CSA 470/570: Service-Oriented Architectures and Web Services
In this course, students were required to write a paper that compared alternative web service technologies. Specifically, the students were asked to compare two competing technologies that are on the forefront of a debate between the direction in which web service implementations should head.

This assignment was an extension of other topics and learning activities that students had been exposed to in the course. When the assignment was provided to the students, a copy of the rubric was distributed and discussed
directly with the students.

The assignments in the course were evaluated using a 1-4 scale. (See rubric.) The rubric was designed so that a grade of 4 was representative of the level of expertise that should be demonstrated by a graduating senior.

The data seem to show that students can identify problems and describe the context, but that the formation of the ideas, the support of those ideas, and the development of solid conclusions are still moderately weak or still in need of work. Dr. Gannod believes that to really understand this data, it may be worthwhile to perform a similar analysis across several senior-level CSA courses to determine level of achievement.

Assignments

Service-Oriented Architectures and Web Services Assignment

Rubrics

Critical and Integrative Thinking Rubric