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A Framework for Online Education in Computer Science Degrees with a Focus on Motivation

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Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning, 11th International Conference (MIS4TEL 2021)

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Abstract

The way students learn changed significantly over the past two years, due to the current pandemic. However, this change was neither desired not planed beforehand. As a result, in many cases, it may have been undertaken without the appropriate care. In this paper we propose a framework for online education tailored for Computer Science degrees. Its goals are twofold: to avoid disruptive changes by providing a familiar and supportive structure for teaching/learning activities, and to motivate Students to learn autonomously, despite their reduced contact with their peers or the Teacher .

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia through project UIDB/04728/2020.

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  1. CIICESI, Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    Davide Carneiro & Ricardo Barbosa

  2. Algoritmi Centre/Department of Informatics, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal

    Davide Carneiro & Ricardo Barbosa

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  1. Edificio Multiusos I+D+I, Sala 24.1, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain

    Fernando De la Prieta

  2. Faculty of Computer Science, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

    Rosella Gennari

  3. Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

    Marco Temperini

  4. Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

    Tania Di Mascio

  5. Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

    Pierpaolo Vittorini

  6. Physics and Informatics, KDMFI, Comenius University, Faculty of Mathematics, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Zuzana Kubincova

  7. Computer and Information Technology, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania

    Elvira Popescu

  8. CIICESI, ESTG, Polytechnic of Porto, Felgueiras, Portugal

    Davide Rua Carneiro

  9. Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Coppito, Italy

    Loreto Lancia

  10. Università degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy

    Agnese Addone

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Carneiro, D., Barbosa, R. (2022). A Framework for Online Education in Computer Science Degrees with a Focus on Motivation. In: De la Prieta, F., et al. Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning, 11th International Conference. MIS4TEL 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 326. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86618-1_14

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