This study chronicles the drama played out in universities across the world. Lecturers from varying disciplines and backgrounds attempt to teach subjects using diverse methodologies or no methodology at all. Academia ...
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(纸本)0780379616
This study chronicles the drama played out in universities across the world. Lecturers from varying disciplines and backgrounds attempt to teach subjects using diverse methodologies or no methodology at all. Academia is presently divided into two distinct camps. Those who are in favour of pedagogical training regardless of discipline and believe it enhances and enriches the teaching and learning process and those who simply are not in favour of it. The alarming result has been that in each university, there is no standardization of modules taught or learnt or indeed no formal system of how a module should be delivered to aid module authors and leaders with no requisite pedagogical training. This has increasingly led to falling grades, low retention rates and much disappointment on the part of the raison d' etre of the university, its valued clients - the students. This study seeks to outline the problem, recommend a solution and propose more extensive utilisation of existing technology that could help to alleviate the problem in some way.
This study chronicles the drama played out in universities across the world. Lecturers from varying disciplines and backgrounds attempt to teach subjects using diverse methodologies or no methodology at all. Academia ...
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This study chronicles the drama played out in universities across the world. Lecturers from varying disciplines and backgrounds attempt to teach subjects using diverse methodologies or no methodology at all. Academia is presently divided into two distinct camps. Those who are in favour of pedagogical training regardless of the discipline and believe it enhances and enriches the teaching and learning process and those who simply are not in favour of it. The alarming results has been that in each university, there is no standardisation of modules taught or learnt or indeed no formal system of module should be delivered to aid module authors and leaders with no requisite pedagogical training. This has increasingly led to falling grades, low retention rates and much disappointment on the part of the raison d etre of the university, its valued client - the students. This study seek to outline the problem, recommended a solution and propose more extensive utilisation of existing technology that could help to alleviate the problem in some way.
Recently, there has been a big movement towards converging engineering education and practice by means of defining clear and complete program goals. In this context, a large scale of educational institutions face chal...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781612844695
Recently, there has been a big movement towards converging engineering education and practice by means of defining clear and complete program goals. In this context, a large scale of educational institutions face challenges on how to specify the desired educational goals for a specific discipline and on how to instantiate and evaluate their program-specific designs according to these goals. We have defined a curricula design model for designing, redesigning, and evaluating systems and computingengineering (S&C) programs. The core of this model is the orientation to projects for the definition of educational goals that facilitate the definition of courses that integrate a set of these desired goals. This paper presents the core elements of the curricula design model and the methodology to instantiate it into a new program design that satisfies a desired professional profile. The curricula design model has been validated through its instantiation for redesigning the S&C program at the University of Los Andes in Colombia.
This full paper addresses the concept of metanarrative in computing and engineering education: the presence of an overarching meta-narrative which provides a sense of integration and some degree of connection and cohe...
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ISBN:
(数字)9798350351507
ISBN:
(纸本)9798350363067
This full paper addresses the concept of metanarrative in computing and engineering education: the presence of an overarching meta-narrative which provides a sense of integration and some degree of connection and coherence to the elements under study. This meta-narrative should firstly provide a mechanism for discussing the fundamental entities under consideration, as well as the relationships between these and other, derived, concepts. Secondly, it should indicate what counts as valid knowledge, as well as legitimate ways of arriving at such knowledge. Thirdly, it should indicate how and where the concept of value arises in the content and practice of the subject. The meta-narrative should therefore provide a vehicle which encompasses the subject ontology, its epistemology and methodology, and its axiology (i.e., its ethics and aesthetics). In other words, the meta-narrative should provide a philosophy of that subject.
Technology is advancing at a fast pace while the shape and nature of computers continues to evolve, with tablets and smartphones illustrating the move away from the traditional notion of a laptop or desktop computer. ...
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In this work, we present our experience on an NSF S-STEM grant that recruited and supported 39 talented and financially needy undergraduate students with potential to succeed in academic pursuits. There were 17 commun...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781665458429
In this work, we present our experience on an NSF S-STEM grant that recruited and supported 39 talented and financially needy undergraduate students with potential to succeed in academic pursuits. There were 17 community college transfer students and 22 high school seniors recruited altogether. Among them were 11 Hispanic students and 13 female students. Despite the support of the scholarship, seven students could not continue in the program due to insufficient academic performance as they were working extra hours to pay for living expenses. In the Hispanic student group, it is found that their overall GPA went down near the end of the S-STEM program while other groups’ overall GPAs remained unaffected or improved. The female students were found to maintain a higher GPA than that of the male students. The overall GPA of the students recruited from high schools went down, and all the attritions were from the group of the recruits from high schools. In various support services, midterm mentoring was found to be helpful for students at risk and undergraduate research participation was found to be effective in seeking employment in leading industry by some students.
High Performance computing (HPC) resources are fast becoming more readily available. HPC hardware now exists for use in conjunction with standard desktop computers. This paper looks at what impact this could have on t...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781615671663
High Performance computing (HPC) resources are fast becoming more readily available. HPC hardware now exists for use in conjunction with standard desktop computers. This paper looks at what impact this could have on the Audio engineering industry. Several potential applications of HPC within audio engineering research are discussed. A case study is also presented which highlights the benefits of using the Single Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD) architecture when employing a search algorithm to produce surround sound decoders for the standard 5-speaker surround sound layout.
This book features high-quality research papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Advanced computing and Intelligent engineering (ICACIE 2019), Department of Computer Science, Rama Devi Women’s Univers...
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ISBN:
(数字)9789811565847
ISBN:
(纸本)9789811565830
This book features high-quality research papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Advanced computing and Intelligent engineering (ICACIE 2019), Department of Computer Science, Rama Devi Women’s University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. It includes sections describing technical advances and contemporary research in the fields of advanced computing and intelligent engineering, which are based on the presented articles. Intended for postgraduate students and researchers working in the discipline of computer science and engineering, the book also appeals to researchers in the domain of electronics as it covers hardware technologies and future communication technologies.
This paper presents the recent status of a PhD thesis research, with an innovative proposal for the development of Digital Systems Laboratory classes in engineering Schools. The described system uses IT and Communicat...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781932415841
This paper presents the recent status of a PhD thesis research, with an innovative proposal for the development of Digital Systems Laboratory classes in engineering Schools. The described system uses IT and Communication over Internet in order to improve the professor's interaction, multiplying his presence and his support for the students. Joining the flexibility of distance learning with the interactivity and the intensive support of the traditional presential learning, this system permits to enlarge the delivered contents and learning efficiency of a basic and conceptual discipline. Further, a new evaluation and approval procedure is developed and applied. This methodology permits to ensure that the approved student actually knows the entire transmitted knowledge and by using a new concept evaluation grade, it is possible to measure the difficulties of each student in passing through this learning process. This system could be applied with small changes in other knowledge areas.
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