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Master Thesis Genetik Algoritma Kullanılarak Ders Çizelgeleme Sistemi Tasarımı(2008) Aydın, Cansu Çiğdem; Çağıltay, Nergiz ErcilDers çizelgeleme problemi, daha önceden belirlenmiş olan kısıtlar göz önüne alınarak belirli zaman aralıklarına derslerin atanması olarak tanımlanır. Bütün kısıtlar dikkate alınarak, problemin elle çözümü, uzun bir zaman ve sıkı bir çalışma gerektirir. Ayrıca, belirlenen çözüm dikkatsizlikten dolayı yeterli olmayabilir. Bu tezde, kısıt tabanlı üniversite ders çizelgeleme probleminin Genetik Algoritma ile çözümü sunulmuştur. Geliştirilen sistem, Atılım Üniversitesi Mühendislik Fakültesi'nin tüm özelliklerini adresleyen esnek ve akıllı ve ders çizelgeleme faaliyetini otomatik olarak gerçekleştirebilen bir yazılım içermektedir.Article A Genetic Algorithm Based Course Scheduling System(Ulusal Bilişim Kurultayı, 2008) Aydın, Cansu Çiğdem; Çağıltay, Nergiz; Biroğul, SerdarCourse scheduling problem is assigning of courses into specific time slots and located in suitable rooms. The manual solution of this problem by considering all constraints usually requires a long time and a hard work in order to provide an appropriate solution. In addition, the obtained solution usually is unsatisfactory due to limited human oversight. In this study, Genetic Algorithm (GA) is presented for solving the constraint-based university timetabling problem. The developed system includes flexible and intelligent software that automate the course scheduling task and addresses all special features found in Atilim University’s Engineering Faculty.Article Distance Laboratory Applications ERRL: A Study on Radio Communication in Electronic Field(IEEE, 2008) Aydın, Cansu Çiğdem; Özyurt, E.; Aydın, Elif; Çağıltay, Nergiz; Özbek, Mehmet Efe; Alparslan, Ceren; Kara, AliIn the last decade, the effect of internet usage in education is gradually increased. When we look from academic perspective, the new technologies provided alternatives for students learning. As distance education becomes important everyday, the indispensable elements of teaching and education, laboratories must be reachable via remote connection. Consequently, the education that is going to be given to the students will be more flexible with respect to place and time constraints and students can reach laboratory facilities at any time and anywhere not only in lectures and practical hours. In this study, European Remote Radio Laboratory (ERRL) which is a distance remote Radio Frequency (RF) laboratory designed for electrical-electronics students, is described generally. The software architecture, infrastructure and experiment that can be done with a remote connection have been described.Article User Study of a New Smart Toy for Children’s Storytelling(Interactive Learning Environments, 2012) Kara, Nuri; Aydın, Cansu Çiğdem; Çağıltay, KürşatThis paper introduces the smart storytelling toy (StoryTech) which provides mixed reality environment. StoryTech with a flexible context leads children to tell their imaginative stories. For usability testing of StoryTech, an empirical study was carried out with totally 90 children. The findings indicated that StoryTech created richer experience especially for age groups of five and six in producing stories.Article Open Source Learning Management Systems in Distance Learning(TOJET: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2010) Aydın, Cansu Çiğdem; Tirkeş, GüzinThis paper presents the major findings from evaluation the most widely used open source learning management systems and identify the most suitable open source e-learning platform. In this study, some analyses and comparisons were made about open source learning management systems the outcome of which was that Moodle was found to be outstanding with many features more than other LMS since it aims to improve the educational quality and include the tools that an e-learning system should have.Article How Assessment System of an Open Source Learning Management System Can Be Integrated To a Remote Laboratory Application? Problems and Solutions(IEEE, 2007) Aydın, Cansu Çiğdem; Çağıltay, NergizMost of the education programs need an assessment system for formative and summative evaluation purposes. Similarly, in the ERRL* project which is a distance remote radio frequency laboratory application, assessment system is required. However, developing an assessment system cost is very high and requires some extra time for testing and development purposes. Open source systems provide these services in a standard way. Since the source is open, it is possible to make some modifications to better adapt these systems to the requirements of developed systems. Similarly, in the Moodle part of the system we need to integrate the test and the experiment platforms. In order to better guide the learners in the system, they should take some tests about the devices and the theoretical content included in the system. It is important to prevent users who do not have the enough knowledge directed to the experiments platform. These testing requirements should be integrated into the remote laboratory system, so that, the learners should not need to jump between different systems and interfaces. This article presents