{"title":"On education quality control issues for Sino-France hybrid engineer diploma","authors":"Jin Jiang, Ling Zhao, Jinwu Qian","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492539","url":null,"abstract":"Quality control in higher education is a complex social key project fostered by the Chinese government. As a sino-foreign cooperation school in engineering, we are focusing more intensively on quality control in higher engineering education. Sino-European School of Technology of Shanghai University (UTSEUS) was established by Shanghai University in cooperation with University of Technology Network (France) in 2006. Dual-campus education program has been introduced to UTSEUS ever since: two years of campus life in China, and the next two years in France. Challenges on the program designs, the teaching modes, the teaching strategies, teaching quality control and teaching collaboration have been updated accordingly concerning the different educational systems we have in China and that in France. With monitoring the dual-campus engineering education, several approaches have been introduced to the quality control of higher engineering education in UTSEUS.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"12 5 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":"131866947","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 technological platform for the teaching of control engineering","authors":"A. Carvalho, D. Barone, M. Zaro","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492446","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492446","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a technology platform as a resource for the teaching of control engineering. The platform in question combines the educational potential of software of design and simulation of control systems - MATLAB ® - and the connection between this software and a pilot distillation column. The research hypothesis is that the use of technology platforms such as this helps to develop aspects not only stimulated with simulation. Therefore, an experiment based on the constructivist and social-interactionist theory has been designed to detect student development and to capture their impressions of the platform. The results are presented as graphs and impression reports of the teacher.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"27 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":"116537919","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":"Game-based learning in technology management education","authors":"Markus Günther, Elmar Kiesling, C. Stummer","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492578","url":null,"abstract":"Management games allow students to obtain valuable first-hand experience that is of particular value in a field such as technology management, which usually involves substantial risk as well as significant time lags between a managerial decision and its effects. In drawing from more than fifteen years of experience with management games in higher education, we have developed a management simulation for teaching technology management, a field that is increasingly regarded an important area of study for engineering students. This paper outlines a blended-learning design for a course on technology management, describes the various didactical elements as well as their effects in class, and addresses the technical implementation of the management game as a service-oriented multi-tier application in Java.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"101 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":"121108976","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":"Teaching digital and analog modulation to undergradute Information Technology students using Matlab and Simulink","authors":"M. Boulmalf, Y. Semmar, A. Lakas, K. Shuaib","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492513","url":null,"abstract":"Teaching mathematical intensive engineering based courses to undergraduate Information Technology students poses a great challenge to instructors. In this paper we provide an efficient and effective method for teaching digital and analog modulation to undergraduate students enrolled in an Information Technology program which does not require a strong foundation in mathematics as in the case of an Engineering program. The used approach utilizes Matlab packages, Simulink, and Communication Blockset to simulate analog and digital modulation techniques avoiding the derivation of any mathematics formulations and without coding. A survey that was distributed to Information Technology students who were taught using this approach showed a high level of satisfaction in understanding all modulation concepts.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"97 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":"115026829","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. Cobo-Benita, Joaquín B. Ordieres Meré, I. Ortiz-Marcos, A. Pacios-Álvarez
{"title":"Learning by doing in project management: Acquiring skills through a collaborative model","authors":"J. Cobo-Benita, Joaquín B. Ordieres Meré, I. Ortiz-Marcos, A. Pacios-Álvarez","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492511","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a teaching approach for an undergraduate course of project management under the learning by doing paradigm. The course experience as a whole is presented, including planning aspects for all scheduled activities, are provided later. The definition of the project is provided, as well as its specific details for practical project work, the main educative instrument of the course, in order to bring out the most relevant aspects of the approach. These include improving the learning process by means of a collaborative model and details of the assessment process that make continuous improvement possible. Detailed research to evaluate the effect of students' previous work experience of this learning model is also considered in this paper.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"27 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":"132391506","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 Tablet PC-based teaching approach using conceptual maps","authors":"J. Benlloch-Dualde, F. Buendía, Juan Cano","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492515","url":null,"abstract":"There are clear evidences that technology can drive major positive changes in the classroom addressing problems associated with traditional lecture-based pedagogy. In particular, the flexibility of Tablet PCs and digital ink has the potential to achieve a wide range of educational goals and promote a more dynamic classroom environment. However, as the possibilities of these educational technologies grow, it seems necessary to consider their role by conceptualizing the knowledge they provide. In this work we propose a teaching approach based on the use of conceptual maps to generate instructor guidelines for Tablet PC-based courses. Our approach combines the instructional domain with the technological one in order to offer practical guidelines to design and develop both lecture materials and active learning experiences, providing a systematic and flexible way to guide the teaching process in a Tablet PC-based learning scenarios. We present a case study on how to implement the approach in a first-year Computer Engineering course reporting the introduction of the Tablet PC in this educational setting.