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The paper reveals the concept of “the image of the professions of the future” and the relevance of its formation in modern life conditions. The factors influencing the formation of images of the future, as well as methods of studying the image of the professions of the future among high school students, have been determined. The image of the professions of the future, being one of the most important components of a holistic picture of the world, is a set of ideas about the profession, its value in society and about oneself as a possible representative of the professional community with the necessary competencies. The study of the process of shaping the image of the professions of the future in adolescents contributes to scientific ideas about the development of their worldview. The research in this area, which actualizes modern trends in the study of the characteristics of the younger generation, is presented. One of the important areas of interest for high school students is to study and plan options for their future profession. Scientists consider the image of the professions of the future as a connection between the current life situation of a student and the promising life aspirations of a high school student, which determine the possibility of their implementation in the future. According to the principles of career guidance, high school students are at the stage of studying professional growth, which includes crystallizing and clarifying their professional preferences, as well as making preliminary decisions about choosing a profession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Family businesses are the oldest and the most common form of business organization in the world. The percentage of family companies in the world is extremely high. Also, family businesses can be perceived as a good field for acquiring the knowledge and practice of young people. In family companies, young people can develop competencies for further independent endeavors through the first application of theoretical academic knowledge on specific practical examples in real business. Today, entrepreneurship is a scientific discipline that is studied at a large number of universities around the world. For that reason, a study of the attitude of the student population towards the family business was conducted at the Technical Faculty in Bor, and the study results are presented in this paper. The research was done based on a questionnaire whose results were processed using the appropriate software package. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Research on the topic of perceived learning outcomes and student satisfaction with teaching, especially online teaching, is on the rise. Determining the key success factors, i.e. determinants of online teaching success, is extremely important, especially now that all higher education institutions have been forced to try their hand at teaching with the help of technology. The main goal of this paper is to measure the attitudes of students at the University of Novi Sad towards online teaching and examine the existence of statistically significant differences in attitudes in relation to: gender, faculty, type of study, level of study, and level of experience in attending online classes. Research hypotheses were tested by analyzing data collected from a sample of 360 students from the University of Novi Sad. Respondents expressed their views (perception) about independent model variables which included: extrinsic student motivation, intrinsic student motivation; student self-regulation, dialogue (instructor-student, student-student), and course design; as well as two dependent variables: learning outcome, and user satisfaction. Research and analysis of the data led to the fact that two hypotheses were confirmed, and three were rejected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Previous work established that YouTube videos can help with engineering student engagement. A major feature of our YouTube pedagogy centers on students' writing homework problems inspired by actions in videos. After using student-written problems as replacement for traditional textbook problems, three major facets were considered: problem solving, learning attitudes, and perception of problem difficulty. Research outcomes spanning from students creating problems to solving YouTube problems indicated positive effects of this YouTube pedagogy. The current, work-in-progress paper explores the dissemination of both methods for implementing YouTube problems and research outcomes related to the student-written problems through a series of videos on a YouTube channel. Future research questions will compare videos views to other methods previously used disseminate outcomes from YouTube. Some details involved in creating and editing quality videos as well as and posting videos online will be presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper investigated our students' thoughts and suggestions on the appropriate learning activities that are most in alignment with CLT and which usually take place in our classrooms. We came to conclusion that most students find communication skills to be the most important ones and that this segment of learning outcomes will be the one from which they will benefit the most. Accordingly, we opted for two short questionnaires completed by 120 students of our Department. In the first one, they decided on their favourite and most effective communication skills activities used in classes with the idea that successful mastering of a foreign language will result from real effective communication. It revealed that their preferred activities are group work and pair work. The second questionnaire investigated our students' attitudes towards these two types of learning procedures. Which one helps them more? Would they like to choose their own partners? Do they approve the current assessment methods? These were some of the questions which helped us to find out more about their preferences, suggestions, and ideas. Communication skills and approaches we use to improve those skills are extremely important in our daily work. Not all methods are equally successful, nor do all students have the same preferences at the same time. This paper wants to reveal our students' choices, analyse the comments they made in the questionnaire and present these methods as a suitable choice for achieving the competencies they strive for. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Game-based learning approach enabled to increase attitude and motivation as well as the supporting learning process of all ages. This paper outlined the engagement of Kahoot! in learning the Malaysian University English Test (MUET) for Technical and Vocational College students in Batu Pahat, Malaysia. It aimed to investigate the relationships of attitude, motivation, and achievement in MUET learning through Kahoot! game-based learning. A semester four cohort of Diploma in Construction Engineering Technology students were exposed to the use of Kahoot! during MUET learning session. A quantitative approach was carried out for 53 respondents. Spearman's statistical significance was analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) 22. Based on the research finding, there was a strong relationship between students' attitude and motivation, r(51) =.792, p =.01 during the use of Kahoot! in MUET classroom. On the contrary, the analysis of attitude, motivation and achievement relationships did not show any statistically significant among these variables. In this case, students' motivation should be improved by emphasizing English language importance to them to achieve greater achievement in MUET. