{"title":"Motivational Factors in Educational Gamification","authors":"D. Dicheva, Keith Irwin, Christo Dichev","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2018.00102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2018.00102","url":null,"abstract":"Most of the current educational gamification applications are created without clear connections to motivational theories backing their design. As a result, they focus more on rewards and progress information and less on gameful experiences. This paper discusses the design of OneUp Learning – a gamification platform developed with the aim to address these problems. It discusses the underlying motivational theory and psychological mechanisms of games driving its design and briefly describes the functionality of the resulting highly configurable platform for gamifying academic courses and studying the motivational mechanisms of educational gamification.","PeriodicalId":361110,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 18th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"172 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124209587","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}
Mithun Haridas, Nirmala Vasudevan, G Jayachandran Nair, G. Gutjahr, R. Raman, Prema Nedungadi
{"title":"Spelling Errors by Normal and Poor Readers in a Bilingual Malayalam-English Dyslexia Screening Test","authors":"Mithun Haridas, Nirmala Vasudevan, G Jayachandran Nair, G. Gutjahr, R. Raman, Prema Nedungadi","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2018.00085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2018.00085","url":null,"abstract":"Dyslexia is a complex learning disorder that impairs the acquisition of reading and writing skills. The manifestation of dyslexia in an individual depends not only upon individual cognitive differences, but also on the language used. We are engaged in a long-term study on the early assessment and remediation of dyslexia in children in Kerala State, South India, where Malayalam is spoken at home and English and Malayalam are taught in school. We have designed bilingual Malayalam-English dyslexia screening tests and have administered them in schools in Kerala. This paper reports on a study where our screening test was administered to 39 second-grade students in three Government schools, and spelling errors in dictation and text-copying tasks were classified as phonological and orthographic errors. Despite the transparent orthography of Malayalam, poor readers made more spelling errors in Malayalam than English, possibly due to the large number of intricate letters and letter combinations in the Malayalam alphabet. We therefore suggest that a dyslexic child be drilled in the use of a few frequently occurring letters, especially in the initial stages of learning to read Malayalam.","PeriodicalId":361110,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 18th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123747985","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":"CVUCAMS: Computer Vision Based Unobtrusive Classroom Attendance Management System","authors":"Sujit Kumar Gupta, S. AshwinT., R. R. Guddeti","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2018.00131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2018.00131","url":null,"abstract":"One of the major challenges in a smart classroom environment is to develop a computer vision based unobtrusive classroom attendance management system. Traditional classroom environment follows a manual attendance marking system either by calling the student's names or by forwarding an attendance sheet; both interrupts the teaching-learning process and also consume a lot of time. Further, it can be erroneous due to factors such as students' proxy etc. In this paper, we propose an unobtrusive face recognition based smart classroom attendance management system using the high definition rotating camera for capturing the faces of students. The proposed system uses Max-Margin Face Detection (MMFD) technique for the face detection and the model is trained using the Inception-V3 CNN technique for the students' identification. The proposed smart classroom system was tested for a classroom with 20 students at National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal, Mangalore, India and we got the experimental results demonstrate the train and test accuracy of 97.67% and 96.66%, respectively.","PeriodicalId":361110,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 18th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130228128","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":"Integrating Open Education Concepts in Blended Learning with MOOCs","authors":"Diana Andone, Vlad Mihaescu","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2018.00019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2018.00019","url":null,"abstract":"This paper further investigates the new concept of integrating Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in traditional education as an open education approach. Since 2013 we have developed models and structures to include MOOCs in campus based, traditional education. A study case on integrating MOOCs in courses at Master level is presented and discussed based on questionnaires, reports and live discussions with students. Studying online, open education and MOOCs still represent terms students are not familiar with, in Romania in particular. However, the students' possibility to learn online and to use the valuable knowledge as to enhance the teaching in higher education, gains increased focus. The authors proposed an asynchronous course work to be integrated with the traditional in-class instruction. The paper analyses the students' interaction with MOOCs and discuss topics such as students experience, design, difficulty, and the MOOCs impact. The conclusions present both strengths and deficiencies of both MOOCs and also of this blended learning study case, therefore consisting in good practices for interested tutors.","PeriodicalId":361110,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 18th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114077400","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}
Danilo Abreu, I. Bittencourt, R. Paiva, Diego Dermeval
{"title":"Pedagogical Recommendation to Improve the Quality of Writing: A Case Study In a Public School","authors":"Danilo Abreu, I. Bittencourt, R. Paiva, Diego Dermeval","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2018.00115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2018.00115","url":null,"abstract":"This research applies educational recommendations based on the five official correction criteria for the ENEM result, to improve writing. We developed a tool that uses peer assessment techniques to recommend pedagogical tasks to students' groups resulting from the application of clustering technique on 2012 ENEM data. The validation of these recommendations was made in an experiment with three cycles, where students had to: (1) write an essay; (2) evaluate essays from their peers; (3) follow the pedagogical recommendations received. We found that the strategic model of recommendation used in this study, enabled a measurable gain in quality of textual production.","PeriodicalId":361110,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 18th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127860094","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":"Measuring Student's Utilization of Video