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This paper reveals various approaches undertaken over more than two decades of teaching undergraduate programming classes at different Higher Education Institutions, in order to improve student activation and participation in class and consequently teaching and learning effectiveness.
While new technologies and the ubiquity of smartphones and internet access has brought new tools to the classroom and opened new didactic approaches, lessons learned from this personal long-term study show that neither technology itself nor any single new and often hyped didactic approach ensured sustained improvement of student activation. Rather it needs an integrated yet open approach towards a participative learning space supported but not created by new tools, technology and innovative teaching methods.
This paper presents a pragmatic approach for stepwise introduction of peer assessment elements in undergraduate programming classes, discusses some lessons learned so far and directions for further work. Students are invited to challenge their peers with their own programming exercises to be submitted through Moodle and evaluated by other students according to a predefined rubric and supervised by teaching assistants. Preliminary results show an increased activation and motivation of students leading to a better performance in the final programming exams.
In this work a mathematical approach to calculate solar panel temperature based on measured irradiance, temperature and wind speed is applied. With the calculated module temperature, the electrical solar module characteristics is determined. A program developed in MatLab App Designer allows to import measurement data from a weather station and calculates the module temperature based on the mathematical NOCT and stationary approach with a time step between the measurements of 5 minutes. Three commercially available solar panels with different cell and interconnection technologies are used for the verification of the established models. The results show a strong correlation between the measured and by the stationary model predicted module temperature with a coefficient of determination R2 close to 1 and a root mean square deviation (RMSE) of ≤ 2.5 K for a time period of three months. Based on the predicted temperature, measured irradiance in module plane and specific module information the program models the electrical data as time series in 5-minute steps. Predicted to measured power for a time period of three months shows a linear correlation with an R2 of 0.99 and a mean absolute error (MAE) of 3.5, 2.7 and 4.8 for module ID 1, 2 and 3. The calculated energy (exemplarily for module ID 2) based on the measured, calculated by the NOCT and stationary model for this time period is 118.4 kWh, resp. 116.7 kWh and 117.8 kWh. This is equivalent to an uncertainty of 1.4% for the NOCT and 0.5% for the stationary model.
Advanced Determination of Temperature Coefficients of Photovoltaic Modules by Field Measurements
(2023)
In this work data from outdoor measurements, acquired over the course of up to three years on commercially available solar panels, is used to determine the temperature coefficients and compare these to the information as stated by the producer in the data sheets. A program developed in MatLab App Designer allows to import the electrical and ambient measurement data. Filter algorithms for solar irradiance narrow the irradiance level down to ~1000 W/m2 before linear regression methods are applied to obtain the temperature coefficients. A repeatability investigation proves the accuracy of the determined temperature coefficients which are in good agreement to the supplier specification if the specified values for power are not larger than -0.3%/K. Further optimization is achieved by applying wind filter techniques and days with clear sky condition. With the big (measurement) data on hand it was possible to determine the change of the temperature coefficients for varying irradiance. As stated in literature we see an increase of the temperature coefficient of voltage and a decline for the temperature coefficient of power with increasing irradiance.
The concept of “Internationalisation at Home“ has gained momentum with the increasing digitalization of education and limitations on mobility. Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) is an innovative, cost-effective instructional method that promotes intercul-tural learning through online collaboration between faculty and students from different countries or locations. The benefits of using COIL courses have been widely recognized, with learners developing intercultural competencies, digital skills, international education experi-ence, and global awareness.
However, multicultural communication in project environments can be complex and demand awareness of cultural variations . The creation and development of effective cross-cultural collectivism, trust, communication, and empathy in leadership is an important ingredient for remote project collaborations success. This is an area that has been least explored in re-search on communication in virtual teams.
