Web-based tools for active learning in information theory
Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
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FIE '98 Proceedings of the 28th Annual Frontiers in Education - Volume 01
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IEEE Transactions on Education
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IEEE Transactions on Education
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IEEE Transactions on Education
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Active and collaborative learning provides a powerful mechanism to enhance depth of learning, increase material retention, and get students involved with the material instead of passively listening to a lecture. In this paper, a research using web-based active and collaborative learning in the theory of computation and related fields is presented. The twofold contribution of this work is a novel use of existing technology to improve learning and a longitudinal quasi-experimental evaluation of its use in context. As a first contribution, we introduce an integrated environment that is designed to meet the active learning preferences of computer engineering learners, in addition to a support for collaborative learning. For the second contribution: several classroom experiments are carried out. The analysis of the experiments' outcomes and the students feed back show that our integrated environment is useful as a learning tool, in addition to enhancing learners' motivation to seek more knowledge and information on their own.