Vers un nouveau design d'audio-vidéo-cours à l'Université : " l'encre numérique ": Description du dispositif et première analyse d'usages

7 pagesInternational audienceThis article presents a new audio-video lecture design for University teaching and reports its impact on the students' learning process. The system is composed of an original lecture presentation tool (the Tablet PC), associated with an online workbook. The lecture is first saved, sequenced, and then uploaded in small parts in the different directories of the workbook. The students may then use its contents as much as they wish. This system was tested on relatively weak students in order to support the "Succeed your Bachelor's degree" plan. The test essentially focused on correlations with results on exams, and on how often the video sequences were watched and tracked their activity and navigation in the different parts of the workbook.Cet article présente un nouveau design d'audio-vidéo-cours dans le cadre d'un enseignement universitaire et rend compte de son impact sur l'apprentissage des étudiants. Le dispositif se compose d'un outil original de présentation du cours magistral (Tablet PC) associé à un cahier de textes en ligne. Le cours est enregistré, séquencé et déposé dans l'arborescence du cahier de textes. Les étudiants peuvent alors consulter son contenu autant que de besoin. L'évaluation de ce dispositif entre dans le cadre du plan " Réussite en Licence ". Elle s'appuie sur les résultats aux examens et sur la fréquence de consultation des vidéos et un suivi (tracking) précis de la " navigation " dans les différents contenus du cahier de textes en ligne

A review into the factors affecting declines in undergraduate Computer Science enrolments and approaches for solving this problem

There has been a noticeable drop in enrolments in Computer Science (CS) courses and interest in CS careers in recent years while demand for CS skills is increasing dramatically. Not only are such skills useful for CS jobs but for all forms of business and to some extent personal lives as Information Technology (IT) is becoming ubiquitous and essential for most aspects of modern life. Therefore it is essential to address this lack of interest and skills to not only fill the demand for CS employees but to provide students with the CS skills they need for modern life especially for improving their employability and skills for further study. This report looks at possible reasons for the lack of interest in CS and different approaches used to enhance CS education and improve the appeal of CS

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This paper documents a study, carried out in the academic year 2004-2005, on the role of motivation and comfort-level in a first year object-oriented programming module. The study found that intrinsic motivation had a strong correlation with programming performance as did self-efficacy for learning and performance, r=0.512, p < 0.01 and r=0.567, p < 0.01 respectively. Aspects of comfort level were found to have significant correlations with performance with an instrument on programming-esteem rendering the most interesting results. A regression model based upon these factors was able to account for 60% of the variance in programming performance results

The influence of motivation and comfort-level on learning to program

This paper documents a study, carried out in the academic year 2004-2005, on the role of motivation and comfort-level in a first year object-oriented programming module. The study found that intrinsic motivation had a strong correlation with programming performance as did self-efficacy for learning and performance, r=0.512, p < 0.01 and r=0.567, p < 0.01 respectively. Aspects of comfort level were found to have significant correlations with performance with an instrument on programming-esteem rendering the most interesting results. A regression model based upon these factors was able to account for 60% of the variance in programming performance results

Teaching Object-Oriented Software Engineering through Problem-Based Learning in the Context of Game Design

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LA BELLA FIGURA: MAKING A GOOD IMPRESSION WHEN TEACHING AN INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING TO NON-ENGINEERS

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