FECS'14 & SWWS'14: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 Schedule

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06:45a - 05:00p:  REGISTRATION (Second Floor, Conference Lobby: 1-5)


SESSION 5-FECS:   LEARNING MODELS, METHODOLOGIES, TOOLS AND CASE STUDIES +
                  AGILE METHODOLOGIES + PAIR PROGRAMMING AND TEAM TEACHING
                  METHODS
                  XXX Chair: Eshwar Bachu; University of the West Indies,
                             Trinidad and Tobago
                  July 23, 2014 (Wednesday); 08:00am - 10:20am
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 3)

08:00 - 08:20am:  How Can Augmented Reality Favor the Learning of Calculus?
                  Patricia Salinas, Eliud Quintero, Eduardo Gonzalez-Mendivil
                  Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico

08:20 - 08:40am:  Interdisciplinary Team-Teaching Experiences of a Computer and Nuclear
                  Energy Course Designed for Non-Nuclear Engineering Students
                  Peter Keiller, Charles Kim, Robert Rwebangira
                  Howard University, Washington, DC, USA

08:40 - 09:00am:  Automated Feedback for Personalized Learning
                  David J. Coe, Ronald Bowman, Jason Winningham
                  University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama, USA

09:00 - 09:20am:  Running an Agile Class
                  Kevin A. Gary
                  Arizona State University, Arizona, USA

09:20 - 09:40am:  A Case Study on Introducing the Design Thinking into PBL
                  Shuhei Ohsako, Yasutaka Kamei, Shintaro Hosoai, Weiqiang Kong,
                  Kimitaka Kato, Akihiko Ishizuka, Kazutoshi Sakaguchi, Miyuki
                  Kawataka, Yoshitsugu Morita, Naoyasu Ubayashi, Akira Fukuda
                  QUTE: Kyushu University Research Center for Advanced Information &
                  Communication Tech. Education, Kyusyu University, Fukuoka, Japan;
                  Fujitsu, Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan;  Fujitsu Design, Ltd., Kanagawa,
                  Japan;  Fujitsu University, Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan;  Graduate
                  School and Faculty of Design, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

09:40 - 10:00am:  The Impact of Cultural Factors on Technology Acceptance,
                  Students Point of View
                  Dhiya Al-Jumeily, Abir Hussain, Sam Crate
                  Applied Computing Research, Liverpool John Moores University, UK

10:00 - 10:20am:  Guidelines for Implementing Pair Programming in Introductory
                  CS Courses: Experience Report
                  Alex Radermacher, Gursimran S. Walia, Sameer Abufardeh, and
                  Oksana Myronovych
                  North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA

10:20 - 10:40am:  BREAK


SESSION 6-SWWS:   SEMANTIC WEB AND RELATED ISSUES
                  XXX Chair: Dr. En Cheng; The University of Akron, Ohio, USA
                  July 23, 2014 (Wednesday); 10:40am - 12:20pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 3)

10:40 - 11:00am:  Open km-Learning: Using Semantic Web Technologies to Facilitate
                  E-Learning
                  Grace Zhao
                  Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, USA

11:00 - 11:20am:  The Use of Semantic-based Suggestions in the Service Composition
                  Process
                  Diogo Phelipe Busanello Da Silva, Frank Siqueira
                  Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

11:20 - 11:40am:  Concept Map Based Semantic Representation and Knowledge
                  Visualization
                  Junfang Zeng
                  Inst. of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

11:40 - 12:00pm:  Semantic Hub Agent for Data Commercialization
                  Dongsheng Wang
                  Inst. of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

12:00 - 12:20pm:  Introduction to Ubit Semantic Computing
                  Shengyuan Wu
                  Shandong University, Jinan, P. R. China

12:20 - 01:20pm:  LUNCH (On Your Own)


SESSION 7-FECS:   WEB BASED INSTRUCTION, ONLINE SYSTEMS & METHODS, DISTANCE
                  LEARNING, MOBILE SYSTEMS + SOCIAL NETWORKS
                  XXX Co-Chairs: Dr. Dale E. Parson; Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, USA;
                                 Dr. Robert Hatch; The University of Virginia's College at Wise, USA;
                                 Dr. Kanwalinder Gagneja; Southern Oregon University, Oregon, USA
                  July 23, 2014 (Wednesday); 01:20pm - 04:20pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 3)

