João Moreira, Vítor H. Pinto, J. Gonçalves, P. Costa
{"title":"Using a low-cost robotic manipulator towards the study of over-sensored systems and state estimation","authors":"João Moreira, Vítor H. Pinto, J. Gonçalves, P. Costa","doi":"10.1145/3434780.3436683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3434780.3436683","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper it is described a low-cost robotic manipulator that was developed to be applied in the study of over-sensored systems and state estimation. The prototype was developed to be a teaching aid in advanced courses, such as a Robotics Doctoral Program, although it is also suitable to be applied in some other educational contexts, to support experiments, for graduate and undergraduate students. Its features and software implementation are described, as well as two possible approaches to the problem of estimating its pose, based on a wide variety of sensors use.","PeriodicalId":430095,"journal":{"name":"Eighth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127387948","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}
Juan Fontanillas-Moneo, Patricia Torrijos-Fincias, Adriana Gamazo, M. Rodríguez-Conde
{"title":"Pertinence of Emotional Education within the Ordinary Curriculum: Design and Assessment of a Regional Free Elective Subject on Emotional Intelligence","authors":"Juan Fontanillas-Moneo, Patricia Torrijos-Fincias, Adriana Gamazo, M. Rodríguez-Conde","doi":"10.1145/3434780.3436570","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3434780.3436570","url":null,"abstract":"This research work explores the results of the implementation and assessment of a regional free elective subject on emotional intelligence. This subject was introduced as a pilot experience and imparted within the ordinary curriculum of the first grade of compulsory secondary education (7th grade) in a public secondary school located in Castilla y León (Spain). Its assessment was carried out through a quasi-experimental study with a control group, whose participants were 33 students aged 12-13, 23 of which were in the control group, with 10 students in the experimental group. The subject was composed of 58 50-minute sessions. The results show a statistically significant improvement (p<.05) in the variables related to mood and general emotional intelligence, and also high degrees of satisfaction on the part of both students and their families.","PeriodicalId":430095,"journal":{"name":"Eighth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114486917","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":"Attractive Educational Robotics Motivates Younger Students to Learn Programming and Computational Thinking","authors":"I. Jormanainen, M. Tukiainen","doi":"10.1145/3434780.3436676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3434780.3436676","url":null,"abstract":"Educational robotics and physical computing have proved to be good sources of motivation for students of all ages and school levels. We conducted a series of workshops in the primary schools of city of Joensuu in eastern Finland, focusing on training the fundamental computational thinking (CT) skills by using a programmable and interactive Teddy Bear toy. Educational robotics and physical computing devices have proved to be an efficient way to teach these skills regardless the students’ age group or previous background. To assess the students’ intrinsic motivation towards Teddy Bear programming, we devised a survey for workshop participants and conducted a statistical analysis to compare differences between the genders and age groups. The results of the large-scale empirical study (n=1440) show that the students at the age of 9-10 years (Grades 3-4) are significantly more motivated towards such a learning tool than the students of age 11-12 years (Grades 5-6). Furthermore, we show that especially young girls find the Teddy Bear programming motivating and they are eager to learn more. This indicates that appealing tools play a key role when teaching programming and CT concepts to young school children.","PeriodicalId":430095,"journal":{"name":"Eighth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116865972","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 Social Responsibility Technology-Based Model Through Social Appropriation of Knowledge","authors":"E. Ontiveros-Ortíz, M. Ramírez-Montoya","doi":"10.1145/3434780.3436548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3434780.3436548","url":null,"abstract":"University Social Responsibility has the objective to not only demonstrate social and environmental impact of higher education institutions, but also provoke Social Appropriation of Knowledge at universities’ network level. The social impact of universities can be reflected back on the relations they have with governments, non-profit organizations, communities, industry, and in environmental initiatives. Most of universities’ interaction with the actors aforementioned are through service-learning, community-oriented projects, technology transfer, incubators, governments and non-profit organizations, amongst others which, through knowledge, benefit not only the students, but directly