TY - JOUR A1 - Curzon, Paul T1 - Unplugged Computational Thinking for Fun JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - Computational thinking is a fundamental skill set that is learned by studying Informatics and ICT. We argue that its core ideas can be introduced in an inspiring and integrated way to both teachers and students using fun and contextually rich cs4fn ‘Computer Science for Fun’ stories combined with ‘unplugged’ activities including games and magic tricks. We also argue that understanding people is an important part of computational thinking. Computational thinking can be fun for everyone when taught in kinaesthetic ways away from technology. KW - Computational thinking KW - cs4fn KW - ‘unplugged’ computing KW - kinaesthetic teaching KW - fun Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82575 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 15 EP - 27 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Luther, Laura A1 - Tiberius, Victor A1 - Brem, Alexander T1 - User experience (UX) in business, management, and psychology BT - a bibliometric mapping of the current state of research JF - Multimodal technologies and interaction : open access journal N2 - User Experience (UX) describes the holistic experience of a user before, during, and after interaction with a platform, product, or service. UX adds value and attraction to their sole functionality and is therefore highly relevant for firms. The increased interest in UX has produced a vast amount of scholarly research since 1983. The research field is, therefore, complex and scattered. Conducting a bibliometric analysis, we aim at structuring the field quantitatively and rather abstractly. We employed citation analyses, co-citation analyses, and content analyses to evaluate productivity and impact of extant research. We suggest that future research should focus more on business and management related topics. KW - bibliometric analysis KW - co-citation analysis KW - co-occurrence analysis KW - citation analysis KW - user experience KW - UX Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/mti4020018 SN - 2414-4088 VL - 4 IS - 2 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zieris, Holger A1 - Gerstberger, Herbert A1 - Müller, Wolfgang T1 - Using Arduino-Based Experiments to Integrate Computer Science Education and Natural Science JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - Current curricular trends require teachers in Baden- Wuerttemberg (Germany) to integrate Computer Science (CS) into traditional subjects, such as Physical Science. However, concrete guidelines are missing. To fill this gap, we outline an approach where a microcontroller is used to perform and evaluate measurements in the Physical Science classroom. Using the open-source Arduino platform, we expect students to acquire and develop both CS and Physical Science competencies by using a self-programmed microcontroller. In addition to this combined development of competencies in Physical Science and CS, the subject matter will be embedded in suitable contexts and learning environments, such as weather and climate. KW - Computer Science Education KW - Natural Science Education KW - Inquiry-based Learning KW - Physical Science KW - Measurement KW - Arduino KW - Sensors Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-82938 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 381 EP - 389 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nylén, Aletta A1 - Dörge, Christina T1 - Using competencies to structure scientific writing education JF - Commentarii informaticae didacticae : (CID) N2 - Scientific writing is an important skill for computer science and computer engineering professionals. In this paper we present a writing concept across the curriculum program directed towards scientific writing. The program is built around a hierarchy of learning outcomes. The hierarchy is constructed through analyzing the learning outcomes in relation to competencies that are needed to fulfill them. Y1 - 2013 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-64851 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 5 SP - 33 EP - 44 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kuntzsch, Christian T1 - Visualization of data transfer paths JF - Process design for natural scientists: an agile model-driven approach N2 - A workflow for visualizing server connections using the Google Maps API was built in the jABC. It makes use of three basic services: An XML-based IP address geolocation web service, a command line tool and the Static Maps API. The result of the workflow is an URL leading to an image file of a map, showing server connections between a client and a target host. Y1 - 2014 SN - 978-3-662-45005-5 SN - 1865-0929 IS - 500 SP - 140 EP - 148 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sens, Henriette T1 - Web-Based map generalization tools put to the test: a jABC workflow JF - Process Design for Natural Scientists: an agile model-driven approach N2 - Geometric generalization is a fundamental concept in the digital mapping process. An increasing amount of spatial data is provided on the web as well as a range of tools to process it. This jABC workflow is used for the automatic testing of web-based generalization services like mapshaper.org by executing its functionality, overlaying both datasets before and after the transformation and displaying them visually in a .tif file. Mostly Web Services and command line tools are used to build an environment where ESRI shapefiles can be uploaded, processed through a chosen generalization service and finally visualized in Irfanview. Y1 - 2014 SN - 978-3-662-45005-5 SN - 1865-0929 IS - 500 SP - 175 EP - 185 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Delgado Kloos, Carlos T1 - What about the Competencies of Educators in the New Era of Digital Education? JF - KEYCIT 2014 - Key Competencies in Informatics and ICT N2 - A lot has been published about the competencies needed by students in the 21st century (Ravenscroft et al., 2012). However, equally important are the competencies needed by educators in the new era of digital education. We review the key competencies for educators in light of the new methods of teaching and learning proposed by Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and their on-campus counterparts, Small Private Online Courses (SPOCs). KW - Massive Open Online Courses KW - Small Private Online Courses KW - Competencies KW - Digital Education KW - Digital Revolution KW - Big Data Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-83015 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 7 SP - 435 EP - 438 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Al-Saffar, Loay Talib Ahmed T1 - Where girls take the role of boys in CS BT - attitudes of CS students in a female-dominated environment JF - Commentarii informaticae didacticae : (CID) N2 - A survey has been carried out in the Computer Science (CS) department at the University of Baghdad to investigate the attitudes of CS students in a female dominant environment, showing the differences between male and female students in different academic years. We also compare the attitudes of the freshman students of two different cultures (University of Baghdad, Iraq, and the University of Potsdam). Y1 - 2013 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-65034 SN - 1868-0844 SN - 2191-1940 IS - 5 SP - 149 EP - 154 PB - Universitätsverlag Potsdam CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schulze, Gunnar T1 - Workflow for rapid metagenome analysis JF - Process design for natural scientists: an agile model-driven approach N2 - Analyses of metagenomes in life sciences present new opportunities as well as challenges to the scientific community and call for advanced computational methods and workflows. The large amount of data collected from samples via next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies render manual approaches to sequence comparison and annotation unsuitable. Rather, fast and efficient computational pipelines are needed to provide comprehensive statistics and summaries and enable the researcher to choose appropriate tools for more specific analyses. The workflow presented here builds upon previous pipelines designed for automated clustering and annotation of raw sequence reads obtained from next-generation sequencing technologies such as 454 and Illumina. Employing specialized algorithms, the sequence reads are processed at three different levels. First, raw reads are clustered at high similarity cutoff to yield clusters which can be exported as multifasta files for further analyses. Independently, open reading frames (ORFs) are predicted from raw reads and clustered at two strictness levels to yield sets of non-redundant sequences and ORF families. Furthermore, single ORFs are annotated by performing searches against the Pfam database Y1 - 2014 SN - 978-3-662-45005-5 SN - 1865-0929 IS - 500 SP - 88 EP - 100 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER -