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Papers by Herman Koppelman
Informing Science and IT Education Conference, 2003
This paper describes the design of a course on human-computer interaction that uses a lot of reso... more This paper describes the design of a course on human-computer interaction that uses a lot of resources on the WWW. An inherent property of this design is that the course is flexible in several ways. Due to this flexibility the course can be used in rather different contexts. A number of these contexts in which the course is actually used are described.
Informing Science and IT Education Conference, 2002
We present some thoughts about devising educational designs for experiments with the use of e-too... more We present some thoughts about devising educational designs for experiments with the use of e-tools in computer science education. We stress that the focus should not be on technological issues but on educational design issues. Our intention is twofold. First of all it is proposed to gather information about the use of such tools, in order to compose guidelines and hints for computer science lecturers. Next, we propose to design and conduct new promising experiments about using e-tools within the context of computer science education.
Integrating Technology into Computer Science Education, 2001
A mask support including a multiplicity of retainers is disclosed which supports a shadow mask as... more A mask support including a multiplicity of retainers is disclosed which supports a shadow mask assembly consisting of a shadow mask disposed in front of a fluorescent screen formed on the internal panel surface of a color picture tube and of a frame to hold the shadow mask. Each of the retainers comprises a spring member secured to the side wall of the frame and a rigid support member for supporting most weight of the shadow mask assembly, which rigid support member is attached to the spring member and engages a fixed member fixed on an internal surface of the picture tube. The spring member provides an action which causes the support member to be displaced towards the internal surface of the color picture tube so that the support member and the fixed member are firmly engaged.
International Association for Development of the Information Society, Jul 1, 2013
This paper discusses three possible ways of applying podcasts in distance education: podcasts of ... more This paper discusses three possible ways of applying podcasts in distance education: podcasts of recordings of virtual classes, podcasts produced for specific pedagogical aims, and podcasts produced by external organizations. Through a survey we gained insight in the (until now limited) experiences of our distant students with podcasts, and also in their preferences for future applications in education. Findings indicate that students prefer podcasts that can make them study as efficiently as possible, such as podcasts with explanations of hard topics, illustrations of subject matter and feedback on assignments. Recorded virtual classes and podcasts with elective subject matter are less popular. It is claimed in literature that podcasts in which students can see and hear their instructor can reduce feelings of isolation and increase feelings of connectedness. There are no indications that our students have a distinct preference for such podcasts.
Three University of Dayton students will present research at Harvard in January as part of a pres... more Three University of Dayton students will present research at Harvard in January as part of a prestigious national conference. The students investigated topics in cryopreservation, disease inflammation and self-esteem. Only 212 were accepted out of nearly 400 applicants to the annual National Collegiate Research Conference sponsored by the Harvard College Undergraduate Research Association. The students will attend the three-day conference Jan. 24-26 with panels on graduate school, public speaking, fellowships and more. They will present their research and enter a competition judged by Harvard faculty with a prize pool of $3,000. "Undergraduate research opportunities are one of the best ways to prepare students for graduate or professional school and for life in general," said University of Dayton biology professor Eric Benbow, honors thesis advisor to Alex Ulintz, a senior selected to the conference. "The University of Dayton offers tremendous opportunities for undergraduates to do this, which is reflected in the prestigious invitation to three of our students to the National Collegiate Research Conference." The association strongly believes student researchers can make meaningful and significant contributions in all fields of study and to the greater body of world research knowledge. The conference promotes the growth of a national undergraduate research community by facilitating communication, collaboration and identity for undergraduate students in global research, according to the association website. University of Dayton students who will attend the conference are: Nicholette Smith, senior, psychology Title: "The Influence of Self-Esteem Level on the Interpretation of Ambiguous Stimuli after a Rejection Experience" Description: Smith examined how past experiences of rejection influence how we interpret messages. She had participants in the study take personality profile tests, write about past experiences of acceptance or rejection and then read emails with positive, negative and ambiguous messages. The participants evaluated whether the text was emotionally positive or negative and also developed a perception of the anonymous sender. Forming connections between various concepts like self-esteem, rejection, and judgment can help us to have a better overall understanding of why we behave the way that we do, Smith said. Alex Ulintz, senior, premedicine and German Title: "The role of mycolactone in innate immune response in RAW264.7 macrophages-implications for a novel disease pathway for Buruli ulcer disease" Description: Ulintz studied the bacterium that causes Buruli ulcer, a tropical skin disease that primarily affects children in poor, rural communities of West Africa. The bacterium causes large ulcers but without pain or inflammation. Ulintz investigated the role of mycolactone, a toxin secreted by the bacterium, in preventing inflammation and what proteins in immune cells are most affected by it. Understanding this unique property may hold the key not only to future treatment of Buruli ulcer but also to new treatments for diseases of chronic inflammation such as arthritis.
