Replicating an 'onshore' capstone computing project in a 'farshore' setting - An experience report

Proceedings - 2011 6th IEEE International Conference on Global Software Engineering, ICGSE 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 161-165

  Clear, Tony ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

capstone computing project; collaborative programmes; export education; farshore; offshore; onshore

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMMES; COMPUTING PROJECTS; FARSHORE; OFFSHORE; ONSHORE;

CURRICULA; EDUCATION COMPUTING; MODELS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 81255138675     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICGSE.2011.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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