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Dr. Francesc Valls
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Barcelona Tech

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0 Virtual and Augmented Reality
0 Social Media Analysis
0 Spatio-Temporal Analysis
0 Spatial statistics and modeling

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Francesc Valls, PhD Architect (2019), also holds a Master’s degree in Geographic Information Systems and a Master’s degree in Urban Management and Valuation. He is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Architectural Representation at UPC-BarcelonaTech, and is the academic coordinator in the Master in GIS in the same university. His research focuses on spatial and temporal analysis and visualization of urban data, and emerging technologies applied to higher education in the fields of architecture and urbanism.

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Journal article
Published: 17 August 2021 in Sustainability
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Most educational software programs use and gather personal information and metadata from students. Additionally, most of the educational software programs are no longer operated by the learning institutions but are run by third-party agencies. This means that in the decade since 2020, information about students is stored and handled outside premises and control of learning institutions. The personal information about students and their activity while they interact with learning management systems and online learning tools is increasingly in custody of cloud computing platforms, software-as-a-service providers, and learning tool vendors. There is an increasing will to use all the data and metadata from the activity of the students for research, to develop education management strategies, pedagogy approaches, and develop behavior control tools or learning tools informed by behavior analysis from learning analytics. Many times, these studies lack the ethical and moral perspective. In addition, there is an increasing number of cases in which this information has leaked or has been used in a shady way. Additionally, this information will be around for a long time, tied to the future digital profiles of the students whose data has been leaked. This paper hypothesizes that there has been an ongoing process of technological evolution that leads to a loss of control over personal information, which makes it even more difficult to protect user confidentiality and ensuring privacy, that data surveillance has entered the world of education, and that the current legal frameworks are not enough to really protect the student’s personal information. The paper analyzes how this situation came to pass, and why this is wrong. We conclude with some proposals to address it from its different root dimensions: technical, cultural, legal, and organizational.

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Marc Alier; Maria Jose Casañ Guerrero; Daniel Amo; Charles Severance; David Fonseca. Privacy and E-Learning: A Pending Task. Sustainability 2021, 13, 9206 .

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Marc Alier, Maria Jose Casañ Guerrero, Daniel Amo, Charles Severance, David Fonseca. Privacy and E-Learning: A Pending Task. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (16):9206.

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Marc Alier; Maria Jose Casañ Guerrero; Daniel Amo; Charles Severance; David Fonseca. 2021. "Privacy and E-Learning: A Pending Task." Sustainability 13, no. 16: 9206.

Journal article
Published: 06 August 2021 in Sensors
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Citizens play a core role in sustainable cities as users of the services delivered by cities and as active participants in initiatives aimed at making cities more sustainable. This paper considers the role of citizens as information providers and discusses the conditions under which citizens can participate in the development of sustainable cities. The objective of this study is to document the sustainability of an urban transit system and evaluate its compliance, with citizen participation as a major contributor. The methodology used is intensive field visits, interviews, and a mixed analysis of Sant Andreu de Palomar District in Barcelona city. The circulating vehicles are quantitatively monitored, qualitative problems are detected, and the typology of vehicles and other aspects identified and detailed in the study are indicated. All this information is contrasted with that of the technological sensors in the sectors. The results indicate that vehicles in the current pattern of urban density planned under incorrect sensor operation influence sustainable behavior through agglomerative clustering. This paper provides recommendations for future urban sustainability assessment research, including the employment of mixed-methods research, among other strategies. This article is intended to assist policymakers and traffic engineers in evaluating the sustainability of urban transportation infrastructure projects considering citizens as sensors.

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David Fonseca; Monica Sanchez-Sepulveda; Silvia Necchi; Enric Peña. Towards Smart City Governance. Case Study: Improving the Interpretation of Quantitative Traffic Measurement Data through Citizen Participation. Sensors 2021, 21, 5321 .

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David Fonseca, Monica Sanchez-Sepulveda, Silvia Necchi, Enric Peña. Towards Smart City Governance. Case Study: Improving the Interpretation of Quantitative Traffic Measurement Data through Citizen Participation. Sensors. 2021; 21 (16):5321.

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David Fonseca; Monica Sanchez-Sepulveda; Silvia Necchi; Enric Peña. 2021. "Towards Smart City Governance. Case Study: Improving the Interpretation of Quantitative Traffic Measurement Data through Citizen Participation." Sensors 21, no. 16: 5321.