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"11 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":"132004442","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":"Training microsystems technologies in an European eLearning environment","authors":"S. Tzanova, N. Codreanu","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5493060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5493060","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents the ongoing activities within an European project for development of eLearning courses in microsystem technologies. It is a two-year project within the Leonardo da Vinci programme and the partners are from small and medium enterprises in microelectronics, training organizations and universities from four European countries — Romania, Bulgaria, France and Germany. The project is aimed at implementation of innovative approaches for performance- centred learning and development of new instruments in instructional design of task-performance-centred courses for education in Microsystems design and technology.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"59 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":"133073161","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":"DataBase teaching tools","authors":"Keith Moss","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492432","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492432","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is about how to improve the experience of students of the subject of database theory and practice, a subject many find somewhat daunting. It is by experiment that most scientists learn most about their discipline and in this paper the following ideas can be explored in simulations that in most cases use access to a database so that the exercises are personalised. The simulations are listed below. • Simple Entity-Relationship diagrams: Where simple Entity-Relationship diagrams can be composed from a set of components and their validity checked. • Entity-Relationships and tables that describe the entities: Where the student has to decide from tables of two entities the degree of participation and the participation conditions. With prompting the correct solution can be found and as many attempts as necessary are possible. • Structured Query Language (SQL): Given a database various SQL queries can input and the way that the queries are dealt with are shown in detail not just the final result. • Functional dependency: Given a table from a database this can used to find out whether there is any functional dependency between any of the columns and also to show what the primary key/s might be. • Normalisation: A topic that confuses may students. This allows table to be split into a number of sub-tables and the result can be tested as to whether the selected table can be joined together to form the original table. Each of these ideas has a simulation and these will be discussed in terms of how to run the simulation and explaining what the simulation is trying to teach. There are some third party software requirements and these will be explained together with the solution that is used for the demonstrations.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"28 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":"114517739","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":"Experiences in using a MUVE for enhancing motivation in engineering education","authors":"P. Sancho, Baltasar Fernandez-Manjon","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492498","url":null,"abstract":"NUCLEO is an ongoing research project that aims at developing a MUVE (Multi-User Virtual Environment) platform for collaborative learning, which uses a role game and a virtual fantasy world to stage a problem-based collaborative learning strategy. The project has four main objectives: (1) to stimulate a change of attitude among students towards studying, forcing them to change their passive listener role to a more active role; (2) to increase students' motivation by adjusting the visual features and the interface of the environment to the peculiarities in the way members of the net generation interact with contents and process them; (3) to help to develop communication skills, teamwork abilities and soft skills in our students, while at the same time they acquire the knowledge and technical abilities included in the subject curriculum; (4) to integrate the platform into an e-learning management system application as a way of centralizing the data management, while at the same time offering the chance to combine it with the use of other instructional strategies that can be applied to wider contexts. This paper introduces the reference framework under which the NUCLEO system has been developed, along with the specific model designed to fulfil the objectives mentioned above.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"24 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":"115071522","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. Romero, C. Baena, Isabel Gómez, M. P. Parra, F. Sivianes, Manuel Valencia
{"title":"Innovative learning and teaching methodology in electronic technology area: A case of study in Computer Science University degrees","authors":"M. Romero, C. Baena, Isabel Gómez, M. P. Parra, F. Sivianes, Manuel Valencia","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492386","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492386","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes an experience that has been carried out by several professors in different subjects. Our experience is framed within the First Plan in Teaching of the University of Seville. All involved subjects belong to the electronic technology area and from three Computer Science degrees. We propose to use, in a combined way, some learning techniques: cooperative learning as complement to traditional learning, role-playing technique and jigsaw technique. We have considered a base methodology but in each subject a variant of it has been accomplished. We have used several evaluation techniques, such as reciprocal evaluation, electronic portfolio and check lists. Applying our methodology helps us to detect learning problems before the term ends. Also, in tune with the framework of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), our methology gives a boost to develop transversal competences as important as work (or study) management, empathy and understanding of other members in a workgroup, conflict resolution, capacity to make decisions as well as coordinate and communicate with other members in a workgroup and also with the professor.","PeriodicalId":244961,"journal":{"name":"IEEE EDUCON 2010 Conference","volume":"30 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":"116479492","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}