Resources and Its Effect on Academic Performance","authors":"Huan He, Q. Zheng, B. Dong, Hongchao Yu","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2018.00053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2018.00053","url":null,"abstract":"Massive video resources were produced to meet the needs of learning knowledge and skills anytime and anywhere through internet. Therefore, whether these video resources were fully utilized by students is an important issue for schools and teachers. This paper proposes three indicators based on student's log data and course's video information to measure the utilization of video resources. In addition, the proposed indicators are applied in a case study to analyze how different utilization patterns affect students' academic performance in a large-scale online distance education context.","PeriodicalId":361110,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 18th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"85 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131672986","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":"Digital Fabrication and 3D Modeling Applied to the Learning of Object Oriented Skills","authors":"Gregory Acacio Seibert Oliveira, R. Bonacin","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2018.00073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2018.00073","url":null,"abstract":"Digital fabrication and 3D modeling bring new opportunities and challenges to teaching activities. These technologies may represent a step towards developing integrated learning of concepts from various disciplines, such as programming, engineering, and design. However, there is no single methodology for using these technologies in education, particularly in programming learning. In this paper, we present a review of existing literature on programming learning with the use of digital fabrication and 3D modeling, focusing on high-level Object Oriented concepts. This article analyzes and categorizes existing works according to the adopted teaching methods, technologies explored in the activities, and programming concepts covered. We expect to contribute to the field by mapping the adopted strategies used in these studies, as well as by presenting challenges to be faced in future research.","PeriodicalId":361110,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 18th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"46 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113974114","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 Effect of Learning English Idioms Using Scaffolding Strategy Through Situated Learning Supported by Augmented Reality","authors":"S. Chew, Jun-Yu Jhu, N. Chen","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2018.00099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2018.00099","url":null,"abstract":"Mastering English as a second language had been challenging for Taiwanese students, to top it up with understanding English idioms just adds fuel to the fire. Without the awareness and knowledge about idioms, students would be prone to take the idioms as its literal meaning, which most often would not be accurate. This would lead to students misunderstanding the true meaning of the context. Past research had shown that situated learning could ease the learning process for students and form beneficial knowledge. Augmented reality (AR) is useful in facilitating situated learning, not only it engages students in the learning context, but it was also proven to be effective in improving students' performance. Furthermore, scaffolding strategy, a specific type of mediational tool used for learning, had been proven to effectively assist students in overcome challenges during the learning process. Therefore, this research designed a learning application to improve learners' learning performance in learning English idioms, using the assistance of scaffolding strategy in a situated learning settings which is supported by AR. The research results had shown that the learning application is effective in assisting university students in learning about English idioms.","PeriodicalId":361110,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 18th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123927853","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":"Usability Analysis of Virtual Labs","authors":"Mrityunjay Kumar, Jessica Emory, Venkatesh Choppella","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2018.00061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2018.00061","url":null,"abstract":"The Virtual Labs project (vlabs) is a country wide effort to provide access to internet and browser based virtual laboratories to science and engineering college students in India. There are currently over 800 experiments packaged in 70 vlabs in more than ten science and engineering disciplines. More than five hundred workshops on these virtual labs have been conducted and the experiments have been used over 2 million times. Vlabs are an important Government initiative in higher learning in engineering in India. This paper examines virtual labs from a usability perspective, focusing on vlabs. Usability of user-interface elements (technical usability) as well as how they aid learning (pedagogical usability) has been considered. We adapt Nielsen's technical usability heuristics and Nokelainen's pedagogical usability criteria to virtual labs and evaluate the usability of the top three most used vlabs. We construct checklists for each of these criteria and evaluate the vlabs against this checklist. Our analysis reveals a lack of usability focus in lab design. Lab design and implementation guidelines seem to be deficient in covering key usability criteria. We make suggestions on how to quickly improve the usability of these labs.","PeriodicalId":361110,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 18th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128560997","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. Umesh, B. Shankar, K. Achuthan, Saneesh P. Francis
{"title":"Battery Capacity Computation Using Peukert's Equation in a Virtual Environment","authors":"M. Umesh, B. Shankar, K. Achuthan, Saneesh P. Francis","doi":"10.1109/ICALT.2018.00117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2018.00117","url":null,"abstract":"Peukert's constant is one of the key factors used to characterize the capacity of a battery as a function of discharge time. In order to enhance the conceptual understanding of Peukert's law and Peukert's constant amongst students, this paper describes the theory and development of simulations and interactive animations that allow students to virtually experiment with NiMH battery and measure its capacity as a function of discharge rate. One of the key contributions of this work is the characterization of battery capacity with its ambient temperature in addition to the discharge rate. The online experiments allow learning to happen without the need to set up hardware, do calibrations etc. as in the case of a physical experiment. An instrument to gauge the scientific understanding of concepts related to Peukert's equation was developed as part of this work. Study on educational outcomes from exposure of students to this virtual experiment showed three times increase in assessment scores.","PeriodicalId":361110,"journal":{"name":"2018 IEEE 18th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116654162","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}