Modern technology offers the tools for having synchronous virtual classes. This paper reports abo... more Modern technology offers the tools for having synchronous virtual classes. This paper reports about experiences of such a class in the context of distance education. The paper focuses on the tool as well as on the pedagogy. It outlines the pedagogical approach of the virtual class, which is an adaptation of good practices of face-to-face classes. The results of an experiment are discussed. Strong and weak aspects of synchronous virtual classes are identified.
Social Science Research Network, Jun 27, 2011
This paper describes a one semester research course for undergraduates of computing programs. Stu... more This paper describes a one semester research course for undergraduates of computing programs. Students formulate a research proposal, conduct research and write a full paper. They present the results at a one-day student conference. On the one hand we offer the students a lot of structure and support; on the other hand an important feature of the course is that
The web offers a lot of resources that might be useful in higher education. This paper describes ... more The web offers a lot of resources that might be useful in higher education. This paper describes the experiences with a course that offers a lot of links to web resources. These resources are meant as enriching existing content and are announced as optional. The context is distance education. Through a survey we gained insight into the actual use of the web resources and in the appreciation of the different types of resources. Findings indicate that students differed greatly in their actual use of resources and also in their preferences. Many students preferred resources that could make them study efficiently, such as videos with summaries of subject matter or explanations of hard topics. Students benefitted from links to web resources that go together with relevant information about the resource, in order to be able to make sensible decisions whether to access a resource or not.
Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, 2016
The number of online resources available for teaching and learning in higher education has been g... more The number of online resources available for teaching and learning in higher education has been growing enormously during the last decade. A recent development is the emergence of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and of Open Educational Resources (OER). The result is a huge number of videos that are available on line. Can these videos enrich learning? As a pilot study we added sixteen videos to an existing introductory course in Human-Computer Interaction. This course is mandatory in the Bachelor programs Computer Science and Information Science (second year). Watching the videos was optional for the students. The videos originated for the most part from the MOOC Human-Computer Interaction, produced by Stanford University. We offered this course to a pilot group of eight students. The educational context was problem-based learning in distance education. The videos were welcomed by all of the students and were found to be useful in their learning process. The students watched the videos intensively and appreciated them very well. A main reason for the students to be positive about the videos was that they liked to alternate reading texts and watching videos.
SIGCSE bulletin, Jun 26, 2006
Team projects are nowadays common practice in HCI education. This paper focuses on the role of cl... more Team projects are nowadays common practice in HCI education. This paper focuses on the role of clients and users in team projects in introductory HCI courses. In order to provide projects with a realistic context we invite people from industry to serve as clients for the student teams. Some of them have a professional interest in participating in our course and define a project themselves. Another way we make projects realistic is to have teams evaluate their designs with real users. We describe how we incorporate the role of clients and users in our courses and describe our experiences. One of the results of our evaluations is that most students find it very interesting and stimulating to work with a client on a 'real' project from industry.
SIGCSE bulletin, Jun 24, 2002
We propose an approach of making pedagogical knowledge of CS instructors explicitly available by ... more We propose an approach of making pedagogical knowledge of CS instructors explicitly available by coupling it to exercises.
