J. Magenheim, Wolfgang Nelles, T. Rhode, N. Schaper, Sigrid E. Schubert, Peer Stechert
{"title":"Competencies for informatics systems and modeling: Results of qualitative content analysis of expert interviews","authors":"J. Magenheim, Wolfgang Nelles, T. Rhode, N. Schaper, Sigrid E. Schubert, Peer Stechert","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492535","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents the first results of expert interviews conducted within the project MoKoM funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). These are intended to refine our first theoretically derived competence model comprising competencies in the domains of informatics systems and modeling. In this context, the question arises, which software engineering workflows could be relevant for software engineering education at secondary schools and which are also adequate in professional contexts. Furthermore, it will be exemplarily shown which competence aspects have been added to the theoretical model and how to advance it in an empirical manner.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131393080","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":"Supporting person-centered learning: Does the choice of the learning management system matter?: A case study with Moodle, Fronter and CEWebS","authors":"Oswald Comber, R. Motschnig, Zivana Komlenov","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492485","url":null,"abstract":"One challenge in the successful implementation of a blended learning scenario is the choice of the appropriate tools. The general question behind our practical approach is: “How well do different eLearning solutions provide functionality to realize a blended learning course, which is designed according to specific educational principles?” To approach a response to this question for our case, one typical person-centered blended learning course was implemented in three different eLearning solutions, namely Moodle, Fronter and CEWebS. The resulting realizations of the course and the necessary actions are documented and compared in this paper. The investigated eLearning platforms provided sufficient functionality to accomplish many of the basic tasks in the daily course routine more or less effectively. For tasks beyond the basic functionality of a solution, either the employment of extensions or customizations were necessary, resulting in an implementation that was in some aspects quite elaborated.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128183723","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}
A. Lantada, P. Morgado, J. L. M. Sanz, J. M. Muñoz-Guijosa, J. E. Otero
{"title":"Toy design experience: Improving students' motivation and results in a final year subject","authors":"A. Lantada, P. Morgado, J. L. M. Sanz, J. M. Muñoz-Guijosa, J. E. Otero","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492353","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years educational gaming has been progressively perceived as a very effective tool for improving teaching-learning activities in higher education. The use of such play-based methodologies for engineering education can promote several practical and communication skills of great value for students' future professional development. At the same time it greatly helps to motivate students and make them more aware of their own capabilities and the learning process. This paper details the application of a play-based methodology for improving students' results and motivation in the subject “Development of Plastic Products”. The active learning strategy consists in assigning student groups different toy development tasks, so that they can apply the design concepts learned and present their results in public. It is thereby hoped to promote a set of abilities that are ever increasingly valued in the industrial and business world, such as teamwork, creativity and communications skills. Results have been compared with experiences from previous years, linked to the development of conventional products. The results show that carrying out a monographic experience on “Toy - Design” has promoted students' satisfaction, motivation and results. Some ideas for future improvements, mainly based on students' opinions, are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132206828","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":"Design of an introductory networking subject in advance of the European Higher Education Area: Challenges, experiences and open issues","authors":"E. Vallejo, Eduardo Garcia","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492354","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492354","url":null,"abstract":"The field of Computer Networks has evolved quickly during the last years. In this paper we consider different aspects of those changes that condition the design of a subject in Networking; specifically, we discuss social, technological and economic aspects. Additionally, the changes proposed in the University studies for the European Higher Education Area condition the design of any current subject. Altogether, these changes condition the design and implementation of a subject on Computer Networks. Considering the presented changes we sketch the design of an introductory subject on Computer Networking. The subject is part of a pre-Bologna course, but is designed with the transition on mind. On the paper, we sketch the implementation of the course, designed to simplify the transition to conform the recommendations of the European Higher Education Area. We detail what contents were part of the theoretical or lab sessions, and how we managed to make most lab sessions with mid-class real hardware, introducing relatively complex concepts such as Quality of Service.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"131 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131604622","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}
M. Arias, Alberto Rodríguez, D. G. Lamar, F. Linera, M. Hernando