Journal article
Published: 12 July 2021 in Sensors
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Qualitative research activities, including first-day of class surveys and user experience interviews on completion of a subject were carried out to obtain students’ feedback in order to improve the design of the subject ‘Information Systems’ as a part of a general initiative to enhance ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) engineering programs. Due to the COVID-19 (corona virus disease 2019) pandemic, La Salle URL adopted an Emergency Remote Teaching tactical solution in the second semester of the 2019–2020 academic year, just before implementing a strategic learning approach based on a new Smart Classroom (SC) system deployed in the campus facilities. The latter solution was developed to ensure that both on-campus and off-campus students could effectively follow the course syllabus through the use of new technological devices introduced in classrooms and laboratories, reducing the inherent difficulties of online learning. The results of our findings show: (1) No major concerns about the subject were identified by students; (2) Interaction and class dynamics were the main issues identified by students, while saving time on commuting when learning from home and access to recorded class sessions were the aspects that students considered the most advantageous about the SC.

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Josep Petchamé; Ignasi Iriondo; Eva Villegas; David Fonseca; Susana Romero Yesa; Marian Aláez. A Qualitative Approach to Help Adjust the Design of Management Subjects in ICT Engineering Undergraduate Programs through User Experience in a Smart Classroom Context. Sensors 2021, 21, 4762 .

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Josep Petchamé, Ignasi Iriondo, Eva Villegas, David Fonseca, Susana Romero Yesa, Marian Aláez. A Qualitative Approach to Help Adjust the Design of Management Subjects in ICT Engineering Undergraduate Programs through User Experience in a Smart Classroom Context. Sensors. 2021; 21 (14):4762.

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Josep Petchamé; Ignasi Iriondo; Eva Villegas; David Fonseca; Susana Romero Yesa; Marian Aláez. 2021. "A Qualitative Approach to Help Adjust the Design of Management Subjects in ICT Engineering Undergraduate Programs through User Experience in a Smart Classroom Context." Sensors 21, no. 14: 4762.

Journal article
Published: 07 July 2021 in Sensors
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An effective warning attracts attention, elicits knowledge, and enables compliance behavior. Game mechanics, which are directly linked to human desires, stand out as training, evaluation, and improvement tools. Immersive virtual reality (VR) facilitates training without risk to participants, evaluates the impact of an incorrect action/decision, and creates a smart training environment. The present study analyzes the user experience in a gamified virtual environment of risks using the HTC Vive head-mounted display. The game was developed in the Unreal game engine and consisted of a walk-through maze composed of evident dangers and different signaling variables while user action data were recorded. To demonstrate which aspects provide better interaction, experience, perception and memory, three different warning configurations (dynamic, static and smart) and two different levels of danger (low and high) were presented. To properly assess the impact of the experience, we conducted a survey about personality and knowledge before and after using the game. We proceeded with the qualitative approach by using questions in a bipolar laddering assessment that was compared with the recorded data during the game. The findings indicate that when users are engaged in VR, they tend to test the consequences of their actions rather than maintaining safety. The results also reveal that textual signal variables are not accessed when users are faced with the stress factor of time. Progress is needed in implementing new technologies for warnings and advance notifications to improve the evaluation of human behavior in virtual environments of high-risk surroundings.

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Janaina Cavalcanti; Victor Valls; Manuel Contero; David Fonseca. Gamification and Hazard Communication in Virtual Reality: A Qualitative Study. Sensors 2021, 21, 4663 .

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Janaina Cavalcanti, Victor Valls, Manuel Contero, David Fonseca. Gamification and Hazard Communication in Virtual Reality: A Qualitative Study. Sensors. 2021; 21 (14):4663.

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Janaina Cavalcanti; Victor Valls; Manuel Contero; David Fonseca. 2021. "Gamification and Hazard Communication in Virtual Reality: A Qualitative Study." Sensors 21, no. 14: 4663.

Conference paper
Published: 03 July 2021 in Algorithms and Data Structures
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In the first years of a university degree it is very important to maintain student motivation in order to avoid possible risks of early dropout. To this end, the design of practices focused on the improvement of transversal competences such as Teamwork and Oral Communication allows students to make more motivating progress in their specific knowledge. At the same time, students improve in skills that are highly recognized and required in the professional world. The practical awareness of the student’s level and the current context of hybrid teaching (face-to-face and virtual) derived from the pandemic increase student motivation to improve these competences. These skills are based on work in specific subjects and in a way that is independent of the type of degree/studies being studied, with a homogeneous profile at a national level.

