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One of the many challenges facing practical student workshops is the proliferation of rapid prototyping and similar technologies. 3D printers have enabled students to take ideas and concepts further than ever before and sometimes to completion. The only limitations at this stage are the materials available for the manufacture of components and prototypes on 3D printers. Traditional manufacturing processes...
This paper demonstrates the suitability and the practicality of using the advanced open source tools such as the Raspberry Pi and the Node-RED for teaching and learning in the Internet of Things (IOT) subject within a newly created major of Data Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and IT at University of Technology, Sydney. Understanding and practicing of the Internet of Things largely depend...
Recent advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have stimulated the need for adaptation of new models of teaching and learning in educational institutions. Since the beginning, the use of technology in education has gained a lot of attention and has been applied to many areas in the academic domain. The introduction of ICT has motivated scholars to find out how various ICT tools...
The recent proliferation of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) has initiated a plethora of research endeavors revolving around new pedagogical methods in higher education. Integrating MOOCs in blended learning can be beneficial in different ways for both learners and instructors. In this position paper, we aim to provide a brief and comprehensive review about the challenges that higher education...
The assessment of programming code is an arduous and time-consuming task. For instance, in university Java programming courses, many exercises and exams are projects, often composed of a set of classes that the student must complete and usually complement with new classes. In programming, there are often many different (usually infinite) correct solutions to the same problem, and this forces the teacher...
In this paper we introduce an approach for using peer assessment augmented with digital badges in a project-based learning scenario. We present preliminary results from a students' questionnaire showing that the project was a real success in terms of learner satisfaction. Peer assessment and badges were perceived mostly positive by the students. We also propose several improvements, which could eliminate...
Internet of Things (IoT) seems to be a popular term nowadays, for business, society and teaching alike. Teaching students about such concepts and more importantly, making them aware of the many competency components (often called KSA — knowledge, skills, abilities) required in the development of IoT systems, services and products has been a major aim in the teaching design presented in this paper...
The way research methods course has been taught across disciplines was a combination of hands-on experience and research activities. The applied activities came in different forms such as conducting literature review, applying peer review, writing papers, etc. In class activities, which are outside the silo of research methods, are not widely popular. The activity in mind is the “Marshmallow Challenge”...
The following paper presents a new approach for analyzing learning style at the beginning of course. Learner styles, learning style models and existing methods to identify learning style are explained. With proper using of Item Response Theory for determining learner style, greater impact on learning experience can be achieved, such as personalized learning, effective learning as well high satisfaction...
This article describes a remote lab for fruit and vegetable drying, and discusses feedback from students who used the lab in their training. A major conclusion of the survey was that there is interest in the remote laboratory because it provides practical experience in the training of an automation and control engineer. It can be concluded that the remote laboratory has a positive effect on the students'...
The universities strategy in the context of environment changes e.g. changes of technologies, policies, markets, users etc. has to reflect them as well as formulate the steps, partial objectives and tasks for assuring its position on market. It requires the quality of education, quality of research, the intensive relations with industries and other subjects, fostering relationships with partners as...
The process of how knowledge acquisition is not easy for a student to understand without practical experience to this process. It is desirable to use an interactive tool which allows the learner to effectively apply the theory in a practical scenario in order to illustrate the process of domain modelling. Knowledge representation has played an important role in the development of Artificial Intelligence...
Target subject is a module called ‘AI Technology’, which applied the ideas of blended learning. Firstly, lecture-style teaching was conducted with presentation slides in order to explain the contents of a textbook. Secondly, students were required to do exercises and quizzes. By using the last eight weeks, they were asked to create presentation slides outside a class to introduce the up-to-date topics...
The information technologies are incredibly growing and invade all the domains of the society. The new associated tools are expected to be used in the academic formation such as the Massive Open Online Courses. At the same time, microelectronics and nanotechnologies are increasingly involved in many fields of applications in order to create connected objects. Presently, the challenge for education...
In the paper we deal with Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on safe Internet usage among primary school children. This topic is getting more important every day due to the current age of digital technology. We focus on MOOCs used by primary school students, since Internet safety is definitely a topic which they must get to know. The results show that, with suitable motivation and students' active...
Preparing for crisis and incidents have gained an increased focus, also within the educational system. At The Inland University of Applied Sciences, Campus Rena, in Norway, a Bachelor study is developed to cater for the increased need for educating staff not only in municipalities, but also in private organizations. Regulations and governmental instructions have also created a void between staff that...
The interaction between educators and students is important in education. The dynamic interaction between instructor and students in the curriculum, from simple knowledge transfer classes to active Problem-Based Learning classes, is a success in education. Therefore, many educators are making various efforts to encourage student participation. However, in a vertical and conservative culture, class...
The paper presents a study of the performance variations of the Bayesian model of peer-assessment implemented in OpenAnswer, in terms of the grades prediction accuracy. OpenAnswer (OA) models a peer assessment session as a Bayesian network. For each student, a sub-network contains variables describing relevant aspects of both the individual cognitive state and the state of the current assessment session...
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