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Starting in 2010, one of the most important policies for the introduction of Digital Technologies in schools, in modalities 1 to 1, has been implemented in Argentina: The “Programa Conectar Igualdad” (PCI, for its acronym in Spanish). This program proposed two complementary goals: one related to digital inclusion, which far exceeds school's ambit, and another one related to the improvement of education...
This paper presents issues of computer programming and results of controlled experiment conducted to evaluate and understand the significance of pair programming in the teaching of programming. It involved 42 second year students attending object-oriented programming in Java, CISM 214 module as an elective at our institution. The experiment assessed the time for task completion, code correctness and...
Smart boards enable students to learn and explore new concepts using technology to create a more dynamic learning experience. Students become more excited about learning when the smart boards are incorporated into the lesson. Many educators encourage the use of smart boards in teaching and learning. This paper presents a conceptual framework for the use of smart boards among students and teachers...
This multi-year research study examines knowledge and perceptions of computer science (CS), disparities in access, and barriers to offering CS. In particular, the analysis identifies differences by demographic to gain insight into inequities in CS. The first year of the study surveyed 1,673 students, 1,685 parents, 1,013 teachers, 9,693 principals, and 1,865 superintendents. We found most respondents...
Computer programming is one of the main skills that students gain when they graduate from computer science programs. However, students often have significant difficulties with their programming skills. This paper is based on a survey study that summarizes the primary reasons for students difficulties in this area. In addition, methodologies, such as seeing the software big picture and pair programming,...
The literature has numerous research studies which cite the benefits of computer-based training for enhancing skills, knowledge and capabilities of students in a given discipline. The system called EaVaMa, is a web-based application aimed at providing first year project management students with hands-on project performance analysis knowledge on Earned Value Management (EVM) concepts. This study is...
The advancement of computer and Internet technologies have brought teaching and learning activities to a new dimension. Learners were virtually moved out from their classrooms to a new learning environment where learning contents and materials were delivered electronically. This new environment, which is called e-learning environment uses the web and other Internet technologies to enhance teaching...
When utilizing screen media as an educational platform, maintaining control over one's experience may lead to more successful learning outcomes. In the current work, adults learned four new action sequences, each via a different slideshow type. The computer advanced slides automatically, but each version had a different pausing mechanism: (1) free pause (viewers could click the mouse at any point...
The purpose of this research was to identify the students' level of utilization of Learning Management System (LMS) namely, i-Class at University Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malaysia. The researcher examined four factors which are the students' technology competency, students' access to i-Class, lecturers' initiative, and students' perceive usefulness towards the students' utilization of i-Class. The research...
Approximately more than eight hundred (800) First Year Students at the University of Namibia in 2010 and 2011 were enrolled in Mathematics class against a few teaching staff. As such this resulted in a challenge to individual students' attention, which yielded low passing rate. To improve that, the students in their spare time tried to make use of computer services to revise and practice their Mathematics...
First year project management students have challenges in comprehending financial analysis (Net Present Value, Return On Investment and Payback Period) methods which are used in selecting a suitable project. One of the contributing factors to this challenge for them is that many of them are encountering these concepts and methods for the very first time. They then require an intensive level of guidance...
Computer programming offered in universities is intended to prepare and provide undergraduate students not only with technical knowledge, but with essential skills to work in real-life software projects. Unfortunately, in most developing countries, programming is hard, faced with insufficient infrastructures and teaching staffs. In spite of these challenges, most undergraduate students never back...
In education of the students - future engineers need to focus on the development of their technical competence. It is important to form in the mind of the teachers and students a new perspective on the concept of “technical competence”, because now the competence is more than knowledge and skills in any area of study or profession.
Cloud computing is not just a buzz-word, it represents a strong direction of IT industry development. Speaking of cloud computing we should distinguish three different service models: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS). The scope of this work is a model of Software as a Service. This represents the lease of computing resources on a network...
Biomedical engineering is a growing and useful industry, and as such it is important to educate people about it. Due to the nature of the topic it can be difficult to put across field-related concepts to those not in the field. This paper seeks to perform a preliminary investigation into presenting an example of biomedical engineering to pre-university students. By simplifying the physical aspect...
Internet is widely used on campuses and has a double impact on student life and learning. This research inquired into students' perceptions of the effects of the Internet on them. Data of this study were collected from eight hundreds students on campus. Qualitative analyses suggest that students online has both positive and negative effects. Students reported difficulty controlling the amount of time...
High Performance Computing Service Platform for Shanghai Colleges (HPCSP) is built to meet the mass of computing requirements of teachers and students in these colleges and universities by Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, China. HPCSP contains several high performance computing clusters, so a new efficient job scheduling strategy is required in this platform. Two level schedulers are presented...
A discussion on involvement of knowledge based methods in implementation of user friendly computer programs for disabled people is the goal of this paper. The paper presents a concept of a computer program that is aimed to aid blind people dealing with music and music notation. The concept is solely based on computational intelligence methods involved in implementation of the computer program. The...
This paper aims to develop the system of powerful computer laboratory class by simulation the ideal learning procedure, teachers and their students can keep in touch with each other in 2-way and immediately communication on Internet. This system can enhance the learning of computer laboratory class powerfully in 3 aspects: controlling, teaching, and evaluating on computer network technology with client/server...
Employment competition is fiercer because of global economic crisis. So how to design education program for improving undergraduate competitiveness is focused. Quality Function Deployment (QFD) theory was applied to education program design for satisfying market requirements. First, stakeholder demands from an IE graduate were determined by surveys, and then weighed by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)...
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