Bij het beoordelen is het belangrijk te weten welke criteria gehanteerd moeten worden. Met behulp... more Bij het beoordelen is het belangrijk te weten welke criteria gehanteerd moeten worden. Met behulp van een vragenlijstonderzoek onder de docenten is een beperkt aantal criteria geselecteerd die gehanteerd moeten worden bij de cursus Inleiding in het Programmeren.
Social Science Research Network, Jun 1, 2001
The paper describes a distance education course which uses ICT in a number of ways. In the first ... more The paper describes a distance education course which uses ICT in a number of ways. In the first place the World Wide Web provides for part of the content. Next, the course is as far as possible available in a hyperstructure in electronic form. Finally, most of the necessary communication (for example between the students and between the students and their teacher) is supported by ICT. The paper describes extensively experiences with this course.
Dutch Abstract:Om te leren programmeren is kennis van een programmeertaal nodig. Experts op het g... more Dutch Abstract:Om te leren programmeren is kennis van een programmeertaal nodig. Experts op het gebied van het ontwerpen van programma's beschikken echter niet alleen over kennis van een programmeertaal, maar ook over het vermogen tot abstractie. Aan de hand van twee voorbeelden uit de praktijk wordt besproken en onderstreept, dat het leren van een taal niet vanzelf leidt tot het gebruik van abstractie. In dit artikel wordt er daarom voor gepleit het leren abstraheren expliciet tot leerdoel te maken. English Abstract: Learning how to make computer programs requires that a programming language is mastered. It also requires abstract reasoning skills. We present two practical cases to show that learning to master a programming language does not necessarily imply that abstract reasoning skills are used. Therefore we argue that abstract reasoning skills must be considered a separate learning objective.
The web offers a lot of resources that might be useful in higher education. This paper describes ... more The web offers a lot of resources that might be useful in higher education. This paper describes the experiences with a course that offers a lot of links to web resources. These resources are meant as enriching existing content and are announced as optional. The context is distance education. Through a survey we gained insight into the actual use of the web resources and in the appreciation of the different types of resources. Findings indicate that students differed greatly in their actual use of resources and also in their preferences. Many students preferred resources that could make them study efficiently, such as videos with summaries of subject matter or explanations of hard topics. Students benefitted from links to web resources that go together with relevant information about the resource, in order to be able to make sensible decisions whether to access a resource or not.
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
This paper discusses three possible ways of applying podcasts in distance education: podcasts of ... more This paper discusses three possible ways of applying podcasts in distance education: podcasts of recordings of virtual classes, podcasts produced for specific pedagogical aims, and podcasts produced by external organizations. Through a survey we gained insight in the (until now limited) experiences of our distant students with podcasts, and also in their preferences for future applications in education. Findings indicate that students prefer podcasts that can make them study as efficiently as possible, such as podcasts with explanations of hard topics, illustrations of subject matter and feedback on assignments. Recorded virtual classes and podcasts with elective subject matter are less popular. It is claimed in literature that podcasts in which students can see and hear their instructor can reduce feelings of isolation and increase feelings of connectedness. There are no indications that our students have a distinct preference for such podcasts.
Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2017
The idea is to give the students of a group some control over the behavior of fellow members, by ... more The idea is to give the students of a group some control over the behavior of fellow members, by providing them with a standard way to handle non-performance. Being given a yellow card results for the involved student in a known penalty, which can be cancelled after improved performance.
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, 2012
In the last decades many studies in computer science education have emphasized the role of intera... more In the last decades many studies in computer science education have emphasized the role of interaction promoting techniques. The context is usually face-to-face education. In this paper we focus upon a wellknown example of such techniques, the interactive lecture, and discuss how to adapt it to be useful in distance education. We discuss two key factors. The first is the role modern technology can play to support the interactive lecture in distance education, podcasting in the first place. The second is the use of welldesigned problems. We discuss the characteristics of well-designed problems, and their importance in distance education.
