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2025, Journal of Informatics Education and Research

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to evaluate key drivers of intention to invest in ESG integrating a behavioral finance and technology-based approach. The research aimed to investigate how behavioral biases influence ESG investment decisions. Design/Methodology/Approach: Structural Equation Model using SPSS26. A deductive approach and quantitative data have been used in the current study. Findings: The findings of the study indicated that there is a significant impact of Attitude towards ESG Investments, social influence, perceived behavioral control, risk perception, and perceived financial return on intention to invest in ESG investments Practical Implications: Advocating for ESG investments can enhance environmental conservation, social justice, and ethical governance. The study reveals the main elements affecting ESG investment intention, thereby providing information that can help digital investment platforms, policymakers, and financial institutions create effective plans to support ethical investing. Improved participation in ESG investments aids in fostering fair society and sustainable growth of the economy. Originality Values: This study holds a lot of significance since, it has combined three theories TPB, UTAUT, and Behavioural Finance Theory. This research has assessed the ESG investing determinants. This varied strategy advances and offers insightful analysis of sustainable investing strategies by bridging the technical, behavioural and psychological aspects of investing.

2025, Mathematics in Education, Research and Applications

The primary objective of allocating disciplines of informatics into economic and managerial study programs on ISCED 5 (The International Standard Classification of Education) is to develop those informatics competencies for students which have a broad transfer on the labor market. Therefore, it is necessary to focus in addition of the qualitative aspect of teaching disciplines of informatics also on the educational content of these disciplines in the relevant sector of study programs. We consider that within the statistical analysis of the data might be significant also comparison of interest of students reviews in teaching informatics from the perspective of evaluation (difficulty, attractions, popularity) other, non-informatics learning themes forming the basis of their study profiling, as well as decisionmaking and choosing future occupation. The authors in this paper present the methodological research background, area specification of aspects which determine optimization and innovation of education in informatics disciplines in the relevant area of study programs with the respect to ever-growing and changing requirements of practice and associated with them the current requirements of European Union labor market on the knowledge of the studied area.

2025, Mathematics in Education, Research and Applications

2025, International Journal of studies in psychology

This paper discusses instructional design considerations for secondary school students' learning physics concepts, framed through cognitive development theories, particularly Jean Piaget's stages. It presents the relationship between age and physics comprehension, highlighting the overlap in cognitive development and students' challenges in learning physics concepts in secondary education. In comparison, older students demonstrate improved problem-solving skills and a deeper understanding of theoretical principles, while younger students rely on concrete experiences. The implications and recommendations were discussed in this paper.

2025, Mathematics

The short task methodology enhances the Bebras constructive environment, and provides an emotional context that triggers the convolution of initially biased mental models and corresponding emotional reactions into an unbiased set of conceptual models for informatics education. This provides the motivation of our research–to explore the process of pedagogical design of short informatics concept-based tasks from the standpoint of mindset formation, which allows one to build conceptual models for CT education. The aim of the research is to gain a conceptual understanding of what a short task is in the context of the global Bebras Challenge initiative. We explore the principles which should underlie the pedagogical design of short tasks for informatics education that scaffold CT. Exploration of a number of practical examples of the Bebras short tasks is the background of our research methodology. The results include an analysis of the structure of short tasks, focusing on the interactio...

2025, Informatics in Education

Computers, information and communication technology (ICT) are more and more involved in the education process. Students should learn to use information technologies (IT) in a suitable, effective way, and when learning any subject they should be capable to implement computer facilities and thus develop their learning methods. Competitions are an excellent tool to achieve these goals. Competitions play an important role as a source of inspiration and innovation - youngsters are attracted by competitions, they get easier involved in such an activity, more willingly discuss and become more active. IT contests may be a key to the potential of new knowledge and an attractive way of binding up technology and education. Interest in competitions essentially depends on problems. Really, choosing and developing interesting tasks (problems) is one of the most important issues bringing students into competitions. Attraction, invention, tricks, surprise should be desirable features of each proble...

2025, Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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2025, Informatics in Education

A project is being developed with the main goal of creating an application of web server which allows students to use Mathematica software from their computers without the necessity of installing this software and of programming the necessary algorithms. The project consists of a set of mathematical models programmed with Mathematica and stored in a web server, which has been installed in a computer of our department. At the moment, it is possible to access to the web pages of the application from any computer of the intranet of our School.