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Marian Alaez; Susana Romero; David Fonseca; Daniel Amo; Enric Peña; Silvia Necchi. Auto-Assessment of Teamwork and Communication Competences Improvement Applying Active Methodologies. Comparing Results Between Students of First Academic Year in Architecture, Economics and Engineering Degrees. Algorithms and Data Structures 2021, 193 -209.

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Marian Alaez, Susana Romero, David Fonseca, Daniel Amo, Enric Peña, Silvia Necchi. Auto-Assessment of Teamwork and Communication Competences Improvement Applying Active Methodologies. Comparing Results Between Students of First Academic Year in Architecture, Economics and Engineering Degrees. Algorithms and Data Structures. 2021; ():193-209.

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Marian Alaez; Susana Romero; David Fonseca; Daniel Amo; Enric Peña; Silvia Necchi. 2021. "Auto-Assessment of Teamwork and Communication Competences Improvement Applying Active Methodologies. Comparing Results Between Students of First Academic Year in Architecture, Economics and Engineering Degrees." Algorithms and Data Structures , no. : 193-209.

Systematic review
Published: 02 July 2021 in Sustainability
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Urban areas can be considered high-potential energy producers alongside their notable portion of energy consumption. Solar energy is the most promising sustainable energy in which urban environments can produce electricity by using rooftop-mounted photovoltaic systems. While the precise knowledge of electricity production from solar energy resources as well as the needed parameters to define the optimal locations require an adequate study, effective guidelines for optimal installation of solar photovoltaics remain a challenge. This paper aims to make a complete systematic review and states the vital steps with their data resources to find the urban rooftop PV potential. Organizing the methodologies is another novelty of this paper to create a complete global basis for future studies and improve a more detailed degree in this particular field.

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Elham Fakhraian; Marc Alier; Francesc Valls Dalmau; Alireza Nameni; Maria Casañ Guerrero. The Urban Rooftop Photovoltaic Potential Determination. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7447 .

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Elham Fakhraian, Marc Alier, Francesc Valls Dalmau, Alireza Nameni, Maria Casañ Guerrero. The Urban Rooftop Photovoltaic Potential Determination. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (13):7447.

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Elham Fakhraian; Marc Alier; Francesc Valls Dalmau; Alireza Nameni; Maria Casañ Guerrero. 2021. "The Urban Rooftop Photovoltaic Potential Determination." Sustainability 13, no. 13: 7447.

Review
Published: 15 June 2021 in Applied Sciences
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Since the international governmental institutions required and/or recommended (according to the regulations of each country and continent) all public works to be certified in the BIM (Building Information Modeling) methodology, public and private institutions and universities have sought to integrate BIM into their production and educational processes. This requires the university academic environment to focus its efforts on training students in this methodology, as they will need to apply it in any future work activities related to architecture and construction. This article seeks to analyze which methods are being used by higher education institutions around the world to integrate BIM implementation in AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) degrees and to determine if a set of regulatory guidelines exists that could serve as a common foundation for institutions to improve this integration process. To this end, a systematic literature review was carried out on WOS and SCOPUS by applying the PRISMA statement methodology. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were selected based on keywords, abstracts, and full content of the articles. In the end, 23 articles were thoroughly studied, the integration and evaluation methods analyzed, and results obtained. The analysis shows a consensus on the need to develop common academic guidelines across university centers that define a strategy for curriculum modifications and teaching and learning strategies. Finally, future lines of research are identified.

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Alia Besné; Miguel Pérez; Silvia Necchi; Enric Peña; David Fonseca; Isidro Navarro; Ernesto Redondo. A Systematic Review of Current Strategies and Methods for BIM Implementation in the Academic Field. Applied Sciences 2021, 11, 5530 .

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Alia Besné, Miguel Pérez, Silvia Necchi, Enric Peña, David Fonseca, Isidro Navarro, Ernesto Redondo. A Systematic Review of Current Strategies and Methods for BIM Implementation in the Academic Field. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11 (12):5530.

