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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...
Most of the children prefer digital games as an entertaining spare time activity. So there is a growing interest among teachers in using digital games as a part of their lesson plans. DGBL (Digital game-based learning) has become a viable instructional option in recent years due to its support of learning motivation. In this article, a Virtual Reality game developed for Elementary school students...
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...
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 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...
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...
Modern technologies have been greatly employed to support teachers and learners for facilitating teaching and learning processes. Recommender systems (RSs) for technology-enhanced learning (TEL) are among those new technologies that have been researched extensively within the past few years. This is because RSs for TEL are intelligent decision support systems that assist internet users in finding...
Not very applied in today materials engineering, diamagnetic levitation offers some distinct features for micromagnetics and many other technical domains. It can provide frictionless bearings for micromechanical sensors applied to measure some types of weak forces, resulting from various physical effects, especially in nanotechnologies. Applied in the situation of these micro machines, diamagnetic...
Computer programming courses require a lot of practice. Nevertheless, the difficulties found when trying to install the computer programming environment used in the university courses prevent many students from practicing at home. Hence, they can only practice during the computer laboratory lessons, or when the laboratories are available for the students. This limitation negatively affects the learning...
Big data technologies are becoming widely used, not only for recording but also for analyzing human generated data. Indeed, the recent development in systems and technologies provided many areas with data processing technologies to extract meaningful information from massive amounts of data. A good example of areas where the generated data is voluminous is eLearning, e.g. Massive Open Online Courses...
All electronic pieces of equipment having fast and frequent load variations are widely used today due to some obvious benefits like energy efficiency, flexibility, low costs and even reliability. But, they also produce some important disturbances on electrical distribution lines, mostly harmonics or fast changes of the reactive power. Due to all these issues, power quality aspects become essential...
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...
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...
Changes in higher education are not only technology-driven but even more by societal changes. As generation Y and Z enter the universities, other requirements have to be met, because their learning expectations differ from requirements of former generations. Many scientists highlight the effectivity of new teaching methods especially for higher education. The question is if positive effects are noticeable...
The rapid and ever growing development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have made possible for virtual laboratories to be used as an alternative or to supplement the physical laboratories. Physical laboratories found at high school, colleges and universities occupy physical space, require a lot of maintenance and also require an expertise to work and function properly. All of the...
The Open University of Israel offers a program of study for Computer Science graduates towards a high school Teaching Certificate in Computer Science. The program is unique in that it enables studying towards the certificate in a distance learning environment and therefore can be pursued by people who wish to combine further education with careers and personal responsibilities. In this paper we describe...
Engineering students are having to model increasingly complex constructed environments at the same time that their traditional mathematical skills are decreasing[?]. New approaches to modeling are needed. We started with the premise that students find mathematical modeling of Teletraffic problems challenging, and that this can be replaced through modeling in a “computational” environment such as Matlab...
Bring your own device (BYOD) studies the benefits and impacts of allowing the employees to bring their technological devices to their workplaces. This topic has been studied in educational environments from a pedagogical perspective as well. The main concerns of the studies are to understand how students can be affected. However, there are only few studies that tackle how privacy and personal information...
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