2025, Informatics in Education

The paper is aimed to analyse the external expert evaluation results of eContentplus programme's iCOPER (Interoperable Content for Performance in a Competency-driven Society) project's deliverables, especially quality control and Web 2.0 technologies report. It is a suitability report for better practice concerning the use of Web 2.0 technologies and associated quality control mechanisms within the iCOPER best practice network. It aims to outline the key topics and associated standards and specifications found in this community. These illustrate a set of best practice issues for developing educational resources open for remixing and repurposing, tailored to a European dimension. Information relating to both the evidence and experience of using standards and specifications for the delivery of Web 2.0 tools in the community has also been captured. This includes an indication of the most popular technical platforms for content development, sharing and reuse with respect to the new media as well as an indication of quality control methods for them if used. The paper is also aimed to analyse the first results of Lifelong Learning Programme's (LLP)

2025, Informatica

Computational thinking is an increasingly important focus in computer science or informatics curricula around the world, and ways of incorporating it into the school curricula are being sought. The Bebras contest on informatics, which originated 12 years ago and now involves around 50 countries, consists of short problemsolving tasks based on topics in informatics. Bebras tasks engender the development of computational thinking skills by incorporating abstraction, algorithmic thinking, decomposition, evaluation and generalization. Bebras tasks cover a range of informatics concepts including algorithms and data structures, programming, networking, databases and social and ethical issues. Having built up a substantial number of Bebras tasks over 12 years it is important to be able to categorise them so that they can be easily accessed by the Bebras community and teachers within schools. The categorization of tasks within Bebras is important as it ensures that tasks span a wide range of topics; there have been several categorization schemes suggested to date. In this paper we present a new twodimensional categorization system that takes account of computational thinking skills as well as content knowledge. Examples are given from recent tasks that illustrate the role that Bebras can play in the development of computational thinking skills.

2025, Baltic Journal of Modern Computing

Computer Science (CS) education in high schools is entering the fifth decade of its existence. Israel is one of the first countries which started to offer CS courses in high schools in the middle of the 1970s. Many European countries joined this process a decade later -Lithuania is among them. Both countries put a lot of effort in developing CS curricula and establishing assessment examinations. Nowadays there has been considerable activities surrounding CS education on all levels therefore we suggest to take a look at the experience of these two countries. In this paper we describe the CS curriculum for high schools in both countries, including a description of the final exams, some statistics regarding students' participation and achievements as well as exam evaluation. We then display the results of a survey, conducted among high-school teachers in both countries regarding teachers' attitudes towards the CS curriculum. We sum up with a discussion comparing curricula and teachers' attitudes in both countries and conclude with some insights from the survey.

2025, Informatica

Nowadays the web can serve as a perfect technological environment for personalized learning which is suggested by educators and based on interactive learning objects. While a range of technological solutions for the development of integrated e-learning environments already exists, the most appropriate solutions require further improvement of the implementation of novel learning objects, unification of standardization and integration of learning environments, based on semantic web services that are still in the early stages of development. The aim of the research is to create a model for the development of semantic learning objects, connect it with the architecture of the educational system for semantic learning object design and to present the experimental part of the model's impact on the course design process. The paper presents the research with the main question on how to improve the e-learning course with semantic learning objects by exploring the application of learning object design approaches, usability, performing modern training facilities and the learning object design model based on semantic web technologies.

2025

Education process is connected with computers in different ways. Therefore, it is necessary to find proper place for computers in this process. One way to attract young people is using computer-based competitions. There are well-known programming competitions (Olympiads in Informatics) where deep knowledge of programming and algorithms is necessary. However, only a small part of students is involved in these competitions. During the last years, an information technology competition for all students from age 10 to 19 was developed and implemented in some countries. The name "Beaver" is connected with the hardworking, intelligent, goal seeking and lively animal. Creation of interesting tasks is one of the most important issues of the competition. This paper deals with criteria for developing as well as selection of tasks for the "Beaver" competition.

2025

Several authors have mentioned that we are in the age of Thinking with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and that it is necessary to introduce AI, at different levels of education, in order to prepare young people for the digital society of the XXI century. The school plays a key role in achieving this objective, otherwise we are encouraging info-excluded citizens, unable to follow the professions of the future. Several world organizations note a mismatch between the curriculum and educational practices. Fortunately, Portugal has been slowly moving towards the integration and renewal of new technologies in our education system and we are in a process of digital transition. This study aims to understand the potential of AI and the correlation with Computational Thinking (CT) in an educational context, with a 9th grade class, from the 3rd Cycle of Basic Education, in a public school on the island of S. Miguel and through a machine learning activity, based on the well-known game Rock Paper Scissors, using the AI platform and tool, Machine Learning for Kids (ML4K). The methodology used in this case study is qualitative and contributed to recognize AI and machine learning as a resource for development of CT. The results achieved with the study show that the use of AI topics promotes new ideas and new knowledge in students, which can help in understanding the basic concepts of CT. These results are analyzed, discussed and related to another study in the area and confirmed according to the proposed objective.