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Teaching mixed methods research for quality improvement and translating evidence base practice to address meaningful change has become increasingly popular. In times of evidence-based and data-driven calls for improvement it is important to provide students with knowledge and skills about mixed methods research that will help with translation of research into practice. The literature identifies diverse pedagogical challenges that students face within mixed methods classrooms. Students are not usually equipped in both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The knowledge gap can result in deep pedagogical challenges compromising student's ability to fully understand the mixed methods paradigm. Although we are shifting from a teacher centred (pedagogical) to a learner centred, self-directed approach (andragogical) student reluctance to engage with blackboard activities and critical appraisal of mixed methods design and papers persists. The present study explores the student predicament/reluctance by collecting written reflections at the end of a mixed methods post graduate study day and across a post graduate module on mixed methods research. A reflective teaching-learning methodology was employed aligned to the self-inquiry model. Using a systematic framework for content data analysis, two distinct categories were revealed. There relate to 'barriers' and 'enablers' that influenced the quality of the learning event. Several barriers and enablers were identified ranging from difficult paradigm/methodology language, grappling with diverse mixed methods designs/language, and the challenge of using critical appraisal tools, interpreting mixed methods data, to the benefits of small group work, the insights gained from critiquing mixed methods papers and the importance of a positive student-teacher relationship. To tackle the myriad of challenges encountered, innovative teaching strategies and the sustainability of student centred approaches will be considered to lever up and empower the learning climate in mixed methods classrooms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This impact evaluation of entrepreneurship education in the Romanian higher education context demonstrates the positive effect that the radiant university-wide program model has on Bachelor students from various fields of study in Romania. Data were collected from 178 Bachelor students from 14 fields of studies (from all fundamental fields of study except Economics and Business Administration) enrolled in the “Entrepreneur for the future” (AntreV) project, financed by the European Social Fund, at University of Oradea, Romania, during 2019-2021. This paper presents the findings of research carried out to assess the impact of AntreV program from the students’ perspective. Based on a questionnaire applied at the end of the entrepreneurship program, there were measured aspects such as understanding the basic concepts, the relevance of courses, beliefs modeling, active learning, teacher-student relationship, motivation, course organization, flexibility, assessment of knowledge acquired, suggestions to improve courses and demographics. The results showed that the AntreV program has generated improvements in the students’ entrepreneurial knowledge and their entrepreneurial attitude. The students who took part in the AntreV program were more likely to start their own business in their field of study, which allows us to highlight some clear advantages of a radiant university-wide program model in entrepreneurship education not only from the perspective of entrepreneurship but also from the perspective of employability. The paper presents the students' assessment of the first radiant university-wide type program in entrepreneurship education applied in Romania for all fundamental fields of study. The research results are gratifying and open the perspective of a broad rethinking of entrepreneurship education in Romanian universities outside the Economics faculties and Business schools. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reading can be a way to increase students' social interaction and writing, especially for the need to continue to a higher level of education. Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) show deficits in reading skills. Recent research shows that there is heterogeneity in this population, which is accompanied by a lack of personalized learning facilities. That way, there is a gap between students, learning, and the support they need. This research aims to produce a curriculum design based on personalized learning with the help of interactive media in beginning reading skills. The curriculum development model used is the Nicolls model. The results of the study show that curriculum development using the Nicholls model can be used for curriculum development in Special Schools (SLB). This is because the model emphasizes contexts and situations where curriculum decisions need to be made. In addition, the results of a limited trial show that this curriculum design is effective for students with ASD. This can be seen from the increase in student learning outcomes in beginning reading skills, especially in introducing words, syllables, and letters. Future research is described in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital entrepreneurship has been touted as accessible with promises of opportunities for all and has the potential to create a more inclusive entrepreneurial environment because, compared to traditional entrepreneurship, it can lower the barriers to start a new venture. Yet, there are concerns that the underrepresented communities face the challenge in engaging in digital entrepreneurship due to lack of technology access, usage, and skills. This paper proposes a conceptual framework based on a dual-theory perspective from Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), to examine factors affecting the underrepresented communities’ intentions toward digital entrepreneurship. We plan to conduct a survey study at Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), where the students’ population are representative of the underrepresented communities, to identify what are the key factors that influence the intentions of this sector towards selecting digital entrepreneurship as a career option. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Universities are currently under pressure from multiple fronts: students questioning their value propositions due to rising tuition costs, employers being frustrated at the skill gap and lack of experience in recent graduates, and communities asking for higher societal impacts from local universities. Facing these challenges, universities have focused on experiential learning to bridge the gap between education and practice while increasing community engagement. In this paper, we use a case study approach to present the experiential learning model at iD Lab, DePaul University. The success of the iD Lab comes from a tight coupling of experiential learning and engaged scholarship. Three illustrative projects show keys to success are good relationships with the clients and high-quality product deliverables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aims to explain two drone projects that introduce students to Computer-Aided Design (CAD), design, analysis, and simulation through several project-based learning modules. In any Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) configuration, the airframe is one of the principal components of the whole structure that can be used as a design topic. So, students develop CAD models of airframes and used SolidWorks simulation software, to perform Finite Element (FE) analysis studies. The drone frame was simulated and analyzed in various conditions such as drop tests, during takeoff, and in-flight maneuvers. FE Analysis showed whether components of the airframe will break, fail, or properly work in desired operations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

At the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway, we have a study programme called Knowledge Management. Here we have tested out video-feedback on mandatory assignments. In order to assess how students perceive this type of feedback. Previous studies show that students value feedback and supervision almost higher than lectures and other learning activities. Feedback and supervision will guide improvement and is thought to support the experienced learning outcome. However, our experiences are that students are mostly concerned whether or not the assignments are approved. Hence, providing targeted feedback may or may not be reflected upon. In order to obtain the students' attention to the feedback provided, we have tested out video-feedback. The idea is that a video file may make it more personal and thus be perceived as more targeted to their assignment. hrough our research we would like to unveil several issues; if it contributes to the students' learning outcome, if they find it useful, and if they understand how to improve their assignments. In this paper, we will argue for an abductive method towards researching this topic as we will iterate between theory that will enlighten us as we are conducting the study. We chose to view this as a case study and as we are interested in the students' perceptions, we argue for a qualitative study where we conduct semi-structured interviews, both individually and in groups. We will present the research method in detail as well as our discussion of the appropriateness of this qualitative method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reports on the results of the pilot of the Climatopia project at four schools in Greece. The project was described in a workshop offered by Pyrini and Ioannides at ICICTE 2023, before survey results had been collected and analysed. Results suggest that the Climatopia project had a positive effect on both teachers and students as well as parents and the local community. It encouraged collaboration among students, between students and teachers, between teachers and the community, and among community members. It increased student engagement by incorporating a narrative framework into the content and