impact the actors as well. USR reports tend to concentrate on planned and directed actions to fill in reports, however the dynamics of the university lead to SAK spill over on other actors, and it must be seen as a fundamental part of USR. This research proposes a technology-based platform generated by a mixed methods and concurrent triangulation research developed in two phases. The first phase, QUAN-qual, will allow a base design which captures the dynamics of SAK in the context of USR, while the second phase, quan-QUAL, concentrates in the validation of the proposed prototype. The project aims to answer how different levels of information exchange, negotiation, and knowledge transfer occur in the SAK development of a dynamic Social Responsibility in university environments mediated by a technology-based platform.","PeriodicalId":430095,"journal":{"name":"Eighth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality","volume":"95 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116153507","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}
Rubén A. Pazmiño-Maji, Fernando Badillo, Miguel Ángel Conde González, F. García-Peñalvo
{"title":"Ecuadorian Higher Education in COVID-19: A Sentiment Analysis","authors":"Rubén A. Pazmiño-Maji, Fernando Badillo, Miguel Ángel Conde González, F. García-Peñalvo","doi":"10.1145/3434780.3436679","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3434780.3436679","url":null,"abstract":"COVID-19 is a major medical problem worldwide, but it also leads to educational problems. The aim of this work is to contribute with information about the feelings generated in university students and to know the main characteristics of Higher Education in Ecuador in times of pandemic. Specifically, the question What are the feelings of university students in times of the COVID-19? was answered. For this purpose, a quantitative, transversal and non-experimental research was carried out. Fifty-five unstructured anonymous interviews were conducted. It was applied to students from 16 Higher Education Institutions. Feelings were analyzed using techniques such as Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA), and through the computer programs MATLAB and NVIVO applied to the 500 phrases, obtained from 55 interviews with an average of 47 words per phrase. When carrying out the sentiment analysis, it was obtained that approximately 64% was negative, 11% neutral and 25% positive. LDA found that the 55 interviews were explained by 2 unobserved groups represented by the word clouds of topics 7 and 14. The unobserved groups show feelings such as stress, tiredness, problems and effort that may be related to the words people, evaluation, type, education and strength. This research can be complemented with a study that allows to deepen the type of negative, neutral and positive feelings and to determine their possible causes.","PeriodicalId":430095,"journal":{"name":"Eighth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123604757","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 gamified mobile-based APP to help university students to manage their tasks","authors":"J. A. Martín-García, Diana Pérez","doi":"10.1145/3434780.3436584","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3434780.3436584","url":null,"abstract":"In our current society, days are full of tasks that must be completed, but time can be seen as insufficient. However, from a gamification point of view, if we could be helped by an APP to remind us not only of doing our daily tasks but to complete them as challenges to get rewards, as a game integrated into our days, we could avoid procrastination and see time as enough if well employed (without distractions as the so-called time thieves). It is our hypothesis that a gamified mobile-based APP integrated into the life of university students could help them to manage their tasks. In this paper, a prototype of Fun Task Manager is presented together with its design process and an evaluation carried out by 90 Primary Education first course university students, who validated the prototype.","PeriodicalId":430095,"journal":{"name":"Eighth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117082622","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":"Construction of Digital Identity through B-Learning Training: Resource Evaluation","authors":"B. Pérez, A. Martín-García, A. P. Cardoso","doi":"10.1145/3434780.3436615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3434780.3436615","url":null,"abstract":"This article covers the evaluation made by a cohort of students in higher education regarding the use of certain resources in the implementation of Blended Learning. The experience involved a total of 71 students enrolled on a subject in the Degree in Social Work at Salamanca University in Spain. The students were divided into two groups, each of which was assigned a different type of b-learning (blended block/programme flow model and rotation model). The aspects evaluated were related to ease of use, the suitability of these resources, their effects on student learning, and motivation in each one of the two types of b-learning environments. The results reflect a generally positive assessment of the resources used, as well as minimal differences between the two groups.","PeriodicalId":430095,"journal":{"name":"Eighth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125834357","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. Herrero‐Martín, X. Canaleta, D. Fonseca, Cristina Rodríguez-Merino, Lisa Kinnear, Daniel Amo
