10 articles in this issue
Matthew Cullin,Getu Hailu,Matthew Kupilik,Todd Petersen
This study explores the effect of incorporating an Open-Ended Design Experience (OEDE) into an undergraduate materials science laboratory taken by third-year mechanical engineering students. The focus of the OEDE was carbon fiber reinforced plastics and s... see more
Sébastien Jacques
This paper provides an initial feedback from an intensive, multidisciplinary, and collaborative project implemented in France in higher engineering education through a case study on electric go-kart conception. This kind of project was proposed during 2 s... see more
John Kanelopoulos,Kyparisia A Papanikolaou,Pavlos Zalimidis
This paper focuses on engaging students in engineering education and provides a case study to exemplify one way of doing this proposing wikis as the main technology for delivering the content and collaborative problem solving as the main approach for work... see more
Veronika Thurner,Daniela Zehetmeier,Sabine Hammer,Axel Böttcher
Every year, a few weeks after new freshmen students started on their course of studies in Computer Science, many lecturers complain that some of their students are ill-equipped with those competences that are necessary to study successfully. Hence, these ... see more
Matthias Christoph Utesch
The theme of IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference EDUCON 2017 was "Challenging the Transition from the Classic to the Emerging in the Engineering Education". The event was held in Athens, Greece April 26-28, 2017 (http://www.educon-conference.org/... see more
Nikolaos Christos Zygouris,Filippos Vlachos,Antonios N. Dadaliaris,Panagiotis Oikonomou,Georgios I Stamoulis,Denis Vavougios,Evaggelia Nerantzaki,Aikaterini Striftou
Traditional definitions of Developmental Dyscalculia state that a child must substantially underachieve on mathematical abilities tests relative to the level expected given age, education and intelligence. However, cognitive developmental neuropsychologic... see more
Christina Andersson,Doina Logofatu
Teaching a statistics course for undergraduate computer science students can be very challenging: As statistics teachers we are usually faced with problems ranging from a complete disinterest in the subject to lack of basic knowledge in mathematics and an... see more
Olga Mironova,Irina Amitan,Jüri Vilipõld
The present paper demonstrates the teaching approach in programming basics course for novices: schoolchildren of different ages and schoolteachers. This programming course was developed at the Institute of Informatics at Tallinn University of Technology i... see more
Jorge Rodriguez,Ivan E. Esparragoza
There have been different active-learning initiatives introduced in academia to provide engineering students with the necessary knowledge, skills and attitude to be competitive in the global market. These initiatives have been in response to the need in t... see more
Mohammed El-Abd
This paper presents the outcomes of a developed methodology to handle the project component in a higher-level undergraduate course. The approach relies on providing the students the freedom to choose their own project area as well as the utilized technolo... see more