The GIPE projects are mainly carried out as so-called Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) events. However, to gain a “real world“ experience abroad in an intercultural team, students from all partner universities can participate in the Spring School being held for two weeks in Germany and the Germany students present and hand-over the results in the country of the partner university. The main objective of this research was to examine the experiences of students participating in the GIPE project and to evaluate the effectiveness of the project in enhancing intercultural competencies and fostering collaboration among stu-dents from different continents. This paper will also explore the implications of the GIPE project for Education 2.0 considering the COVID-19 pandemic and the future of education delivery and administration transformation.
Aufgrund der Energiewende und den steigenden Anforderungen an die technische Gebäudeausrüstung gewinnt der Betrieb von Wärmepumpen in Gebäuden immer mehr an Bedeutung. Inzwischen existiert eine Vielzahl an Wärmepumpen-Systemen, die unterschiedliche Vor- und Nachteile sowie Einsatzmöglichkeiten aufweisen. Sofern die Installation einer Wärmepumpe für den Wohngebäudesektor in Betracht gezogen wird, muss eruiert werden, welches System sowohl ökologisch als auch ökonomisch für das Bauvorhaben am sinnvollsten ist. Hierfür wurde eine Bewertungstool entwickelt, das den Einsatz der unterschiedlichen Wärmepumpensysteme bewertet und auch Nutzern mit wenig Expertise eine Entscheidungshilfe ermöglicht. Für eine möglichst ganzheitliche Betrachtung können verschiedene Szenarien mit Hilfe des Bewertungstools überprüft werden. Hierzu können Indikatoren wie Standortdaten, Gebäudedaten, Parameter für die Trinkwassererwärmung, die Systemtemperaturen der Heizung und die Betriebsweise der Wärmepumpe im Tool variiert werden. Die Ergebnisse des Bewertungstools zeigen, wie die unterschiedlichen Nutzungsanforderungen sich auf die Jahresarbeitszahl und den Energiebedarf auswirken. Zusätzlich werden Investitions- und Verbrauchskosten für die unterschiedlichen Szenarien abgeschätzt und berechnet. Bei der ökologischen Bewertung wird der Fokus der Betrachtung auf den TEWI-Wert gelegt, um den Einfluss von verschiedener Kältemittel im Lebenszyklus der Wärmepumpe zu berücksichtigen.
Cookie notices (or cookie banners) are a popular mechanism for websites to provide (European) Internet users a tool to choose which cookies the site may set. Banner implementations range from merely providing information that a site uses cookies over offering the choice to accepting or denying all cookies to allowing fine-grained control of cookie usage. Users frequently get annoyed by the banner’s pervasiveness as they interrupt “natural” browsing on the Web. As a remedy, different browser extensions have been developed to automate the interaction with cookie banners.
In this work, we perform a large-scale measurement study comparing the effectiveness of extensions for “cookie banner interaction.” We configured the extensions to express different privacy choices (e.g., accepting all cookies, accepting functional cookies, or rejecting all cookies) to understand their capabilities to execute a user’s preferences. The results show statistically significant differences in which cookies are set, how many of them are set, and which types are set—even for extensions that aim to implement the same cookie choice. Extensions for “cookie banner interaction” can effectively reduce the number of set cookies compared to no interaction with the banners. However, all extensions increase the
tracking requests significantly except when rejecting all cookies.
Air Handling units (AHU) are designed to guarantee a high indoor air quality for any time and outdoor condition all over the year. To do so, the AHU removes particle matter like dust or pollen and adapts the thermophysical properties of air to the desired, seasonal indoor comfort conditions. AHU have a robust design and thus operate for more than fifteen years, sometimes even for decades. An AHU designed today must consider and anticipate the change of user needs as well as outdoor air conditions for the next twenty years. To anticipate the outdoor air condition of coming decades, scientific models exist, which allow the design of peak performance and capacities of the air treatment components. It is most likely, that the ongoing climate change will lead to higher temperatures as well as higher humidity, while the comfort zone of human beings will remain at today’s values. Next to the impact of global warming with average rise of mean air temperature local effects will influence the operation of AHU. On effect investigated here is the steep temperature increase in city centres called urban heat islands. Heating and cooling capacities as well as water consumption for humidification are investigated for a reference AHU for fifteen regional locations in Germany. These regions represent all climate zones within the country. Additionally, the urban heat island effect was investigated for Berlin Alexanderplatz compared a rural area close by. The AHU was chosen to operate in an intensive care unit of a hospital. The set-up leads to 24/7 operation with 8760 hours per year. The article presents the modelling of current and future weather data as well as the unit set up. The calculated hourly performance and capacity parameters for current (reference year 2012) and future weather data (reference year 2045) yield energy consumption and peak loads of the unit for heating, cooling and humidification. The results are displayed by relative comparisons of each performance value.
