Browsing by Author "Fuller, DA"

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    A pattern system for the development of collaborative applications
    (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2001) Guerrero, LA; Fuller, DA
    Collaborative applications provide a group of users with the facility to communicate and share data in a coordinated way. Building collaborative applications is still a complex task. In this paper we propose a pattern system to design basic aspects of data sharing, communication, and coordination for collaborative applications. These patterns: are useful for the design and development of collaborative applications as well as for the development of platforms for the construction of collaborative applications. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
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    Experimenting with a computer-mediated collaborative interaction model to support engineering courses
    (WILEY, 2004) Fuller, DA; Moreno, AF
    Many of the engineering education lecture courses are taught only with the support of a board or transparencies. In both cases, the students have to copy the material passed in class, including additional annotations and comments. We performed a controlled experiment to measure the impact of the insertion of a computer mediated collaborative interaction model to support the teaching/learning process in such scenarios, using a Web-based computer application. Our experiment was done during two consecutive semesters of a First Year Programming Engineering course, with 447 enrolled students where 234 students were surveyed. In this paper, we describe the design and execution of the experiment, and show the obtained results. Based on our results, we conclude that there are advantages of using a collaborative interaction model supported by a collaborative software tool in an Engineering course such as the experimented. (C) 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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    ICESEE: A tool for developing engineering courseware
    (WILEY, 2003) Ochoa, SF; Pino, JA; Baloian, N; Fuller, DA
    in this article, a computer tool is introduced to support courseware building and evolution in computer science and engineering education, The tool is intended to fulfill requirements, which are typical of this area of education. The tool has been implemented and initially tested. Instructors and students have been satisfied with the tool, therefore, indicating encouraging results. (C) 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.