providing opportunities for students to create their own comics on the theme. In particular, as a result of the project, students at all levels were able to identify that climate change affects not only the environment but also people themselves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The work presented in this paper is related to the use of mobile learning to improve students’ engagement and performance. It is part of the Student Success Project at the University of Kent. The project aims to reduce the attainment gap of various cohorts of students and enhance their academic performance. Initially, mobile learning was designed to target less well performing students in specific modules. Later on, it was noted that all students could benefit from incorporating in-class mobile learning during the delivery of a module. This paper presents the analysis and results obtained by applying mobile learning techniques in a stage-2 (second year undergraduate) computer science module entitled Software Engineering Process. Mobile learning has been used in various contexts in higher education and it has been suggested that effective learning can take place when students work collaboratively in class using mobile applications. This paper presents the experience of incorporating one particular mobile application named “Kahoot!” to engage students in a non-traditional question-and-answer learning mode. As we will see, students feel that this format is more dynamic and interactive than traditional lecturing methods. In fact, students effectively reflect on what they have learned during lecturers and classes while answering well-constructed Kahoot! tests. Initially, tailored weekly sessions were delivered to support students in applying the concepts learned during the past few weeks of study. In these sessions, the focus is to practice concepts learned in specific lectures with problem-solving, and engage students in a collaborative learning environment that promises higher levels of interaction. The outcome of Kahoot!-infused sessions is studied by analysing students’ feedback in relation to Bloom’s Taxonomy. In addition, students’ performance in the assignments and examination of the targeted module have been recorded, analysed and contrasted with other cohorts. These initial findings show promising results, which encourage us to share the experience with other teaching staff to include using the tool in the delivery of their modules.1 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of the investigation into whether the student's behavior in the e-classroom in terms of action logs correlates with their academic performance. The empirical research was based on logs obtained from Moodle, which is used to manage blended learning at the faculty. The main finding from this research is that there is some relationship between some types of interactions and academic performance in selected online courses. The findings of the paper confirm that by monitoring Moodle activity data, lecturers can identify weak students and promptly adjust and individually support their pedagogical activities during the semester. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A perpetual challenge for educators is the occurrence of student cheating, a problem exacerbated because of the availability of electronic technology. As a result, this longitudinal study was undertaken to empirically examine the cheating practices of those that will likely face ethical dilemmas in their careers, the undergraduate business students. Findings suggest that while the volume of unethical behavioral incidences vary by type of behavior, the percent of students exhibiting these behaviors is decreasing for most unethical behaviors. However, participation in e-cheating is on the rise. Even though the student perception is that it is becoming increasingly more difficult to cheat on an online course exam, for example, now two-thirds of students perceive that it is easy to cheat and one-fourth indicate that he/she cheat on these exams. Finally, results suggest that gender is a factor with respect to electronic cheating incidence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The new communication technologies, which are in constant evolution, overwhelm the current communication interaction, from the enunciation level and the overlapping of interactive roles to the multimodality of the message and the proliferation of forms of representation and signification. This is the context in which researchers' concerns focus not only on the changes in communication but also on the new trends in its evolution. At this level, we include the study of verbal and non-verbal behaviours, the ways of conceptualization and of alternative representation of content. From this perspective, the present paper focuses on analysing the results of a project aimed at creating an education campaign on intolerance in the cyberspace that was conducted by first year students at the master's degree specialization Communication, public relations and digital media. The articles reflect the students' attitude towards the phenomenon known as cyberbullying, they are targeted at young people and are transmitted in the digital environment. Our study proposes a metadiscursive analysis of the 47 papers, aiming at revealing the way in which students build and transmit a message about a serious problem that is currently taking place in the digital environment. The approach taken allowed us to identify certain particularities in the communication of the young people, and, as a result, some benchmarks can be drawn regarding the achievement of the desired effect in the communication targeted at the youth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The COVID-19 pandemic forced my teaching and all interactions with my students to be conducted entirely online via Zoom from March 2020 through May 2021. Reflecting on this experience, I have been surprised to realize that there are several aspects of teaching online over Zoom which I will miss when I return to the classroom. In this paper I describe my teach-from-home studio which enabled me to maximize online interaction with my students, and how I was able to bring some much-needed humor into my online classes using Zoom virtual backgrounds and costumes and later a small art mannequin placed and a dedicated webcam. In addition, I discuss some ways I was able to encourage students to interact with each other and with me. A surprising observation was an increased level of engagement between myself and my online students, especially the distance education students with whom I normally have little interaction. There were also some things that did not work over Zoom, such as the elaborate classroom demonstrations which I normally use on a regular basis. This paper concludes with lessons learned along with things I hope to retain and/or change when I return to teaching in-person in a classroom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Students are often found delayed in graduating from university due to the length of the thesis preparation. This paper describes the results of research on the attitudes of Islamic Education students on the research methodology course, which has taught before the preparation of the thesis, this subject is required to pass with a minimum score of 70. This study uses a qualitative descriptive research method that seeks to explain how students 'attitudes towards research methodology courses, so that in conjunction with the smoothness of thesis completion it can be seen that students' readiness in writing theses completion. The finding of the research is from 82 students showed that finding 50% are in the high positive attitude category and 42.68% are in the very high positive attitude category and the rest, which are 7.32% in the moderate positive attitude category. This finding shows the majority of 92.68% of students have positive attitudes toward research method courses, meaning that the over-scheduled in the preparation of the baccalaureate thesis is not caused by students' attitudes or incapability in undergoing research methodology courses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Korean Culture disseminates rapidly across the globe. The young generation is highly engaged in Korean trends, such as Korean pop music, dramas or movies, fashion, food, and beauty standards. With the use of media, the effects of Korean trends may have resulted in the effects of media on people and society such as addiction, perceptual influence, psychological effect, time consumption, and impulsive spending. The study aimed to determine whether there is a relationship between variable factors affecting the student's academic performance. The proponents used a quantitative approach in the 388 participants at the Technological Institute of the Philippines. This study shows that the Korean Trends and the Effect of Media on People and Society correlated to its variable factors. Moreover, this study may