2025, Global Journal of Economic and Finance Research

This article analyzes the experience of applying digital technology in building and maintaining relationships with individual customers at two international banks, JPMorgan Chase (USA) and DBS Bank (Singapore). JPMorgan Chase has used artificial intelligence (AI) and big data to personalize customer experiences, effectively combining digital channels and physical branches to create a comprehensive financial ecosystem. Similarly, DBS Bank strongly applies AI, big data, and advanced security technology to enhance customer experience and ensure transparency and safety, helping the bank achieve the highest level of satisfaction in Southeast Asia. From these experiences, the study proposes several suggestions for Vietnamese commercial banks, including: upgrading digital technology infrastructure and integrated data platforms; strongly deploying AI and big data analytics throughout the customer journey; widely applying electronic identification (eKYC) to expand customer access; building an omni-channel banking model to ensure consistency and seamlessness in experience; and developing a highly digitally capable workforce to meet the needs of comprehensive digital transformation in the banking industry.

2025

The objective of this article is to present an analysis of contemporary pedagogical technologies and their implications for the field of teacher education. It also examines the significance of pedagogical technologies in the contemporary digital era, which facilitate access to education and training for both students and instructors. The article emphasizes the role of online platforms in facilitating the academic progress and knowledge acquisition of both students and instructors. Aspects of contemporary pedagogical technologies that may have an effect on the teaching and learning process are investigated in this study. It proposes the incorporation of contemporary pedagogical technologies into Uzbek universities and schools.

2025, Journal of Informatics Education and Research

As sustainability becomes a central focus in corporate strategy, Indian firms must cultivate organizational learning to effectively engage Generation Z (Gen Z) employeeswho prioritize purpose-driven work, ethical leadership, and environmental responsibility. This study conducts a systematic review to explore how Indian businesses integrate sustainability into their organizational learning frameworks to foster engagement and long-term commitment among Gen Z employees. Grounded in organizational learning theory, dynamic capabilities theory, and sustainable human resource management (HRM) frameworks, the study examines key dimensions such as green HRM practices, sustainability leadership, digital learning tools, and knowledge management systems that facilitate sustainability-driven organizational change. Findings indicate that Indian firms are increasingly leveraging continuous learning mechanisms, participatory decision-making models, and digital engagement strategies to embed sustainability into workplace culture. Furthermore, sustainability-oriented training programs, leadership development initiatives, and cross-functional collaboration play a crucial role in reinforcing sustainable business practices. However, challenges such as institutional inertia, generational differences in sustainability commitment, and regulatory inconsistencies hinder full-scale adoption. By synthesizing interdisciplinary insights from strategic management, organizational behavior, and HRM, this study provides actionable recommendations for firms to enhance sustainability-driven workforce engagement through adaptive learning frameworks. This research contributes to the broader discourse on corporate sustainability, talent management, and intergenerational workplace transformation in the Indian business environment, offering insights for both academic scholarship and industry practice.

2025, Informatics in Education

Source code plagiarism is a common occurrence in undergraduate computer science education. Many source code plagiarism detection tools have been proposed to address this problem. However, most of these tools only measure the similarity between assignment submissions, and do not actually identify which are suspicious of plagiarism. This work presents a semi-automatic approach that enables the indication of suspicious assignment submissions by analysing source code similarity scores among the submissions. The proposed approach seeks the consensus of multiple source code plagiarism detection tools in order to identify program pairs that are consistently evaluated with high similarity. A case study is presented to demonstrate the use of the proposed approach. The results of this case study indicate that it can accurately identify assignment submissions that are suspicious of plagiarism.

2025

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2025

In the last few years, the Social Web has offered new affordances for how learning is conceptualized and supported. Supporting workplace learning, however, faces specific challenges, some in particular due to its informal, contextual and social nature. The informal nature of workplace learning requires knowledge workers to be supported in their self-regulatory learning processes, whilst the social side draws attention to the role of collective in those processes. To address these challenges, in this paper we present Learn-B, a workplace learning environment. We also present how we developed and applied a common ontological foundation for the integration of our proposed learning services and existing tools in this environment.