Informing Science and IT Education Conference, 2003
This paper describes the design of a course on human-computer interaction that uses a lot of reso... more This paper describes the design of a course on human-computer interaction that uses a lot of resources on the WWW. An inherent property of this design is that the course is flexible in several ways. Due to this flexibility the course can be used in rather different contexts. A number of these contexts in which the course is actually used are described.
Informing Science and IT Education Conference, 2002
We present some thoughts about devising educational designs for experiments with the use of e-too... more We present some thoughts about devising educational designs for experiments with the use of e-tools in computer science education. We stress that the focus should not be on technological issues but on educational design issues. Our intention is twofold. First of all it is proposed to gather information about the use of such tools, in order to compose guidelines and hints for computer science lecturers. Next, we propose to design and conduct new promising experiments about using e-tools within the context of computer science education.
Integrating Technology into Computer Science Education, 2001
A mask support including a multiplicity of retainers is disclosed which supports a shadow mask as... more A mask support including a multiplicity of retainers is disclosed which supports a shadow mask assembly consisting of a shadow mask disposed in front of a fluorescent screen formed on the internal panel surface of a color picture tube and of a frame to hold the shadow mask. Each of the retainers comprises a spring member secured to the side wall of the frame and a rigid support member for supporting most weight of the shadow mask assembly, which rigid support member is attached to the spring member and engages a fixed member fixed on an internal surface of the picture tube. The spring member provides an action which causes the support member to be displaced towards the internal surface of the color picture tube so that the support member and the fixed member are firmly engaged.
International Association for Development of the Information Society, Jul 1, 2013
This paper discusses three possible ways of applying podcasts in distance education: podcasts of ... more This paper discusses three possible ways of applying podcasts in distance education: podcasts of recordings of virtual classes, podcasts produced for specific pedagogical aims, and podcasts produced by external organizations. Through a survey we gained insight in the (until now limited) experiences of our distant students with podcasts, and also in their preferences for future applications in education. Findings indicate that students prefer podcasts that can make them study as efficiently as possible, such as podcasts with explanations of hard topics, illustrations of subject matter and feedback on assignments. Recorded virtual classes and podcasts with elective subject matter are less popular. It is claimed in literature that podcasts in which students can see and hear their instructor can reduce feelings of isolation and increase feelings of connectedness. There are no indications that our students have a distinct preference for such podcasts.
Three University of Dayton students will present research at Harvard in January as part of a pres... more Three University of Dayton students will present research at Harvard in January as part of a prestigious national conference. The students investigated topics in cryopreservation, disease inflammation and self-esteem. Only 212 were accepted out of nearly 400 applicants to the annual National Collegiate Research Conference sponsored by the Harvard College Undergraduate Research Association. The students will attend the three-day conference Jan. 24-26 with panels on graduate school, public speaking, fellowships and more. They will present their research and enter a competition judged by Harvard faculty with a prize pool of $3,000. "Undergraduate research opportunities are one of the best ways to prepare students for graduate or professional school and for life in general," said University of Dayton biology professor Eric Benbow, honors thesis advisor to Alex Ulintz, a senior selected to the conference. "The University of Dayton offers tremendous opportunities for undergraduates to do this, which is reflected in the prestigious invitation to three of our students to the National Collegiate Research Conference." The association strongly believes student researchers can make meaningful and significant contributions in all fields of study and to the greater body of world research knowledge. The conference promotes the growth of a national undergraduate research community by facilitating communication, collaboration and identity for undergraduate students in global research, according to the association website. University of Dayton students who will attend the conference are: Nicholette Smith, senior, psychology Title: "The Influence of Self-Esteem Level on the Interpretation of Ambiguous Stimuli after a Rejection Experience" Description: Smith examined how past experiences of rejection influence how we interpret messages. She had participants in the study take personality profile tests, write about past experiences of acceptance or rejection and then read emails with positive, negative and ambiguous messages. The participants evaluated whether the text was emotionally positive or negative and also developed a perception of the anonymous sender. Forming connections between various concepts like self-esteem, rejection, and judgment can help us to have a better overall understanding of why we behave the way that we do, Smith said. Alex Ulintz, senior, premedicine and German Title: "The role of mycolactone in innate immune response in RAW264.7 macrophages-implications for a novel disease pathway for Buruli ulcer disease" Description: Ulintz studied the bacterium that causes Buruli ulcer, a tropical skin disease that primarily affects children in poor, rural communities of West Africa. The bacterium causes large ulcers but without pain or inflammation. Ulintz investigated the role of mycolactone, a toxin secreted by the bacterium, in preventing inflammation and what proteins in immune cells are most affected by it. Understanding this unique property may hold the key not only to future treatment of Buruli ulcer but also to new treatments for diseases of chronic inflammation such as arthritis.