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Alia Besné; Miguel Pérez; Silvia Necchi; Enric Peña; David Fonseca; Isidro Navarro; Ernesto Redondo. 2021. "A Systematic Review of Current Strategies and Methods for BIM Implementation in the Academic Field." Applied Sciences 11, no. 12: 5530.

Journal article
Published: 10 June 2021 in Sustainability
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The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted traditional face-to-face teaching worldwide and forced education institutions to adopt new, online teaching formats to enable students to continue with their studies. This research focuses on students’ perceptions of three teaching different modalities: face-to-face (F2F), Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) and Smart Classroom (SC), which were implemented in response to the restrictions enforced to combat the spread of COVID-19. A qualitative study based on two user experience techniques, Pocket Bipolar Laddering and Emotional Appraisal, was carried out on a group of second-year ICT engineering university students at La Salle Campus Barcelona. The former technique consists in identifying a maximum of three positive and three negative salient items, while the latter is intended to rate pairs of opposite feelings. In the SC format, saving time on travel to university was considered an advantage of online learning, while disadvantages included less effective instructor–student interaction, distractions when off-campus and teamwork issues. These shortcomings can be addressed by specific online teaching training to develop a more active form of learning and foment student participation. However, both ERT and SC modalities were considered effective solutions to cope with the social and mobility restrictions imposed during the pandemic.

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Josep Petchamé; Ignasi Iriondo; Eva Villegas; David Riu; David Fonseca. Comparing Face-to-Face, Emergency Remote Teaching and Smart Classroom: A Qualitative Exploratory Research Based on Students’ Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6625 .

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Josep Petchamé, Ignasi Iriondo, Eva Villegas, David Riu, David Fonseca. Comparing Face-to-Face, Emergency Remote Teaching and Smart Classroom: A Qualitative Exploratory Research Based on Students’ Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (12):6625.

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Josep Petchamé; Ignasi Iriondo; Eva Villegas; David Riu; David Fonseca. 2021. "Comparing Face-to-Face, Emergency Remote Teaching and Smart Classroom: A Qualitative Exploratory Research Based on Students’ Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic." Sustainability 13, no. 12: 6625.

Journal article
Published: 21 May 2021 in Sustainability
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A sudden lockdown was declared on 14 March 2020 due to COVID-19 crisis, leading to an immediate change from face-to-face to online learning in all universities within Spanish jurisdiction. At La Salle School of Architecture, the Concrete and Steel Structures subject started online classes immediately after the lockdown law was published, using a methodology based on the flipped classroom approach and adapting the monitoring of the student to the virtual environment. This article presents a pilot study to analyze the adaptation of the model to the online format using a mixed approach in which qualitative and quantitative surveys were conducted at the end of the course with 48 participants. Responses from both surveys were organized according to six categories (teachers, assessment, methods, class development, students and documents) and 14 subcategories, as developed in an undergoing research project involving the subject since the academic year 2017/2018. Thus, the open responses of the students have been analyzed alongside with the quantitative data. The results demonstrate a proper adaptation of the model, as well as the negative perception of the students of the online format due to the loss of face-to-face benefits of the flipped classroom.

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Carles Campanyà; David Fonseca; Daniel Amo; Núria Martí; Enric Peña. Mixed Analysis of the Flipped Classroom in the Concrete and Steel Structures Subject in the Context of COVID-19 Crisis Outbreak. A Pilot Study. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5826 .

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Carles Campanyà, David Fonseca, Daniel Amo, Núria Martí, Enric Peña. Mixed Analysis of the Flipped Classroom in the Concrete and Steel Structures Subject in the Context of COVID-19 Crisis Outbreak. A Pilot Study. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):5826.

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Carles Campanyà; David Fonseca; Daniel Amo; Núria Martí; Enric Peña. 2021. "Mixed Analysis of the Flipped Classroom in the Concrete and Steel Structures Subject in the Context of COVID-19 Crisis Outbreak. A Pilot Study." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 5826.

