Teaching Excellence - Dr. Leen-Kiat Soh
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Leen-Kiat Soh - Professor, Computer Science
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- [00:00:01.400]The computational creativity exercises, or CCEs,
- [00:00:06.188]are modules of lessons for students.
- [00:00:10.430]We emphasize computational thinking
- [00:00:12.860]and also creative thinking.
- [00:00:14.230]We integrate both thinking paradigms
- [00:00:16.700]into the hands-on activities.
- [00:00:19.210]These activities don't...
- [00:00:21.368]I kind of see as unplugged.
- [00:00:23.120]They don't have to work with a computer
- [00:00:25.740]just a problem for them to solve
- [00:00:27.750]and so it was through that
- [00:00:30.880]there will be reflections and analysis
- [00:00:33.380]for them to learn how to carry out,
- [00:00:36.760]how to execute computational thinking
- [00:00:39.920]and creative thinking to solve problems.
- [00:00:42.240]I've been using CCEs in my teaching for about 10 years now.
- [00:00:48.892]10 years, sometimes it's also beyond just teaching
- [00:00:53.010]I also use it in my outreach activities.
- [00:00:56.500]When I go to, let's say, K-12 schools, to students,
- [00:01:00.010]to interact with teachers.
- [00:01:01.730]So I also use that as part of my repertoire.
- [00:01:04.930]I have chosen to use CCEs in my courses
- [00:01:07.780]because of their flexibility.
- [00:01:10.466]They can be adapted into my courses quite easily
- [00:01:15.070]because you could use multiple modules
- [00:01:16.800]or you could just use one module
- [00:01:18.480]and the module can be adjusted based on the time you have
- [00:01:21.950]and based on the size of the class you have
- [00:01:24.130]And it could be as short as one hour,
- [00:01:26.860]or it could be as long as two weeks
- [00:01:29.103]and this idea of this objective
- [00:01:33.550]of making students learn better.
- [00:01:35.460]We have found from recent studies that students doing CCEs,
- [00:01:40.760]computational creative thinking exercises,
- [00:01:43.140]tend to do better and perform better in class as well
- [00:01:46.573]to the point of if they use three or four exercises a class,
- [00:01:52.220]they could get up to a half a grade better
- [00:01:55.290]in their performance in class.
- [00:01:56.920]My recommendations for faculties that are interested
- [00:02:00.820]in using CCEs in their courses.
- [00:02:03.840]First, be open to it.
- [00:02:05.190]Creative thinking is not soft skills
- [00:02:08.150]and computational thinking is also not exclusive
- [00:02:11.600]to those interested in computer science or computing.
- [00:02:14.170]On the contrary, do I see computational thinking
- [00:02:17.070]as fundamental to problem solving?
- [00:02:19.180]In particular, in today's data rich world,
- [00:02:22.770]we have a lot of problems that require data-based solutions
- [00:02:26.520]and creative thinking is also paradigm
- [00:02:28.870]that could unlock students' potential in problem solving.
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