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IIE
2008
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Exploring Individual and Collaborative Dimensions of Knowledge Building in an Online Learning Community of Practice
Abstract. An exploratory study of students' engagement in online learning and knowledge building is presented in this paper. Learning in an online community, composed of stude...
Lina Markauskaite, Louise M. Sutherland
IIE
2008
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Crafting, Crafting, Crafting - Extreme Programming in Classroom?
Abstract. Extreme Programming (XP) shows several interesting approaches which are very attractive for education. It is centered around early and incremental creation of working sof...
Marcus Bitzl
IIE
2008
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Some Findings on Informatics Education in Austrian Academic Secondary Schools
The educational system in Austria is very multifaceted, and academic secondary schools represent an important part in it. This type of schools, in German called "Gymnasium&quo...
Peter Micheuz
IIE
2008
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Conducting a Joint Course on Software Engineering Based on Teamwork of Students
For the previous six years, under the auspices of the "Stability Pact of South-Eastern Europe" and DAAD, a joint project for developing a course in "Software Enginee...
Zoran Budimac, Zoran Putnik, Mirjana Ivanovic, Kla...
IIE
2008
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The First Decade of Informatics in Dutch High Schools
Abstract. Informatics is currently being taught in high schools all over the world. In the Netherlands, where all students are expected to become computer literate in the lower gra...
Natasa Grgurina, Jos Tolboom
IIE
2008
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Development of Generative Learning Objects Using Feature Diagrams and Generative Techniques
Abstract. Learning Objects (LOs) play a key role for supporting eLearning. In general, however, the development of LOs remains a vague issue, because there is still no clearly defi...
Vytautas Stuikys, Robertas Damasevicius
IIE
2008
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Data Mining Application in Higher Learning Institutions
One of the biggest challenges that higher learning institutions face today is to improve the quality of managerial decisions. The managerial decision making process becomes more co...
Naeimeh Delavari, Somnuk Phon-Amnuaisuk, M. Reza B...
IIE
2008
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Future Quality in the Emergent European Higher Education Area Involves the Use of Informatics
In this paper an agreed set of standards, procedures and guidelines on quality assurance for the emergent European Higher Education Area is presented. If this set is implemented, t...
Javier Bilbao, Eugenio Bravo, Olatz García,...
IIE
2008
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Towards a Blended Learning Model for Teaching and Learning Computer Programming: A Case Study
Blended learning is becoming an attractive model in higher education as new innovative information technologies are becoming increasingly available. However, just blending face-to-...
Said Hadjerrouit
IIE
2008
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Object-Oriented Programming in Bulgarian Universities' Informatics and Computer Science Curricula
Teaching object-oriented programming (OOP) is related to many difficulties. There is no single view on their causes among the university teachers. The results of applying various m...
Ivaylo Donchev, Emilia Todorova