help future research in colleges and universities in the Philippines about how the students in higher education who engage in Korean Trends affect their behavior and academic performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Physics education research about student's attitudes in formal education have put out a large number of papers. This paper reports a descriptive-quantitative about attitude towards physics female students on Islamic Boarding School. The subject of research were female student's Junior High School whose have around 12-15 years old in 7th until 9th grade. The instrument to measure attitude towards physics is adopted from The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS). The research has been designed as preliminary study, in order to collect data attitude toward physics so the instrument CLASS was administered online to all participated students. Obtained data were analyzed by using CLASS Scoring Tool and ANOVA by IBM SPSS Statistics 22. This research found that overall students have positive attitude towards physics. Especially on personal interest, real world connection, problem solving general, problem solving confidence, and senses making/effort categories. But have less positive attitude toward physics in problem solving sophistication, conceptual understanding and applied conceptual understanding. Furthermore, there were significant difference in average of attitudes toward physics based on age-level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Education unit that carries out educational activities in the form of academics, include high schools, institutes, or universities. The leaders, lecturers, and employees must pay attention to customer satisfaction from the perspective of students as consumers. Student satisfaction must be the basis of management decisions, so universities must make increasing student satisfaction a fundamental goal. Total Quality Management (TQM) is a quality management system that focuses on customers by involving all levels of employees in continuous improvement. The education system, which prioritizes the tertiary education system, currently facing struggle for survival and increased pressure from stakeholders need to support "Delighting Customers" to continue to be relevant and sustainable in the future. "Delighting the Customer" is basically the core message in TQM. TQM is used as a workmanship in the research method. In this study we discuss and apply TQM concepts that are relevant for every aspect of academic life, namely for competition, learning and administration activities. This paper presents some results of a study investigating the quality in higher education. The case study involved industrial engineering Diponegoro University and data collected using TQM. The instrument consists of dimensions including Teaching students well, Availability of staff for student consultation, Library services, Computing facilities, Recreational facilities, Class size, Level and difficulty of subject content, and Student workload. The study involves carrying out mapping using the importance satisfaction matrix method whereby data is obtained through questionnaire distributed to students at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Diponegoro. From the survey collected, 300 respondents passed the validity and reliability test. Then the gap score was calculated using the Gap Analysis method and mapping done using the Importance Satisfaction Matrix method. The results of the study using the student satisfaction inventory method found that the dimensions of computing facilities have the most significant score gap and, in the mapping, using the importance satisfaction matrix obtained 8 attributes falls in quadrant I, which indicate these variables has below average satisfaction levels but the level of importance is quite high. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Please consider these Instructions as guidelines for preparation of Final Camera-Ready Papers. During the pandemic, the education system around the world adapted to online teaching. This period presented a set of new requirements for education systems. It was necessary, in a short period of time, to find effective digital solutions for distance teaching. Most teachers changed their activities during the pandemic to adapt them to virtual teaching, thus becoming creators of online education. In order to improve the educational practices in the online environment, we used an analysis of students' perceptions (N = 150) from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, who expressed their opinion on online learning during the pandemic. For this, an online questionnaire was applied, which was completed both by students who had face-to-face experience and students who started their activity directly in the online learning environment. As a result, in this paper, we specify what students think about online learning, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of this way of teaching. In the research, special attention was paid to the analysis of the problems that students face in online learning, the opportunities they see in this environment, their adaptation to online teaching and the expectations they have from teachers. The analysis of the research results offered several conclusions, including the need to develop the adaptability of university teachers to the specifics of mediated by digital technologies teaching, the introduction of a more varied and frequent interaction with the students, creating conditions for the self-regulation of one's learning. The findings of this study provide solutions for future improvements in online teaching and learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper describes three projects from a graduate structures course in the architectural curriculum at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The senior author has been teaching "deployable structures" as part of required courses, as independent study and as an exclusive course when possible. Constructing transformable designs has been exciting and challenging to architecture students who typically design structures to be static. Students have been able to implement the principles and advantages of transformability, namely - deployability, lightness, ease of transportation, ease of erection and material reuse, in their design projects either in portions of their buildings or as the main structural system. This paper starts with a brief discussion of the importance of courses dedicated to deployable structures in architecture and architectural engineering curricula. The three projects are described to provide a sense of the knowledge and skills required by students to be successful in the endeavor. Both "research" and "learning by making" were central to the projects assigned. With American universities intrinsically serving as experimental grounds for rethinking design curricula, the possibilities of teaching a course on transformable architecture in the context of disciplinary diversity has never been as ripe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the many advantages of a flipped classroom is that it provides more time for instructors to work directly with students. Assessing students with in-class quizzes and/or exams effectively mitigates this advantage by replacing time spent on direct student/instructor interaction with noninteractive assessment. While assessment using quizzes and exams do not provide a direct learning experience, many students place a high value on such assessment techniques distributed throughout the course as opposed to having them concentrated at the end of the course. This paper describes a novel implementation of an intermediate digital design course taught in a flipped-type classroom using a studio-type format. The overall goal of this approach was to determine the efficacy of dedicating a portion of class time to student assessment distributed throughout the course. At the beginning of the course, students chose whether they wanted their course grade weighted on distributed assessment or have their assessment more heavily weighted on final exams. This approach effectively gave students who chose their assessment concentrated on final exams a potential advantage in that it allowed them a greater opportunity for instructor interaction compared to the other students since they could obtain help with course material while other students were taking exams and quizzes. This paper compares the overall performance of both sets of students in order to determine which assessment approach was more effective in helping the students learn the course material. This paper also addresses the question of whether distributed assessment provided true "academic" benefits or whether it simply acted as a mechanism to encourage students to remain current with the course's subject matter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper elaborate the methodology of theory of digital color and helps in understanding teaching and learning methods of digital color theory and also talks about Additive Colors (created with Light) and Hue wheel. In teaching, it becomes obvious to develop interest in the minds of the students about colors and understanding the notations and terminologies of the color theory. Students get confused between the additive and subtractive colors and tries to understand the mechanism of color and color theory by remembering the color patterns. This paper formulates simple way of analyzing and remembering method which helps them to understand digital color theory forever. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Entrepreneurship is vital in economic advancement and global competitiveness. Entrepreneurship education has shown a rapid growth worldwide as education provides an environment that will stimulate the growth of the learner; and facilitates innovation and competition. Transformative changes in entrepreneurship education provide students with an environment to grow and sharpen their entrepreneurial skills and exploit innovation opportunities. Academic entrepreneurship education delivers sustainability within the education system by improving knowledge and competencies of entrepreneurship and provides avenues for more advantageous learning. In this paper recent entrepreneurship education studies were reviewed to understand the trends and development in entrepreneurship education studies. The research mainly focused on the status of innovative methods in entrepreneurship education and outlined current innovative methods that are being implemented to inspire a dynamic and self-regulating attitude and a mindset in learners for new opportunities. Among innovative methods, technology-enhanced learning and using various technology platforms are found very helpful in bringing about social awareness and innovation from students. Digital technologies and e-skill are outlined very helpful in increasing knowledge retention and engagement in a particular topic in entrepreneurship settings to better prepare students for the challenges that are most certainly ahead in the future. Also, it is important to adjust different techniques used in teaching to correspond to the needs of the students with multidisciplinary backgrounds. The paper summarizes future research suggestions on research directions in technology enhanced learning and includes implications of interdependence between learning and economic growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With technological developments that are increasingly significant every year, many organizations or companies are led to change activities digitally without exception for student organizations that are required to do the same thing. Student organizations have the meaning of an organization that is formally and officially registered under the university. Other than that, it is not included in the context of student organizations. However, the implementation of digital transformation encountered many obstacles, such as a lack of prepared human resources, lack of support, and the reluctance to make significant changes. The method used in this research qualitatively uses a literature review method. The results of this research propose implementation steps that can be applied to student organizations, solutions to challenges during implementation, and a new factor in the digital organization, namely the digital mindset. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to describe a comprehensive evaluation experiment of semi-immersive virtual reality (VR) applications from the heuristic side of application interface design to cognitive enhancement abilities, and increasing learning motivation when the application is used as a learning process. This study employs a descriptive qualitative method to comprehend the phenomena encountered by the research subjects, such as behavior, perception, motivation, and actions. Based on data analysis, the study's findings revealed that the use of Virtual Reality at the Museum was quite effective and efficient in the post-COVID19 pandemic for students. This study also discovered that virtual reality was able to increase the number of visits as well as increase interest in learning and understanding the Al-Quran Mushaf better. The conclusion is that, following the COVID-19 Pandemic, VR has become one of the educational media that is effective in helping students, so that they can present simulations like in the real world, where they can see the Istiqlal Mushaf comprehensively. The conclusion of this study was to compare knowledge retention after immersive and non-immersive skill training methods. Site visits and virtual visits can also be quantitatively and qualitatively compared to increase student engagement, motivate students, and provide interactive feedback to encourage learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

K-12 science education in rural India is characterized by rote learning in teacher-centered classrooms with poor lab facilities. As a result, students often have poor attitudes toward science. To inculcate the joy of learning in rural students, we conducted three science camps in remote villages in North India. The camps emphasized hands-on learning using low-cost experiments from locally available materials. Videos, animations and simulations on mobile phones were used to supplement the physical experiments. The goal was not only to teach science, but to change the attitude of students towards science. This paper describes the results of daily assessments, pre, post, and six-month follow-up surveys. Findings include a significant improvement in attitude towards science, a particularly strong improvement for girls, and a positive effect of videos and simulations to learn abstract concepts. Also the academic marks of the students improved significantly after the camp in a longitudinal analysis. Additional insight was gained by clustering students by two simple dimensions: attitudes and learning styles. The change in attitude towards science was larger for students who prefer hands-on learning or concept learning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Arguing for the importance of e-learning in developing the engineering students' reading comprehension skills in English for achieving proficiency for academic and work purposes in the multicultural 21st century society, this paper shows that a special focus on using e-learning tools, such as e-readers and certain recommended websites, plays an important role in meeting our teaching objective and in fulfilling the students' educational needs. These e-learning tools motivate and encourage the engineering students to read at least a minimal bibliography in English to enable them to successfully meet the demands for professional communication, argumentation and writing in the English language seminars in a technical university. Using e-readers and specialized websites, including online libraries, to read English fiction and non-fiction to advance the engineering students' knowledge of English and to develop their reading comprehension skills for the Cambridge English exams, for academic and career purposes will lead to achieving proficiency in this foreign language. Not only will these e-learning tools help the students to advance their knowledge of English, but they will also enable them to broaden their cultural and knowledge horizon, to be up-to-date with the latest societal, career changes and challenges in our society. That is why this paper will enlarge upon: 1) the importance of using e-learning tools such as e-readers and specialized websites to develop the engineering students' reading comprehenshin skills in English for achieving proficiency in this language for academic and career purposes; 2) the students' perspective on the importance of elearning tools for developing their reading comprehension skills in English; 3) a methodological approach to developing the engineering students' reading comprehenshion skills in English using elearning tools. Being fond of using technology for e-learning purposes, the engineering students will be motivated to use e-readers to read more recommended English texts, including fiction, non-fiction and specialized technical literature, in order to develop their reading comprehension skills in English for academic and career purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Studies on entrepreneurial education often treat this type of education as a further development of managerial education. However, this demonstrates the need to elaborate a new educational approach based on numerous external sources of ideas -- the requests of key stakeholders, state strategy in education, etc. In our research, we consider student intentions and aspirations regarding their future entrepreneurial careers as an external idea that must be considered when developing educational programs. This paper is aimed at clarifying the place of research on student intentions