Journal article
Published: 01 May 2021 in Sustainability
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Educational institutions are transferring analytics computing to the cloud to reduce costs. Any data transfer and storage outside institutions involve serious privacy concerns, such as student identity exposure, rising untrusted and unnecessary third-party actors, data misuse, and data leakage. Institutions that adopt a “local first” approach instead of a “cloud computing first” approach can minimize these problems. The work aims to foster the use of local analytics computing by offering adequate nonexistent tools. Results are useful for any educational role, even investigators, to conduct data analysis locally. The novelty results are twofold: an open-source JavaScript library to analyze locally any educational log schema from any LMS; a front-end to analyze Moodle logs as proof of work of the library with different educational metrics and indicator visualizations. Nielsen heuristics user experience is executed to reduce possible users’ data literacy barrier. Visualizations are validated by surveying teachers with Likert and open-ended questions, which consider them to be of interest, but more different data sources can be added to improve indicators. The work reinforces that local educational data analysis is feasible, opens up new ways of analyzing data without data transfer to third parties while generating debate around the “local technologies first” approach adoption.

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Daniel Amo; Sandra Cea; Nicole Jimenez; Pablo Gómez; David Fonseca. A Privacy-Oriented Local Web Learning Analytics JavaScript Library with a Configurable Schema to Analyze Any Edtech Log: Moodle’s Case Study. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5085 .

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Daniel Amo, Sandra Cea, Nicole Jimenez, Pablo Gómez, David Fonseca. A Privacy-Oriented Local Web Learning Analytics JavaScript Library with a Configurable Schema to Analyze Any Edtech Log: Moodle’s Case Study. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (9):5085.

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Daniel Amo; Sandra Cea; Nicole Jimenez; Pablo Gómez; David Fonseca. 2021. "A Privacy-Oriented Local Web Learning Analytics JavaScript Library with a Configurable Schema to Analyze Any Edtech Log: Moodle’s Case Study." Sustainability 13, no. 9: 5085.

Journal article
Published: 29 April 2021 in Sensors
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The creation and usage of serious games on virtual reality (VR) and/or interactive platforms for the teaching of architecture, construction, urban planning, and other derived areas, such as security and risk prevention, require design processes, studies, and research that lead to further consolidation expansion. In that sense, this paper presents two main aims developed: the improvement of a virtual navigation system through the results of previous user studies and mixed research (quantitative and qualitative) improved based on the user perception for educational and professional uses. The VR system used is based on Unreal Engine programming of the HTC Vive sensor. This study is related to the GAME4City 3.0 and a broader project focused on gamified visualization and its educational uses in architectural and urban projects. The results reflect great interest, good usability, and high motivation for further usage for all types of users. However, an apparent resistance to deepen its use continues to be perceived in academia. Based on the research results, weak points of educational gamified systems have been identified, and the main differences and needs in user profiles’ function. With these data, progress regarding implementing this kind of system at the teaching and professional levels must be pursued.

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David Fonseca; Janaina Cavalcanti; Enric Peña; Victor Valls; Mónica Sanchez-Sepúlveda; Fernando Moreira; Isidro Navarro; Ernesto Redondo. Mixed Assessment of Virtual Serious Games Applied in Architectural and Urban Design Education. Sensors 2021, 21, 3102 .

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David Fonseca, Janaina Cavalcanti, Enric Peña, Victor Valls, Mónica Sanchez-Sepúlveda, Fernando Moreira, Isidro Navarro, Ernesto Redondo. Mixed Assessment of Virtual Serious Games Applied in Architectural and Urban Design Education. Sensors. 2021; 21 (9):3102.

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David Fonseca; Janaina Cavalcanti; Enric Peña; Victor Valls; Mónica Sanchez-Sepúlveda; Fernando Moreira; Isidro Navarro; Ernesto Redondo. 2021. "Mixed Assessment of Virtual Serious Games Applied in Architectural and Urban Design Education." Sensors 21, no. 9: 3102.

Journal article
Published: 25 April 2021 in Applied Sciences
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Active educational methodologies promote students to take an active role in their own learning, enhance cooperative work, and develop a collective understanding of the subject as a common learning area. Cloud Computing enables the learning space to be supported while also revolutionizing it by allowing it to be used as a link between active methodology and students’ learning activities. A Cloud Computing system is used in conjunction with an active methodology to recognize and manage individual, group, and collective evidence of the students’ work in this research. The key hypothesis shown in this work is that if evidence management is made clear and evidence is consistently and gradually presented to students, their level of involvement will increase, and their learning outcomes will improve. The model was implemented in a university subject of a first academic year using the active Flipped Classroom methodology, and the individual, group and collective evidence is constantly worked with throughout the implementation of a teamwork method.