Modern technology offers the tools for having synchronous virtual classes. This paper reports abo... more Modern technology offers the tools for having synchronous virtual classes. This paper reports about experiences of such a class in the context of distance education. The paper focuses on the tool as well as on the pedagogy. It outlines the pedagogical approach of the virtual class, which is an adaptation of good practices of face-to-face classes. The results of an experiment are discussed. Strong and weak aspects of synchronous virtual classes are identified.
Social Science Research Network, Jun 27, 2011
This paper describes a one semester research course for undergraduates of computing programs. Stu... more This paper describes a one semester research course for undergraduates of computing programs. Students formulate a research proposal, conduct research and write a full paper. They present the results at a one-day student conference. On the one hand we offer the students a lot of structure and support; on the other hand an important feature of the course is that
The web offers a lot of resources that might be useful in higher education. This paper describes ... more The web offers a lot of resources that might be useful in higher education. This paper describes the experiences with a course that offers a lot of links to web resources. These resources are meant as enriching existing content and are announced as optional. The context is distance education. Through a survey we gained insight into the actual use of the web resources and in the appreciation of the different types of resources. Findings indicate that students differed greatly in their actual use of resources and also in their preferences. Many students preferred resources that could make them study efficiently, such as videos with summaries of subject matter or explanations of hard topics. Students benefitted from links to web resources that go together with relevant information about the resource, in order to be able to make sensible decisions whether to access a resource or not.
Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, 2016
The number of online resources available for teaching and learning in higher education has been g... more The number of online resources available for teaching and learning in higher education has been growing enormously during the last decade. A recent development is the emergence of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and of Open Educational Resources (OER). The result is a huge number of videos that are available on line. Can these videos enrich learning? As a pilot study we added sixteen videos to an existing introductory course in Human-Computer Interaction. This course is mandatory in the Bachelor programs Computer Science and Information Science (second year). Watching the videos was optional for the students. The videos originated for the most part from the MOOC Human-Computer Interaction, produced by Stanford University. We offered this course to a pilot group of eight students. The educational context was problem-based learning in distance education. The videos were welcomed by all of the students and were found to be useful in their learning process. The students watched the videos intensively and appreciated them very well. A main reason for the students to be positive about the videos was that they liked to alternate reading texts and watching videos.
SIGCSE bulletin, Jun 26, 2006
Team projects are nowadays common practice in HCI education. This paper focuses on the role of cl... more Team projects are nowadays common practice in HCI education. This paper focuses on the role of clients and users in team projects in introductory HCI courses. In order to provide projects with a realistic context we invite people from industry to serve as clients for the student teams. Some of them have a professional interest in participating in our course and define a project themselves. Another way we make projects realistic is to have teams evaluate their designs with real users. We describe how we incorporate the role of clients and users in our courses and describe our experiences. One of the results of our evaluations is that most students find it very interesting and stimulating to work with a client on a 'real' project from industry.
SIGCSE bulletin, Jun 24, 2002
We propose an approach of making pedagogical knowledge of CS instructors explicitly available by ... more We propose an approach of making pedagogical knowledge of CS instructors explicitly available by coupling it to exercises.
