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The department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is one of four departments in the College of Engineering at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Sultanate of Oman. The department admits around 25% to 30% of engineering students every semester. Specialization selection is based on students' discretion and academic acation selection is its inception, ECE accommodated the largest share of students...
This pilot study explores the use of serendipitous learning of mathematics in a group of Further Education students. Data was gathered from 28 students within a computer games design unit on a computer science course. The data was gathered using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The findings indicated that even at this early stage that student's view of mathematics had changed in a positive...
Enterprise computing services play a critical role in universities enabling faculty, students, and staff to complete meaningful work and further goals of the institution. These services require physical server computers with processors, disk space, and memory. Physical servers take up data center space and consume power; they are designed for performance with little detail paid to ecological design...
ICT (Information & Communication Technology) has been touted as having the potential to solve a number of educational issues faced in rural parts of developing countries, however little research has been done to assess the impact of ICT based education on teacher student relationship and interaction. An action research approach is used to explore the impact of introducing ICT as a new learning...
This study explores the opinions and experiences of five Mac-using students in a first-year engineering program where Windows-based personal computers (PCs) are requisite. These students have circumvented the restrictive departmental policies which solely support Windows-based PC systems and which (as of this writing) clearly identify the lack of technical support for Mac users. Tablet PCs were the...
Non-traditional students older than traditional college age (18–24) face particular challenges in the demanding engineering curriculum. In this qualitative study we explore the unique aspects of their motivation for studying engineering, prior experiences, and impact of family life on these students. We find that job opportunities were the primary motivation for most of the students to pursue an engineering...
This descriptive study determined the attitudes of students towards Capstone Project. Toward this aim, it investigated whether significant differences existed in the attitudes of the Capstone Project students when grouped according to gender and the stage of the course they were enrolled in. Five hundred eight students answered the Capstone Project Attitude Scales. The respondents perceived that the...
Hive computing has gone by many names and has been used for various applications from simple business to complex scientific problems, over the years. In the modern world, Hive Computing and Virtualization have been put in use to accomplish various tasks[1]. The benefit of using the Virtualization technique is that it allows creation of a virtual version like a virtual hardware platform, operating...
On the policy level, Tanzania has strongly committed to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) supported education on all levels of education. National policy documents give ICT a high priority in development of the country's educational system. Curricula have been revamped to accommodate for increased role of ICT in the society and education. Also educational institutions have explicated...
This paper evaluates the impact on participants and members of their households of access to a free computer and internet at home. Graduates of the Computers in Homes (CiH) programme in Porirua were used for this study. This programme is a Digital Literacy initiative that operates in conjunction with the National Computers in Homes project in New Zealand. This research followed a qualitative approach...
Previous research in STEM education demonstrates that students are engaged in a continuous process of identity development, trying to integrate their educational experiences with their perception of who they are, and who they wish to become. It appears increasingly apparent from this body of research that students are not well supported in this process by the education they currently receive. The...
In the present study the training program of four in-service secondary educators to undertake the role of e-tutor is presented. The training program was based on the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework and realized via a blended learning environment. After the completion of the training program the educators acted as e-tutors in a pilot e-tutoring program. Once the pilot...
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...
Computers have become a huge and indispensable gadget in supporting the daily activities of all human beings. One of the areas which seem to benefit a lot from computers is the educational sector. Using computers, lessons are made simple through printing work in bulk, searching for information, communicating with learners and so on. This study sought to establish the availability of computers in Zambian...
With the growing acceptance of the role of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in teaching and learning, it is expected that recent graduates from teacher education would be adequately prepared to integrate the ICTs into their teaching. Nonetheless, research and anecdotal evidence show that many newly qualified teachers feel under-prepared to teach with the technologies. This paper explores...
The goal of the research is to pursuit high quality content in the learning management system (LMS). This paper starts from exploring influence factors on the content quality in a LMS by interviewing teachers. Then, the theory of planned behavior is referred to develop a new model for content quality on LMS. There are 11 possible categories with 28 variables unearthed which are facilitating condition,...
This study conducted an empirical study of parent-child play in a multiplayer competitive English vocabulary learning game to investigate parents' and children's attitudes towards educational games and whether there were differences between parents' and children's attitudes after parent-child play. Twenty groups of parent-child volunteers were recruited. The children were fifth or sixth grade elementary...
The emerging eTextbooks have attracted a lot of research, but the functions of eTextbooks are still not clear for utilizing them in classroom. In this study, based on the findings from a three-round Delphi study, we explored the functions of eTextbooks in K-12 classes through a mixed-method design research of interview, questionnaire and lecture video coding in two primary schools. The results showed:...
This paper gives a detailed report on the correlation analysis of computer-assisted oral English test achievements with computer preference on the case study of 131 non-English majors in Wuhan Polytechnic University. Statistical analysis indicates that there is no significant correlation between these two factors, however, those who don't prefer to have tests or study English on computers score much...
Arts education is gradually starting to focus on the aesthetic education. The combination of technology and art has become a trend of learning Fine Art. It would promote learner motivation and effectiveness by combining the new widely used somatosensory device technology on learning fine art. According to the current study found that it is less for the grade 3-4 of elementary school children. In this...
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