courses we typically have on offer, each course at CWC usually consists of up to eight participants. Most courses have about four participants. This allows for small, focused groups giving maximum attention and support for the participants. It also gives the opportunity to get detailed feedback when experimenting with new teaching ideas.

This style in fact follows the original model of the father of university education, Alexander von Humboldt, in focusing on teaching in small groups and emphasising mentoring. Currently, this style is mainly continued by prestigious universities like Oxford and Cambridge and, increasingly, in high-quality training in industry.

We would like to emphasise that we embrace variety at the CWC: the size of the groups allows you to use informal or formal, traditional classroom-style teaching or one-to-one focus as you feel best suits you and the material you are offering.

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Course topics and types

We are looking for offers ranging over the complete spectrum of computer science: theoretical computer science, as well as applied and technical topics; gender and IT, applications of IT in adjoining areas, interdisciplinary topics. Undergraduate students often ask for courses teaching elementary skills in a hands-on manner. Examples are programming languages, databases, and basic computer interaction. Courses that encourage stronger social competence of the students are also very welcome. Graduate students often ask for management-related courses. Examples are project management, time management, and team building.

Courses jointly led by two or more presenters have been proven to be very rewarding; this is also an opportunity to "live out" interdisciplinary topics. When preparing a course you should explicitly indicate the target audience and the required previous knowledge. Keep in mind that the majority of participants want to get hands-on experience.

Courses at previous CWCs: Courses at CWC 2006 and Courses at CWC 2005.

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Course lengths

Courses can vary in length. You can offer courses of 1, 3, 6 or 9 hours length. Each day of the CWC runs with a fixed schedule: 3 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the afternoon (with breaks). Please have a look at the program overview for details.

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Next steps

  1. You submit your course offer.
  2. We confirm that we have received your offer. If you don't receive a confirmation within 5 working days, please contact us.
  3. The program committee decides which course offers will be accepted for CWC 2008.
  4. We compile a preliminary program and confirm the details with all presenters. Final approval by the presenter(s) is necessary at this stage for the course to be included in the final program.
  5. We compile the final program and publish it on our website, www.cwc.org.nz.
  6. We send out the call for participation and open registration for presenters and other attendees.
  7. After the early bird deadline, we notify all presenters of the number of participants for their course. You can use this information in planning the details of your course.
  8. Registration will remain open until the final registration deadline.

See important dates for details.

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