Bij het beoordelen is het belangrijk te weten welke criteria gehanteerd moeten worden. Met behulp... more Bij het beoordelen is het belangrijk te weten welke criteria gehanteerd moeten worden. Met behulp van een vragenlijstonderzoek onder de docenten is een beperkt aantal criteria geselecteerd die gehanteerd moeten worden bij de cursus Inleiding in het Programmeren.
Social Science Research Network, Jun 1, 2001
The paper describes a distance education course which uses ICT in a number of ways. In the first ... more The paper describes a distance education course which uses ICT in a number of ways. In the first place the World Wide Web provides for part of the content. Next, the course is as far as possible available in a hyperstructure in electronic form. Finally, most of the necessary communication (for example between the students and between the students and their teacher) is supported by ICT. The paper describes extensively experiences with this course.
Dutch Abstract:Om te leren programmeren is kennis van een programmeertaal nodig. Experts op het g... more Dutch Abstract:Om te leren programmeren is kennis van een programmeertaal nodig. Experts op het gebied van het ontwerpen van programma's beschikken echter niet alleen over kennis van een programmeertaal, maar ook over het vermogen tot abstractie. Aan de hand van twee voorbeelden uit de praktijk wordt besproken en onderstreept, dat het leren van een taal niet vanzelf leidt tot het gebruik van abstractie. In dit artikel wordt er daarom voor gepleit het leren abstraheren expliciet tot leerdoel te maken. English Abstract: Learning how to make computer programs requires that a programming language is mastered. It also requires abstract reasoning skills. We present two practical cases to show that learning to master a programming language does not necessarily imply that abstract reasoning skills are used. Therefore we argue that abstract reasoning skills must be considered a separate learning objective.
The web offers a lot of resources that might be useful in higher education. This paper describes ... more The web offers a lot of resources that might be useful in higher education. This paper describes the experiences with a course that offers a lot of links to web resources. These resources are meant as enriching existing content and are announced as optional. The context is distance education. Through a survey we gained insight into the actual use of the web resources and in the appreciation of the different types of resources. Findings indicate that students differed greatly in their actual use of resources and also in their preferences. Many students preferred resources that could make them study efficiently, such as videos with summaries of subject matter or explanations of hard topics. Students benefitted from links to web resources that go together with relevant information about the resource, in order to be able to make sensible decisions whether to access a resource or not.
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
This paper discusses three possible ways of applying podcasts in distance education: podcasts of ... more This paper discusses three possible ways of applying podcasts in distance education: podcasts of recordings of virtual classes, podcasts produced for specific pedagogical aims, and podcasts produced by external organizations. Through a survey we gained insight in the (until now limited) experiences of our distant students with podcasts, and also in their preferences for future applications in education. Findings indicate that students prefer podcasts that can make them study as efficiently as possible, such as podcasts with explanations of hard topics, illustrations of subject matter and feedback on assignments. Recorded virtual classes and podcasts with elective subject matter are less popular. It is claimed in literature that podcasts in which students can see and hear their instructor can reduce feelings of isolation and increase feelings of connectedness. There are no indications that our students have a distinct preference for such podcasts.
Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, 2017
The idea is to give the students of a group some control over the behavior of fellow members, by ... more The idea is to give the students of a group some control over the behavior of fellow members, by providing them with a standard way to handle non-performance. Being given a yellow card results for the involved student in a known penalty, which can be cancelled after improved performance.
Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, 2012
In the last decades many studies in computer science education have emphasized the role of intera... more In the last decades many studies in computer science education have emphasized the role of interaction promoting techniques. The context is usually face-to-face education. In this paper we focus upon a wellknown example of such techniques, the interactive lecture, and discuss how to adapt it to be useful in distance education. We discuss two key factors. The first is the role modern technology can play to support the interactive lecture in distance education, podcasting in the first place. The second is the use of welldesigned problems. We discuss the characteristics of well-designed problems, and their importance in distance education.