This paper shows how it is possible to use commercial off-the-shelf IoT devices in a taught cyber security course. We argue that the current level of IoT device security makes testing them an excellent exercise for students. We have developed a course based around this idea that teaches students basic penetration testing techniques and then sets two rounds of group assignments in which they get...

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The importance of older adults’ social networks in providing practical, emotional and informational support is well documented. In this paper, we reflect on the personal social networks of older adults, and the shortcomings of existing online Social Networking Sites (SNSs) in supporting their needs. We report findings from ethnographic interviews, focus groups and hands-on demonstrations with o...

This paper outlines the key components of technical literacy, explaining their relationship to classic computer science and artificial intelligence curriculum. We then describe an international educational initiative called RoboCupJunior and outline related work examining the (human) learning aspects of educational team robotics. Through examples, we show how the RoboCupJunior paradigm has been...

Metamaterials have become one of the hottest fields of photonics since the pioneering work of John Pendry on negative refractive index, invisibility cloaking, and perfect lensing. For practical applications, three-dimensional metamaterials are required. Here, coupling effects between individual constituents play a dominant role for the optical and electronic properties. Metamaterials can offer ...

In order to improve science education in the formative grammar school years, we combined the principles of constructivist teaching with the natural curiosity of the students in an engineering-based curriculum. This curriculum allows the students to take apart and discover for themselves how various objects work. By capitalizing on the natural curiosity of the students, and by emphasizing group,...

This paper summarizes the findings of a five-year study aimed at improving the retention rates of female students pursuing careers in engineering. The study analyzed a series of programs implemented at the University of Toledo. The programs involve hands-on design projects, research experiences, communication tools geared towards females, mentoring programs, and on-the-job rotations aimed at sp...

Existing network testbeds can enable developers to evaluate the performance of different routing protocols in a network and help students to enhance their hands-on experiences and understand complex and abstract concepts of routing protocols by allowing them carrying out projects on it, but they are either limited in features or expensive to establish and manage. To address this problem, this p...

This paper presents the design of the visualisation and interaction in Topolor 2, an online learning system that supports social e-learning using adaptation and personalisation techniques. The main goal of this study is to investigate if and how the visualisation and interaction design based on selfdetermination theory (SDT) can improve the learning experience and learning efficiency. The goal ...

Process mining is an emerging technology in the context of Business Process Management with the goal to derive process models from observed system behavior. The global goals are: to detect previously unknown process structures, to implement consistent process controlling which may involve computation of realistic cycle times and frequency of occurrence of process pathways, or to quantify the co...