Sobral, Sónia Rolland
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Licenciada em Informática de Gestão, mestre em Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores, doutora em Tecnologias e Sistemas de Informação e possui o título de agregado em Ciências da Informação. Desde 1993 é docente da Universidade Portucalense (UPT), sendo atualmente professora associada com agregação. Lecionou em diversos cursos como Engenharia Informática e Engenharia e Gestão Industrial, em diversas instituições como Lodz University of Technology e a Universidade de Aveiro, e em diversos países como Angola e Cabo Verde. Participou em diferentes órgãos, tendo sido presidente do Conselho Pedagógico da UPT. Pertence à comissão de várias conferências internacionais e revistas científicas. É autora de uma centena de publicações, a sua maioria indexadas na SCOPUS e/ou WoS. É membro integrado no REMIT – Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies, sendo atualmente coordenadora de um dos dois grupos de investigação (Transformação Digital e Inovação nas Organizações).
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REMIT – Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies.
DCT - Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia.
ED15-C9EC-5996
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G-2227-2014Research Projects
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REMIT – Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies
Centro de investigação que que tem como objetivo principal produzir e disseminar conhecimento teórico e aplicado que possibilite uma maior compreensão das dinâmicas e tendências económicas, empresariais, territoriais e tecnológicas do mundo contemporâneo e dos seus efeitos socioeconómicos. O REMIT adota uma perspetiva multidisciplinar que integra vários domínios científicos: Economia e Gestão; Ciências e Tecnologia; Turismo, Património e Cultura.
Founded in 2017, REMIT – Research on Economics, Management and Information Technologies is a research unit of Portucalense University. Based on a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspective it aims at responding to social challenges through a holistic approach involving a wide range of scientific fields such as Economics, Management, Science, Technology, Tourism, Heritage and Culture.
Grounded on the production of advanced scientific knowledge, REMIT has a special focus on its application to the resolution of real issues and challenges, having as strategic orientations:
- the understanding of local, national and international environment;
- the development of activities oriented to professional practice, namely in the business world.
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Publication Open Access Aferição cognitiva das ferramentas Web X.0.2012 - Peixoto, Nuno Miguel Cardoso; Sobral, Sónia RollandAs ferramentas Web 2.0 e 3.0 estão ao alcance de todos, nomeadamente ao serviço do ensino. Mas nem sempre são usadas da melhor forma, sendo muitas das vezes uma tropia ao sucesso do ensino-aprendizagem. Este artigo pretende criar uma forma de avaliar e validar as características das ferramentas web na vertente ensino, para que possam ser reutilizá-las na aprendizagem. Foram analisadas as principais ferramentas web utilizadas pelos alunos e criada uma grelha que permitiu aferir as potencialidades cognitivas das mesmas, identificando desta forma quais as ferramentas web com maiores capacidades no domínio da aprendizagem. Web Tools 2.0 and 3.0 are available to everyone, including at the service of education. But not always used optimally, and often a tropy to the success of teaching and learning. This article aims to create a way to assess and validate the characteristics of web tools in the shed so that teaching can be reuse in learning. We analyzed the main web tools used by students and created a grid that allowed the assessment of the cognitive potential of the same, thus identifying which tools web with greater capabilities in the field of learning.Publication Restricted Access Strategies on Teaching Introducing to Programming in Higher Education2021 - Sobral, Sónia RollandTeaching and learning how to program are not easy tasks: they can be very challenging. Introductory programming courses traditionally have high rates of failures and dropouts. Teachers and researchers must develop strategies to combat this problem. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the scientific production on strategies on teaching how to program in higher education in journals indexed in an international database’ indexed in Elsevier’s Scopus in the years 2000 to 2019. We provide an up-to-date review of the existing literature. To provide a comprehensive survey, we not only categorize existing strategies but also present detailed descriptions of relevant topics such as Active Learning, Pair Programming, Flipped Classroom and Project Based Learning. The sample was composed by 92 articles in total. The first results obtained by bibliometric analysis showed that publication rates increased slowly but have expanded in the last two years, in which journals the articles are published, which are the organizations and countries that publish the most and which are the most cited articles. The motivation for this study is to bear in mind the research that has been done so that it strategies can be used and experienced by teachers who teach programming to undergraduate students.Publication Open Access To do or not to do previous homework in computer education2022-06 - Sobral, Sónia RollandThe first contact of freshmen students with computer thinking and programming languages is not an easy task. [...]Publication Open Access Enhancing Higher Education in Portugal: Leveraging generative Artificial Intelligence for learning-teaching process2024-10-23 - Santos-Pereira, Carla; Ferreira, Maria João; Sobral, Sónia Rolland; Durão, Natércia; Moreira, FernandoRecent advancements in Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) have