in the methodology of entrepreneurial education development and to conceptualize a methodological approach for future research on the topic. Our primary goal is to identify the methodology of entrepreneurial intentions research so that it can play a proper role of in the development of educational programs. We analyze the advantages and disadvantages of different forms of university involvement in entrepreneurial systems. Two methods were employed during the research: 1) analysis of existing educational programs on entrepreneurship at Russian universities and identification of their strengths and weaknesses in relation to the goal of developing entrepreneurial competencies among students; 2) a survey among students to identify their intentions with regard to entrepreneurship. The theory of planned behavior (TPB) was used as the theoretical framework of the study, which allowed us to identify and improve student perceptions of entrepreneurial educational programs. The study showed that existing entrepreneurial education programs at Russian universities do not fully meet the requirements of potential students. Our proposed methodology for determining the ways in which to reorganize educational programs allows us to consider the intentions and preferences of students to a greater extent and increase the effectiveness of these programs. The paper concludes with implications for theory and practice, charting several promising areas for future research on the methodology of entrepreneurial education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

E-learning has become nowadays a common educational practice especially at tertiary level. For FL-teaching at technical universities CALL (Computer Aided Language Learning) is almost a must since it combines technology with individual language learning experiences. The benefits of CALL are evident as it fosters student centered perspective, interactive learning, learner autonomy, learner motivation etc. This paper addresses the role of CALL as an alternative methodological approach of a larger coverage than traditional language teaching, paying special attention to FL acquisition by engineering students. As the results of this study will show, the FL learning outcomes of students are even improved when combined with the CLIL-approach (Content and Language Integrated Learning). After discussing machine translation (MT) as opposed to human translation, the author concentrates on a project work (case study) focused on MT of German texts into Romanian and conducted with Bachelor students of the University "Politehnica" of Bucharest. Two corpora were compiled, one containing German nonfictional texts/subject oriented texts and the other one German specialized texts. The goals of the project work were: a) raising students' awareness about the main issues of MT (benefits and challenges); b) sensitizing them to differences between human translation and MT; c) making students aware of the benefits of MT as a tool in developing on the one hand specific study skills and on the other hand future job skills. The project was conducted with two groups of students and covered 4 stages, namely: 1.) introductory lesson about MT and instructions referring to the translation tasks; 2.)error analysis and step by step guided evaluation of the text samples translated by students online; 3.) students' solutions for revising and improving MT and 4.) conclusions. Finally the author asserts that there are a lot of arguments which support the idea that the skills engineering students have acquired in the FL (via CLIL) and in an e-learning environment (CALL) are going to be of great help for their future career development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Following the results of a recent study that focused on the difference in the perceptions of the two cities, a pilot study was conducted with the variables contextualised from a city to a university setting. The aim was to explore smart city concepts in the context of universities as they are seen as early adopters of technologies that make students' lives easier and the university more attractive. Starting from the original model, the focus is on the contextualisation of the research variables - the perception of university management, fellow students, and Perceived External Prestige (PEP) as antecedents of university affective commitment. The research is further extended by exploring the effect of smart university features across standard six axes or dimensions (smart economy, smart mobility, smart environment, smart people, smart living, smart governance). The paper presents the preliminary survey results, including the construct validity using exploratory factor analysis and reliability using Cronbach's Alpha. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite a fact that using real biological specimens in teaching and learning biodiversity and classification can enhance student’s learning competencies, the biophilia issues emphasizing on student’s attitude to respect the non-human organism should become a challenge to be addressed. Virtual laboratory may provide solutions answering the problems of both, contextuality and biophilia issues in teaching and learning biodiversity and classification. However, appropriate taxonomic concepts and principles are still needed to develop a competence-based virtual laboratory media. This paper aims to analyze challenges and opportunities in developing virtual laboratory in addressing those the two aforementioned issues. Both opportunities and challenges of using virtual laboratory are scrutinized in a context of the important concepts and principles in biodiversity classification and taxonomy. From the perspective of non-anthropocentrism, one of the important affective learning outcomes of teaching and learning biodiversity and classification is building student’s habit to respects to the non-human organism. Therefore, using real biological specimens should be minimized because of its ability in breaking this habit breaking this sensitivity. The problem of contextuality and learning outcome achievement then is challenged. Virtual laboratory may bear opportunities in addressing the problems of contextuality and learning outcome achievement. The virtual laboratory should be systematically designed and structured to assist a ‘step by step’ understanding of the important concepts and principles in biodiversity and classification. A precise 3D taxonomic artificial specimens and model may still be required to complement the virtual laboratory media and altering the contextuality of using the real biological specimens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Predicting academic performance is an often-required task in Higher Education field. Development of data mining, especially educational data mining (EDM) provided algorithms for effective data analysis with the aim to improve quality of the educational processes. In this paper, probability based approach to machine learning (Bayesian networks) is applied in order to predict academic performance of IT students based on data about their socio-demographic characteristics, attitudes, motivation and behavior. Main aim of presented research was twofold: (i) to predict students' academic performance and to identify most significant predictors of students' success, (ii) to investigate possibilities of probability based machine learning approach for developing predictive models in educational domain. Research results indicated high level of potential for Bayesian networks application on educational datasets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since 2012 - "the year of MOOC (Massive Online Open Classes)" as stated an article in New York Times, most top universities started to offer some sort of MOOC. Class-center.com declared that "more than 700 universities around the world have launched free online courses and that by the end of 2016, around 58 million students had signed up for at least one MOOC". Moreover, Coursera, the most famous MOOC provider launched specialization tracks that allow subscribers to earn ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) to prestigious universities. As a consequence, the author tried to analyze students perception towards MOOC phenomenon. The students that participated into the demarche were both Romanian and Erasmus students attending classes to University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, the largest technical university in Romania. Only the students of the 4th year have been considered eligible to take part in the survey, as they are targeted as MOOCs potential students - "89% of Coursera learners are over the age of 22", as stated Coursera CEO. The main objective of the present paper consists in identifying the benefits of using MOOCs and also the challenges students have to face when accessing them. Moreover, the research identifies the limitations of MOOCs towards students perception and proposes several "possible futures" for