Title
Creating a Natural Environment for Synergy of Disciplines
Abstract
The paper presents the authors' experience in stimulating the synergy of disciplines via active learning methods; the emphasis being on project based learning. Promoting this method is demonstrated in the context of teachers' training courses and developing a set of IT textbooks. Numerous examples are presented showing that the synergy of various disciplines is quite natural when performed in the context of studying IT. The project samples developed by teachers are inspired by ideas in textbooks and are accomplished by means of specially designed computer applications. The importance of working on projects tuned to the learner's interest as a decisive motivation factor is emphasized. In addition authors show that the bouquet of projects becomes more colorful with every new issue of the courses thanks to the learners' creativity and the collaborative knowledge building.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1007/978-3-642-04636-0_50
EC-TEL
Keywords
Field
DocType
numerous example,it textbook,natural environment,new issue,addition author,active learning method,computer application,training course,collaborative knowledge building,decisive motivation factor,project sample,active learning
Active learning,Computer science,Knowledge building,Knowledge management,Computer Applications,Project-based learning,Creativity,Multimedia
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
5794
0302-9743
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
2
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Evgenia Sendova1155.73
Pavel Boytchev2235.93
Eliza Stefanova3407.94
Nikolina Nikolova483.95
Eugenia Kovatcheva552.22