implementation process of open source Learning Management System software’s assessment module to a remote laboratory application and it also discusses the advantages, disadvantages of using an open source Web based assessment system.Article Smart Toy Based Learning(Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology, 2014) Çağıltay, Kürşat; Kara, Nuri; Aydın, Cansu ÇiğdemThis chapter examines the general characteristics of and related recent research on smart toys. Smart toys can be defined as new forms of toys featuring both tangible objects and electronic components that facilitate two-way child–smart toy interactions to carry out pur poseful tasks. In this chapter, smart toy based learning projects are discussed and the char acteristics of smart toys as cognitive tools to facilitate learning are analyzed. This chapter also covers the relationship between smart toys and children’s developmental stages—with a particular focus on motivation—in order to understand smart toys’ potential effects on children.Article Distance Laboratory Applications Errl: a Study on Radio Communication in Electronic Field(Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipment, 2008) Aydın, Cansu Çiğdem; Özyurt, Erdem; Aydın, Elif; Çağıltay, Nergiz; Özbek, Efe; Alparslan, CerenIn the last decade, the effect of internet usage in education is gradually increased. When we look from academic perspective, the new technologies provided alternatives for students learning. As distance education becomes important everyday, the indispensable elements of teaching and education, laboratories must be reachable via remote connection. Consequently, the education that is going to be given to the students will be more flexible with respect to place and time constraints and students can reach laboratory facilities at any time and anywhere not only in lectures and practical hours. In this study, European Remote Radio Laboratory (ERRL) which is a distance remote Radio Frequency (RF) laboratory designed for electrical-electronics students, is described generally. The software architecture, infrastructure and experiment that can be done with a remote connection have been described.Article How Assessment System of an Open Source Learning Management System Can Be Integrated To a Remote Laboratory Application? Problems and Solutions(The 18th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal,Indoor and Mobile Radio Communication (PIMRC’07), 2007) Aydın, Cansu Çiğdem; Çağıltay, NergizMost of the education programs need an assessment system for formative and summative evaluation purposes. Similarly, in the ERRL* project which is a distance remote radio frequency laboratory application, assessment system is required. However, developing an assessment system cost is very high and requires some extra time for testing and development purposes. Open source systems provide these services in a standard way. Since the source is open, it is possible to make some modifications to better adapt these systems to the requirements of developed systems. Similarly, in the Moodle part of the system we need to integrate the test and the experiment platforms. In order to better guide the learners in the system, they should take some tests about the devices and the theoretical content included in the system. It is important to prevent users who do not have the enough knowledge directed to the experiments platform. These testing requirements should be integrated into the remote laboratory system, so that, the learners should not need to jump between different systems and interfaces. This article presents implementation process of open source Learning Management System software’s assessment module to a remote laboratory application and it also discusses the advantages, disadvantages of using an open source Web based assessment system.Article Open Source Learning Management Systems in E-Learning and Moodle(IEEE EDUCON Education Engineering, 2010) Aydın, Cansu Çiğdem; Tirkeş, GüzinIn the last decade, the effect of Internet usage in education has increased gradually and new technologies have improved student's learning. By using distance learning tools, the student education can be more flexşble with respect to place and time constraints. So, students can access information in every time and everywhere either in libraries or during the lectures. As is widely known that, distance learning is costly, and cost-effectiveness becomes more important as the institutions become large-scale providers of distance education. Cost which is the most important disadvantages of distance learning according to traditional learning environments can be removede with the extensive features of the Open Source Software. Generalizing the usage of Open Source Software will provide development of learning tools and increases the educational quality. As far as the literature is reviewed, not much research has already been conducted about the comparisons of open source learning management systems in distance education. In this study, some analyses and comparisons were made about open source learning management systems and Moodle was outstanding with many features among other LMS that aims to improve the educational quality and include the tools that an e-learning system should have.
