Diana Andone, Vlad Mihaescu, Andrei Ternauciuc, Silviu Vert, R. Vasiu, M. Mocofan
{"title":"DigiCulture - courses for enhancing digital competences","authors":"Diana Andone, Vlad Mihaescu, Andrei Ternauciuc, Silviu Vert, R. Vasiu, M. Mocofan","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9453911","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9453911","url":null,"abstract":"The shortage of digital skills in Europe ignited the development of the DigiCulture project, as to develop 13 different course modules all dedicated for training in digital competence for young adults in creative industries. The courses are planned, developend to be hostes in UniCampus, online learning environment started in 2014, as a MOOC-like Massive Open Online Courses. The DigiCulture project develops free, online short courses dedicated to adults with low digital skills. As there are big differences between the countries that are partners in DigiCulture, we propose an integrated approach for course development, but with national personalization as language, study cases. The implementation, course scenario are presented in this paper.","PeriodicalId":178923,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125841020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"3D Print your Artifacts – 3D Turtle Geometry as an Introduction to Programming","authors":"M. Riel, R. Romeike","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9453880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9453880","url":null,"abstract":"3D printing has been a popular topic in general media in recent years and is increasingly being used by computer science teachers in the classroom. However, while the motivational benefits of 3D printing – especially for novices – are indisputable, the educational value of previous approaches is either rather low or, at the other extreme, a high level of prior knowledge of programming and mathematics is required. For this reason, this paper investigates in an empirical classroom study of an innovative teaching approach to 3D printing as an introduction to programming for novices: Modern 3D printing technology is combined with turtle geometry in Seymour Papert's tradition – transformed into the third dimension. The results show that students are motivated and empowered to create their own artifacts. Remarkably, the personal aesthetics of the objects created are more important to the students than their practical use in everyday life.","PeriodicalId":178923,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"481 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121961029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Specifics of developing and implementing remote classes in chemistry with hearing impaired students at a technical university of a general type","authors":"O. Oreshkina, Valentina Aslamazova","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9454033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9454033","url":null,"abstract":"This article discusses the experience of remote teaching chemistry of hearing impaired students at Bauman Moscow State Technical University during pandemic. The key challenge of such a students is the limited content accessibility of educational resources in STEM disciplines, including “Chemistry”. In ordinary learning conditions, this problem is being solved by creating an accessible environment and implementing an additional cognitive-technology course in chemistry. In situation of pandemic, teachers have to transfer classroom “Chemistry” course to a distance format with creating conditions for effective remote students’ learning. This problem is being solved considering their individual cognitive peculiarities of information perception. All remote chemistry classes (lectures, laboratory works and seminars) are being taught through webinars. Principles of designing accessible webinars include creating multimodal student-friendly environment; accessibility of displayed education materials; thoughtful sequence of switching information sources; effective visual interaction with students during classes; establishing stable feedback between students and the teacher. Practical tasks are being solved applying technology of algorithm development based on interdisciplinary approach. In webinars, various cognitive problems of these students are being identified and solved successfully. The teacher plays a multi-functional role, being a teacher, a moderator, a tutor, and mainly a “team captain”.","PeriodicalId":178923,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121738210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The distance education process in the National School of Public Administration and Local Government (ESDDA): a necessity or an opportunity to modernise learning?","authors":"Anastasia Papastylianou, G. Alyfantis","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9454145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9454145","url":null,"abstract":"This article refers to the distance learning process that took place in the National School of Public Administration and Local Government (ESDDA) between March 2020 and July 2020, as the normal face-to-face courses could not be taught due to the pandemic. The investigation and analysis of the implementation parameters of distance education, aimed to highlight both the positive and negative educational practices that were applied as well as the identification of a modern educational model in times of crisis. The data collection method was mixed including an appropriate combination of qualitative and quantitative research for the most complete and in-depth approach of all involved and the evaluation of all parameters of the educational process and all parameters of the topic to highlight the pros and cons of educational practices that were implemented. The results of the evaluation of the process by students and educators are analyzed and presented in addition to the conclusions and proposals of the instructional designers, and the organizationally responsible executives of ESDDA.The aims of