{"title":"Designing a multi-scale and multi-dimensional assessment for a new national educational context","authors":"J. Herrero‐Martín, X. Canaleta, D. Fonseca, Cristina Rodríguez-Merino, Lisa Kinnear, Daniel Amo","doi":"10.1145/3434780.3436567","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3434780.3436567","url":null,"abstract":"The NLC (New Learning Context) represents a new educational framework developed by the Brothers of the Christian Schools, De La Salle Christian Brothers, (herein referred to as La Salle) to establish a pedagogical model that can be applied to all stages of education, from Infant School to University. This methodology, which was first implemented in 2017, reflects the ongoing endeavour of our institution to adapt to the real needs of society and improve and transform teaching by doting learning processes with new methodological and teaching formulae. The first step in the development of such a complex system applicable to all stages of schooling, including university education, was the creation of an assessment model to meet basic requirements: firstly, a model that can be used to analyse the quality of the educational framework and its subsequent evolution, and, secondly, a model that enables us to define the processes of research and development which facilitate the incorporation of scientific support in the analysis of the results and the evidence obtained. This paper focuses on the methodological design of the NLC assessment procedure to be tested out in various pilot programmes throughout the 2020-21 academic year.","PeriodicalId":430095,"journal":{"name":"Eighth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality","volume":"110 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124682578","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":"Rhizomatic Learning in Action: A Virtual Exposition for Demonstrating Learning Rhizomes","authors":"Alexios V. Brailas","doi":"10.1145/3434780.3436565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3434780.3436565","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we developed a virtual exposition as a model to visualize and demonstrate the dynamic and non-linear affordances of a learning rhizome. Virtual expositions are non-linear multimodal web installations that facilitate the creation of interconnections through which the research as practice and the practice as research are highlighted and communicated more effectively. Through a specific virtual exposition platform, we created a visual and performative representation of a rhizomatic learning course, allowing visitors to experience the complexity, multiplicity, unpredictability, and multivoicedness of such an approach in an isomorphic way. A complex learning rhizome is a performative confluence of human and non-human actors that engages people, resources, processes, and contextual parameters. As such, it is impossible to be represented in any representational format. The virtual exposition developed here attempts to offer a fair approximative model of rhizomatic learning which is far better than text-only linear representations. This paper offers a new view to rhizomatic learning as an applied practice that can enhance teaching and catalyze learning through complex synergies and dynamics. The originality of this paper lies in its attempt to bridge linear with non-linear academic research formats in order to offer a multimodal and performative model of rhizomatic learning. Theoretical and practical implications for learning and teaching are discussed.","PeriodicalId":430095,"journal":{"name":"Eighth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128263572","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. Gonzalez-Rodríguez, Daniel Herzog-Cruz, C. González-González
{"title":"Conversational game to improve digital health literacy","authors":"C. Gonzalez-Rodríguez, Daniel Herzog-Cruz, C. González-González","doi":"10.1145/3434780.3436606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3434780.3436606","url":null,"abstract":"Digital literacy in health is a current challenge for citizens. Having this skill is a fundamental element of e-health services. However, people frequently do not have the essential skills to find, understand, and appraise online health information and apply their knowledge to make health decisions. For this reason, we have designed a serious game entitled \"Conversational Adventure for IC-Health\" for training children and adolescents in digital health skills. In particular, the principal elements of the game are described. Also, the narrative structure and the educational contents worked through the conversational game are presented.","PeriodicalId":430095,"journal":{"name":"Eighth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128240185","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}