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María Sein-Echaluce; Angel Fidalgo-Blanco; Francisco García-Peñalvo; David Fonseca. Impact of Transparency in the Teamwork Development through Cloud Computing. Applied Sciences 2021, 11, 3887 .

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María Sein-Echaluce, Angel Fidalgo-Blanco, Francisco García-Peñalvo, David Fonseca. Impact of Transparency in the Teamwork Development through Cloud Computing. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11 (9):3887.

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María Sein-Echaluce; Angel Fidalgo-Blanco; Francisco García-Peñalvo; David Fonseca. 2021. "Impact of Transparency in the Teamwork Development through Cloud Computing." Applied Sciences 11, no. 9: 3887.

Journal article
Published: 06 April 2021 in Sensors
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This research focuses on the study and qualitative assessment of the relationships between motivators and game mechanics per the ratings of expert gamification consultants. By taking this approach, it is intended that during the design phase of a gamified system, decisions can be made about the design of the system based on the motivators of each of the profiles. These motivators can be determined from the information provided by the potential players themselves. The research presented starts from a previous analysis in which, based on the three most used gamification frameworks and through a card sorting technique that allows the user to organize and classify the content, a set of mechanics are determined. In the present study, each of the mechanics is analyzed, and a more precise motive is decided. As a result, a higher level of personalization is achieved and, consequently, approximates a higher level of gamification effectiveness. The main conclusions are implemented in the development of the Game4City 3.0 project, which addresses gamified and interactive strategies to visualize urban environments in 3D at an educational and social level.

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Eva Villegas; David Fonseca; Enric Peña; Paula Bonet; Sara Fernández-Guinea. Qualitative Assessment of Effective Gamification Design Processes Using Motivators to Identify Game Mechanics. Sensors 2021, 21, 2556 .

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Eva Villegas, David Fonseca, Enric Peña, Paula Bonet, Sara Fernández-Guinea. Qualitative Assessment of Effective Gamification Design Processes Using Motivators to Identify Game Mechanics. Sensors. 2021; 21 (7):2556.

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Eva Villegas; David Fonseca; Enric Peña; Paula Bonet; Sara Fernández-Guinea. 2021. "Qualitative Assessment of Effective Gamification Design Processes Using Motivators to Identify Game Mechanics." Sensors 21, no. 7: 2556.

Conference paper
Published: 29 March 2021 in Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
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This article is the continuation of the research published in WorldCist 2020 under the topic “L) Information technologies in education”, which describes the educational results of the implementation of Building Information Modeling (BIM) systems in an inter-university workshop. The purpose consists in a real case study in which experiences are observed and evaluated. The main objective is to encourage and improve the preparation of students in the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) and BIM methodologies. These skills that must be developed to face the transformations of the construction sector. The participants were 27 students from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Azcapotzalco (UAM-Azc), the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB) and the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura La Salle (URL). These students participated in the “1st International BIM Workshop on the Resolution of Social Projects 2020”, to carry out a preliminary project of urban equipment in Mexico City (CDMX). The activity was focused into exploring the use of virtual environments, applying the BIM methodology and bringing students closer to scenarios committed to social reality. The evaluation of the user experience was performed with a quantitative survey. The results showed a favorable adoption of BIM systems. The main contribution of the article is the validation of educational methodologies through enhanced learning with technology. This study also aims to be the first stage of academic interoperability between the universities ETSAB-UPC, La Salle URL and UAM Azc.

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Miguel Ángel Pérez Sandoval; Isidro Navarro Delgado; Alia Besné Yanguas; Georgina Sandoval; Fernando Rafael Minaya Hernández; Ernesto Redondo Dominguez; Joaquim N. Moya; David Fonseca Escudero. BIM Education Experience in Social Project Resolution with User Evaluation. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 2021, 173 -182.

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Miguel Ángel Pérez Sandoval, Isidro Navarro Delgado, Alia Besné Yanguas, Georgina Sandoval, Fernando Rafael Minaya Hernández, Ernesto Redondo Dominguez, Joaquim N. Moya, David Fonseca Escudero. BIM Education Experience in Social Project Resolution with User Evaluation. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. 2021; ():173-182.

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Miguel Ángel Pérez Sandoval; Isidro Navarro Delgado; Alia Besné Yanguas; Georgina Sandoval; Fernando Rafael Minaya Hernández; Ernesto Redondo Dominguez; Joaquim N. Moya; David Fonseca Escudero. 2021. "BIM Education Experience in Social Project Resolution with User Evaluation." Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing , no. : 173-182.

