The University of New South Wales

Notice of Meeting

A meeting of the Computer Science and Engineering Education Committee (CSE Education Committee 23/01)
will be held at 2:00pm on Thursday, 9 February 2023, on Zoom

Enquiries concerning this agenda should be directed to John Shepherd, jas@cse.unsw.edu.au.

John Shepherd
Committee Chair

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Agenda

1. Apologies and Welcome




2. Minutes of Previous Meeting *

   CSE Teaching Committee 22/04 (28 October 2022)

   Coming soon ...




3. New Terms of Reference for Education Committee

   Sowmya is proposing a new structure and new functions for the Education Committee.




4. Reports from Bodies outside CSE

   Reports on any interesting/relevant devlopments that have occurred in committees, working-groups, etc. at UNSW.

   • Faculty Teaching Retreat, Mon 30 Jan - Tue 31 Jan
   • Grok Future CUrriculum Workshop, Fri 3 Feb
   • others?



5. Teaching Allocation 2023

   Working out teaching allocation requires:

   • who's available
   • course preferences
   • knowledge of ECR, awards, heavy admin work

   Overall workload for T&R = 40% research, 40% teaching, 20% admin.
   Workload for EF = 65% teaching, 15% teaching activities, 20% admin.
   Typical CSE admin tasks fit in the 20% admin basket.
   PhD supervision fits in the 40% research basket.
   




6. Course Outline / ECOS / ECLIPS / Astra Synchronisation

   Faculty wants descriptions of courses in various places to be consistent.




7. In-person Exams vs Offshore Students

   How to ensure that offshore students (who take online exams a la pandemic) are not advantaged over students who are supervised in the labs. Only a problem for 23T1.




8. Generative AI vs Academic Integrity

   Do generative AI tools (e.g. CoPilot, ChatGPT), pose a substantial threat to academic integrity?




9. Ongoing Work

   Need volunteers for working groups on

   • improving COMP15xx and COMP25xx
   • curriculum map (documenting course inputs/outputs)



10. Any Other Business