Einleitung und Fragestellung
Zahlreiche empirische Befunden sprechen für die positiven Effekte authentischer Führung. Wir untersuchen ihre Antezedenzien.
Theoretischer Hintergrund
Authentische Führung meint Handeln im Einklang mit moralischen Werten. Aus sozialkognitiver Perspektive bezeichnet moralische Identität eine komplexe Wissensstruktur aus moralischen Werten, Zielen und Verhaltensmustern, welche durch Lebenserfahrungen erworben werden. Darin sehen wir eine Basis für authentische
Führung (H1). Sich trotz sozialer Opposition für moralische Prinzipien einzusetzen, ist bezeichnend für Mut. Dieser zeigt sich in selbstkongruentem Verhalten trotz negativer
Konsequenzen. Dem Identitätsprozessmodell folgend, wird Mut notwendig, wenn Identiätsspannungen Inkongruenz zwischen Selbstkonzept und sozialer Identität hervorrufen. Darin sehen wir ein Aktivierungspotenzial für authentische Führung (H2).
Methode
Wir befragten N = 70 Führungsdyaden eines Industriekonzerns. Mut (WSCS; Howard et al., 2016) und moralische Identität(MIS; Aquino & Reed, 2002) wurden als Selbsteinschätzung der Führungskräfte erhoben (Altersdurchschnitt: 46 Jahre, 59% ♂). Authentische Führung (ALQ, Walumbwa et al., 2008) erfassten wir als Fremdeinschätzung durch Mitarbeitende (Altersdurchschnitt: 37, 47% ♂).
Ergebnisse
Moralische Identität und tatsächliches Verhalten müssen scheinbar nicht notwendigerweise übereinstimmen; etwa wenn hohe Kosten für moralisches Verhalten erwartbar sind. Hier setzt sozialer Mut im Arbeitskontext an. Entsprechend
wird eine mutig agierende Führungskraft als authentisch wahrgenommen, vor allem, wenn dieses Verhalten mögliche negative soziale Konsequenzen beinhaltet.
Diskussion
Mutiges Handeln wird durch Persönlichkeit, Selbstwirksamkeit und aktuelle Emotionen geleitet und kann etwa in der Führungskräfteentwicklung gelernt werden.
Hier bieten sich narrative Formate an, die die Selbstreflexion fördern. Auch bzgl. der Entwicklung authentischer Führung verweisen erste Befunde auf die Bedeutung der persönlichen Reflexion, z.B. über die eigene Lebensgeschichte.
Recommendations for the Development of a Robotic Drinking and Eating Aid - An Ethnographic Study
(2021)
Being able to live independently and self-determined in one’s own home is a crucial factor or human dignity and preservation of self-worth. For people with severe physical impairments who cannot use their limbs for every day tasks, living in their own home is only possible with assistance from others. The inability to move arms and hands makes it hard to take care of oneself, e.g. drinking and eating independently. In this paper, we investigate how 15 participants with disabilities consume food and drinks. We report on interviews, participatory observations, and analyzed the aids they currently use. Based on our findings, we derive a set of recommendations that supports researchers and practitioners in designing future robotic drinking and eating aids for people with disabilities.
