CNCF-hosted Co-located Events North America 2024

Much of academia is new to cloud-native computing and tooling, and many professors of cloud-native computing are building curriculum from scratch. Additionally, our diverse students have greatly varying levels of technological and academic experiences. In this talk, we’ll explore how educators can create curricula that serve diverse student cohorts while building the deep, technical skill sets required to thrive in a cloud-native world. You’ll hear from an instructor who revamped a graduate-level course on cloud computing at UArizona. We’ll discuss how the class is structured, how we've advocated in industry to make this course financially feasible, and how cloud-native computing coursework can be a differentiator for students, Universities, and the larger community. Talk attendees will leave with sample course assignments, suggestions for supplemental learning materials, and ideas for supporting students from many backgrounds while they engage in the vast world of cloud computing.