Plagiarism is a widespread problem in computer science education, exacerbated by the impracticability of manual inspection in large courses. Even worse, tools based on large language models like ChatGPT have made it easier than ever to obfuscate ...

Despite recent initiatives aimed at improving accessibility, the field of digital accessibility remains markedly behind contemporary advancements in the software industry, as many real-world software and web applications continue to fall short of ...

Curricula recommendation for undergraduate Software Engineering courses underscore the importance of transcending from traditional lecture format to actively involving students in time-limited, iterative development practices. This paper presents a ...

According to a UserWay study in 2021, e-commerce businesses suffer a revenue loss of approximately USD 16 billion annually due to inaccessible websites and software applications. WebAIM's 2023 report claims that only 3.7% of the world's top one million ...

The retrospective, or retro, is a fundamental component of the Agile process, widely used in both software engineering courses and industry. In a retro, teams come together at the end of a sprint to reflect on their team's performance. We conducted an ...

Women in computing were among the first programmers in the early 20^th century and were substantial contributors to the industry. Today, men dominate the software engineering industry. Research and data show that women are far less likely to pursue a ...

Educators are increasingly concerned about the usage of Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT in programming education, particularly regarding the potential exploitation of imperfections in Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) ...

Practical programming assignments are critical parts of programming courses in Computer Science education. Students are expected to translate programming concepts learned from lectures into executable implementations that solve the tasks outlined in the ...

Identifying the misconceptions of novice programmers is pertinent for informing instructors of the challenges faced by their students in learning computer programming. In the current literature, custom tools, test scripts were developed and, in most ...

Recent research has explored the creation of questions from code submitted by students. These Questions about Learners' Code (QLCs) are created through program analysis, exploring execution paths, and then creating code comprehension questions from these ...

Version Control Systems (VCS) are increasingly used for software education. However they are often used independently of general-purpose Learning Management Systems (LMS), leading to poor user experiences and data fragmentation. This paper presents a ...

Software engineering is concerned with how best to create software in ways that promote sustainable development and maximise quality. We have been largely successful at transferring software engineering knowledge into the industry, however, many ...

Testing plays a crucial role in software development, and it is essential for software engineering students to receive proper testing education. However, motivating students to write tests and use automated testing during software development can be ...

Code quality and maintainability are among under-emphasized and often neglected topics in the curriculum of software engineering (SE) in higher education. This neglect tends to overlook research findings that demonstrate SE students' programming ...

Background: Many programming environments include automated feedback in the form of hints to help novices learn autonomously. Some experimental studies investigated the impact of automated hints in the immediate performance and learning retention in that ...