10 articles in this issue
Matthew John Yee-King,Mick Grierson,Mark d'Inverno
For the last decade, there has been growing interest in the STEAM approach (essentially combining methods and practices in arts, humanities and social sciences into STEM teaching and research) to develop better research and education, and enable us to pro... see more
Robert Merton Stwalley III
An objective internal departmental review of course data indicates that a one credit hour fall seminar course which allows many preparatory topics to be engaged by the senior capstone teams makes the spring laboratory portion of the course run more smooth... see more
Yvonne Sedelmaier,Dieter Landes
Good requirements are commonly viewed as a key success factor for IT (and non-IT) projects, but still there seems to be insufficient insight into which competences requirements engineers need to have these days. Digitalization is likely to pose new challe... see more
Yoshikatsu Kubota,Akiko Takahashi,Yoshihiro Hayakawa,Yasuhiro Kashiwaba,Kuniaki Yajima
“Active Learning (AL),” the teaching method which puts emphasis on students’ active participation in class and their abilities to discover problems and solve them, has been coming under the spotlight worldwide. NIT, Sendai College, Hirose Campus is promot... see more
Piyanuch Silapachote,Ananta Srisuphab
Computational thinking sits at the core of every engineering and computing related discipline. It has increasingly emerged as its own subject in all levels of education. It is a powerful cornerstone for cognitive development, creative problem solving, alg... see more
Isabel M. Joao,Joao M. Silva
Projects thematically focused on simulation and statistical techniques for designing and optimizing chemical processes can be helpful in chemical engineering education in order to meet the needs of engineers. We argue for the relevance of the projects to ... see more
Amr Elsaadany,Mohamed Soliman
In the trials of utilization of technology for the society, efforts have shown benefits of the ICT use in facilitating education from different perspectives based on different waves of technological change. The recent development in technologies has also ... see more
Pia Helena Lappalainen
In their role as problem solvers, engineers are expected to take responsibility for the grand societal challenges that require technical expertise and innovation. This urges them to broaden their horizon from the traditional, deeply technological world vi... see more
Issam Damaj,Ashraf Zaher,Jibran Yousafzai
The development of reliable and easy-to-deploy assessment plans are a world-wide concern of academic programs. The cultivation of a culture of assessment or engaging in an accreditation effort is dependent on the development of effective assessment framew... see more
Loina Prifti,Marlene Knigge,Alexander Löffler,Sonja Hecht,Helmut Krcmar
This study aims to give a deeper understanding on emerging business models in the context of education. Industry 4.0/the Industrial Internet in general and especially recent advances in cloud computing enable a new kind of service offering in the educatio... see more