This study focused on the development of a web based integrated academic information system that can aid Adamson University faculty to become more effective and efficient in giving costless examinations, in giving student grades, in avoiding redundancy of data and efforts, and in providing accessible and reliable information about examinations and grades. The developed system automates the processes of examination and student grading. To achieve the goal of the study, the researcher followed the phases of software development life cycle aiming to produce high quality software output that meets or even exceeds Adamson University faculty and administrations expectations. The developed system was tested in Adamson University and evaluated using the ISO 9126 software product evaluation criteria by respondents who include IT Experts and end-users with a descriptive rating of excellent with a mean average of 4.76 which proves that the system can be a useful tool for managing educational institutions examination and student grading. Integrated Educational Management Tool for Adamson University is a system that was successfully constructed using open source technology in developing web sites. The system has been successfully tested for functionality, reliability, usability, efficiency, and portability of the website with results that revealed that the developed application supports the educational institutions examination and student grading system for efficiency, reliability, and accessibility. Future studies and integration of item analysis, table of specification, and enhancement of sub modules of the system are recommended as well as making available offline class records and exams with online auto synchronization of data processes
How applicable is Python as first computer language for teaching programming in a pre-university educational environment, from a teacher's point of view?
The author's own experience as a student and later as a lecturer in Afghanistan has shown that the methods used in the educational system are not only flawed, but also do not provide the minimum guidance to students to select proper course of study before they enter the national university entrance (Kankor) exam. Thus, it often results in high attrition rates and poor performance in higher education. Based on the studies done in other countries, and by the author of this paper through online questionnaires distributed to university students in Afghanistan - it was found that proper procedures …
University teachers often feel the need to try innovative learning technologies such as Learning Games to motivate the new generation of students. However, the typically limited resources of universities coupled with the high cost of designing and developing Learning Games result in it rarely being feasible to meet this need. To address this challenging problem, we have designed a framework that allows teachers to create their own Learning Games with very little or no help from developers and graphic designers. This framework, tested and validated by several university teachers, is suited to a…
The virtual learning in University Education is the learning which is presented by set of integrated information and pedagogical technologies, in a process of interaction between subjects and objects as the virtual educational resources. This interaction characterize as the set of dialectically interconnected fields of human activity (intellectual, emotional and figurative, cultural, social). The virtual educational resources, possibility of their adaptation to student subjectivity, and realization in the conditions of University education are the main issues of this article.
Educational Data Mining is a growing trend in case of higher education. The quality of the Educational Institute may be enhanced through discovering hidden knowledge from the student databases/ data warehouses. Present paper is designed to carry out a comparative study with the TDC (Three Year Degree) Course students of different colleges affiliated to Dibrugarh University. The study is conducted with major subject wise, gender wise and category/caste wise. The experimental results may be visualized with Scatterplot3D, Bubble Plot, Fit Y by X, Run Chart, Control Chart etc. of the SAS JMP Softw…
The phenomenon of the use of a mobile learning (m-Learning) platform in educational institutions is slowly gaining momentum. While this can be taken as an encouraging sign, the perplexing part is that the fervor with which mobile phones have been welcomed into every aspect of our lives does not seem to be evident in the educational sector. In order to understand the reason, it is important to understand user expectations of the system. This paper documents a systematic review of various research studies seeking to find the success factors for effective m-Learning. A total of 30 studies were in…
The aim of this research is to design and implementation of cloud based learning environment for separate division of the university. The analysis of existing approaches to the construction of cloud based learning environments, the formation of requirements cloud based learning tools, the selection on the basis of these requirements, cloud ICT training and pilot their use for building cloud based learning environment for separate division of the university with the use of open source software and resources its own IT infrastructure of the institution. Results of the study is planned to general…
Belarusian State University is currently developing the educational and research web portal of nuclear knowledge BelNET (Belarusian Nuclear Education and Training Portal). In the future, this specialized electronic portal could grow into a national portal of nuclear knowledge. The concept, structure and taxonomy of BelNET portal are developed. The requirements and conditions for its functioning are analyzed. The information model and architecture of the portal, as well as algorithms and methods of software are realized. At present, BelNET software implemented all the basic functions of this po…
The term visual programming has started to be used in Informatics so far, however, there are different views on its meaning. The separation of visual programming from development tools of interfaces provides not only the certainty for this technology, but also opens the systems of modeling and programming in the education unknown to a wide range. The use of visual programming which is based on the free software provides the new perspective algorithmic culture formation of future professionals of non-computer specialists. A wide application of visual programming in the educational process is th…
The trends of academic mobility of students in the context of internationalization are presented. The results of a study de-voted to the students' attitudes towards international education, cultural and educational exchange and academic mobility programs are presented. It is concluded that the organization of academic mobility, as a part of intercultural environment of the university, is a necessary tool of motivation for the educational process and organizational mechanism for intercultural communication.
