The software industry is becoming an increasingly important part of the economy in
countries that have realized that the education of future software engineers is crucial to …

Context: Software has become ubiquitous in every corner of modern societies. During the
last five decades, software engineering has also changed significantly to advance the …

Abstract In the Software Engineering Education (SEE) context, virtual worlds have been
used in order to improve learning outcomes. However, there is a gap in the literature in order …

Carrying out real-world software projects in their academic studies helps students to
understand what they will face in industry, and to experience first-hand the challenges …

Progressing digitalization of business, economy, and the society places higher education
institutions (HEIs) in the center of the debate on how to effectively respond to challenges and …

Moodle represents a great contribution to the educational world since it provides an evolving
platform for Virtual Learning Management Systems (VLMS) that became a standard de facto …

Nowadays, considerable attention is paid to agile methods as a means to improve
management of software development processes. The widespread use of such methods in …

Significant research work has been undertaken related to the game-based learning
approach over the last years. However, a closer look at this work reveals that further …

Gamification has proven to be an adequate approach in various educational environments,
from kindergarten and elementary school to higher education classrooms. While it has been …

Teaching agile practices is in the cutting-edge of Software Engineering education since
agile methodologies are widely used in the industry. An effective strategy to teach agile …