Change of essay requirements (updated again)

We have been requested by the administration to change the last chapter in the essay, where we request feedback on the course. They are afraid this may be mixing feedback with material that is used to grade the course, and we are therefore changing the last chapter to be more relevant to the actual course material. 
 
The previous section said:
 
"What are your thoughts on the course: the way it is organized, the lectures, the project, assignments and support from lab assistants. What works well and what could be improved for next year? To what degree has the course improved your competence in software development? (min. 200 words)"
 
But the new section will be:
 
"In the course we have discussed a paradigm shift in web application architectures taking place, with a move from server-generated HTML to Javascript-enabled web applications. With this paradigm shift in mind, discuss one or several of the following topics 1) What do you see as the pros and cons of these two different architecture models 2) Which are the technologies and open source software components that are most central in these two architecture models. 3) How may open source licenses be affected by this change? 4) Also discuss how the trend to offer products as services rather than as product software may have an affect on open source software licensing.  (max. 200 words) "
 
This is obviously a very late change, so those who have already written and maybe even submitted the essay may do so according to the previous description. This means that we will accept essay submissions following the old template also. 
 
This change means that we will miss out on feedback from the students, so I would really encourage you all to use the student survey after the course to give (anonymous) feedback about any experience or input to improvements. 
Published Dec. 8, 2014 10:46 PM - Last modified Dec. 8, 2014 11:52 PM