Universal Arduino-based experimenting system to support teaching of natural sciences

The rapid evolution of intelligent electronic devices makes information technology, computer science and electronics strongly related to the teaching of natural sciences. Today almost everybody has a smart phone that can convert light, temperature, movement, sound to numbers, therefore all these can be processed, analysed, displayed, stored, shared by software applications. The fundamental question is how education can follow this knowledge and how can education take its advantages. Components and methods of modern technology are available for education also, teachers and students can play with parts and tools which were previously used only by engineers. A good example is the very popular Arduino board which is practically an industrial microcontroller whose pins are wired to easy-to-use connectors on a printed circuit board. In this paper we show a universal system which we have developed for the Arduino platform to support experimenting and understanding of the most fundamental principles of the operation of modern devices. We show our related educational concept and discuss the most important features of the system. Open source hardware and software are available and we provide a number of video tutorials as well

The Development Of A Postgraduate Management System (PG-MS)

This study aims to develop a prototype system for postgraduate students in UUM especially students in the Graduate Department of Information Technology, Computer Science and Multimedia, focusing on the entry requirements for the final project. Because of the increasing number of postgraduate students in this department, it usually takes quite a long time to fill the application manually and to do the processing of the application after it has been submitted. The system development life cycle (SDLC) methodology will be used in this study and it considers the general methodology to develop the system

AMCIS 2002 Panels and Workshops III: How Will Media Technology Evolve as an Academic Discipline?

Media Technology (MT) is a new, multidisciplinary field that integrates the knowledge, expertise, resources, and creativity of diverse, established, fertile artistic disciplines (visual design, art, music, radio, television) with new technological disciplines (digital media, information systems, information technology, computer science, network engineering) through rapidly-evolving technologies. Its application in electronic commerce into what will become a full synthesis of information technology and sensory interaction will be made possible by approaches to presenting and exchanging information visually, aurally--and eventually in combination with all of the senses. This article reports on a panel held at AMCIS 2002 in Dallas TX. The panel discussed the need to develop a literacy and understanding in the IT discipline of the MT and its importance in keeping IT research relevant. The panel also discussed strategies for attaining MT literacy, integrating MT into the IT curriculum, and discussed two universities where it is being done

ENTREPRENEURSHIP INCUBATOR INCREASE INDEPENDENCE STUDENTS (Case Studies Faculty of Information Engineering Program of the State Islamic University Sunan Sainstech Kalijaga Yogyakarta)

The purpose of this study to determine the effect of the incubator model of entrepreneurial learning to increase student self-employment mental independence. The method used is the field trials through the application of entrepreneurial incubators in order to improve the mental independence of entrepreneurship students in the study program Information Technology Computer Science and Technology Faculty of the State Islamic University Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta. Entrepreneurial incubator is applied through the incubator cover components: doing, empowering, facilitating, and evaluating. Retrieval of data subjects in simple random sampling in the 30 tested students who follow the teaching of entrepreneurship in the incubator program. Collecting data through questionnaires, observations, and interviews. The method uses regression analysis to determine significant effects between the variables of learning entrepreneurial incubator (X) to a variable increase in student mental entrepreneurial independence (Y). Results of the regression equation is known that the better learning entrepreneurship incubators were applied, the greater the increase in student mental entrepreneurial independence. The magnitude of the effect of learning on the formation of an entrepreneurial incubator mental independence of 0.811 or 81.1%. Learning-based entrepreneurial incubator affect the improvement of mental independence Computer Information Technology student. Keywords: learning, incubators, entrepreneurship, independenc

The social impact and cultural issues affecting the e-learning performance in Libyan Higher Education institutes

This paper analyses the social impact and cultural issues which affect the e-learning performance in Libyan Higher Education institutes (HEIs). It is described the development and implementation of e-learning systems in various HEIs with the emphasis on the digital gap in Libya and barriers to successful e-learning implementation in these institutions. Also the social impact of using e-learning packages and Internet by young people in Libya is studied and a SWOT analysis of ICT and e-learning in Tripoli University is performed in order to improve the effectiveness of the use of e-learning systems in Libyan HEIs

Development and Delivery of Coursework: The Legal/Regulatory/Policy Environment of Cyberforensics

This paper describes a cyber-forensics course that integrates important public policy and legal issues as well as relevant forensic techniques. Cyber-forensics refers to the amalgam of multi-disciplinary activities involved in the identification, gathering, handling, custody, use and security of electronic files and records, involving expertise from the forensic domain, and which produces evidence useful in the proof of facts for both commercial and legal activities. The legal and regulatory environment in which electronic discovery takes place is of critical importance to cyber-forensics experts because the legal process imposes both constraints and opportunities for the effective use of evidence gathered through cyber-forensic techniques. This paper discusses different pedagogies that can be used (including project teams, research and writing assignments, student presentations, case analyses, class activities and participation and examinations), evaluation methods, problem-based learning approaches and critical thinking analysis. A survey and evaluation is provided of the growing body of applicable print and online materials that can be utilized. Target populations for such a course includes students with majors, minors or supporting elective coursework in law, information sciences, information technology, computer science, computer engineering, financial fraud, security and information assurance, forensic aspects of cyber security, privacy, and electronic commerce