This paper evaluates how semi-randomly formed project groups, compared to forming groups at free will, affect students’ learning in a project-oriented setting. The findings are based on empirical data. We have analyzed students’ experiences by taking a course in the subject of Information Systems. The identified experiences are considered to be either a strength or a problem. We can conclude that how we form project groups has an effect on learning. We can also conclude that several of the experiences from semi-randomly formed project groups are of both a positive and negative nature. In the concluding chapter, we give some explanations in order to understand the differences in students’ experiences.

Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-153). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

The ability to work effectively in teams has been a key competence for information systems engineers for a long time. Gradually, more attention is being paid to developing this generic competence as part of academic curricula, resulting in two questions: how to best promote team competencies and how to implement team projects successfully. These questions are closely interwoven and need to be looked at together. To address these questions, this paper identifies relevant studies and approaches, best practices, and key findings in the field of information systems education and related fields such as computer science and business, and examines them together to develop a systematic framework. The framework is intended to categorize existing research on teams and team competencies in information systems education and to guide information systems educators in supporting teamwork and promoting team competencies in students at the course and curricular level in the context of teaching in tertiary education.

In this paper we elaborate on a framework, a set of guidelines, for teachers when designing project based courses. The emergent framework presented in this paper will focus on six themes: (1) overall course design, (2) project task, (3) project group, (4) examination, (5) feedback and (6) course evaluation and improvement and is initially grounded in theory and practice. The framework elaborated in this paper should support teachers' development of a professional autonomy within the norms of a professional group and an active curriculum.

Continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) frameworks are a core element of DevOps-based software development. A PHP-based case study assessed the suitability of five such frameworks - -JFrog Arti-factory, Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and TeamCity - -for instructional use. The five were found to be roughly equivalent in terms of their usability for simple configurations. The effort needed to implement CI/CD substantially increased for more realistic production scenarios, like deployments to cloud and load-balanced platforms. These results suggest a need to limit CI/CD-based academic projects to simple infrastructure and technology stacks: e.g., a web application on a single instance web server.

El objetivo general de esta tesis es abordar el estudio del fenómeno de deserción estudiantil universitaria mediante un proceso de extracción de conocimiento a partir de datos. En el camino hacia la concreción del objetivo de máxima, predecir la deserción, se pueden encontrar otras metas que aporten información no trivial y de utilidad para la toma de decisiones, por ejemplo, describir o caracterizar a los estudiantes de la UNRN a través de perfiles que ayuden a orientar la implementación de medidas a los estratos en los que las mismas pueden ejercer más influencia positiva. El objetivo específico de esta tesis es caracterizar a los estudiantes de la UNRN que abandonan la carrera en los primeros años. Se busca establecer perfiles que permitan realizar recomendaciones tendientes a revertir esta situación. <i>(Párrafo extraído del texto a modo de resumen)</i> / Asesor académico: Waldo Hasperué.