A. Papadakis, N. Tselikas, M. Samarakou, P. Prentakis
{"title":"Assessing students approaches in the context of telecommunications services provision","authors":"A. Papadakis, N. Tselikas, M. Samarakou, P. Prentakis","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7096021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7096021","url":null,"abstract":"In this work we specify and develop a framework for assessing the students' approach in the thematic area of telecommunications service provision, based on Felder learning styles. The framework is designed as an extension on existing engineering tools, widely used in tertiary education.","PeriodicalId":403342,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"14 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134413290","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":"Problem-based learning environments in Moodle: Implementation approches","authors":"Z. Ali, K. K. Aldous, M. Samaka","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7096075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7096075","url":null,"abstract":"Problem-based learning (PBL) educators resorted to developing their own environments even with existence of comprehensive Learning Management Systems (LMS). They realized that both commercial and open source systems were designed with traditional lecture-based instruction in mind. The systems lack the features and scenarios required by the inherently collaborative, dynamic, and timely pedagogy. The presence of several PBL flavors and models added more complexity to the development process preventing any single environment from being unanimously recognized by the PBL community. In this paper, we review and discuss the implementation approaches that were used in developing PBL environments in the open-source LMS Moodle. We focus on the instantiation methodologies, scaffolding, customizability, features, and flexibility. We go over a wide range of PBL implementations starting from the basic ones that used whatever features available without adding any new functionality. We then browse two Moodle environments that implemented a particular PBL model. Finally, we discuss a two environment that used scripting in two different forms, one benefitted from a standard like IMS Learning Design (IMS-LD) and the other made use of a specially developed PBL Domain-Specific Modelling Language (DSML).","PeriodicalId":403342,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134461722","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":"Assignments, assessment and feedback in Engineering Graphics courses","authors":"P. Kukk, S. Heikkinen","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7095955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7095955","url":null,"abstract":"An assignment analysis was carried out according to Bloom's taxonomy for basic and advanced Engineering Graphics courses. Assignments for the first basic course cover the first three levels of Bloom's taxonomy: remembering, understanding and applying, with some elements of creativity. Assignments for the advanced course cover the upper three levels of Bloom's taxonomy: analysing, evaluating and creating. To stimulate student interest in purposeful learning it is essential to strike a balance between student engagement and the courses' learning outcomes as determined by the curriculum. To achieve these goals the following course structure possibilities were analysed: creative elements in assignments; continuous and formative assessment with two-phase feedback; premium grading points; and external motivators.","PeriodicalId":403342,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"220 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131703303","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":"Development of an educational tool for control engineering","authors":"A. Segundo, J. A. N. Cocota, D. V. M. Ferreira","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7096030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7096030","url":null,"abstract":"On this work, a device was made in order to help the visualization by the student of a PID temperature control and thus fix the concepts learned in the classroom. This device was built primarily with a PIC18F4550 microcontroller, a mini cooler from a PC, a heat resistor, LM35 temperature sensors, liquid crystal display, USB connector, transistors, LEDs, potentiometers, resistors and capacitors. The USB connection is responsible for recording the microcontroller firmware (bootloader mode), for interfacing with a supervisory software, and to supply the system. The heat resistor provides heat to the system. On the other hand, the cooler has the function of removing heat from the system. The liquid crystal display helps the student to check the temperature, the constants of the controller (Kp, Ki and Kd) and the set point temperature or the cooler voltage. The potentiometers provide the option to run the system in open loop, that is, they serve to make the control of the heat supplied by the heat resistor and the cooler voltage manually. Both the heat resistor and the cooler are controlled via transistors switched by PWMs (Pulse Wide Modulation). A computer program was developed in C Sharp language to display the temperature over time measured by the sensors. The program also is used to adjust the constants Kp, Ki and Kd of the controller and the temperature set point. The microcontroller firmware allows the system to operate in both open and closed loop modes. This work allows the student to learn in practice the control actions when the controller parameters are changed, contributing to improve the acknowledgment of Control Engineering.","PeriodicalId":403342,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127736845","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":"Towards MOOCs scenaries based on collaborative learning approaches","authors":"I. Gómez, Leovy Echeverría, Ruth Cobos Pérez","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7096093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7096093","url":null,"abstract":"The MOOCs offers technologies which emerge as an alternative to support the blending of face-to-face pedagogies and virtual activities. However, a blended learning experience is influenced by several factors, such as: the student's attitude to learn; a well-known learning script; and interactions and group dynamic. This article proposes MOOCs scenarios based on the experience of two collaborative approaches implemented by the authors. These experiences are gathered in three aspects: