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Volume 3 Number 2 Year 2013

11 articles in this issue 

Velli Parts,Mare Teichmann,Tiia Rü?¼tmann

Two main competence approaches are under the discussion. There is evidence that graduates do not fully perceive and/or underestimate the influence of non-technical competences on their employability. An understanding of the necessity of non-technical comp... see more

Pags. pp. 14 - 19  

Tiia Rü?¼tmann,Velli Parts,Mare Teichmann,Hants Kipper

  Today the professional competence of an engineer has become crucial for further social and economic developments. Importance of implementing non-technical engineering competencies in general education of engineers for forming their personality... see more

Pags. pp. 20 - 25  

Yvonne Sedelmaier,Dieter Landes

Various issues make learning and teaching software engineering a challenge for both students and instructors. Since there are no standard curricula and no cookbook recipes for successful software engineering, it is fairly hard to figure out which specific... see more

Pags. pp. 30 - 35  

Angeles Cancela,Rocio Maceiras,Angel Sanchez,Santiago Urrejola

The New Higher Education System implies the adoption of different education systems than the traditional ones. Therefore, many college teachers today want to use some new mechanisms to teach the matter and to find better ways of engaging students in the l... see more

Pags. pp. 36 - 40  

Chiu Choi

New lab experiments were developed for the students to investigate the effect of electromagnetic interference on the operation of microcontrollers. The objectives of the experiments include exposing students to the effect of noisy power supply on microcon... see more

Pags. pp. 4 - 8  

Mohamed Soliman,Christian Guetl

Intelligent Pedagogical Agents (IPAs) are designed for pedagogical purposes to support learning in 3D virtual learning environments. Several benefits of IPAs have been found adding to support learning effectiveness. Pedagogical agents can be thought of as... see more

Pags. pp. 41 - 47  

Hadi Moradi

Skill level estimation is very important since it allows an instructor, a human or an artificial instructor through an intelligent tutoring system, to predict the level of a student and adjust the learning materials accordingly. In this paper, a new appro... see more

Pags. pp. 48 - 54  

Bedilu Habte

In addition to their ability to reach distant learners, interactive e-learning environments have the potential to make the teaching-learning process more effective. This paper highlights some of the e-learning implementation efforts at the Addis Ababa Ins... see more

Pags. pp. 9 - 13