{"title":"Influence of PBL practical classes on microcontroller-based digital systems learning","authors":"M. Arias, Alberto Rodríguez, D. G. Lamar, F. Linera, M. Hernando","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492418","url":null,"abstract":"When practical classes are not properly planned and organized, students tend to see them as a mere requirement in which they should spend the minimum amount of time and effort. As a consequence, the aim of these practical classes is completely distorted. A solution to this problem is the well-known project based learning approach (PBL). In this paper, the influence of practical classes, each one organized as a small PBL activity, is analyzed in the field of a microcontroller-based system design course. When the results obtained in different years are compared in order to analyze an educational methodology, some variables of this analysis change (e.g.: the group of student, the difficulty of the exams, etc). Instead, in this paper the marks obtained by students that faced the practical classes correctly are compared with the marks of the students that considered them just as a requirement that needs to be fulfilled. In this way, the analysis is not distorted by the change of some variables.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122413579","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}
John Millar Carroll, Marcela Borge, C. Ganoe, Hao Jiang
{"title":"Distributed collaborative homeworks: Learning activity management and technology support","authors":"John Millar Carroll, Marcela Borge, C. Ganoe, Hao Jiang","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492338","url":null,"abstract":"We describe use of partially distributed collaborative assignments in a Usability Engineering course with respect to (1) learning activity management and (2) technology support.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"1947 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129273349","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}
C. Medrano, I. Plaza, Manuel Castro, F. García-Sevilla, J. D. Martínez-Calero, J. P. Félix, M. Corbalán
{"title":"A review of electronic engineering design free software tools","authors":"C. Medrano, I. Plaza, Manuel Castro, F. García-Sevilla, J. D. Martínez-Calero, J. P. Félix, M. Corbalán","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492430","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we review electronic design free software tools. We have searched open source programs that help with several tasks of the electronic design flow: analog and digital simulation, schematic capture, printed circuit board design and hardware description language compilation and simulation. Using some rapid criteria for verifying their availability, we have selected some of them which are worth working with. This work intends to perform a deeper analysis of free software tools and select some of them to use in education or in professional electronic design.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115934093","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":"Open source learning management systems in e-learning and Moodle","authors":"C. C. Aydin, Guzin Tirkes","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492522","url":null,"abstract":"In the last decade, the effect of Internet usage in education has increased gradually and new technologies have improved student's learning. By using distance learning tools, the student education can be more flexible with respect to place and time constraints. So, students can access information in every time and everywhere either in libraries or during the lectures. As is widely known that, distance learning is costly, and cost-effectiveness becomes more important as the institutions become large-scale providers of distance education. Cost which is the most important disadvantages of distance learning according to traditional learning environments can be removed with the extensive features of the Open Source Software. Generalizing the usage of Open Source Software will provide development of learning tools and increases the educational quality. As far as the literature is reviewed, not much research has already been conducted about the comparisons of open source learning management systems in distance education. In this study, some analyses and comparisons were made about open source learning management systems and Moodle was outstanding with many features among other LMS that aims to improve the educational quality and include the tools that an e-learning system should have.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"278 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115967696","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}
J. Metrôlho, J. Cordeiro, Ricardo Fontes, M. Costa
{"title":"A tool to reveal the student's work activity along an academic period","authors":"J. Metrôlho, J. Cordeiro, Ricardo Fontes, M. Costa","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492378","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a web application designed to allow better workload distribution during a semester. The tool was designed to face the new goals that are required for teachers that work within new methods that are fostered by the Bologna Treaty implementation. The tool can help course administrators to improve the effect of some extra-initiatives (talks, workshops, tours, short courses, amongst others), without compromising the performance of students on their work scheduled for the course activities. The paper presents and discusses the motivation and the developed tool.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114285487","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":"yPBL methodology: A problem-based learning method applied to software engineering","authors":"E. Exposito","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492424","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes the yPBL learning methodology, based on the well-known PBL method and adapted to software engineering process by using the \"y\" methodology. The yPBL methodology is defined as a mapping between the roles and phases considered in PBL methodologies to the roles, iterations and phases considered in the \"y\" methodology. Moreover, the yPBL method includes different situations of active and passive learning roles not only for the students involved in a course but also for the instructors. Indeed, software engineering instructors face the same challenge of any software engineer and needs to continuously update their knowledge in software technologies. The yPBL method has been designed using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and the various interactions points between the various process actors as well as the information to be exchanged during the synchronous and asynchronous learning process have been specified using this language. Finally, interesting preliminary results of the experience of using this methodology in the INSA of Toulouse are included in this paper.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"37 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115468045","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}