2013 12th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET)最新文献

{"title":"Building information modeling-enhanced team-based learning in construction education","authors":"Dong Zhao, Kenneth Sands, Zhulin Wang, Yincheng Ye","doi":"10.1109/ITHET.2013.6670999","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHET.2013.6670999","url":null,"abstract":"Construction industry has experienced a variety of changes in terms of operation and organization, which bring about higher requirements to the construction education. Modern technologies, such as the building information modeling (BIM), are a profound driving factor to these changes. This research aims at identifying the industry expectation and satisfaction for construction graduates and finding an appropriate pedagogical approach. This paper began with a retrospective review on the construction education evolution; then analyzed five exemplar undergraduate construction programs within the U.S. Associated Schools of Construction (ASC); and identified three critical areas in current construction education which are information technology, collaborative leadership and practical innovation. An approach of BIM-enhanced team-based learning (TBL) was discussed to effectively satisfy both construction industry demands and student feature careers. The integration of BIM and TBL is believed to raise the teaching effectiveness of construction knowledge in science, technology, management, collaboration and practice.","PeriodicalId":261564,"journal":{"name":"2013 12th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET)","volume":"11 suppl_1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134119713","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":"Peer-assessment and grading of open answers in a web-based e-learning setting","authors":"A. Sterbini, M. Temperini","doi":"10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671056","url":null,"abstract":"Grading the answers given to open ended questions (and questionnaires) is a rather heavy task for teachers and lecturers. Several techniques have been used to automatically analyze the student's essays, but natural language processing is not yet ready to completely solve the task. We propose a solution, for the automated support to answers grading, where the students' peer assessment is checked against the teacher's marking, while such teacher's marking has to be performed on only a subset of the answers (so relieving the teacher by at least a part of the marking task). Our aim is twofold: 1) to make grading more effective by propagating the teacher's assessments through the network of peer assessments (so to maintain a progressively improved evaluations of the peer assessments precision and make them more likely to be used for final grading); 2) to suggest iteratively the teacher with the next most informative essays to grade (respect to the network, that is one of the answers whose teacher's mark will inject most information into the network and make the system better able to deduce the rest of the grades. To this aim we have used a very simple Bayesian model of peers and peer assessment, and we have built a web-based system to support the teacher. We show the present state of the model and its implementation. Moreover, we show, through a simulation protocol, how the system can support the teacher, obtaining a reasonably good correction with just a subset of the whole grades.","PeriodicalId":261564,"journal":{"name":"2013 12th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET)","volume":"56 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131995263","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":"MiWIT-Plus: Integrated text tools for creating EFL/ESL reading materials: Integrated text analysis tools, SNS and Cloud storage within the MS Word Platform","authors":"R. Matsuno, Kanako Matsuo, R. Gilbert, Y. Tsutsumi","doi":"10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671006","url":null,"abstract":"The goal of our research is to offer EFL/ESL teachers effective tools which enable them to develop EFL/ESL reading materials cooperatively, using Facebook and Cloud storage network services. These tools are integrated into an MS Word platform: teachers can create reading materials effectively without needing to constantly switch between discrete software packages and MS Word, when developing content for students.","PeriodicalId":261564,"journal":{"name":"2013 12th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116256193","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":"University EFL teacher learning in community of practice","authors":"Yuhong Jiang, D. Zheng","doi":"10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671008","url":null,"abstract":"This study describes the complexity and diversities in the process of teacher learning. It examines a harmonious and supporting group learning through the construction of teachers'community of practice. Education reform in the era of knowledge economy requires teachers to be education practitioners, researchers, and innovators. Teacher learning is not only of practical importance but also of theoretical importance to teachers and teacher educators. The proposal of \"Community of Practice\" (Lave & Wenger, 1991) opens up a new way for teacher learning and professional growth. In their book Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation (1991), Lave and Wenger propose that harmonious atmosphere of group learning is created through the construction of teachers' community of practice. In the community of practice, learning is a process of participation in the social practices, requiring the participants to adapt to the social relationships in the professional community. Based on the theory of community of practice, the study aims to obtain a better understanding of teacher learning in community of practice by adopting a qualitative research method of making in-depth investigation of university EFL teachers in southwest China. Specifically, three questions are intended to be answered in this study: (1) how do university EFL teachers understand teacher learning and community of practice? (2) how do university EFL teachers undertake teacher learning in community of practice? and what do university EFL teachers learn through community of practice? and (3) what mechanism of action does the community of practice have? The investigation is conducted among three groups of EFL teachers at different professional development level in a community of practice. The study adopts a qualitative-interpretive approach, so the main method adopted in the study is ethnography. Data are collected mainly through teacher interviews, teacher meetings, observations, narrative inquiry, and case study. By using coding framework and thematic analysis, some key words and key incidents have been elicited to help us to understand how the teachers learn. The results indicate that teacher support groups, mentoring, exchange visits, overseas