Die Diskussion über den Umgang von Industriekultur, bzw. der Kultur der Arbeit wird bereits seit einigen Jahrzehnten geführt. Im Mittelpunkt stehen zum einen Auseinandersetzungen nach Abriss oder Erhalt industrieller Erzeugnisse und zum anderen konzeptionelle Entwürfe, die sich an den Polen eines industriekulturell puristischen oder marketingfixierten Freizeit-Verständnisses orientieren. Je nach Ausrichtung sollen die Konsequenzen für die Gestaltung eines angemessen oder tendenziell beliebigen Freizeitangebotes aufgezeigt werden.
Seit einigen Jahren sind aufgrund des Bedeutungsverlustes von christlicher Religion sowie sinkender Mitgliedszahlen zahlreiche Kirchen profaniert worden. Auch hier entsteht eine noch stärker emotional aufgeladene Diskussion darüber, welche Nachnutzung in einem reli-giös-normativen Verständnis, aber auch unter ökonomischen Vorzeichen möglich sein soll. Zu klären ist also, was als angemessen gilt und inwieweit die ursprüngliche Nutzung noch symbolhaft sichtbar bleiben kann und soll.
This Article introduces two research projects towards assistive robotic arms for people with severe body impairments. Both projects aim to develop new control and interaction designs to promote accessibility and a better performance for people with functional losses in all four extremities, e.g. due to quadriplegic or multiple sclerosis. The project MobILe concentrates on using a robotic arm as drinking aid and controlling it with smart glasses, eye-tracking and augmented reality. A user oriented development process with participatory methods were pursued which brought new knowledge about the life and care situation of the future target group and the requirements a robotic drinking aid needs to meet. As a consequence the new project DoF-Adaptiv follows an even more participatory approach, including the future target group, their family and professional caregivers from the beginning into decision making and development processes within the project. DoF-Adaptiv aims to simplify the control modalities of assistive robotic arms to enhance the usability of the robotic arm for activities of daily living. lo decide on exemplary activities, like eating or open a door, the future target group, their family and professional caregivers are included in the decision making process. Furthermore all relevant stakeholders will be included in the investigation of ethical, legal and social implications as well as the identification of potential risks. This article will show the importance of the participatory design for the development and research process in MobILe and DoF-Adaptiv.
In Kollaboration mit dem Fachbereich Maschinenbau wurde eine prototypische Lösung zur Visualisierung der Interaktion zwischen Mensch und Maschine bei kooperativen Arbeiten entwickelt. Der Prototyp wurde in der Programmiersprache C++ auf Basis der Unreal Engine 4 realisiert und soll als Grundlage für weitere Forschungen im Bereich der Mensch-Roboter-Kollaboration dienen. Zur Echtzeitsimulation der Maschinen wurde eine Anbindung basierend auf dem Protokoll OPC UA integriert, sodass eine Kopplung mit Enterprise-Applikationen wie Siemens NX MCD und ABB RobotStudio möglich ist. Für eine realitätsgetreue Darstellung können die Maschinen in der virtuellen Realität abgebildet werden. Die Visualisierung eines Menschen erfolgt durch Einbindung der Microsoft Azure Kinect, wodurch eine Person durch eine farbliche Punktwolke oder ein Skelett angezeigt werden kann.
Alle Maßnahmen der Technischen Gebäudeausrüstung sollten daran gemessen werden, den Primär-energieverbrauch so gering wie möglich zu halten, dabei aber auch die geforderten Raumzustände während der Gebäude- und Anlagennutzung sicherzustellen.
Heute geplante Gebäude und deren RLT-Anlagen werden mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit auch noch in 15 bis 20 Jahren in Betrieb sein, so dass lokale Klimaänderungen heute bereits mitgedacht und –geplant werden sollten. Die Testreferenzjahre des Deutschen Wetterdienstes bieten diese Möglichkeit mit lokalen Wetterdaten für die Bezugsjahre 2015 und 2045.
Am Beispiel eines Zentralluftgerätes einer Krankenhaus-Intensivstation wurde für die 15 Wetter¬stationen der VDI 4710, Blatt 3 in Deutschland untersucht, wie sich die Leistungsanforderungen von heute zum Jahr 2045 hin ändern werden und welche Konsequenzen sich daraus für die Planung ableiten lassen. Hierbei werden die Leistungen, Energieverbräuche und Betriebszeiten der einzelnen RLT-Komponenten analysiert und verglichen.
