Pull Requests From The Classroom: Co-Developing Curriculum And Code
Human-Computer Interaction
2025-08-04 v1
Abstract
Educational technologies often misalign with instructors' pedagogical goals, forcing adaptations that compromise teaching efficacy. In this paper, we present a case study on the co-development of curriculum and technology in the context of a university course on scientific writing. Specifically, we examine how a custom-built peer feedback system was iteratively developed alongside the course to support annotation, feedback exchange, and revision. Results show that while co-development fostered stronger alignment between software features and course goals, it also exposed usability limitations and infrastructure-related frustrations, emphasizing the need for closer coordination between teaching and technical teams.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2508.00646,
title = {Pull Requests From The Classroom: Co-Developing Curriculum And Code},
author = {Dennis Zyska and Ilia Kuznetsov and Florian Müller and Iryna Gurevych},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.00646},
year = {2025}
}