Please scroll down for the English version -Innovation and co-creation lead UNNC module to be recognised as ‘first class’ at provincial level.

不久前，寧波諾丁漢大學(xué)馬修·派克（Matthew Pike）作為課程負責(zé)人教授的《計算機科學(xué)畢業(yè)設(shè)計》被認定成為浙江省省級高校一流本科課程。

憑借面向未來的教學(xué)模式與“以學(xué)生為中心”的教學(xué)理念，這幾年，馬修在寧波諾丁漢大學(xué)計算機科學(xué)系的學(xué)生中頗受歡迎和好評。

將課程與生活相結(jié)合，

培養(yǎng)適應(yīng)未來所需技能

初見，他站在講臺上談笑風(fēng)生，笑起來時眉眼彎彎，給人如沐春風(fēng)的感覺。他就是馬修·派克，一位明明可以“靠臉吃飯”，卻偏要用實力圈粉的英國帥小伙。

馬修于2018年9月加入寧波諾丁漢大學(xué)，擔任計算機科學(xué)助理教授，至今已任教超過十余門課程。他的主要研究興趣集中在人機交互，即模擬現(xiàn)實環(huán)境中的人為表現(xiàn)。他曾在華為工作過，是英國高等教育研究院的研究員。

“計算機科學(xué)是一個快速發(fā)展的領(lǐng)域，新技術(shù)范式和技術(shù)方法不斷被引入。在這種環(huán)境下，僅提供‘知識’不會使學(xué)生具備適應(yīng)和未來發(fā)展所需的技能�！�

馬修的教學(xué)理念本質(zhì)上是建構(gòu)主義，強調(diào)學(xué)習(xí)者的主動性。馬修認為，僅逐字逐句地口授知識是淺層次的，讓學(xué)生從經(jīng)驗中去理解和掌握知識，則是更深層次的。

因此，他非常強調(diào)在課堂上將課程材料與學(xué)生現(xiàn)有經(jīng)驗聯(lián)系起來，通過使用實際的、日常的例子解釋理論概念，促進學(xué)生深度理解與思考，應(yīng)對未來不斷產(chǎn)生的新技術(shù)和新業(yè)態(tài)。

有學(xué)生記得，在上《數(shù)據(jù)庫導(dǎo)論》這門課時，馬修給出了一個在線商店的情景案例，同學(xué)們則扮演顧客和商店的店員。一家商店在它數(shù)據(jù)庫的多個表格中保存了一位長期客戶的家庭地址。當使用非標準化數(shù)據(jù)庫時，一旦這位客戶的家庭地址改變，這個數(shù)據(jù)沒辦法在整個數(shù)據(jù)庫里做出更新，商品可能就送到了錯誤的地址。隨后，同學(xué)們重演了一遍在標準化的數(shù)據(jù)庫中的情況——一切數(shù)據(jù)都會保持實時更新，商品可以配送到正確的地址中。

“這樣一來，我們就很好地理解了數(shù)據(jù)庫規(guī)范化的重要性，并提高數(shù)據(jù)庫中整體數(shù)據(jù)的完整性。”這位同學(xué)說。

設(shè)計匿名反饋系統(tǒng)，

提升教學(xué)滿意度

在馬修看來，敲代碼和編寫程序有時是很枯燥的。如何保障同學(xué)們的學(xué)習(xí)效率，而不是在反復(fù)的錯誤指令中喪失興趣，是對課堂教學(xué)提出的一大挑戰(zhàn)。

他的解決方案是把學(xué)生作為一個學(xué)習(xí)主體，放在教學(xué)的中心。他想了很多辦法——比如，通過隨堂小測直觀快速地體現(xiàn)學(xué)生的課堂學(xué)習(xí)成果；設(shè)計一個匿名反饋系統(tǒng)，讓學(xué)生可以大膽地提出他們的意見。針對同學(xué)們給出的反饋，馬修也會認真反思并不斷改進自己的教學(xué)方法。

