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Adaptive Learning Module for a Conversational Agent to Support MOOC Learners
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González-Castro, Nuria; Muñoz-Merino, Pedro J.; Alario-Hoyos, Carlos; Delgado Kloos, Carlos – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2021
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) pose a challenge for instructors when trying to provide personalised support to learners, due to large numbers of registered participants. Conversational agents can be of help to support learners when working with MOOCs. This article presents an adaptive learning module for JavaPAL, a conversational agent that…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Learning Modules, Computer Science Education, Programming
Teaching Web Security Using Portable Virtual Labs
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Chen, Li-Chiou; Tao, Lixin – Educational Technology & Society, 2012
We have developed a tool called Secure WEb dEvelopment Teaching (SWEET) to introduce security concepts and practices for web application development. This tool provides introductory tutorials, teaching modules utilizing virtualized hands-on exercises, and project ideas in web application security. In addition, the tool provides pre-configured…
Descriptors: Internet, Computer Security, Information Security, Computer Science Education
A Visual Tool for Computer Supported Learning: The Robot Motion Planning Example
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Elnagar, Ashraf; Lulu, Leena – Computers & Education, 2007
We introduce an effective computer aided learning visual tool (CALVT) to teach graph-based applications. We present the robot motion planning problem as an example of such applications. The proposed tool can be used to simulate and/or further to implement practical systems in different areas of computer science such as graphics, computational…
Descriptors: Motion, Robotics, Graduate Students, Computer Science
BASIC Instructional Program: System Documentation.
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Dageforde, Mary L. – 1978
This report documents the BASIC Instructional Program (BIP), a "hands-on laboratory" that teaches elementary programming in the BASIC language, as implemented in the MAINSAIL language, a machine-independent revision of SAIL which should facilitate implementation of BIP on other computing systems. Eight instructional modules which make up…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Course Descriptions, Higher Education
An Assessment of Retention and Depth of Processing Associated with Notetaking Using Traditional Pencil and Paper and an On-line Notepad during Computer-Delivered Instruction.
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Quade, Ann M. – 1996
This study examined the roles which note-taking method (either pencil and paper or an online computer notepad) and style (verbatim, paraphrasing, etc.) play in retention and depth of processing during computer-delivered instruction. Participants were 112 junior and senior undergraduates from a southern Minnesota university whose major was computer…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Correlation
Computerized Peer Assessment.
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Davies, Phil – Innovations in Education and Training International, 2000
Describes the introduction of a computerized peer assessment system as part of an undergraduate module in computer studies in the United Kingdom. Analyzes student responses to modification of the tutor-student relationship to a student-student relationship for assessment purposes, discusses plagiarism and the Web, and investigates effects on…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education, Evaluation Methods