CODE – Educating the Digital Pioneers of Tomorrow

Presented at GitHub Constellation Berlin on Nov 29, 2017

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2. MEET MY CO-FOUNDERS MANUEL AND JONATHAN OUR APPROACH 1/21
3. CHALLENGE- OR PROJECT-BASED LEARNING IS PROVEN TO BE A MORE NATURAL & EFFECTIVE WAY TO LEARN OUR APPROACH 2/21
4. STUDENTS CAN CHOOSE BETWEEN THREE STUDY PROGRAMS FOR DIGITAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT STUDY PROGRAMS JOB PROFILE Backend Developer, Web Developer, Mobile Developer DEGREE Bachelor of Arts in Software Engineering Progr. Languages Procedural, Functional, Logical, Object-Oriented, … Databases RDBMS, KV, Document DBs, Graph/Object DBs, … Tools & OS OS Internals, Dynamic Link Libraries, Console, … DevOps Cloud Computing, High Availability, Security, Scaling Math & Algorithms Sorting, Pathing, O(n), NP, Compression, Parsing, Crypto Computer Architecture Instruction Set & Microarchitect., System Design, Memory Mgmt Planning Agile PM, Code Architecture, Stakeholder Mgmt Collaboration VCS, Issue Tracking, Project Mgmt, Team Work, Document. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING B.A. 3/21
5. JOB PROFILE Interface Developer, Interaction Designer, Frontend Developer DEGREE Bachelor of Arts in Interaction Design ALL STUDY PROGRAMS SHARE A STRONG TECHNICAL FUNDAMENT... STUDY PROGRAMS Graphic Design Visual Arts, Composition, Raster-based, Vector-based Interface Design Usability, Information Architecture, GUI Design UX Design Human-computer interaction, Accessibility Animation Design Visual Effects, Transitions, Visualization Interface Engineering Implementation, Frontend Development HTML/CSS Engineering Semantic HTML, CSS, Modern Web Technologies Mobile UI Engineering iOS, Android, Swift, Objective C Lab Testing Split Testing, Lab Testing, Data-driven Product Design INTERACTION DESIGN B.A. 4/21
6. JOB PROFILE Product Manager, Technical Project Manager, Tech Team Lead DEGREE Bachelor of Arts in Product Management ...AND OFFER THE CHANCE TO CHOOSE INDIVIDUAL FOCUS AREAS STUDY PROGRAMS Project Management Stakeholder Mgmt, Agile Methods, Disaster Recovery Data Analysis Data-driven Mgmt, Business Intelligence, Controlling Prototyping Wireframing, MVP, Fast Iteration, Release Mgmt Design Thinking Solution-based thinking, Problem solving, Creativity Entrepreneurship Business Basics, Customer Development, Social Skills Leadership Team Mgmt, Vision, Motivation, Collaboration Online Marketing Growth Hacking, Audience Targeting, Branding Testing Split Testing, Lab Testing, Data-driven Product Dev PRODUCT MANAGEMENT B.A. 5/21
7. STUDENTS START AT VASTLY DIFFERENT LEVELS, SO WE‘RE DEVELOPING A COMPETENY FRAMEWORK OUR APPROACH 6/21 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ä Ö Ü ß I II III IV V Software Engineering Interaction Design Product Management Soft Skills 1 10 Level Core Competencies Additional Competencies 1 10 Level
8. AT THE END OF THE FIRST SEMESTER, STUDENTS GET THEIR INITIAL COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT OUR APPROACH 7/21 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ä Ö Ü ß I II III IV V Software Engineering Interaction Design Product Management Soft Skills 1 10 Level Core Competencies Additional Competencies 1 10 Level
9. DIGITAL PRODUCTS ARE NOT JUST ABOUT CODE, SO COLLABORATION IS KEY OUR APPROACH 8/21 Lecture-Based Learning Project-Based Learning
10. EACH SEMESTER, STUDENTS CAN CHOOSE BETWEEN DOZENS OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS OUR APPROACH 9/21 SE ID PM SE SE ID ID PM PM SE ID SE ID PM ID SE PM PM SE 2 months 6 months 4 months 1 month 2 months SE ID 1 month PM
11. WE’VE ESTABLISHED FIRST COMPANY PARTNERSHIPS AND ARE IN TALKS WITH MANY OTHERS OUR APPROACH 10/21
12. THEORY IS LEARNED IN THE CONTEXT OF THESE PROJECTS, MENTORED BY PROFESSORS OUR APPROACH E-Learning & Self-Study Content curated by professors Internal resource exchange Seminars & Lectures Synchronized with projects Not mandatory P2P Learning Weekly group meetups Extensive intranet 11/21 Student Project Project Mentors Define input and output competencies Hold weekly meetups with the project team Require a final reflection paper Grade project outcomes (binary only) Where the project’s competencies acquired by students?
13. STUDENTS LEVEL UP THROUGH SEMESTERS UNTIL THEY REACH A CERTAIN MINIMUM COMPETENCY PROFILE OUR APPROACH 12/21 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ä Ö Ü ß I II III IV V Software Engineering Interaction Design Product Management Soft Skills 1 10 Level Core Competencies Additional Competencies 1 10 Level
14. IN JULY 2017, THE STATE OF BERLIN GRANTED US STATE RECOGNITION AS A UNIVERSITY OF APPL. SC. ABOUT CODE 13/21
15. 2000+ STUDENT APPLICATIONS FOR 2017, WE SELECTED 88 OUT OF THEM ABOUT CODE 30% international applications, including UK, Australia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, South Africa, Turkey, Nigeria, Spain, India, Canada, Hungary, Iran, Pakistan, Italy, Iceland Registration Written Application Video Call Challenge Assessment Day Contract Admission 14/21
16. ALL CODE STUDENTS ARE FACTORY MEMBERS, NEW 14,000 SQM COWORKING SPACE IS OUR CAMPUS ABOUT CODE 15/21
17. ALL CODE STUDENTS ARE FACTORY MEMBERS, NEW 14,000 SQM COWORKING SPACE IS OUR CAMPUS ABOUT CODE 16/21
18. ALL CODE STUDENTS ARE FACTORY MEMBERS, NEW 14,000 SQM COWORKING SPACE IS OUR CAMPUS ABOUT CODE 17/21
19. WE FOUNDED THE NON-PROFIT CODE+DESIGN INITIATIVE E.V. TO SHOW YOUNG PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITIES CODE+DESIGN INITIATIVE 18/21
20. WE‘RE BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF YOUNG TECHIES WITH 700+ PARTICIPANTS IN OUR CAMPS IN 2017 ALONE CODE+DESIGN INITIATIVE 19/21
21. YES, THE CAMPS ARE AS AWESOME AND FUN AS THEY LOOK! CODE+DESIGN INITIATIVE 20/21
22. Learning is productive failing. 21/21