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Online learning environments are in a continuous and rapid evolution. Multiple approaches are used to model these environments, but only a few of them deal with adult education, which is becoming more and more important, as adult learners are increasingly interested in online education. In fact, learner models-, which are the foundation of adaptive learning systems-that exist nowadays, are limited...
Adaptive Teaching Learning Sequence requires the organization and sequencing of content in a way that conveys its structure to learner. It should be learner-centered more flexible and helps students achieve a standard of performance. In this paper, two issues are addressed: curriculum design and curriculum sequencing. The first aims to design a curriculum based on instructional design strategies and...
The evolution of the technologies leading to new products and that governs the economy of modern countries imposes a permanent innovative behavior. China government tries to answer to this need in the frame of a national policy. However, this strategy needs adaptation of the cultural behavior and of the educational system. This approach can need a long time. In this paper, several analyses are described...
In this study, the effect of practical courses (especially robotics) on students' success is evaluated using fuzzy cognitive maps. This study particularly focuses on how practical courses increase the learning achievements in vocational schools. For this purpose, students and academicians were chosen as stakeholders for this study. Student were selected from departments of machine, electronic and...
We have introduced a system called ASys in a university Java programming course. ASys allows students to self-assess their programming assignments, and it also assists teachers when assessing. After the course, we collected the students opinions with a survey. We report on the results obtained and we provide empirical data about the benefits obtained when the assessment made by teachers is assisted...
People have developed various ways to continue and ease their lives and to learn what they wonder about since the early ages. The development of technology has provided people with the opportunity to obtain information easily and fast. However, people need to have not only information but also other skills to do something. Therefore, the aim of higher education is to make students gain knowledge and...
The rapidly changing market of microcontrollers and affiliated compilers, as well as development board systems, introduces serious issues in code reusability when migrating to different software/hardware technologies. Subsequently, instructors encounter considerable difficulty in upgrading laboratory training, due to the demand of keeping pace with the latest technology. This paper presents strategies...
Research in adult multicultural education is sparse. Andragogy (by Knowles) describes the Art and Science of teaching adults. When teaching, educators have to take the adult as an experienced, self-directed and task oriented individual into consideration and be culturally intelligent. In addition, contemporary education in the technology field requires an approach, which is interactive, task oriented...
The propose of this research was to classify the English as a foreign language (EFL) learners based on their performance on the reading test. Three levels of reading comprehension are customarily defined: (1) Factual level or Reading the lines, (2) Interpretive level or Reading between the lines, and (3) Evaluative level or Reading beyond the lines. Further analyzing and synthesizing factors underlying...
This paper explores the effectiveness of interactive simulation for teaching a selected complex subject, Ecology, in higher education. Specifically, we carry out a lab intervention using interactive agent based simulation, to teach the complex concept of spatially-explicit predator prey interaction to undergraduate students of an advanced module: BIOU9CE (Community Ecology & Conservation Applications)...
Learning Management Systems (LMS) can generate log files that can give some insight of the way students face the proposed learning activities. Analyzing such logs, either from the perspective of the course materials or from the students' behaviour point of view is a necessity for teachers in order to modify and improve the proposed courses. In this paper we apply process mining techniques to analyze...
This paper aims to investigate computer engineering students' readiness and motivations for using dialog games for collaborative learning activities. Students' readiness and motivations are measured by applying a questionnaire and “intrinsic motivation inventory”. The intrinsic motivation inventory is used to assess students' subjective motivations related to a using dialog games in collaborative...
At present time all administration processes in many universities of Uzbekistan are mainly paper based. It requires the usage of huge amount of paper, leads information lose and overlapping, creates bureaucracy barriers for students and teachers. One of examples is the administration system of Tashkent University of IT (TUIT): all documents starting from admission until graduation process are mainly...
The importance of universities in national, regional and local systems is obvious and the universities are aware of this impact. The environment or local society in which they operate requires quantification of impacts and so this problem increases attention of all stakeholders. The paper deals with the fields of action of universities in regional and local context. It also includes comparison of...
This paper reports the experience of running a professional development workshop on advanced computing technologies for high and middle school computer teachers. The workshop introduced the teachers to new trends in computing technologies to be applied in the classroom. Thirty-two teachers took part in the workshop and benefited from its content. The workshop covered four different hot computing topics,...
Spreadsheets are arguably the most used form of programming and are frequently used in higher education to teach fundamental concepts about computation. Their success has shown that they are simple enough for a huge number of end users to learn and use. This is in contrast to traditional programming languages and the high dropout rate from introductory programming and computer science. However in...
Recent technological advances and the improvements in the battery manufacturing processes have changed the general opinion about electric vehicles and nowadays the possibility to use electric automobiles is becoming very attractive for both private customers and companies. Following this trend, the majority of the automobile manufacturing companies are now turning towards the possibility to provide...
This paper describes the UTS view of Data Engineering, and the degree program that has been created to educate Data Engineers. The document describes the guiding philosophies and the key ideas used in designing the program. The design of the program takes advantage of the 3rd, 4th and 5th shifts in engineering education[1]. Namely the shift to emphasizing design (problem solving) (3), the shift to...
Questions with open answers are rarely used as e-learning assessment tools because of the resulting high workload for the teacher/tutor that should grade them. This can be mitigated by having students grade each other's answers, but the uncertainty on the quality of the resulting grades could be high. In our OpenAnswer system we have modeled peer-assessment as a Bayesian network connecting a set of...
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