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Adaptation of the Engineering Curriculum in the Age of Industry 4.0 工业4.0时代工程课程的适应

Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.2478/cplbu-2020-0014

S. Reddy

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Collaborative Service-Learning Partnerships between Government, Community and University for Implementing Social Change 政府、社区及大学建立合作服务学习伙伴关系，推动社会变革

Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.2478/cplbu-2020-0036

J. Scheepers

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New role model for teachers in Higher Education? 高等教育教师的新榜样?

Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.2478/cplbu-2020-0007

Hagen Hochrinner

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Investigation on the Possibility of Designing an Educational Dynamic Light Scattering Device for Sizing Particles Suspended in Air 设计空气悬浮粒子分级教育用动态光散射装置的可能性探讨

Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.2478/cplbu-2020-0018

D. Chicea, C. Leca

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Vocational Employer-Sponsored Education of Employees of the Water Supply and Sewage 职业雇主资助的供水及污水雇员教育

Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.2478/cplbu-2020-0027

V. Babayev, D. Roslavtsev, K. Sorokina

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Academia-industry Collaboration for Augmented Reality Application Development 增强现实应用开发的产学研合作

Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.2478/cplbu-2020-0028

R. Petruse, Alexandru Matei, Marco Kayser, Michael Maier, S. Ćuković

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引用次数: 2

A Novel Design of the Pre-Processing Stage of Data Mining for Educational Purposes 一种教育用数据挖掘预处理阶段的新设计

Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.2478/cplbu-2020-0042

A. Ahrens, Norbert Grünwald, J. Zaščerinska, J. Melnikova

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引用次数: 1

Conducting a Graduate Tracer Study at a University of Technology: a Quest to Enhance the Learning Experience 在一所科技大学进行研究生跟踪研究:提高学习经验的探索

Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.2478/cplbu-2020-0002

H. Brits, Chris Steyn

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Neural Networks in the Educational Sector: Challenges and Opportunities 教育领域的神经网络:挑战与机遇

Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.2478/cplbu-2020-0039

Ugo Fiore

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引用次数: 3

Academic Staff in Engineering and the Built Environment at Durban University of Technology: A Baseline Study of Gender Equality 德班理工大学工程与建筑环境专业的学术人员:性别平等的基线研究

Balkan Region Conference on Engineering and Business Education Pub Date : 2019-10-01 DOI: 10.2478/cplbu-2020-0013

L. Cooke, H. Jackson, Z. Armoed

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