2025, Journal of Informatics Education and Research

This research paper examines the role of digital footprints in shaping personalized marketing strategies, focusing on the perceptions of digital marketing professionals regarding the effectiveness of tracking consumer data while considering privacy implications. A structured questionnaire was administered to a sample of 221 digital marketing professionals, utilizing a quantitative approach to gather data on their views related to digital footprint analysis and its impact on personalized marketing efforts. The findings indicate a strong consensus among respondents that tracking digital footprints significantly enhances targeting accuracy, consumer engagement, and overall campaign performance. Additionally, the study highlights the importance of prioritizing consumer privacy and transparency in data practices, with managers largely believing that digital footprints can be tracked without compromising privacy. The implications of these findings suggest a need for marketers to balance effective personalization with ethical considerations to build trust with consumers. Future research directions include exploring the influence of demographic factors on consumer perceptions of digital footprints and assessing the effectiveness of transparency measures in fostering consumer engagement.

2025, DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)

This article deals with the use of Open Source Software (OSS) at the primary and secondary level of education in Slovenia. The challenges and advantages of using OSS in educational processes are discussed. The main advantages of OSS are: economic freedom, stability, reliability and a possibility of making modifications but -on the other hand -the main problem for schools can be installation and support. The research carried out to determine the use of OSS in schools is described and the results are compared with the results of similar research studies in Germany, Sweden and UK. The results of both surveys show, that Linux and OpenOffice.org are the most popular OSS applications on computer desktops. The most important conclusion (according to our research) is that lack of knowledge prevents a faster introduction of OSS in education.

2025, Informatics in education

Knowledge about Machine Learning is becoming essential, yet it remains a restricted privilege that may not be available to students from a low socio-economic status background. Thus, in order to provide equal opportunities, we taught ML concepts and applications to 158 middle and high school students from a low socio-economic background in Brazil. Results show that these students can understand how ML works and execute the main steps of a human-centered process for developing an image classification model. No substantial differences regarding class periods, educational stage, and sex assigned at birth were observed. The course was perceived as fun and motivating, especially to girls. Despite the limitations in this context, the results show that they can be overcome. Mitigating solutions involve partnerships between social institutions and university, an adapted pedagogical approach as well as increased on-byone assistance. These findings can be used to guide course designs for teaching ML in the context of underprivileged students from a low socio-economic status background and thus contribute to the inclusion of these students.

2025, Informatics in Education

The insertion of Machine Learning (ML) in everyday life demonstrates the importance of popularizing an understanding of ML already in school. Accompanying this trend arises the need to assess the students’ learning. Yet, so far, few assessments have been proposed, most lacking an evaluation. Therefore, we evaluate the reliability and validity of an automated assessment of the students’ learning of an image classification model created as a learning outcome of the “ML for All!” course. Results based on data collected from 240 students indicate that the assessment can be considered reliable (coefficient Omega = 0.834/Cronbach's alpha α=0.83). We also identified moderate to strong convergent and discriminant validity based on the polychoric correlation matrix. Factor analyses indicate two underlying factors “Data Management and Model Training” and “Performance Interpretation”, completing each other. These results can guide the improvement of assessments, as well as the decision on ...

2025

As cloud systems become increasingly multi-tenant and dynamic, ensuring robust security remains a paramount concern. This paper explores AI-driven approaches to enhance cloud security by employing advanced threat detection and real-time monitoring mechanisms. The proposed model leverages machine learning algorithms to identify anomalous behaviors, predict potential security breaches, and automate threat mitigation strategies. Experimental evaluations indicate significant improvements in attack detection rates, response times, and overall system resilience. These findings underscore the importance of integrating AI into cloud security frameworks for safeguarding multi-tenant environments.

2025, Journal of Informatics Education and Research

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to make an effort to study the relationship between job satisfaction and performance, identify variables that influence job satisfaction, analyze deficiencies that lead to lower performance among... more

2025

In the new European educative system, in accordance with the Bologna process, the fundamental work of the teaching staff is to teach to learn. It is not going to limit only to transmit knowledge but that must organize tasks, seminaries, continuous assessments and examinations to promote in the students acquisition of knowledge, capacities and skills that allow to respond them suitably to the demands of their professional duties. So perhaps we have to learn to teach. The new system entails a change of attitude of the students: they must stop being mere receivers of knowledge to assume an active and independent attitude in relation to the planned activities that they must make. We are developing and using different tools to obtain and to facilitate this change of attitude. Concretely we are developing our subjects interactive material, similar to videos, easy to create and to manage on the part of the teacher and easy to handle (simple and friendly use and that needs few resources) on...

