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Software testing is an important phase in the software development process. Testing skills acquirement in higher education is hindered by factors related to academic curricula, lack of adequate tools or knowledge. The paper presents the software testing course design, where the performed activities are meant to help participants gaining hard and soft skills in testing. The participants’ perception of the importance of different learning activities was investigated. The results indicate that the software industry collaboration should aim to add value to the teachers’ endeavors. The consequences of communication and collaborative tools integration that was studied on several groups of students suggest grades improvement and valuable soft skills gaining.
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Chisăliţă-Creţu, C., Bota, F., Pop, AD. (2021). Software Testing Education Experiences Using Collaborative Platforms. In: Uskov, V.L., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Smart Education and e-Learning 2021. KES-SEEL 2021. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 240. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2834-4_13
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