Using self-explanations with information and communication technologies to improve distance learning in computer science

Abstract

The curriculum of the computer science at our university has the following objectives: 1) acquire knowledge on fundamentals, and methods in computer science and to discover edges of this field to related ones; 2) develop aptitudes and skills needed for gathering and making appropriate abstraction based on data related to a specific problem or situation, elaborate critical analysis and interpretation in order that relevant solutions can evolved from; 3) do efficient team working; 4) structure an enlightened opinion on basic issues in the computer science. In a way that effective, precise, logical and pragmatic solutions can be stated taking into account the requirements of the field.