Development of an Online-Course Syllabus "Operations Research Oriented to Cloud Computing in the CoCalc System"
Катерина Володимирівна Власенко, Олена Чумак, Dmytro Ye. Bobyliev, Iryna Lovianova, Iryna V. Sitak · 2020
This discussion paper provides an insight into the issue of develop- ing a course syllabus for mastering Operations Research. The study focuses on implementing cloud computing while solving optimization problems. The re- search analyzes practical experience of using mathematical modeling in plan- ning technological, biological and vital processes. This analysis confirms the relevance of using cloud environment CoCalc while teaching students how to solve Operations Research tasks. The discussion paper describes the study of the specific features of online-courses on Operations Research with the help of the Deductive Approach to Content Analysis guidelines that give recommenda- tions on developing syllabus for on-line courses. The study presents the devel- opment of the course syllabus for students who study the Operations Research course, or those who want to study Operations Research methods independent- ly. The study shows the analysis of the survey results that allowed reviewing students’ and teachers’ opinions on improving the course with the use of com- puter mathematics systems. This study also discusses the course annotation and aim, requirements to course users, learning organization of course modules tar- geted at acquiring certain competencies. There was ground to make a conclu- sion concerning the importance and relevance of developing Operations Re- search Oriented to Cloud Computing in the CoCalc System online course on the Higher School Mathematics Teachers platform.