Special Presentation

A First Course in
Operating Systems
With and Without Rubric
3/13/2011

The Community Colleges for International Development, Inc. (CCID)
35th Annual Conference
Orlando, Florida
February 26 – March 1, 2011.

OPENING PLENARY :
“Community College Systems Around the World”

Argentina as opportunity for CCID’s members
February 28th, 2011

Panelist: Mr. Pablo Javier Zardini
Director of International Education
Carlos Rios & Associates
Buenos Aires - Argentina
www.consultedu.com.ar
pablo_zardini@consultedu.com.ar
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Osvaldo Clúa and María Feldgen

Argentina’s location in
South America and Map

CCID MEETING — PANEL: Community College Systems around the World – PABLO J. ZARDINI, 2011

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Rapid City, South Dakota,
October 12 - 15, 2011

Teaching Operating Systems
Introduction
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Two parallels courses
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at FIUBA and at a Sister Institution (SI)

Three parallel tracks in each course
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Scripting
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Basic Theory
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usual theory+ Linux, Win7, OS-X, Mobile

Internals of UNIX/ GNU-Linux
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Shell and Perl - regular expressions
A programming project is asked and tested at midterm

labs self guided sessions

Last two tracks are tested at a final exam.
Rapid City, South Dakota,
October 12 - 15, 2011

O. Clúa & M. Feldgen

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Final exam and grading
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Students have to approve teamwork and
quizzes before sitting.

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We are in charge of it at both institutions.

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Set of short answer questions

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Final grade 40% scripting and 60% final
evaluation
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Grades range from 1 (worst) to 10 (best)

Rapid City, South Dakota,
October 12 - 15, 2011

O. Clúa & M. Feldgen

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Grades Feedback
Programming assignment ends with an interview to the
team.

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At FIUBA each TA has seven teams on average

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At SI there is a one to one relationship.

After the interview they have to take a short quiz with some
programming...