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Orientações sobre autoria de publicações científicas

Publication . Cravino, José; Morgado, Leonel; Pedrosa, Daniela

Este documento proporciona orientações práticas para definir a autoria das publicações cientificas que resultam de atividades colaborativas. Parte de um conjunto de princípios baseados no Código Europeu de Conduta para a Integridade da Investigação, para estabelecer essas orientações, tendo presentes as circunstâncias práticas do quotidiano de projetos de investigação e outras colaborações académicas.

2021-10-29Working paper

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Uma proposta para apoiar a autorreflexão das aprendizagens em contexto on-line

Publication . Cravino, José Paulo Cerdeira Cleto; Pedrosa, Daniela; Morgado, Leonel; Castelhano, Maria; Curado, Eliana

Com o objetivo de ajudar os alunos a superarem as dificuldades de aprendizagem na transição da programação básica para a programação avançada de computadores, desenvolvemos a primeira iteração de adaptação da abordagem SimProgramming para o contexto de e-learning (e-SimProgramming). Um dos ajustes ocorreu ao nível da adaptação das reflexões quinzenais para o contexto de e-learning com recurso à ferramenta Google Forms. As reflexões quinzenais consistem num instrumento que permite aos alunos fazerem uma autorreflexão das suas estratégias de autorregulação das aprendizagens, em torno de três questões centrais. Realizamos uma análise descritiva da evolução da entrega de um total de 83 reflexões quinzenais ao longo do semestre, para identificar a regularidade de entrega das reflexões quinzenais e a sua relação com o sucesso obtido pelos alunos. Discutimos ainda as razões para as quebras de regularidade identificadas e as suas implicações no desempenho dos alunos.

2020Conference object

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Viewing puzzles as two-faced: theoretical and practical implications for Puzzle-based Learning

Publication . Fontes, Mario Madureira; Morgado, Leonel; Pestana, Pedro Duarte; Pedrosa, Daniela; Cravino, José

The Puzzle-based Learning approach has been applied to several fields of knowledge. In education research papers, the instructional usage of puzzles is considered to improve learners’ motivation and engagement and help them to develop critical skills but difficulties concerning learners’ interaction with puzzles have also been pointed out. Our paper investigates the dynamics of the concept of a puzzle and its interface to provide a better understanding of its form and functions, and help learners interact with puzzles. We consider Puzzle-based Learning tenets as well as their educational impacts on both critical thinking and learner engagement and provide an original proposal concerning the understanding of puzzles. Our proposal centered on the dynamics of puzzles bears conceptual and educational facets. Conceptually, puzzle dynamics is viewed as composed of two elements: a mechanism, the Puzzle Trigger, and a process, the Puzzle-Solving. From an educational point of view, the rationale for integrating Puzzle Triggers in Puzzle-based Learning is meant to help learners interact with puzzles and consequently become motivated and engaged in the Puzzle-Solving process. This way, learners’ critical thinking skills are reinforced and focused on finding solutions to challenges. We illustrate the implementation of Puzzle Triggers and Puzzle-Solving by considering two instructional activities in a Software Development undergraduate course of an online learning Informatics Engineering Program.

2024-06Journal article

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Anonymizing student team data of online collaborative learning in slack

Publication . Fontes, Mario Madureira; Pedrosa, Daniela; Morgado, Leonel; Cravino, José

Research data on the activities of student teams in online learning environments are relevant for evaluating instructional methods, strategies, tools, and materials. For research data sharing and publication purposes, these personal data must be anonymized or pseudonymized as recommended by data protection and privacy policies. This paper addresses issues related to anonymizing and pseudonymizing student data on the Slack teamwork platform, one often employed in educational and business settings. Issues are discussed from two perspectives: data extraction and data transformation. Difficulties and challenges concerning data extraction and transformation are described. The complexities of these two processes are considered, and a starting point for developing more efficient methods is put forward.

2022-07Conference object

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A strategy to support engineering education teaching staff monitoring students' learning process: metacognitive challenges

Publication . Pedrosa, Daniela; Morgado, Leonel; Cravino, José

It is increasingly required that Engineering Education courses include activities that promote the development of cognitive skills, such as metacognition. However, including such activities is challenging for lecturers, particularly in Distance Learning contexts. It is also complex, when working online, for teaching staff to carry out monitoring of the metacognitive learning processes of students, understand their difficulties, and provide formative feedback. In this work, we present the design and discussion of a pedagogical strategy: Metacognitive Challenges (MC), which allows lecturers to monitor the evolution of students' perceptions regarding their learning process We discuss how lecturers can use MCs for formative assessment and how to weave this intervention with individual students or groups. The Design Science Research methodology was adopted for the design, implementation, and demonstration of MCs, applied in a Software Engineering course within a distance learning Informatics Engineering undergraduate programme. We exemplify how MCs have the potential to support monitoring of students' cognitive and metacognitive processes and offer a set of guidelines on how the teaching staff can use them. In future work, we intend to evaluate the effectiveness of MCs in different teaching contexts, and develop technological solutions that facilitate the monitoring process (reduce the time and effort required for analysis of MC content).

2022-07-08Conference object

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