Teaching Computer Architecture using a Collaborative Approach: The SIENA Tool, Tutorial Sessions and Problem Solving

摘要

This paper presents a teaching-learning methodology that combines Blended Learning (BL) and Computer-Supported Learning (CSCL). We have created a tool called SIENA that assists students with self-learning. The SIENA tool uses conceptual maps and adaptive testing to guide the learning process of students working together in small groups. The tests, which include functions that are specifically suited to online collaborative work, use teaching-learning materials and questions that have been developed in collaboration with final-year students taking the subject Computer Architecture.