Conference paper
Published: 29 March 2021 in Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
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Digital transformation is an undeniable reality, and its impact is widespread and global. The digital transformation crosses not only the different sectors and economic activities but also society in general. In this setting, the higher education sector is no exception being continuously affected by advances in digital technologies, which contribute to significant, sometimes drastic, changes in education and training. Therefore, and considering two of the main actors in teaching-learning environment (students and teachers) it can be said that on the one hand, students expect to find dynamic teaching environments enriched with technology. On the other hand, teachers gain by using new tools that not only facilitate content sharing but also lead to greater student motivation among other aspects of the teaching-learning process. As mentioned, technological updates are constant and, consequently, teachers in general, and those in higher education, have the imperative to accompany these same updates and introduce them into the teaching-learning process. Thus, to meet this challenge, teachers themselves must take on the role of students and train and update themselves. Taking advantage of Digital Transformation technology facilitators and realizing the need for updated approaches to address the training of higher education teachers, we propose the use of a model to guide teachers training within Digital Transformation. The approach is a combination of three models that will be applied to Higher Education Teachers Training (HET2).

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Fernando Moreira; Maria João Ferreira; Carla Santos Pereira; David Fonseca Escudero; Cesar Collazos; Alex Gomes. Higher Education Teachers Training (HET2) Model: Active Learning in Higher Education Environment. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 2021, 103 -112.

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Fernando Moreira, Maria João Ferreira, Carla Santos Pereira, David Fonseca Escudero, Cesar Collazos, Alex Gomes. Higher Education Teachers Training (HET2) Model: Active Learning in Higher Education Environment. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. 2021; ():103-112.

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Fernando Moreira; Maria João Ferreira; Carla Santos Pereira; David Fonseca Escudero; Cesar Collazos; Alex Gomes. 2021. "Higher Education Teachers Training (HET2) Model: Active Learning in Higher Education Environment." Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing , no. : 103-112.

Journal article
Published: 13 March 2021 in Sustainability
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One of the challenges of heritage cities is sustainably balancing mass tourism and the daily life of its residents. Urban policies can modulate the impact of tourism through regulations focusing on areas with outstanding visitor pressure, which must consequently be delimited accurately and objectively. Within a traditionally data-scarce discipline, urban practitioners can currently employ a wide range of tracking technologies, but because of their limitations can also greatly benefit from new sources of data from social media. Using Barcelona as a testbed, a methodology is presented to identify and visualize hot spots of visitor activity using more than a million public geotagged images collected from the Flickr photo-sharing community. Multiple complementary visualization approaches are discussed that are suitable for different scales of analysis, from global to sub-block resolution. The presented methodology is firmly grounded in a well-established spatial statistics framework, adapted to a “big data” environment, to extract knowledge from social media. It is designed to generalize to other urban settings, providing substantial advantages over other surveying methods in terms of cost-efficiency, scalability, and accuracy, while capturing the behavior of a larger number of participants and covering more extensive areas or temporal spans.

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Francesc Valls; Josep Roca. Visualizing Digital Traces for Sustainable Urban Management: Mapping Tourism Activity on the Virtual Public Space. Sustainability 2021, 13, 3159 .

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Francesc Valls, Josep Roca. Visualizing Digital Traces for Sustainable Urban Management: Mapping Tourism Activity on the Virtual Public Space. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (6):3159.

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Francesc Valls; Josep Roca. 2021. "Visualizing Digital Traces for Sustainable Urban Management: Mapping Tourism Activity on the Virtual Public Space." Sustainability 13, no. 6: 3159.

Journal article
Published: 16 January 2021 in Applied Sciences
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Data in the educational context are becoming increasingly important in decision-making and teaching-learning processes. Similar to the industrial context, educational institutions are adopting data-processing technologies at all levels. To achieve representative results, the processes of extraction, transformation and uploading of educational data should be ubiquitous because, without useful data, either internal or external, it is difficult to perform a proper analysis and to obtain unbiased educational results. It should be noted that the source and type of data are heterogeneous and that the analytical processes can be so diverse that it opens up a practical problem of management and access to the data generated. At the same time, ensuring the privacy, identity, confidentiality and security of students and their data is a “sine qua non” condition for complying with the legal issues involved while achieving the required ethical premises. This work proposes a modular and scalable data system architecture that solves the complexity of data management and access. On the one hand, it allows educational institutions to collect any data generated in both the teaching-learning and management processes. On the other hand, it will enable external access to this data under appropriate privacy and security conditions.