the research were to find if the adaptation to the distance education process was effective and efficient. Moreover, to determine the teachers’ and students’ views about distance learning and which teaching and learning practices they adopted during the remote process. Also, to specify the synchronous and asynchronous education tools they mostly or least used and define the obstacles they encountered during the remote learning process.","PeriodicalId":178923,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130480454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Synchronous E-learning in Higher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"S. Jacques, A. Ouahabi, T. Lequeu","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9453887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9453887","url":null,"abstract":"Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, students around the world have seen their schooling completely disrupted. Their teachers had to reorganize in a hurry to be able to give their classes synchronously but at a distance. Thanks to strong political incentives, both at the national and university levels, many tools have been massively deployed: digital learning management systems (e.g. Moodle), collaborative digital platforms (e.g. Google Meets, Microsoft Teams and Zoom), social networks (e.g. Facebook and Twitter) and even the telephone. While the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the essential role of digital technologies in higher education, major issues arise regarding the quality of distance education, the learning process itself and the assessment of knowledge and skills. In this study, 81 engineering students in France were followed during several periods of containment in order to provide some answers to these questions. The results of the various knowledge tests carried out at a distance show that the students obtained local scores similar to those expected from face-to-face teaching. According to the results of the satisfaction surveys, for 91.4% of students who had sufficient hardware and software resources, the synchronous approach to e-learning presented few barriers. For the 8.6% of students affected by the digital divide, telephone communications and social networks played a major role in the learning process.","PeriodicalId":178923,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134226225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Crick, Cathryn Knight, R. Watermeyer, J. Goodall
{"title":"The International Impact of COVID-19 and “Emergency Remote Teaching” on Computer Science Education Practitioners","authors":"T. Crick, Cathryn Knight, R. Watermeyer, J. Goodall","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9453846","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9453846","url":null,"abstract":"In March 2020, the COVID-19 global pandemic imposed “emergency remote teaching” across education globally, leading to a rapid shift to online learning, teaching and assessment (LT&A) across all settings, from schools through to universities. This paper looks specifically at the impact of these disruptive – and ongoing – changes to those teaching the discipline of computer science (CS) across the world. Drawing on the quantitative and qualitative findings from a large-scale international survey (N=2,483) conducted in the immediate aftermath of the shift online between March–April 2020, we report how those teaching CS across all educational settings and contexts (n=327) show significantly more positive attitudes towards the move to online LT&A than those working in other disciplines. When comparing educational setting, CS practitioners in schools felt more prepared and confident than those in higher education; however, they expressed greater concern around equity and whether students would be able to access and meaningfully engage with online LT&A. Furthermore, while CS practitioners across all sectors consistently noted the potential opportunities of these changes, they also raised a number of wider concerns on the impact of this shift to online, especially on workload and job precarity. Concerns were also raised by international CS practitioners regarding the ability to effectively deliver technical topics online, as well as the impact on formal examinations and assessment. This rapid response snapshot of the early impact of COVID-19 on CS education internationally provides insight into emerging LT&A strategies that will likely continue to be constrained by coronavirus into 2021 and beyond.","PeriodicalId":178923,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131656873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Osama Nasir, Saamia Muntaha, R. T. Javed, Junaid Qadir
{"title":"Work in Progress: Pedagogy of Engineering Ethics: A Bibliometric and Curricular Analysis","authors":"Osama Nasir, Saamia Muntaha, R. T. Javed, Junaid Qadir","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9453923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9453923","url":null,"abstract":"The products built by engineers are enabling better economies, infrastructures, sustainable living, and longer life spans. There is a rising concern about the ethical considerations taken while designing these disruptive products. To ensure ethical products, the pedagogy and curricula of engineering ethics need to be sound. In this study, we try to understand what is being taught when teaching engineering ethics. To do so, we perform a curricular analysis of 123 engineering/ tech ethics courses from around the globe by analyzing their syllabi to shed light on the topics that are covered in curricula and how they relate to current world problems. We also perform a bibliometric analysis and look at 350 research articles on engineering ethics, published in the past 20 years in four top research venues. This enabled us to observe the evolution of the research trends in the engineering ethics research community. We in the end focus on the demographic distribution and global inclusion into the engineering ethics debate. Through this combined bibliometric