Automated e-Learning Systems (AeLS) are fundamental to contemporary educational concepts worldwide. It has become a standard not only in support to the formal curriculum, but containing social platform capabilities, gamification elements and functionalities fostering communities of experts, also for faster knowledge dissemination. Additionally, AeLSs support internal communications and customizable analytics and methodologies to quickly identify learning performance, which in turn can be used as feedback to implement adaptability in tailoring the content management to meet specific individual …
Through the analysis of cultural, socioeconomic and academic performance aspects it is possible to map the profile of the students and their motivations to drop out. This article aims to create a computational tool for data visualization that allows drawing the profile of students to support educational institutions managers in the definition of dropout avoidance policies. We present a method to treat data collected by higher education institutions over the years, analyze them to understand the dropout and provide that information to the university and the general public. Eight questions were …
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) once offered the promise of accessibility and affordability. However, MOOCs typically lack expert feedback and social interaction, and have low student engagement and retention. Thus, alternative programs for online education have emerged including an online graduate program in computer science at a major public university in USA. This program is considered a success with over 9000 students now enrolled in the program. We adopt the perspective of cognitive science to answer the question why do only some online educational courses succeed? We measure learner …
From Access to Realized Affordances: University Students' Generative AI Engagement across Linguistic and Sociotechnical Contexts
Institute for Transdisciplinary Graduate Degree Programs, The University of Osaka（大阪大学跨学科研究生院项目）；Comparative and International Development Education, University of Minnesota（明尼苏达大学比较与国际发展教育）；Institute for Global Initiatives, The University of Osaka（大阪大学全球倡议研究所）；Center for Higher Education Studies, Waseda University（早稻田大学高等教育研究中心）；Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University（京都大学信息学研究科；日本国立情报学研究所）；National Institute of Informatics
The utilization of management control systems in university management poses a considerable challenge because university's strategic goals are not identical to those applied in profit-oriented management. A university's management control system should take into account the processing of management information for management purposes, allowing for the relationships between different groups of stakeholders. The specificity of the university operation assumes conducting long-term scientific research and educational programmes. Therefore, the controlling approach to university management should c…
Mobile devices have proven to be an appropriate tool in the area of mobile language learning by expanding the horizons of learning beyond the classroom. The power of mobile devices and advanced technologies have created ease of access to educational resources and material to learners. This study is a part of an ongoing research focusing on enhancing English language among school leavers and undergraduates. The objective of this paper is to present the results of a study conducted to identify the prospects of m-learning among the target study community, who were school leavers and undergraduate…
This paper presents a game based on storytelling, in which the players are faced with ethical dilemmas related to software engineering specific issues. The players' choices have consequences on how the story unfolds and could lead to various alternative endings. This Ethics Game was used as a tool to mediate the learning activity and it was evaluated by 144 students during a Software Engineering Course on the 2017-2018 academic year. This evaluation was based on a within-subject pre-post design methodology and provided insights on the students learning gain (academic performance), as well as o…
Durban University of Technology（德班理工大学）；North Maharashtra University（北马哈拉施特拉大学）；University of New Brunswick（新不伦瑞克大学）
The accurate applicant selection for university education is imperative to ensure fairness and optimal use of institutional resources. Although various approaches are operational in tertiary educational institutions for selecting applicants, a novel method of automated matchmaking is explored in the current study. The method functions by matching a prospective students skills profile to a programmes requisites profile. Empirical comparisons of the results, calculated by automated matchmaking and two other selection methods, show matchmaking to be a viable alternative for accurate selection of …
Technology is changing at a blistering pace and is impacting on the way we consider knowledge as a free commodity, along with the ability to apply skills, concepts and understandings. Technology is aiding the way the world is evolving, and its contributions to education are not an exemption. While technology advances will play a crucial part in future teaching-learning approaches, educators will also be challenged by the next higher-education generation, the Alpha Generation. This entrepreneurial generation will embrace the innovation, progressiveness, and advancement with the expectation that…
Jerusalem College of Technology（耶路撒冷理工学院）；Bar Ilan University（巴伊兰大学）
The ThEdu series pursues the smooth transition from an intuitive way of doing mathematics at secondary school to a more formal approach to the subject in STEM education, while favouring software support for this transition by exploiting the power of theorem-proving technologies. What follows is a brief description of how the present volume contributes to this enterprise. The 11th International Workshop on Theorem Proving Components for Educational Software (ThEdu'22), was a satellite event of the 8th Federated Logic Conference (FLoC 2022), July 31-August 12, 2022, Haifa, Israel ThEdu'22 was a …
Ohio Supercomputer Center（俄亥俄超级计算中心）；The Ohio State University（俄亥俄州立大学）
Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) are the conjoining of an entities' physical and computational elements. The development of a typical CPS system follows a sequence from conceptual modeling, testing in simulated (virtual) worlds, testing in controlled (possibly laboratory) environments and finally deployment. Throughout each (repeatable) stage, the behavior of the physical entities, the sensing and situation assessment, and the computation and control options have to be understood and carefully represented through abstraction. The CPS Group at the Ohio State University, as part of an NSF funded CPS…
Transformative Influence of LLM and AI Tools in Student Social Media Engagement: Analyzing Personalization, Communication Efficiency, and Collaborative Learning
