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1. Engineering Attractiveness in the European Educational Environment: Can Distance Education Approaches Make a Difference?

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Katzis, Konstantinos, Dimopoulos, Christos, Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Maria, and Lasica, Ilona-Elefteryja

Abstract

The recent phenomenon of worldwide declining enrolments in engineering-related degrees has led to the gradual decrease in the number of engineering graduates. This decrease occurs at a time of increasing demand in the labour market for highly qualified engineers, who are necessary for the implementation of fundamental societal functions. This paper initially presents a survey of practices, which are currently employed by academic institutions in Europe in order to increase the attractiveness of their engineering studies. It then provides a detailed analysis of the benefits and proliferation of distance education to increase attractiveness of engineering studies based on a set of interviews. Results of this study highlight a lack of a distance-learning dimension in the implementation of engineering studies in the European Area and discusses in detail ways in which distance learning can be utilised in engineering studies for the benefit of increasing their attractiveness. It has also been noted that institutions employing distance learning as part of their engineering studies, see this as highly beneficial for their students but also for the academic institution itself with some reservations in terms of the pedagogical adequacy of materials and instructional approaches used in distance education courses.

Published
2018

2. The Connection between Physics, Engineering and Music as an Example of STEAM Education

Author

Andreotti, Erica and Frans, Renaat

Abstract

In this paper we describe the STEAM pedagogy developed under the European Union's Horizon 2020 project iMuSciCA (interactive music science collaborative activities). We present the pedagogical model this interdisciplinary pedagogy is based on and we give a concrete example of lesson scenario in which this pedagogy is applied. In particular we show how this interdisciplinary pedagogy can strengthen the understanding of physics concepts and processes by connecting them to corresponding concepts and procedures typical of other disciplines like engineering and music.

Published
2019
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3. EdMedia 2014: World Conference on Educational Media & Technology (Tampere, Finland, June 23-26, 2014)

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Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Herrington, Jan, Viteli, Jarmo, and Leikmaa, Marianna

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The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) is an international, non-profit educational organization. The Association's purpose is to advance the knowledge, theory, and quality of teaching and learning at all levels with information technology. "EdMedia 2014: World Conference on Educational Multimedia & Technology" took place in Tampere, Finland from June 23-26, 2014. The following award papers were presented at the conference: (1) Designing a Web-Portal Supporting the Social Inclusion of a Specific User Group. A Case Study of the LITERACY-Portal (Dominik Hagelkruys and Renate Motschnig); (2) Using a Game-Based Approach to Design a Rich Media Learning Environment (Min Liu, Jason Rosenblum, Lucas Horton, and Jina Kang); (3) Design and Implementation of Strategies and Artifacts to Support Ubiquitous Computing in and outside the Classroom: A Reflective Case Study (Alan Amory); (4) Using Social Networking to Mentor 9th-grade Girls for Academic Success and Engineering Career Awareness (Patricia Carlson); (5) Case Study of an Online English Language Course That Emphasizes Self-Assessment of Speaking and Writing (Goh Kawai and Akio Ohnishi); (6) Pedagogical Design and Pedagogical Usability of Web-based Learning Environments: Comparative Cultural Implications between Africa and Europe (Adewunmi Ogunbase); (7) Evaluating the Nature Tour Mobile Learning Application (Jenni Rikala); (8) Guiding Students in Collaborative Writing of Wikipedia Articles -- How to Get Beyond the Black Box Practice in Information Literacy Instruction? (Eero Sormunen and Tuulikki Alamettälä); (9) Development of a Gaming Instructional Material and Design Framework for "Exploration Activities" in Science (Hodaka Taguchi and Toshiki Matsuda); (10) Serious Game Gademavo: How to Enhance Students' Ability in Taking Decisions in a Complex World (Anne-Dominique Salamin); and (11) Gaming Motivations and Characteristics of Turkish MMOFPS Players (Muhterem Dindar and Yavuz Akbulut).

Published
2014