educational platforms. The tool used within the research was the questionnaire that lead to conclusions related to the perceptive boundaries of MOOC within the respondents. The results complete the state of knowledge of the Romanian higher education system and also could complement the methods of improving the quality of higher education services by including the suggestions received from the beneficiaries of educational services - the students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In a world of disruptive technologies, the concept of robotics is one that has been in practice since the early 1950s when the first truly programmable robot, the Unimate was designed by George Devol. Since then much progress has been made in this field; with multiple branches of applications being developed. Major leaps in robotics, especially with easy-to-use, readily available and cheaper processing technology such as Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beaglebone Black, electronics such as sensory circuits, and prototyping options such as laser cutting and 3D printing allow for implementations that were not possible in the recent past. With the purpose to foster an interest in robotics with the Net Generation, the XX Campus of the XX University prepared a robotics laboratory. Initially its purpose was to informally involve interested students in robotics projects and competitions. With time it is envisioned that course material would be developed -- to be offered as short courses. Eventually the aim is that this material would be incorporated into existing Information Technology course subject modules and ultimately as well developed subject modules. The focus of this paper is to reflect on the practical implementation of a previously proposed course structure: Introduction to Robotics; regarding student attitudes. As a first attempt to formalise robotics learning, a partial subject offering connected to a competition, was offered in 2017. This pilot offering was followed up with another offering connected to expert systems. The purpose was to create a fun environment through robots that would involve students -- to enhance interdisciplinary learning associated with this focus. Students formed small groups and were assigned a weekly task. In combination, the tasks addressed an obstacle course that the programmed robots need to complete. Weekly quantitative and qualitative data was collected, and analysed to provide insight into the students' development with regards to inter-disciplinary knowledge, skills, and attitudes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Because of the advancement of technology, businesses have shifted from traditional methods of selling goods and services to electronic methods of selling. The entities use the internet as a primary source for conducting business. The popularity of online purchasing is primarily due to its ease of use and accessibility. Online shopping brings a wide range of things together in one place. Most consumers, especially the young population and college students, prefer to visit e-commerce websites in today's digitalized world. Despite the fact that the internet makes purchasing a goods quick and easy, some people prefer to utilize the technology in moderation for fear of being addicted to online shopping. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the online shopping perspectives of college students who use this platform to make purchases. In addition, also to know about the motivating factors and features that drive them towards these e-stores and hence the study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the past few years, academics in the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) have been discussing the study of User Experience (UX). As a subfield of human-computer interaction (HCI) that focuses on the interaction between products and users, user experience (UX) has become highly significant in the era of learning management systems (LMS). In order to evaluate the UX design, the appropriate or suitable variable must be identified. A learning management system, like any other system, must be user-friendly and straightforward to operate. It is important to evaluate LMS from the prospect of user experience. User experience (UX) design and evaluation are critical to the success of many technical products since subjective views and emotions can differ dramatically from usability-oriented objective facts. The User Experience (UX) is presently regarded as a critical aspect in determining the overall quality of a product or service. Although its significance, only a few studies have examined the user experience (UX) of learning management systems (LMSs). In the context of e-learning, user experience is critical since it can affect learners' attitudes toward using the learning management system (LMS). It is the goal of this study to identify the most important user experience variables as well as evaluation concerns and user experience within the LMS domain, with a particular emphasis on educational contexts. In order to achieve these objectives, a review of the literature was carried out, which included several papers published between 2015 and 2021, among others. The discussion concentrated on the present issues facing the discipline, as well as research gaps and potential in the field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper deals with students' life skills which the physics teacher should intentionally develop through physics content. An attention is given not only to the physics content and activities connected with it, but also to the development of responsibility, freedom, ability to make decisions, group cooperation, self-evaluation and experience of success. Three activities implemented in the seventh class of the elementary school are described in the paper. Authors describe reasons for class selection, the physics content and the used methods as well as the skills which they decided to purposely develop. They emphasize the importance of activities requiring students' inquiry-based learning and the need to change organization and philosophy of physics teaching at secondary schools. At the end of the paper authors analyze the achievement of objectives, positives as well as negatives of the implemented approaches and propose changes for a future realization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the past couple of decades, there have been rapid advancements in the field of technology which transformed pedagogical strategies in higher education. Online education with an emphasis on technology augmented learning strategies and an increasing stress for cost effectiveness have mounted the pressure on educators. This is exacerbated by the demand for educators to come up with innovative instructional methods which are flexible, user-friendly, empowering and student-centred. Collaboration and sharing learning-teaching practices would be the most sensible response to these demands. This paper shares and explores the experiences of flipping an online classroom with a large cohort of externally enrolled Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery students in a regional Australian university. The design, implementation, and outcome of this active learning strategy are examined using the theoretical framework, Community of Inquiry by Garrison, Anderson, and Archer [1]. The students' accountability to engage in the task, in a student-centred model of pedagogical strategy which reinforced higher order thinking was the key to this successfully flipped task. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Big data is a highly innovative technology that provides economic and social benefits for all segments of society. Big data analysis offers significant savings and new possibilities by moving the decision support of many critical areas of knowledge to an upper dimension in many different industries such as banks, energy companies, the pharmaceutical industry, health services, public services, etc. Even though there are few studies about big data applications in education, big data will revolutionize the learning industry in the coming years. Therefore, this study deals with big data applications in the education sector, especially in predicting student behavior. This paper investigated the existing literature for big data usage for predicting students' behavior in the education industry. Then it proposed a specific methodology for determining students who are likely to drop out early from the university. Because the increasing graduation rate is the strategic goal of any public or private educational institution, it is believed that with the proposed model, they can take the right action at the right time to reduce the drop-out rate and increase the graduation rate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reviews the success factors of the digital transformation of higher education institutions based on the experience of Hassan 2 University