Memorias de investigación
Communications at congresses:
Automatic Tools for Software Quality Analysis in a Project-Based-Learning Course
Year:2009
Research Areas
  • Artificial intelligence,
  • Electronic circuits,
  • Electronic devices
Information
Abstract
Over the last decade, the ¿Anytime, anywhere¿ paradigm has gained pace in Higher Education teaching, leading many universities to innovate in pedagogical strategies based on Internet and Web access technologies. Development of remote access technologies has enabled teachers to achieve higher levels of efficiency while students can access tools and resources no longer constrained by time or location. Additionally, students can submit their assignments, be evaluated and be provided feedback remotely. In this context arises the need for faculty to dispose of automatic tools that ease and support the evaluation process whilst facilitating the provision of student feedback. Project Based Learning (PBL) has emerged as a pedagogical strategy that can contribute to measure software quality and thus evaluate students in a more accurate and comprehensive way by devoting importance to a broad set of components, not just focused on functional aspects. This paper analyzes how the introduction of innovative automatic diagnosis and feedback tools, based on quantitative methods, can contribute towards a continuous process of student software quality enhancement and higher efficiency programming in PBL courses, without compromising functional aspects, as students are provided practical guidelines by instructors on a timely basis.
International
Si
Congress
International Conference on Education and new learning Technologies. Edulearn Conference
960
Place
Barcelona
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
978-84-612-9802-0
Start Date
06/07/2009
End Date
08/07/2009
From page
997
To page
1006
Proceedings of Edulearn Conference
Participants
Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Grupo de Tecnología del Habla
  • Departamento: Ingeniería Electrónica