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Feedback and feed-forward are a critical part of the learning process. However, well-constructed, high quality, written feedback is challenging and time-consuming to produce. The growth in the number of students in higher education and ever-increasing ...

Although good assessment and feedback practices are widely recognised as crucial to learning, historical UK NSS results illustrate that current practices leave students dissatisfied the most in terms of their overall learning experience. This paper ...

The increasing adoption of cloud computing is driving a demand for skills which needs to be addressed in higher education. However, the nature of the field presents significant challenges for educators. The body of knowledge associated with cloud ...

Student retention is one of the greatest challenges facing computer science programs. Difficulties in an introductory programming class often snowball, resulting in poor student performance. Far too often, the challenges faced by such students enrolled ...

Reliable and pedagogically sound automated feedback and grading systems are highly coveted by educators. Automatic grading systems are useful for ensuring equity of grading of student submissions to assignments and providing timely feedback on the work. ...

Interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the popularity of such courses has increased over the past few years, as a consequence higher education (HE) institutions are now offering courses in such fields. However, there is a current lack of research ...

The learning goals of an undergraduate algorithms course are often well suited to written homework assignments involving proof writing. However, asynchronously assigning and grading written homework lacks several desirable outcomes, such as direct ...

This paper discusses an enhancement project completed at two Universities in the United Kingdom (UK). It is an example of contributing student pedagogy [9], exploring why whilst teamworking is valued by employers, its inclusion is less well received by ...

The early career of a computer science academic in the United Kingdom (UK) – as with most other disciplines – is challenging in terms of balancing research aspirations, learning and teaching responsibilities, wider academic service commitments, as well ...

This work attempts to present a novel approach to deliver software engineering lectorial sessions. The work primarily focuses on increasing student engagement by taking a multilingual and cross-cultural approach where students take the lead. The design ...

In preparing computer science students for industry, degree content often focuses on technical skills such as programming. Whilst essential for a successful career in industry, employers note that students are often limited in transferable skills. ...

Cybersecurity laboratory infrastructure has direct impact on the quality of student learning experiences. Because of this, the computing education field has developed a variety of approaches to designing and implementing these learning facilities. Yet, ...