01:20 - 01:40pm:  Global Perspective of Security Breaches in Facebook
                  Kanwalinderjit Kaur Gagneja
                  Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon, USA

01:40 - 02:00pm:  Research Directions for Teaching Programming Online
                  Amber Settle, Arto Vihavainen, Craig Miller
                  DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA;
                  University of Helsinki, Finland

02:00 - 02:20pm:  Creating an Automated Learning Management Tool in an Engineering
                  Course Based on Interdisciplinary Metrics
                  Quoc-Viet Dang, Daniel D. Gajski
                  Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California,
                  Irvine, California, USA;
                  Center for Embedded Computer Systems, University of California,
                  Irvine, California, USA

02:20 - 02:40pm:  Feeling Glassy: An Analysis of Developing for Google Glass
                  Abrar Qureshi, Dakota Gallimore, Joseph Lacava
                  Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
                  University of Virginia, College at Wise, Virginia, USA

02:40 - 03:00pm:  Learner Centered Schemes in the Digital Age
                  Manny Estabrooks
                  Red Deer College, Red Deer, Canada

03:00 - 03:40pm:  BREAK & POSTER/DISCUSSION SESSION C-FECS-SWWS
                  July 23, 2014 (Wednesday)
                  (LOCATION: Hallways of Ballrooms 1-5)

                  O.  Collaborative Research Project for CS and Engineering Students
                      Subodh Bhandari, Fang Tang, Zekeriya Aliyazicioglu,
                      Scott Boskovich, Kevin La
                      California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, USA
                  O.  XXX The Development of Interactive Distance-Learning Laboratory for
                      Teaching Digital Design in Electrical and Computer Engineering
                      Bassam Shaer, Mohamed Khabou
                      University of West Florida, Florida, USA
                  O.  ...

SESSION 7-FECS:   Continued ... WEB BASED INSTRUCTION, ONLINE SYSTEMS & METHODS,
                  DISTANCE LEARNING, MOBILE SYSTEMS + SOCIAL NETWORKS
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 3)

03:40 - 04:00pm:  Preparing Digital Natives for Industry
                  Neelu Sinha, Mary Rauscher
                  Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey, USA

04:00 - 04:20pm:  Computer Hardware Experimental Teaching Based on MOOC
                  Quan Cheng-Bin, Chan Yong-Qiang
                  Department of Computer Science and Technology,
                  Tsinghua University, Beijing, P. R. China


SESSION 8-FECS:   CURRICULUM AND COURSE DEVELOPMENT + RELATED ISSUES
                  AND STUDENT FUNDING STRATEGIES
                  XXX Chair: Dr. Bassam R. Shaer; University of West Florida, USA
                  July 23, 2014 (Wednesday); 04:20pm - 06:00pm
                  (LOCATION: Ballroom 3)

04:20 - 04:40pm:  Web Programming Curriculum: What Changes, What Remains the
                  Same Over Time
                  Rob Byrd, Meredith Beier
                  Abilene Christian University, School of Information Technology
                  and Computing, Texas, USA

04:40 - 05:00pm:  Blending Art and Technology: Two Courses and Some MAGIC
                  Ronald P. Vullo, Andrew Phelps, Christopher Egert, Heather Rowles
                  Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, USA;
                  Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA;
                  Northern Virginia Family Service, Oakton, Virginia, USA

05:00 - 05:20pm:  Incorporating Entrepreneurship Topic into an Introductory
                  Computer Science Course
                  Xiaoyuan Suo
                  Department of Math and Computer Science, Webster University,
                  Saint Louis, MO, USA

05:20 - 05:40pm:  XXX Does Badge-Based Learning Buck the Grading Curve? An Educational
                  Experiment in Computer Architecture
                  Peter Jamieson
                  Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA

05:40 - 06:00pm:  Using Undergraduates as Teaching Assistants at Harbin
                  Institute of Technology
                  Dalie Sun, Hongli Zhang, Kuanquan Wang
                  Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, P. R. China


06:00 - 09:00pm:  TUTORIALS + PANEL DISCUSSIONS + ADDITIONAL INVITED LECTURES

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