and curricular analysis, we explore the state of engineering ethics and present insights that will be useful for engineering educators, researchers, and practitioners alike.","PeriodicalId":178923,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"111 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132883011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Detailed Analysis of Gender Differences in the Course of CS-Studies","authors":"Veronika Thurner, Axel Böttcher, Tanja Häfner","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9453964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9453964","url":null,"abstract":"At least in the western hemisphere, women in tech still are a minority instead of the matter of course that they should be. This holds true for the domain of Computer Science as well. Comparatively few women enter into CS-related courses of study, and even fewer of them finish these programs successfully. Thus, both the work force and society lose a large amount of the women’s potential, which would be desperately needed to ensure that the technical innovation we need to cope with the pressing problems of our age are designed appropriately to address the needs of a wide range of people.To ensure that both women and men have comparable chances of successfully graduating in CS-related courses of study, we need to gain a closer insight into the hurdles that especially women are facing during their study process. For this means, we apply data analysis to the student data of our student administrative system, in order to identify major differences between the study progress of women and men, and to better understand where our female students struggle the most. Only if we understand this properly, we are able to improve our teaching purposefully in a gender sensitive way, and to introduce any structural changes that might help to increase and strengthen the women in our student body.","PeriodicalId":178923,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131401400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Work in Progress: An Automated Management System for References in Programming Code","authors":"Muftah Afrizal Pangestu, Simon","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9454112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9454112","url":null,"abstract":"Code reuse is a practice that may both support and hinder the learning process of programming students. To help offset the negative impacts of code reuse, many educators rely on code similarity detection tools as a first step in detecting code plagiarism. An alternative approach, often applied in parallel, is to help deter plagiarism by teaching students the importance of referencing externally sourced code. However, there are no broadly accepted standards for referencing in programming. We have found one standard proposed in the literature, and in this paper we explain the design of a system to help programmers apply that standard. The system we will build is a semi-automated code comment generation system that will rely on a code clone detection approach for detecting similarities between the student’s code and the code at a website whose URL the student provides. This will assist the user to create appropriate references, in the form of inline comments, when they reuse code from websites or other sources. This work in progress paper explores the relevant literature, explains the design choices of the system and the plan for its evaluation, and presents a progress report on the work.","PeriodicalId":178923,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115505905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luis H. Hernandez-Carrasco, Monica D. Hernandez-Sanchez, M. Rodríguez-Paz
{"title":"A Structural Engineering Lab Based on Virtual Construction Site Visits to Develop Students’ Competencies for the New Normality","authors":"Luis H. Hernandez-Carrasco, Monica D. Hernandez-Sanchez, M. Rodríguez-Paz","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9454026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON46332.2021.9454026","url":null,"abstract":"During the academic periods of the year 2020, the academic curricula around the world have had to endure important changes in terms of the activities performed in class due to the new format of online classes. Civil Engineering curricula has not been the exception.A key factor of the Civil Engineering program is the capability of attending construction sites. With the contingency, the acquisitions of construction site visits permits have become more difficult to obtain due to the high health risk involving a large number of people in the same place. Lecturers also had to consider that some of the students have returned to their cities of origin as a consequence of the online classes. Therefore, constructions site visits were no longer an option. We are proposing a virtual lab for construction site visits that overcomes all the obstacles created by the contingency period and also present it as a viable alternative for the new normality that we are going to face in the early stages of the reincorporation to face-to-face classes.With this virtual lab, students will be able to have a completely interactive experience, with possibilities of live interaction and access that allows lecturers to maintain all the characteristics that will allow the students to achieve the expected level of competencies in their academic program with the help of technological tools. We studied the perception of 121 undergraduate students about these virtual site visits. After the visits, students were asked to fill an online survey that consisted in 18 questions in which they evaluated different aspects of the visit, from technical to academical elements. It was concluded that the virtual lab is a successful activity to enhance the students’ competencies.","PeriodicalId":178923,"journal":{"name":"2021 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"99 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115691155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}