2025, Informatics in Education

A web application has been developed using the Microsoft .NET technology, which allows to use the Mathematica software from any personal computer connected to Internet. It is not necessary to have the Mathematica software in the own computer, therefore the requirements are limited to have a web browser. All the power of a high level package for numerical and symbolic calculation can be used with no need to spend great amounts of money in individual licenses. This allows students to use this software from their houses, by means of a simple interface, in any subject or project with mathematical calculations, even to attend virtual laboratories.

2025, Informatics in Education

In this paper an agreed set of standards, procedures and guidelines on quality assurance for the emergent European Higher Education Area is presented. If this set is implemented, the procedures for the recognition of qualifications will be strengthened. The set has been divided in two groups: there are internal and external standards and guidelines. The internals should be implemented by higher education institutions and under their responsibility. The external standards and guidelines should be implemented by external agencies with the collaboration of the higher education institutions.

2025, Journal of Baltic Science Education

The task of research was to find out if the TIMSS (Trends in Mathematics and Science Study) tests could be used to compare the average achievements of schools at regional level. All eight-formers of the Valmiera (Latvia) region participated in the investigation. The study showed than on average, the achievements of the schoolchildren of the Valmiera region are more considerable than those at national level in general. Moreover, the representatives of the city site rather than the participants of the rural area were more successful in the Valmiera region as well as throughout the country. However, analysis indicates that some schools of the rural area have achieved impressive results while knowledge of a number of the learners of the city remains rather poor. The data is important to education leaders of the region because school situation and the results of this research can help to carry out the assessment of every school. The obtained information regarding pupils’ performance in e...

2025, Informatics in Education

This study aims to provide a deeper understanding about the Bebras tasks, which is one of the computational thinking (CT) unplugged activities, in terms of age level, task category, and CT skills. Explanatory sequential mixed method was adopted in the study in order to collect data according to the research questions. The participants of the study were 113,653 school students from different age levels. Anonymous data was collected electronically from the Turkey 2019 Bebras challenge. Factor analysis was employed to reveal the construct validity to determine how accurately the tool measured the abstract psychological characteristics of the participants. In addition, the item discrimination index was calculated to measure how discriminating the items in the challenge were. Qualitative data gathered through the national Bebras workshop was analysed according to content analysis. The findings highlighted some interesting points about the implications of the Bebras Challenge for Turkey, which are discussed in detail. Furthermore, common problems of Bebras tasks are identified and possible suggestions for improvement are listed.

2025, Informatics in Education

In this study, effectiveness of a computer science course at the secondary school level is investigated through a holistic approach addressing the dimensions of instructional content design, development, implementation and evaluation framed according to ADDIE instructional design model where evaluation part constituted the research process for the current study. The process has initiated when the computer science curriculum had major revisions in order to provide in-service teachers with necessary support and guidance. The study is carried through as a project, which lasted more than one year and both quantitative and qualitative measures were used through a sequential explanatory method approach. The intention was to investigate the whole process in detail in order to reveal the effectiveness of the process and the products. In this regard, not only teachers' perceptions but also students' developments in their perceptions of academic achievement and computational thinking, as well as correlations between the computational thinking sub-factors were investigated. The findings showed that the instructional materials and activities developed within the scope of the study, positively affected the computational thinking and academic achievement of students aged 10 and 12 years old. The teachers' weekly feedbacks regarding application structures and implementation processes were also supported the findings and revealed some more details that will be useful both for instructional designers and teachers.

2025, Healthcare informatics research

This study presents the current status of nursing informatics education, the content covered in nursing informatics courses, the faculty efficacy, and the barriers to and additional supports for teaching nursing informatics in Korea. A set of questionnaires consisting of an 18-item questionnaire for nursing informatics education, a 6-item questionnaire for faculty efficacy, and 2 open-ended questions for barriers and additional supports were sent to 204 nursing schools via email and the postal service. Nursing schools offering nursing informatics were further asked to send their syllabuses. The subjects taught were analyzed using nursing informatics competency categories and other responses were tailed using descriptive statistics. A total of 72 schools (35.3%) responded to the survey, of which 38 reported that they offered nursing informatics courses in their undergraduate nursing programs. Nursing informatics courses at 11 schools were taught by a professor with a degree majoring ...