Darüber hinaus wurde erstmalig ein „Deutschlandwetter“ auf Basis der Regionen berechnet. Dieser Ansatz liefert die stündlichen Witterungsverhältnisse für das Bundesgebiet. Wenn diese Methode auf die tatsächlichen Wetterdaten der zurückliegenden Jahre angewandt wird, kann damit analog zum Wind- und Solarindex ein Heiz- bzw. Kühlindex beschrieben werden. Damit lassen sich Modellierungsansätze zur Beschreibung der Energiewende im Gebäudesektor deutlich verbessern.
This technical report is about the mission and the experience gained during the reconnaissance of an industrial hall with hazardous substances after a major fire in Berlin. During this operation, only UAVs and cameras were used to obtain information about the site and the building. First, a geo-referenced 3D model of the building was created in order to plan the entry into the hall. Subsequently, the UAVs were used to fly in the heavily damaged interior and take pictures from inside of the hall. A 360° camera mounted under the UAV was used to collect images of the surrounding area especially from sections that were difficult to fly into. Since the collected data set contained similar images as well as blurred images, it was cleaned from non-optimal images using visual SLAM, bundle adjustment and blur detection so that a 3D model and overviews could be calculated. It was shown that the emergency services were not able to extract the necessary information from the 3D model. Therefore, an interactive panorama viewer with links to other 360° images was implemented where the links to the other images depends on the semi dense point cloud and located camera positions of the visual SLAM algorithm so that the emergency forces could view the surroundings.
This technical report is about the architecture and integration of very small commercial UAVs (< 40 cm diagonal) in indoor Search and Rescue missions. One UAV is manually controlled by only one single human operator delivering live video streams and image series for later 3D scene modelling and inspection. In order to assist the operator who has to simultaneously observe the environment and navigate through it we use multiple deep neural networks to provide guided autonomy, automatic object detection and classification and local 3D scene modelling. Our methods help to reduce the cognitive load of the operator. We describe a framework for quick integration of new methods from the field of Deep Learning, enabling for rapid evaluation in real scenarios, including the interaction of methods.
Competency-oriented exams offer a wide range of advantages, especially where the use and mastery of third-party applications and tools play an important role. Therefore, we developed a competency-oriented setup for both our programming classes and exams ensuring their constructive alignment.
Exams were moved to the computer lab and designed to test both conceptional skills as well as the use of state-of-the-art programming tools. At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, when exams had to be moved from lab to online, we needed to design an online setup for our practical programming exams preserving the competency-oriented approach and its constructive alignment as well as the validity, reliability and fairness of the exams. The key was to use the same online tools that have been introduced
for running lectures and practical classes offering almost the same learning experience as before the pandemic. However, to ensure the validity and fairness of the exams, some kind of online supervision needed to be implemented as technical solutions were found to be either unusable or not working
properly in our case. This paper discusses the driving factors, the resulting technical and organizational setup as well as students’ feedback and lessons learned for further improvements. Therefore, COVID-19 has not been able to ruin our competency-oriented programming exams.
This paper describes a new concept and experiences of a distributed interdisciplinary learning programme for students across continents. The aim is to provide students with a truly Global Intercultural Project Experience (GIPE) by working together with peers from around the world, and solving real-life client’s problems. We have received seed-funding for four annual projects to engage students from Germany (Europe), Namibia (Africa), Indonesia (Asia), and Peru (Latin-America). In 2020, 30 students from four continents engaged in a one-semester distributed software development project for a Namibian client. Despite Covid-19 they successfully completed the project expressing deep appreciation for the learning opportunities overcoming challenges of working across wide-spread time zones, cultures, changing requirements, and various technical challenges. Considering the vast learning benefits, we suggest to incorporate such projects in all tertiary education curricula across the globe.