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Daniel Amo; Pablo Gómez; Luis Hernández-Ibáñez; David Fonseca. Educational Warehouse: Modular, Private and Secure Cloudable Architecture System for Educational Data Storage, Analysis and Access. Applied Sciences 2021, 11, 806 .

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Daniel Amo, Pablo Gómez, Luis Hernández-Ibáñez, David Fonseca. Educational Warehouse: Modular, Private and Secure Cloudable Architecture System for Educational Data Storage, Analysis and Access. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11 (2):806.

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Daniel Amo; Pablo Gómez; Luis Hernández-Ibáñez; David Fonseca. 2021. "Educational Warehouse: Modular, Private and Secure Cloudable Architecture System for Educational Data Storage, Analysis and Access." Applied Sciences 11, no. 2: 806.

Review
Published: 29 December 2020 in Sensors
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Robotics technology has become increasingly common both for businesses and for private citizens. Primary and secondary schools, as a mirror of societal evolution, have increasingly integrated science, technology, engineering and math concepts into their curricula. Our research questions are: “In teaching robotics to primary and secondary school students, which pedagogical-methodological interventions result in better understanding and knowledge in the use of sensors in educational robotics?”, and “In teaching robotics to primary and secondary school students, which analytical methods related to Learning Analytics processes are proposed to analyze and reflect on students’ behavior in their learning of concepts and skills of sensors in educational robotics?”. To answer these questions, we have carried out a systematic review of the literature in the Web of Science and Scopus databases regarding robotics sensors in primary and secondary education, and Learning Analytics processes. We applied PRISMA methodology and reviewed a total of 24 articles. The results show a consensus about the use of the Learning by Doing and Project-Based Learning methodologies, including their different variations, as the most common methodology for achieving optimal engagement, motivation and performance in students’ learning. Finally, future lines of research are identified from this study.

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Daniel Amo; Paul Fox; David Fonseca; César Poyatos. Systematic Review on Which Analytics and Learning Methodologies Are Applied in Primary and Secondary Education in the Learning of Robotics Sensors. Sensors 2020, 21, 153 .

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Daniel Amo, Paul Fox, David Fonseca, César Poyatos. Systematic Review on Which Analytics and Learning Methodologies Are Applied in Primary and Secondary Education in the Learning of Robotics Sensors. Sensors. 2020; 21 (1):153.

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Daniel Amo; Paul Fox; David Fonseca; César Poyatos. 2020. "Systematic Review on Which Analytics and Learning Methodologies Are Applied in Primary and Secondary Education in the Learning of Robotics Sensors." Sensors 21, no. 1: 153.

Editorial
Published: 26 October 2020 in Universal Access in the Information Society
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David Fonseca; Francisco José García-Peñalvo; Jorge D. Camba. New methods and technologies for enhancing usability and accessibility of educational data. Universal Access in the Information Society 2020, 20, 421 -427.

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David Fonseca, Francisco José García-Peñalvo, Jorge D. Camba. New methods and technologies for enhancing usability and accessibility of educational data. Universal Access in the Information Society. 2020; 20 (3):421-427.

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David Fonseca; Francisco José García-Peñalvo; Jorge D. Camba. 2020. "New methods and technologies for enhancing usability and accessibility of educational data." Universal Access in the Information Society 20, no. 3: 421-427.

Editorial
Published: 26 October 2020 in Universal Access in the Information Society
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David Fonseca; Francisco José García-Peñalvo; Jorge D. Camba. New methods and technologies for enhancing usability and accessibility of educational data. Universal Access in the Information Society 2020, 1 -7.

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David Fonseca, Francisco José García-Peñalvo, Jorge D. Camba. New methods and technologies for enhancing usability and accessibility of educational data. Universal Access in the Information Society. 2020; ():1-7.

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David Fonseca; Francisco José García-Peñalvo; Jorge D. Camba. 2020. "New methods and technologies for enhancing usability and accessibility of educational data." Universal Access in the Information Society , no. : 1-7.