Methodology and Infrastructure for Teaching Operating Systems Courses for Large Number of University Students
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Year
2023
Published
2023 18th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI). IEEE Xplore, 2023. ISSN 2166-0727. ISBN 978-989-33-4792-8.
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Proceedings paper
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The article shares experience with teaching operating systems courses (of various complexity) for large number (up to one thousand) students. The nature of operating systems requires specific methods of lab environment/setup, lab exercises development and design of knowledge tests and final exam requirements. Automation of teaching processes is needed while maintaining quality of knowledge transfer and protecting reputation of the University. The article covers our experience with teaching courses covering UNIX/LINUX basics, administration of UNIX/LINUX operating systems, Operating Systems (classical course) and LINUX Kernel Programming. We discuss infrastructure that we designed, and we have been successfully using for several years.development and design of knowledge tests and final exam requirements. Automation of teaching processes is needed while maintaining quality of knowledge transfer and protecting reputation of the University. The article covers our experience with teaching courses covering UNIX/LINUX basics, administration of UNIX/LINUX operating systems, Operating Systems (classical course) and LINUX Kernel Programming. We discuss infrastructure that we designed, and we have been successfully using for several years.
CONCEPTS OF OPERATING SYSTEMS COURSES
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Year
2022
Published
Informatika 2022 - Sborník příspěvků. Jihlava: Vysoká škola polytechnická Jihlava, 2022. p. 1-62.
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Proceedings paper
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In this article we discuss concepts of FIT CTU in Prague. Courses covering area of operating
systems (OS). We present objectives of individual courses, synopses, syllabuses of lectures and
tutorials, content relations between courses. Other courses having content interference with
desribed courses are discussed. We propose new courses with content not currently covered by
existing OS courses.
SUPPORT FOR TEACHING OPERATING SYSTEMS COURSES
Authors
Year
2022
Published
Informatika 2022 - Sborník příspěvků. Jihlava: Vysoká škola polytechnická Jihlava, 2022. p. 38-41.
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Proceedings paper
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The article describes specific aspects of the practical part of teaching operating systems courses.
Following problems associated with it are discussed here: (1) Possibility of fair evaluation of
complicated commands and SHELL scripts functionality for a large number of students. (2)
Possibility of solving practical labs, when the administrator mode is necessary and when it must
be taken into account that the destruction of the system could occur. It is described here how
this is solved in teaching process at the FIT CTU in Prague.
Evaluation of student skills in unix base scripting course.
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Year
2019
Published
ICEBT 2019: Proceedings of the 2019 3rd International Conference on E-Education, E-Business and E-Technology. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 2019. p. 23-27. ISBN 978-1-4503-7256-5.
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Proceedings paper
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As UNIX-like operating systems are widespread in computing environments, UNIX scripting course is an important part of the first semester of our IT study program. The aim of this course is to provide basic understanding and experience with Linux command line; students learn how to automate repeated tasks required for running various lab experiments. Hands-on lab assignments are prepared for review and evaluation of the student learning process. Two web evaluation services for scripting skills checking were investigated. This paper presents the challenges faced when implementing and fine-tuning the course. It discusses three student skills evaluation methods used in the course.