2025, Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery

Background: The use of information technology improves the competency of nurses at the bedside. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between informatics competency and clinical competency in nurses working in intensive care units.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 135 nurses employed in intensive care units affiliated with Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran, were included. The inclusion criteria were having at least a bachelor's degree in nursing, a minimum of six months of work experience in the ICU, and current employment in the ICU. The participants were enrolled in 2023 using a stratified sampling method with proportional allocation. Data were collected using demographic information forms, clinical competency questionnaires, and informatics competency questionnaires. Statistical inferential tests included Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis, multiple linear regression, and generalized multiple linear regression models. The significance level for all statistical tests was set at 0.05.
Results: The mean scores of the nurses' clinical competency and informatics competency were 58.41±8.80 and 45.67±18.88, respectively. There was no statistically significant correlation between these two variables (r = -0.07, p-value = 0.42). When examining the simultaneous effect of explanatory variables, only work experience in the ICU had a significant association with clinical competency (β = 0.3, P = 0.02). Moreover, informatics competency was significantly associated with gender (β = -12.93, P = 0.001) and the duration of using health information systems (β = -6.22, P = 0.008).
Conclusion: There is no significant relationship between informatics competency and clinical competency among ICU nurses. It is suggested that health system policymakers introduce the components of nurses' informatics competence and emphasize their importance in the clinical setting to improve the quality of care. In addition, nurses should be encouraged to enhance their professional skills and acquire competency in new approaches by gaining updated knowledge.

2025, Informatics in Education

Computing as a discipline has common roots with mathematics and written languages, and computing as a way of thinking and handling has been integral to human culture since ever. This is not only a reasonable argument for convincing society to consider informatics as one of the very fundamental pillars of education, but it also puts the potential contributions of teaching informatics in schools into the correct perspective in the context of science and humanities. Many European countries are switching from teaching information technologies to informatics education during the current second decade of this century. Informatics curriculum is becoming a central part of school education. We explain and design a way of developing informatics curriculum that offer the critical competences new generations need to survive and thrive in todays' knowledge society and will allow them to contribute to the future development of society. These competences also strongly support the development of their intellectual potential and creativity. Our design of informatics curriculum takes into account the interaction with other scientific disciplines as well with the subject didactics, pedagogy and psychology. The starting point is merging constructionism and critical thinking. Constructionism with its "learning by doing" and "learning by getting things to work" enables designing a teaching process in which students acquire knowledge by creating products, analysing the properties and the functionality of their own products, and finally derive motivation to improve these products. Critical thinking asks us not to teach products of science and technology and their application, but to teach the creative process of their development. To implement this approach, we use the historical method allowing the students to learn by productive failures in the process of searching for a solution. To organize the process of learning and make the different steps available to the appropriate age groups we take into account the cognitive dimensions of the revised taxonomy of Bloom. To illustrate how the combination of all these concepts works we present a detailed curriculum for algorithm design, programming, robotics, and communication in networks.

2025

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into enterprise operations offers significant opportunities for efficiency, innovation, and competitive advantage. However, organizations often encounter multiple barriers that hinder AI adoption, including technological complexities, high implementation costs, workforce resistance, and ethical concerns. This research examines key challenges faced by enterprises in AI transformation and proposes scalable strategies to overcome these barriers. Through a systematic review of contemporary AI implementation cases and expert insights, we identify best practices such as phased deployment, workforce upskilling, robust governance frameworks, and agile methodologies. Additionally, we highlight the role of explainable AI (XAI) and ethical AI frameworks in enhancing trust and regulatory compliance. The findings suggest that a combination of organizational readiness, strategic investment, and continuous adaptation is crucial for the successful and scalable adoption of AI. This study provides a roadmap for enterprises to navigate AI transformation, ensuring both operational efficiency and long-term sustainability.

2025, Informatics in Education

In their paper the authors deal with the vital issues of creation and application of electronic teaching materials for natural science subjects teaching. They describe an experimental examination of qualitative impact of these aids on education. The authors present a part of research results, which they obtained in a major research focused on possibilities to influence students' attitudes and approaches to particular subjects, mainly the less favorite ones. To be more specific they deal with possibilities to eliminate students' very negative attitude to physics. Their target group were 17-19 aged students and the means applied to change the attitudes of this group to physics were specially designed multimedia education materials and interactive flash animations Principles of Geometry Optics covering basic topics from geometry optics.

