Cooperative Learning vs. Project Base Learning.

The Bologna Declaration and the implementation of the European Higher Education Area are promoting the use of active learning methodologies such as cooperative learning and project based learning. This study was motivated by the comparison of the results obtained after applying Cooperative Learning (CL) and Project Based Learning (PBL) to a subject of Computer Engineering. The fundamental hypothesis tested was whether the academic success achieved by the students of the first years was higher when CL was applied than in those cases to which PBL was applied. A practical case, by means of which the effectiveness of CL and PBL are compared, is presented in this work. This study has been carried out at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, where these mechanisms have been applied to the Operating Systems I subject from the Technical Engineering in Computer Systems degree (OSIS) and to the same subject from the Technical Engineering in Computer Management degree (OSIM). Both subjects have the same syllabus, are taught in the same year and semester and share also formative objectives. From this study we can conclude that students¿ academic performance (regarding the grades given) is greater with PBL than with CL. To be more specific, the difference is between 0.5 and 1 point for the individual tests. For the group tests, this difference is between 2.5 and 3 points. Therefore, this study refutes the fundamental hypothesis formulated at the beginning. Some of the possible interpretations of these results are referred to in this study.

Cooperative ITS communications architecture: the FOTsis project approach and beyond

With the continuous development in the fields of sensors, advanced data processing and communications, road transport oriented intelligent applications and services have reached a significant maturity and complexity. Cooperative ITS services, based on the idea of sharing accurate information among road entities, are currently being tested on a large scale by different initiatives. The field operational test (FOTsis) project contributes to the deployment environment with services that involve a significant number of entities out of the vehicle. This made necessary the specification of an architecture which, based on the ISO ITS station reference architecture for communications, could support the requirements of the services proposed in the project. During the project, internal implementation tests and external interoperability tests have resulted in the validation of the proposed architecture. At the same time, these tests have had as a result the awareness of areas in which the FOTsis architecture could be completed, mainly to take full advantage of all the emerging and foreseeable data sources which may be relevant in the road environment. In this study, the authors will outline an approach that, based on the current cooperative ITS architecture and the SmartCities and Internet Of Things (IoT) architectures, can provide a common convergence platform to maximise the information available for ITS purposes.

Emerging technologies : Bio-Recovery Systems removal and recovery of metal ions from groundwater.

"August 1990."

Preliminary operational requirements and acceptability criteria for the cooperative breath analyzer. Technical report.

Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, Mass.

Safety applications of intelligent transportation systems in Europe and Japan.

"HPIP/I-06(3.5)EW"--Back cover.

An outline of the European co-operative credit systems.

Mode of access: Internet.

Project Right of Way : development of a transportation cooperative in Boston, MA /

"UMTA Technical Assistance Program."

Cooperative extension and electronic technology : new initiatives in information delivery, educational delivery, and problem solving.

"September 1985."

Investigation of inappropriate pollutant entries into storm drainage systems : a user's guide /

"Contract number 68-C9-0033 and Cooperative Agreement number CR-816862."

Cooperative station observations /

"July 1989."

Handbook : assessment protocols : durability of performance of a home radon reduction system : sub-slab depressurization systems /

"EPA/625/6-91/032."

The fourteen systems of units /

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Rural solid waste collection systems /

"March 1977"