Agility is the keyword if one needs to survive in this rapidly changing world, keeping pace and at the same time not loosing balance or control which could result in loss of quality of performance. No wonder agile methods have emerged in the field of software development as well, and they are gaining popularity in academics also. The bunches of agile methods evolved so far are not only able to ...

Purpose: Considering the importance of aesthetic education in students, the purpose of this study was the aesthetic education of elementary school students: analysis of dimensions and components with a qualitative approach. Methodology: This research in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was qualitative from type of exploratory inductive. The research population...

A Practice Example of Object Oriented Programming Education Using WebCT Hiroyoshi WATANABE Kumiko TAKAI Shigeru SASAKI Masayuki ARAI and Shigeo TAKEI †School of Science and Engineering, Teikyo University Toyosatodai 1-1, Utsunomiya, 320-8551 Japan E-mail: †{hiro,kumiko,sasaki,arai,takei}@ics.teikyo-u.ac.jp Abstract This paper describes an introductory object oriented programming course using We...

Using a defined software engineering process helps instructors to teach software engineering courses based on practical experience. Defined processes offer needed guidance to the students, and allow instructors to perform fine-tuning of the course pace, matching it to available time and resources. However, fully sized commercial processes are generally too heavy to be directly employed in train...

Flipped instruction is gaining popularity in medical schools, but there are unanswered questions such as the optimum amount of the curriculum to flip and whether flipped sessions should be mandatory. We were in a unique position to evaluate feedback from first-year medical students who had experienced both flipped and lecture-based courses during their first semester of medical school. A key fi...

The investigation evaluated the impact of incorporating mobile technology and in particular the introduction of on-demand Short Messaging Service (SMS) – also known as text messaging into the information exchange between universities and the students. The impact of the technology on the creation of a new mode of information exchange that augments the existing student learning experience was ass...

It is often said that contemporary students frequently study while ‘multitasking’. However, this rather diffuse term encompasses situations that vary as to the whether the learner controls the pace at which educational materials are provided. On the basis of prior cognitive research, we hypothesize that this may well be a critical determinant of interference. Three studies required students to ...

The study aimed to identify the extent of application electronic entrepreneurship in Jordanian universities from point view graduate students. Results students came a high degree, and researcher attributes this academic orientation educational institutions, especially universities, towards keeping pace with requirements modern era, entrepreneurship. It recommends increasing interest university ...