2025, Informatics in Education

Scientific issues like the behavior of wild and domesticated animals can serve as a motivation to learn programming concepts. Instead of following a systematic introduction, the students directly dive into programming and start immediately with their projects. In this constructionist approach the educational challenge for the teacher is to provide suitable scaffolds like step-by-step instructions, architectural spike solutions, discovery questions, puzzles and role plays, which support individual and self-directed learning.

2025, Journal of informatics education and research

The paper titled "Solid Waste Management for Environmental Sustainability and Human Health" provides a comprehensive exploration of strategies for the industry to embrace environmentally sustainable practices while safeguarding human health. The foundation is laid through a meticulous assessment of the industry's waste landscape, followed by the establishment of principles grounded in the 3R approach, circular economy integration, and life cycle thinking. The model emphasizes the adoption of advanced technologies, such as efficient recycling and innovative waste-to-energy solutions, along with compliance with stringent policies and regulations. Recognizing the pivotal role of community engagement, the model encourages industry collaboration with local communities, proactive education initiatives, and transparent reporting. Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms, including key performance indicators and regular audits, ensure the effectiveness of waste management initiatives. Moreover, the model underscores the importance of innovation and future-readiness, calling for industry investment in research and development to address emerging challenges. Corporate social responsibility is seamlessly integrated, extending sustainable practices to the supply chain and fostering community investments. The model embraces a philosophy of continuous improvement and adaptation, urging industry players to solicit feedback, learn from mistakes, and remain agile in the face of evolving environmental and social landscapes. By incorporating these elements, the model provides a holistic framework for industry-wide adoption, fostering a paradigm shift towards sustainable solid waste management practices that prioritize both environmental well-being and human health.

2025, 2024 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)

In the digital age, programming education has become increasingly important, even in primary schools. However, introducing programming at such an early stage presents unique challenges, given the need for students to grasp mathematical concepts, abstract thinking, and the intricacies of programming syntax. Educational Data Mining (EDM) offers a potential contribution by predicting learning performance, facilitating the optimization of the learning processes, and providing real-time guidance. A notable gap in the current literature about EDM in programming education is its predominant emphasis on the university level. Our research objectives were to identify features influencing primary school students' programming capabilities. A more comprehensive dataset was introduced, incorporating psychometric data and highlighting features such as learning motivation and attitude, computational thinking data, and other potentially influential variables, which set our study apart from previous studies. We found that the strongest predictor was academic performance in Information Technology, followed by psychometric data on students' learning attitudes and motivation. Computational thinking also emerged as a significant feature in predicting programming performance. It's worth highlighting that involvement in extra-curricular activities, like Olympic Mathematics training, showed a significant association, underscoring the importance of mathematical logic and reasoning in programming. This is further bolstered by the evident correlation with academic performance in Mathematics, confirming its pivotal role in shaping programming abilities. Interestingly, the correlation of academic performance in Chinese is also significant, indicating that the language medium of instruction can notably influence success.

2025, Informatics in Education

Although there is no universal agreement that students should learn programming, many countries have reached a consensus on the need to expose K-12 students to Computational Thinking (CT). When, what and how to teach CT in schools are open questions and we attempt to address them by examining how well students around the world solved problems in recent Bebras challenges. We collected and analyzed performance data on Bebras tasks from 115,400 students in grades 3-12 in seven countries. Our study provides further insight into a range of questions addressed in smaller-scale inquiries, in particular about the possible impact of schools systems and gender on students' success rate. In addition to analyzing performance data of a large population, we have classified the considered tasks in terms of CT categories, which should account for the learning implications of the challenge. Algorithms and data representation dominate the challenge, accounting for 75-90% of the tasks, while other categories such as abstraction, parallelization and problem decomposition are sometimes represented by one or two questions at various age groups. This classification can be a starting point for using online Bebras tasks to support the effective learning of CT concepts in the classroom.

2025

Nowadays, manually assessing students’ programming exercises has been identified as among of the toughest tasks to lecturers of programming courses on top of their high routine workloads.Thus, Automatic Programming Assessment (or APA) has turn out to be an alternative method to automatically assess these students’ programming exercises effectively.In APA, test data generation process has mainly being a part of performing dynamic testing on students’ programming solutions. Diverse of automated test data generation (or ATDG) methods have been researched in past few years.However, these methods have not been sufficiently and systematically adapted by researches in APA. Nonetheless, it appears very limited studies have put in some efforts to realize an integration of APA and ATDG as a complete APA system (or APAS) so as to provide a better quality and precise program testing on students’ programs.So as to realize this limitation, this paper presents the design and implementation of an A...

