Conference Session

Cyber Technology

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Debra M. Duke, Virginia Commonwealth University; Mandayam Thirunarayanan, Florida International University; Abigail Byram, Virginia Commonwealth University; Peter J. Clarke, Florida International University

Tagged Divisions

Computing and Information Technology

National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project. The three majorpedagogical themes or Learning Engagement Strategies (LES) embedded in SEP-CyLE are (i)collaboration, (ii) gamification, and (iii) social interaction. This paper presents some results fromfocus group sessions conducted with students who experienced SEP-CyLE in their computerscience courses at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) an urban, public researchuniversity located in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States, one of the seven institutionsmentioned previously.2 Overview of the LiteratureThe relevant literature on collaboration, gamification and social interaction are reviewed and asuccinct overview of such literature is provided in this section of the paper. The purpose