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Authors: Maria J. Blesa ; Amalia Duch ; Joaquim Gabarró and María J. Serna

Affiliation: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Barcelona Tech, Spain

Keyword(s): Android, Programming, New Technologies, Google, Smart Phones, AndroidEDU, Web 3.0.

Related Ontology Subjects/Areas/Topics: Assessment and Accreditation of Courses and Institutions ; Computer-Supported Education ; Course Design and e-Learning Curriculae ; Educating the Educators ; e-Learning ; Learning/Teaching Methodologies and Assessment ; Mentoring and Tutoring ; Project Based Learning and Engineering Education ; Smart Devices as Collaborative Learning Tools ; Social Context and Learning Environments ; Ubiquitous Learning

Abstract: What is the role that a university should play in the spreading of cutting-edge technologies? It is argued here that one possibility is to bring focused cutting-edge technology courses in the standard curriculum. It is contended that such courses have shorter life-spans than conventional subjects and, consequently, their implementation needs to be more dynamic. These claims are backed by discussing the life-cycle of an Android course running biannually from Spring 2010 to Spring 2013 at Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya. The rise phase of this course (which lasted two semesters) was a challenging experience that motivated students and lecturers to play a cooperative and active role in the creation of true working Android applications. The course held stable for two semesters while student motivation began to fall as smart phones increasingly became everyday objects. During these two phases the course was offered as extra curricular in the undergraduate phase. Two added factors wer e instrumental in the decline (or fall) phase: the availability of on-line information and the fact that the course became a requirement of a master’s curriculum. (More)

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J. Blesa, M.; Duch, A.; Gabarró, J. and J. Serna, M. (2014). The Life Cycle of a Cutting-edge Technology Course - A Coaching Experience on Android. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 3: CSEDU; ISBN 978-989-758-021-5; ISSN 2184-5026, SciTePress, pages 159-166. DOI: 10.5220/0004841301590166

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JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 3: CSEDU
TI - The Life Cycle of a Cutting-edge Technology Course - A Coaching Experience on Android
SN - 978-989-758-021-5
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AU - J. Blesa, M.
AU - Duch, A.
AU - Gabarró, J.
AU - J. Serna, M.
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DO - 10.5220/0004841301590166
PB - SciTePress