2025, Informatics in Education

Context: concept Maps (CMs) enable the creation of a schematic representation of a domain knowledge. For this reason, CMs have been applied in different research areas, including Computer Science. Objective: the objective of this paper is to present the results of a systematic mapping study conducted to collect and evaluate existing research on CMs initiatives in Computer Science. Method: the mapping study was performed by searching five electronic databases. We also performed backward snowballing and manual search to find publications of researchers and research groups that accomplished these studies. Results: from the mapping study, we identified 108 studies addressing CMs initiatives in different subareas of Computer Science that were reviewed to extract relevant information to answer a set of research questions. The mapping shows an increasing interest in the topic in recent years and it has been extensively investigated due to support in teaching and learning. Conclusions: based on our results we conclude that the use of CMs as an educational tool has been widely accepted in Computer Science.

2025, Journal of informatics education and research

The proliferation of smart technologies in living environments has ushered in an era where humans and computers interact more intimately than ever before. This research paper delves into the complex landscape of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) within the context of smart living environments, shedding light on the multifaceted challenges and exciting opportunities that lie ahead. In this exploration, we first review the fundamental concepts and technologies that underpin smart living environments, emphasizing the centrality of HCI in bridging the gap between humans and the myriad of interconnected devices and systems that constitute these environments. We then identify and analyze key challenges such as user privacy, security, usability, and adaptability, which continue to shape the HCI landscape in smart living. The paper also highlights the emerging opportunities for HCI research, including the integration of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and natural language processing (NLP) into smart living systems, fostering more intuitive and seamless interactions. Additionally, it discusses the potential for personalized and context-aware HCI solutions that enhance user experiences and promote inclusivity. By addressing these challenges and harnessing these opportunities, this research seeks to provide valuable insights for HCI researchers, designers, and policymakers, ultimately contributing to the development of smarter and more userfriendly living environments that enhance our quality of life while respecting our fundamental rights and values.

2025, Journal of informatics education and research

2025

This study aims to investigate the application and impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Human Resource Management (HRM) at the Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP). As AI technologies continue to transform organizational processes globally, understanding their integration into HRM practices is crucial for enhancing efficiency, decision-making, and employee satisfaction. This study focuses on how AI tools are currently utilized by administrative personnel at BUP, the level of organizational support for AI adoption, and the adequacy of the technological infrastructure. By assessing these factors, the research seeks to determine the effectiveness of AI in improving HRM outcomes, including job satisfaction and operational efficiency, and to identify potential barriers to AI integration. Through a systematic analysis of survey data collected from BUP's administrative staff, the study will provide insights into the extent to which AI is embedded in HRM practices and its influence on achieving organizational goals. KAP model will be implemented to find the interconnectedness among variables. The findings are expected to offer valuable recommendations for optimizing AI use in HRM at BUP and other similar institutions, contributing to the broader understanding of AI's role in modern administrative functions.

2025, Informatics in Education

2025, Serdica Journal of Computing

2025, Informatics in Education

How do we teach children to express and communicate ideas in a formal and informal mode? What type of language do they need in a concrete context? How should they determine a proper level of formalization of their descriptions? In an attempt to explore these issues we carried out a pilot experiment in the frames of the DALEST European project whose goal was to create environment for stimulating the 3D geometry understanding of young students and to assist them in developing some fundamental mathematical skills including spatial visualization and articulating ideas. The pilot experiment was carried out with 5th graders from five Bulgarian schools by means of specially designed educational scenarios and the Cubix Editor (a Logo based application for manipulating unit-sized cubes). The children were given tasks to describe compositions of unit-sized cubes and to build such compositions by means of the Cubix Editor when given their descriptions by peers. The students experienced the whole process of generating a good description -becoming aware of the ambiguity, producing counterexamples, reducing the ambiguity, eliminating the redundancy. The pilot experiment aimed at specifying the structure, scope and methods behind the stereometry activities envisaged for 5th graders in the frames of the DALEST project. The first impressions confirm our belief that the language is playing significant role in the learning experiences of the students, that the relationship between thoughts and words involves back and forth reshaping process. While constructing and describing cubical structures they articulated their own ideas, developed concepts collaboratively with others, moved between everyday and mathematical terms, between procedural and declarative style, exploring the boundaries of understanding.