training, and study salons are currently main models of teacher learning in community of practice. Teacher learning mainly embodies in the improvement of teachers' instructional skills, solution of teaching dilemma, improvement of teachers' student awareness, self improvement and self professional development.","PeriodicalId":261564,"journal":{"name":"2013 12th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET)","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128570218","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":"Virtual Reality system to the inclusion of people with disabilities in the work market","authors":"S. D. Piovesan, Rosana Wagner, R. Medina, L. Passerino","doi":"10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671021","url":null,"abstract":"This article aims to present software that uses the concepts of Virtual Reality Environment using Immersive focusing on the preparation and development of people with disabilities for inclusion in the labor market. The immersive environment or world is nearing completion of implementation and early use with a group of students who exercise their work in a company survey participant. It is believed that the virtual world will contribute to the development and interactions that these students will have in the real world, working as a system of Alternative Communication.","PeriodicalId":261564,"journal":{"name":"2013 12th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET)","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134090981","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":"Control engineering education critical success factors modeling via Fuzzy Cognitive Maps","authors":"E. Yesil, Cihan Ozturk, M. F. Dodurka, Atakan Sahin","doi":"10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671061","url":null,"abstract":"This paper represents the practical use of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs) in order to model the control engineering educational critical success factors. FCMs are fuzzy signed digraphs with feedbacks, and they can model the events, values, goals as a collection of concepts by forging a causal link between these concepts. In this study, the concepts of the FCM model is developed by the help of the academics, then the suggested FCMs of each academic is aggregated to build the final FCM to model the control engineering educational critical success factors. Afterwards the model is coded in Matlab to study four scenarios via different simulations. The results of the simulations show the effectiveness of FCMs to understand the success factors of educational organizations and programs.","PeriodicalId":261564,"journal":{"name":"2013 12th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET)","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125670354","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":"Playful participation for learning in higher education — The introduction of participatory role play simulation in a course at Hedmark University College","authors":"T. Vold, Sule YAYILGAN YILDIRIM","doi":"10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671063","url":null,"abstract":"A playful approach to supplement theoretical input in lectures, are role play simulations. The role play simulation tested out at Hedmark University College, diverts from the more generic form of role play simulations by its participatory approach. This paper presents the results from this complete testing of a methodology developed iteratively. The methodology consists of four stages, where each has been developed separately or in pairs.","PeriodicalId":261564,"journal":{"name":"2013 12th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET)","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129904720","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":"Scaffolding learning scenario building with Web resources","authors":"Keita Kinoshita, A. Kashihara","doi":"10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671033","url":null,"abstract":"Investigative learning with Web resources requires learners to build a learning scenario. However, it is quite difficult for them. This paper proposes a scaffolding method for promoting the learning scenario building concurrent with learning the Web resources.","PeriodicalId":261564,"journal":{"name":"2013 12th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115433469","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":"Gaze behavior analysis in multiple-answer tests: An Eye tracking investigation","authors":"Nahumi Nugrahaningsih, M. Porta, Stefania Ricotti","doi":"10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671020","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present an eye tracking study aimed at examining learners' behaviors while searching for the right answer in multiple-choice tests. In particular, the analysis is focused on a geometry problem characterized by four graphical solutions. The data gathered through several experiments have allowed us to find interesting relationships between answers and testers' performance (especially with regard to time spent watching the available options and gaze wavering between the two most plausible choices), as well as to identify otherwise hidden similarities among testers themselves. Providing a better understanding of students' learning processes, the obtained results can potentially be exploited to improve the design of assessment tasks and to train intelligent tutoring systems.","PeriodicalId":261564,"journal":{"name":"2013 12th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET)","volume":"318 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122806228","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 prospective engineering educators in the use of GeoGebra for simulation construction","authors":"Spyros Doukakis, N. Matzakos","doi":"10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ITHET.2013.6671048","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the results of an experiential study which was carried out following the completion of two two-day seminars, each one lasting six hours. The aim of these seminars was the training of prospective engineering educators in the use of the dynamic open-source software GeoGebra via simulation construction. According to the results, the students showed off the added value of the seminar and the software in their specialty of study. Furthermore, it seems that the possibilities of Geogebra are especially useful for constructions and simulations. Finally, it was shown that the seminar and the construction of simulations contributed to prospective engineering educators' seeing concepts of mathematics and physics from a different perspective.","PeriodicalId":261564,"journal":{"name":"2013 12th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET)","volume":"4303 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127577022","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}