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The recent technology flow into learning has significantly enriched the repertoire of teaching and learning processes. Presence and distance can be intertwined for mutual complementation. From our own experience in an academic environment we are...

Current learning theories tend to exploit the potentials of web-based technologies to support the learners in constructing pragmatic and persistent knowledge. To reduce the effort of introducing Person-Centered e-Learning in courses, we investigate...

Blending humanistic, Person-Centered principles with the potentials of modern educational technology, in particular the Internet, is a new stream in e-learning research. As it is often hard for instructors – partly lacking respective experience,...

This paper presents a quantitative study on a number of approaches to enhancing team competencies of Computer Science students. Five different technology enhanced courses and their effects were examined: Web Engineering, Soft Skills, Person Centered ...

** Invited as a paper from ED-MEDIA 2008 ** This paper addresses the challenges resulting from the design and implementation of a modular, flexible curriculum of computer science. It is intended to share the processes and structures that are being...

In order to be able to offer a computer science curriculum that is capable of meeting the ever changing needs of society and economy we have conducted a number of studies among curriculum stakeholders. This paper focuses on the students’ perceptions ...

Students’ lacking interest in courses, non-attendance in lectures, and consequent high drop-out rates are much too common phenomena in higher education. From a psychological perspective this is not too surprising, as long as the transfer of strictly ...

This paper addresses the demand for reusable solutions addressing reoccurring challenges of curriculum (re)design in the higher education sector. The presented patterns respond to the tasks of considering generic competences in curricula, specifying ...

Studying abroad has become an important asset in learning languages and acquiring intercultural competences. This results in a growing need for transparency of curricula. But not only international students need to get a fast overview of study...