methodological; technological; and educational practice. In conclusion, this article highlights a lack of services related with social interaction, monitoring and intervention by the instructors; without such services, the MOOCs technologies hardly support blended learning experiences.","PeriodicalId":403342,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129196622","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":"Concept Maps and linear systems beyond Learning Objects","authors":"Renan N. D. Mendes, A. Pavani","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7096073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7096073","url":null,"abstract":"This work addresses an extension in the use of Concept Maps related to Linear Time-Invariant Systems in some Engineering curricula. The original work concerned the use of Concept Maps to define the granularity of Learning Objects on this discipline. The objective was to develop reusable and shareable Learning Objects. While the work was under development, the potential of Concept Maps to examine curricula containing courses related to Linear Time-Invariant Systems became obvious. Thus the extension to curricula analysis had two goals - identify potential users of the Learning Objects and map redundancies and holes in the curricula. A by-product was an interesting outcome - the mapping of all courseware related to the topics on Linear Time-Invariant Systems available on the Maxwell System, the university Institutional Repository.","PeriodicalId":403342,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115329188","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":"eLearning infrastructures for co-operative degree programmes in Europe","authors":"D. Boehringer","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7095954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7095954","url":null,"abstract":"This article discusses the challenges of co-operative degree programmes for the eLearning infrastructures of universities. Existing interfaces of Learning Management Systems are insufficient to support the required workflows, and the handling of the virtual identities of the students is all but trivial. Existing solutions are compared and the chosen solution, the CampusConnect infrastructure, explained in general and for the special case of the cross-European degree programmes of KIC InnoEnergy.","PeriodicalId":403342,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126074824","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}
E. Tsourlidaki, P. Zervas, S. Sotiriou, D. Sampson
{"title":"An investigation with European science teachers on how to characterize Remote and Virtual Labs","authors":"E. Tsourlidaki, P. Zervas, S. Sotiriou, D. Sampson","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7096059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7096059","url":null,"abstract":"Taking into account the plethora of Remote and Virtual Labs (RVLs) that are currently available online, a key problem has emerged from the need of science teachers to be able to find and select them for their lesson plans, in an efficient and effective way. The most common way to facilitate this process using web technologies is to (a) characterize RVLs with appropriately selected educational metadata and (b) to build a web repository that collects the metadata descriptions of RVLs following a common metadata schema and offers search and retrieve facilities. In our previous works we have proposed: (a) a metadata schema for describing RVLs and (b) a web-based repository that stores RVLs based on the proposed metadata schema. In this work, we present the results of an investigation with 93 European school science teachers that was performed in the framework of a major European Initiative namely, the Go-Lab Project. The aim of the study is to identify which metadata elements are considered important by science teachers when they are searching for RVLs that will support their daily teaching activities within the context of their lesson planning.","PeriodicalId":403342,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"126 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115106305","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. Márquez-Barja, Nicholas J. Kaminski, Francisco Paisana, C. Tranoris, L. Dasilva
{"title":"Virtualizing testbed resources to enable remote experimentation in online telecommunications education","authors":"J. Márquez-Barja, Nicholas J. Kaminski, Francisco Paisana, C. Tranoris, L. Dasilva","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7096069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7096069","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we present an approach towards empowering online telecommunications engineering education by enabling hands-on remote experimentation over Trinity College Dublin's wireless testbed. Moreover, in order to offer a flexible testbed, capable of fulfilling the different and particular requirements of experimenters, we have created a framework that allows the virtualization of our testbed resources to create experimentation units to be used by remote experimenters/learners. Furthermore, we present the FORGEBox framework that offers an environment and resources to create online material capable to access the virtualized and physical testbed resources for incorporating experimentation into HTML-based online educational material.","PeriodicalId":403342,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126015541","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":"Pedagogical content knowledge a comparative study between CS pre-service teachers and experienced teachers","authors":"M. Margaritis, J. Magenheim","doi":"10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7095958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7095958","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims at identifying important competencies on the pedagogical content knowledge of preservice teachers and experienced teachers specializing in the area of computer science in Germany. We based our study on the competencies model developed by the “Competences for Teaching Computer Science” (KUI) research group. In this paper, we will introduce the results of our first interview part, which measured these competencies. Moreover, we compared the pre-service teacher with the experienced teacher to investigate how their PCK differ from each other.","PeriodicalId":403342,"journal":{"name":"2015 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121666079","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}