Higher Education for All. From Challenges to Novel Technology-Enhanced Solutions

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Higher Education Online Around the World

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. An Analysis of Pupil Concerns Regarding Transition into Higher Education

      • Mark Zarb, Angela A. Siegel

      Pages 3-16

   3. Higher Education in the Amazon: Challenges and Initiatives

      • Elaine H. T. Oliveira, José R. H. Carvalho, Horácio A. B. F. Oliveira, Bruno F. Gadelha, Ketlen T. Lucena, David B. Ramos et al.

      Pages 17-31

   4. Computational Methods for Analysis of Language in Graduate and Undergraduate Student Texts

      • Samuel González-López, Aurelio López-López

      Pages 32-51

   5. Helping MOOC Teachers Do Their Job

      • Ranilson Paiva, Ig Ibert Bittencourt

      Pages 52-67

3. User Modelling and Grouping

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Group Formation in CSCL: A Review of the State of the Art

      • Simone Borges, Riichiro Mizoguchi, Ig Ibert Bittencourt, Seiji Isotani

      Pages 71-88

   3. Student Modelling and Knowledge Acquisition Process in Complex Nature Domains

      • Eleandro Maschio, Carolina Moreira

      Pages 89-106

   4. Coupling Cultural Context to a User Model of Adaptive E-Learning: Fundamentals, Approach and Experiment

      • Isabela Gasparini, Marcelo S. Pimenta, José Palazzo M. de Oliveira, Ricardo Miranda

      Pages 107-123

   5. Improving the Metacognitive Ability of Knowledge Monitoring in Computer Learning Systems

      • Tiago Roberto Kautzmann, Patrícia Augustin Jaques

      Pages 124-140

4. Technology-Enhanced Solutions: Gamification and Educational Games

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. The Dark Side of Gamification: An Overview of Negative Effects of Gamification in Education

      • Armando M. Toda, Pedro H. D. Valle, Seiji Isotani

      Pages 143-156

   3. An Experience with Software Engineering Education Using a Software Process Improvement Game

      • Daniela C. C. Peixoto, Rodolfo F. Resende, Clarindo Isaías P. S. Pádua

      Pages 157-173

   4. Using Ontology and Gamification to Improve Students’ Participation and Motivation in CSCL

      • Geiser Chalco Challco, Riichiro Mizoguchi, Seiji Isotani

      Pages 174-191

   5. An Agile Method for Developing OERs and Its Application in Serious Game Design

      • Rafaela V. Rocha, Pedro H. D. Valle, José C. Maldonado, Ig Ibert Bittencourt, Seiji Isotani

      Pages 192-206

5. Back Matter

   Pages 207-207

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Researcher Links Workshop: Higher Education for All, held in Maceió, Brazil, in March 2017. The 12 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. 
The papers deal with a large spectrum of topics, including higher education, technology-enhanced solutions, user modelling, user grouping, gamification, educational games, MOOCs, e-learning, open educational resources, collaborative learning, student modelling, serious games, language analysis.

• semantic web
• web 2.0
• big data
• learner analytics
• natural language processing
• educational technology

• FBCS FHEA SMIEEE, Computer Science Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom

  Alexandra Ioana Cristea

• Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil

  Ig Ibert Bittencourt

• Ciência da Computação, University of Brasília, Brasilia, Brazil

  Fernanda Lima

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