正是因為有了這種高度透明、交互式的溝通渠道，學(xué)生們對馬修的教學(xué)滿意度越來越高，他覺得自己的教學(xué)水平也在這個過程中得到了很大程度的提高。

計算機科學(xué)大三學(xué)生楊笑迎就表示，馬修是她最喜歡的老師之一，備課充分、教材詳細，解答學(xué)生問題時更是有十足的耐心。

“馬修上課的時候很可愛，有時候為了監(jiān)督同學(xué)們上課有沒有走神，他會故意講錯，看同學(xué)們有沒有認真聽講。在大課上，他還會走到后面嚇唬那些開小差的同學(xué)們。但是說實話，在馬修的課上很難開小差，干貨很足。加上他說一口標準的英語，自帶英式幽默。在他的課上，同學(xué)們都是百**的全神貫注�！�

此次獲評浙江省省級高校一流創(chuàng)新課程的《計算機科學(xué)畢業(yè)設(shè)計》，馬修就是課程負責(zé)人。

據(jù)他介紹，這門課的核心是通過機制和技術(shù)創(chuàng)新實現(xiàn)學(xué)生與導(dǎo)師的無障礙溝通，使同學(xué)們能做出優(yōu)秀的畢業(yè)設(shè)計。讓他非常驕傲的是，通過對課程的不斷打磨，學(xué)生畢業(yè)設(shè)計的質(zhì)量不斷提高，不少畢業(yè)設(shè)計已經(jīng)達到了優(yōu)秀科研成果的水準。

教學(xué)之余，馬修是個運動達人

Innovation and co-creation lead UNNC module to be recognised as ‘first class’ at provincial level

The Final Year dissertation module convened by Dr Matthew Pike, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC), has recently been recognised as a “first class” module course in Zhejiang Province. Because of his student-centred teaching philosophy and future-facing teaching style, Dr Pike has gained considerable popularity among the students.

Dr Pike joined UNNC in September 2018, and his principal research interests centre around human-computer interaction, which is the simulation of human performance in real environments. In addition to this, he is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is responsible for the UK Professional Standards Framework.

“Computer science is a rapidly evolving field, with new technology paradigms and technological approaches being introduced at a continuous rate. In this environment, delivering 'knowledge' alone, will not equip students with the skills necessary to adapt and evolve to future developments,” Dr Pike introduces.

Dr Pike’s teaching philosophy is essentially constructivism, which views learning as the process where learners generate meaning and construct understanding based on their previous knowledge and experience. He places a strong emphasis on linking course material to students’ existing experiences and promotes this practice by explaining theoretical concepts using practical, everyday examples to develop students’ capabilities to deal with the changing industry environment in the future.

In order to keep students interested and productive during class, Dr Pike has devised an approach that places students at its centre and employed a number of techniques. For example, he has implemented in-class quizzes that reflect students’ learning outcomes, and has even championed a continual feedback system in all of the modules he convenes to collect students' anonymous feedback on a recurring basis, which enabled him to improve his teaching methods continuously.It is because of such highly transparent and interactive communication channels that students became increasingly satisfied with Dr Pike’s teaching.

Xiaoying Yang, a Year Three student of Computer Sciences at UNNC, said that Dr Pike is one of her favourite lecturers as he is fully prepared for each lesson, offers a comprehensive set of teaching materials, and is patient in explaining answers to students’ questions. “He is very funny. Sometimes he will make little mistakes on purpose to check if we are listening carefully. He speaks very beautiful British English with typical British humour, so it isn’t difficult at all for us to pay attention in his classes.”

The key principle behind this recently recognised provincial first-class module is to allow students to create their own success by promoting open and free communication between students and supervisors through classroom practices and technological innovation, which ensures an equal relationship between student and teacher. Thanks to this continuous reviewing of the module, many graduation projects have been graded as “outstanding research achievements”.

文字來源 | Fay Ma, Lily Su

徐�，摚珽lena Yang

圖片來源 |張欣然，蘇欣然，F(xiàn)oSE

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