of Casablanca (UH2C) inMorocco, which is the second largest university in the country. This work is based on the good practices implemented in the university's digitalization strategy during the covid-19 pandemic. In order to run all the courses online and allow students to properly follow their lessons, the implementation of a robust and secure system is essential. This paper will take stock of the technical infrastructure of the university which has enabled it to support approximately 130,000 users, then the identification of all the services whose university needed to do its distance learning courses well and a proposal for the new system with the minimum of services that users will need to deliver and follow quality lessons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we illustrate the architecture of the °'°Kobi system, which is aimed at supporting students' education in artistic or design activities. We will outline the scientific and methodological foundations of the educational approach aimed at enhancing the artistic conception and the design ideation. The functional requirements and the system architecture for implementing the °'°Kobi system are outlined. Finally, the paper discusses some relevant aspects concerning the system application in a real educational context and briefly reports about its preliminary assessment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The outbreak of Coronavirus (Covid-19) and the associated government containment measures to address the problem forced many universities across the globe to adopt or deepen their online teaching and learning activities. As a result, assessments that ordinarily follow pedagogical approaches of face-to-face classroom-based practices and procedures, moved to online variants -- a novel practice for many academics across disciplines. Expectedly, such shifts have ignited debates among scholars about assessments quality and academic integrity. From both academic and students' perspectives, the aim of this paper is to review systematically, and critically evaluate and understand the relationship between online assessments and performance outcomes in safeguarding quality and academic integrity. Applying a qualitative approach, data were collected through a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) framework, from Experiential Research Method (ERM) and from Informal Shared Conversations (ISC) with postgraduate students. It is hoped that the findings of the study will contribute positively towards efforts to strengthen existing ethical values in policy and practice within the academia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Virtual reality (VR) has made a successful transition from the entertainment domain to the skills training domain. As expected, there is now considerable research being conducted on utilizing the affordances of VR in higher education. A properly designed VR-based learning environment can engage students not only cognitively but also affectively and behaviorally. This paper provides details of the process of developing VR lessons for introductory level undergraduate courses in STEM disciplines. The lessons were prepared using a web-based VR development environment. Some challenges in developing these lessons were identified, and are shared. The impact of the VR lessons on students' perceptions and attitudes was analyzed using self-reported data that were gathered through surveys. The results of the data analysis are included. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This evidence-based practice paper describes the implementation of competency-based learning in a course on the design of analog circuits. This implementation was motivated by two ideas. First, literature on competency-based learning and mastery-based learning suggests that these techniques improve student attitudes and learning, and this implementation sought to achieve these desirable outcomes. Second, the self-paced nature of competency-based learning helps to identify students that are learning material slowly, and this implementation sought to direct instructor resources to these students. However, the implementation was challenging because it needed to navigate the challenges of assessing students' mastery of content topics while bounding the amount of student and instructor time required for a demanding course. Competency-based learning was implemented using a flipped classroom format, where students watched web-based video lectures outside of class and participated in activities during class. The in-class activities included a team-based learning readiness assessment, followed by an opportunity to attempt a "mastery question" that allowed students to demonstrate that they had mastered course materials for the week. Performance on mastery questions was reviewed in a one-on-one conference with the course instructor. Grading on mastery questions was strictly pass/no-pass, and students were allowed unlimited attempts to pass mastery questions each week. 20% of a student's grade was determined by the number of mastery questions that they completed. These competency-based teaching methods were assessed by teaching the course twice, once using a lecture-based format and once using the competency-based techniques described above. In both offerings, the students completed the same set of exams and laboratory exercises, and the scores on the exams were used as quantitative measures of learning gains for the students. A short survey was used to gather additional quantitative measures of student attitudes about competency-based instruction. Finally, qualitative measures of student attitudes were extracted from student evaluations of teaching. A pre-test was used to assess whether students had prior experience with the course material. Students that received competency-based instruction scored higher on their exams on average. The average was increased because low scoring students receiving competency-based instruction achieved higher grades than low scoring students receiving lecture-based instruction. High scoring students achieved similar exam scores regardless of the style of instruction. In addition to learning more, students receiving competency-based instruction spent less time outside of class than students receiving lecture-based instruction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this work in progress is to provide preliminary findings from efforts to develop a valid and reliable instrument to measure students' attitudes, beliefs, and intentions related to social justice in engineering contexts. As researchers continue to demonstrate the critical links between engineering topics and social justice and advocate for their integration into engineering curricula, it is important that engineering educators have tools to assess student growth and development in these areas as well. By measuring student perceptions of social justice and their relationship to it as engineers, we can help engineering educators and students more critically examine the sociotechnical nature of engineering and help better prepare students for the realities of modern engineering work. To address this need, we adapted the pre-existing, validated Social Justice Scale to develop an instrument designed to address the role of social justice specifically in engineering settings. We collected data via a survey of 251 first-year mechanical engineering students at a large, predominantly white, public university on the west coast. Using exploratory factor analysis, we examined the underlying constructs of the scale related to student attitudes, behaviors, subjective norms, and intentions concerning social justice in engineering. Preliminary findings suggest that the Engineering Social Justice Scale (ESJS) has the potential to assess different dimensions of student perceptions and development related to social justice in engineering, but that the scale might need to be modified to more appropriately fit in engineering-specific contexts. In this paper, we describe the development process for the ESJS and present preliminary validation measures from Exploratory Factor Analysis. In an effort to make the ESJS easier for instructors to implement and provide a more useful measure, we offer a revised version of the instrument for subsequent distribution and iterative statistical analysis. Based on our EFA, we discuss the different underlying factors present in student attitudes and behaviors related to social justice and compare those to existing theoretical models. Finally, we make recommendations for future iterations related to language and item construction and detail our plans to continue instrument development and validation. By providing a valid and reliable instrument for social justice in engineering, educators can more meaningfully assess critical student outcomes and begin to develop a shared language for discussing student learning outcomes related to social justice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]