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Transactions: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
Transactions ID Number: 19-568
Full Name: Robert Pucher
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Hoechstaedtplatz 5, 1200 Wien, Austria
Country: AUSTRIA
Tel: +4313334077264
Tel prefix: +431
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E-mail address: robert.pucher@technikum-wien.at
Other E-mails: robert.p1@gmx.at
Title of the Paper: Improving Didactics in Computer Science – The Example of the GEMIS and the QUADRO Projects
Authors as they appear in the Paper: R. Pucher, M. Tesar, T. Mandl, G. Holweg and F. Schmöllebeck
Email addresses of all the authors: robert.pucher@technikum-wien.at, tesar@technikum-wien.at, mandl@technikum-wien.at, holweg@technikum-wien.at, schmoe@technikum-wien.at
Number of paper pages: 8
Abstract: Computer Science tends to be one of the studies with relatively high rates of early drop outs. This is also a problem at the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien. GEMIS (GEnder Mainstreaming in Informatics related Studies) and QUADRO (Methods to improve the QUAlity of teaching and lower DROpout rates of students) are two projects to improve didactics in Computer Science and consecutively to lower this high rate. Four courses, two of them on the bachelor level, two on the master level participate in the projects. The main goals of the projects are 1) to identify the difficulties for students. 2) To introduce new methods of teaching to address different learning types. 3) To enhance the usability of the offered e- and m-learning tools. The GEMIS project was initiated to investigate the reasons for the higher drop-out rate of female students in informatics related study programs and to develop and implement measures to counteract. QUADRO helps to resolve th!
at issue by providing much additional organizational information (e.g. term agenda, deadlines for tasks in different courses) in Web 2.0 environments, like Google Calendar or Facebook, thus moving beyond integrated learning management systems (LMS) and engaging students in an active use of the web as a resource for their self-governed and collaborative learning activities.
Keywords: Computer science, Drop out, Didactics, E-learning, Education
EXTENSION of the file: .pdf
Special (Invited) Session: GEMIS and QUADRO – Two Projects to Improve Didactics in Computer Science
Organizer of the Session: 201-461
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