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The use of tangible interfaces in teaching has been proved more effective, user -friendly and helpful in collaborative learning departments, when compared to traditional teaching approaches. In particular, the tangible interface "Makey…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-12-23 Heracles Michailidis , Eleni Michailidi , Stavroula Tavoultzidou , George F. Fragulis

Nowadays, the student community is growing up with mobile devices and it has becomes an integral part of their life. Devices such as smartphones, tablets, and e-book readers connect users to access information and enabling instant…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2015-04-07 Ramkumar Lakshminarayanan , Rajasekar Ramalingam , Shimaz Khan Shaik

In the context of higher education's evolving dynamics post-COVID-19, this paper assesses the impact of new pedagogical incentives implemented in a first-year undergraduate computing module at University College London. We employ a mixed…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-03-25 Laura J. Johnston , Takoua Jendoubi

CollaClassroom is an AI-enhanced platform that embeds large language models (LLMs) into both individual and group study panels to support real-time collaboration. We evaluate CollaClassroom with Bangladeshi university students (N = 12)…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Salman Sayeed , Bijoy Ahmed Saiem , Al-Amin Sany , Sadia Sharmin , A. B. M. Alim Al Islam

Technology offers great potential to overcome physical barriers of human race. This paper presents the methods of enhanced learning applicable to children having special needs using better human-computer interaction. The Audio-Visual (AV)…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2016-09-08 T. R. Gopalakrishnan Nair , N. Sowjanya Rao , Ananda Bukkambudhi

The aim of this paper is to study m-learning literature in order to propose and develop a privacy-preserving framework which can be used to foster sustainable deployment of mobile learning within open and distance education in Kenya.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2017-02-14 Peter B. Obiria , Micheal W. Kimwele , Wilson K. Cheruiyot , Gitau Mwangi

One-to-one tutoring is widely considered the gold standard for personalized education, yet it remains prohibitively expensive to scale. To evaluate whether generative AI might help expand access to this resource, we conducted an exploratory…

We are interested in better understanding ways that students collaborate to solve conceptual physics problems in the context of spherical unit vectors in upper-level E&M, especially problems that have been shown to be difficult for students…

Physics Education · Physics 2024-01-05 Ying Cao , Brant E. Hinrichs

Mathematical literacy plays an important role in supporting individuals to fulfil their professional roles in modern society. The affordances of mobile technologies as well as the emergence of new theories in mobile learning have the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2016-06-09 Zaenal Abidin , Anuradha Mathrani , David Parsons , Suriadi Suriadi

Children are one of the groups most influenced by COVID-19-related social distancing, and a lack of contact with peers can limit their opportunities to develop social and collaborative skills. However, remote socialization and collaboration…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-01-30 Yudan Wu , Shanhe You , Zixuan Guo , Xiangyang Li , Guyue Zhou , Jiangtao Gong

The use of Shiny in research publications is investigated. From the appearance of this popular web application framework for R through to 2018, it has been utilised in many diverse research areas. While it can be shown that the complexity…

Computation · Statistics 2021-01-27 Peter Kasprzak , Lachlan Mitchell , Olena Kravchuk , Andy Timmins

This paper presents Saharaline, an intervention designed to provide collective social support for teachers in low-income schools. Implemented as a WhatsApp-based helpline, Saharaline enables teachers to reach out for personalized, long-term…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-02-23 Rama Adithya Varanasi , Aditya Vashistha , Nicola Dell

Pre-trained language models (PLMs) have emerged as powerful tools for code understanding. However, deploying these PLMs in large-scale applications faces practical challenges due to their computational intensity and inference latency.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-08-22 Ruiqi Wang , Zezhou Yang , Cuiyun Gao , Xin Xia , Qing Liao

This study, conducted among more than 250 physics and chemistry teachers in Morocco, analyzes the impact of experimentation on student learning and attention in middle and high school. The results show that the majority of teachers favor…

Physics Education · Physics 2026-01-12 Rachid El Aitouni , Ahmed Bouhlal

Peer-customer is a mechanism to pair student teams with customers in hands-on curriculum courses. Each student pitches a problem they want someone else in the class to solve for them. The use of peer-customers provides practical and…

Physics Education · Physics 2024-09-16 Edward Jay Wang

Although farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa are accessing feature phones and smartphones at historically high rates, they face challenges finding a robust network of agricultural contacts. With collaborators, we conduct a quantitative survey of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-03-18 Ananditha Raghunath , Alexander Metzger , Hans Easton , XunMei Liu , Fanchong Wang , Yunqi Wang , Yunwei Zhao , Hosea Mpogole , Richard Anderson

Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) has been a steady topic of research since the early 1990s, and the trend has continued to this date. The basic benefits of CSCL in the classroom have been established in many fields of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-06-27 Antti Knutas , Jouni Ikonen , Jari Porras

A learning environment, the tutor-web (http://tutor-web.net), has been developed and used for educational research. The system is accessible and free to use for anyone having access to the Web. It is based on open source software and the…

Other Statistics · Statistics 2014-07-02 Anna Helga Jonsdottir , Gunnar Stefansson

Motivation is essential in the learning process of university students, and teachers should have a wide range of strategies to address this issue. The emergence of social technologies has had a considerable influence in e-learning systems,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-07-11 Carlos Guerrero , Antoni Jaume-i-Capó

In this paper, we present a pilot study aiming to investigate the challenges of teaching AI and Robotics to children in low- and middle-income countries. Challenges such as the little to none experts and the limited resources in a Mexican…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-03-08 Antonio Badillo-Perez , Donato Badillo-Perez , Alex Barco , Rocio Montenegro , Miguel Xochicale