revolutionized numerous fields, including higher education. This study focuses on the integration of GAI in Portuguese higher education institutions and explores its multifaceted implications and potential. Our research, conducted through a comprehensive survey between April and June 2023, engages with higher education faculty to understand their perceptions and utilization of GAI tools in teaching and learning processes. The potential of GAI to enhance personalized learning and interactive teaching methodologies is significant. It enables the creation of customized educational content, interactive simulations, and real-time feedback mechanisms, thus reducing the educators' workload and enhancing the learning experience. However, this integration is not without challenges. The study identifies critical ethical concerns around the use of GAI, including data privacy, intellectual property, and the potential for bias in AI-generated content. Additionally, our findings indicate varying acceptance and readiness among educators to adopt these technologies. While some express enthusiasm for the potential of GAI to transform educational practices, others remain cautious, highlighting the need for comprehensive training and support to leverage GAI capabilities fully. This paper captures the essence of the study's findings, illustrating both the promising opportunities and the complex challenges associated with using Generative AI in higher education. Higher education institutions can significantly enhance teaching and learning landscapes by addressing these challenges and fostering an informed and ethical approach to GAI integration.Publication Open Access Introdução à Programação usando Python: Exercícios resolvidos2024-09-06 - Sobral, Sónia RollandIntrodução à Programação usando Python – Exercícios Resolvidos, é um complemento ao livro teórico, contendo, resolvidos, todos os seus exercícios propostos. Poderá, contudo, ser utilizado autonomamente por todos os leitores que pretendam exercitar-se na linguagem de programação Python proporcionando-lhes a oportunidade de aplicar os conceitos de maneira prática e objetiva. A prática é uma parte fundamental do processo de aprendizagem em programação. Resolver desafios, cometer erros e encontrar soluções são etapas cruciais para desenvolver as suas competências. Com este pressuposto em mente, os exercícios deste livro foram projetados para reforçar e consolidar o corpo teórico a quem dá os primeiros passos em Python, cobrindo um vasto conjunto de dificuldades e contextos práticos. O pensamento computacional e a escrita de programas numa linguagem de programação são desenvolvidos com muito trabalho individual, sendo essencial que se façam muitos exercícios. Esta tarefa nem sempre é fácil, mas necessita de ser desenvolvida e exercitada, por isso, este livro, concebido para quem parte do zero, será um excelente auxiliar na resolução de exercícios e, sobretudo, para que consiga verificar se está a seguir pelo caminho correto no percurso que o levará a tornar-se num programador eficaz e eficiente em Python.Publication Open Access O uso atual das ferramentas Web X.0 no ensino.2012 - Peixoto, Nuno Miguel Cardoso; Sobral, Sónia RollandAtualmente, os métodos de ensino usados pela maior parte dos professores estão a ficar obsoletos. Fruto da rápida evolução tecnológica à qual os estudantes hoje em dia têm acesso, as metodologias de ensino tradicional não se adequam de todo com a realidade. Muitas das ferramentas Web X.0 são utilizadas pelos alunos fora do contexto de aprendizagem, mesmo sem estes nunca terem tirado algum curso para as saberem utilizar. O incentivo e inovação das metodologias de ensino terão de passar obrigatoriamente pela utilização destas ferramentas, sendo esta uma das formas que os professores atualmente têm para captar a atenção dos seus alunos. Assim sendo, com este artigo pretende-se fazer um levantamento sobre o uso atual das ferramentas web X.0 no ensino. Utilizando o Repositório Cientifico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal – RCAAP, foram analisados todos os documentos científicos publicados entre 2010 e 2011 que se encontram armazenados nesta base de dados e que de alguma forma fazem referência à utilização das ferramentas web, permitindo desta forma aferir o que está a ser feito dentro desta área em Portugal.Publication Open Access A motivação da comunidade escolar e o recurso a tecnologias de informação.2013 - Menezes, Natércia do Céu Andrade Pesqueira; Sobral, Sónia RollandA constatação de elevados índices de insucesso nas várias disciplinas é uma realidade e, como professores, é nossa convicção que o aparecimento de novas tecnologias poderá contribuir para a criação de “novos ambientes” de trabalho que promovam a motivação e o sucesso na aprendizagem. Pretende-se, com este estudo, compreender a motivação dos alunos aquando a utilização das TIC em sala de aula e alcançar um melhor conhecimento do processo de ensino aprendizagem, no que se refere à utilização das TIC, do seu potencial papel motivador na aprendizagem em geral. Ou seja, o estudo tem como objectivo saber se a utilização das TIC em sala de aula contribui para melhorar significativamente, os índices de motivação, concentração, empenho e é facilitadora na aquisição de novos conhecimentos e competências nos alunos, assim como uma influência positiva no relacionamento entre aluno e professor. Como estudo de caso, a aplicação de um questionário aos alunos do 8º e 9º ano, pretende- se, com os resultados e conclusões apresentados, promover nos professores a consciência da sua prática pedagógica, concluir se os alunos têm papel activo e motivador na construção das aprendizagens aquando a utilização das TIC em sala de aula.Publication Open Access CS1 Student Grade Prediction: Unconscious Optimism vs Insecurity?2021 - Sobral, Sónia RollandThe difficulties of many students in introductory programming courses and the consequent failure and drop out make it necessary to look for motivation strategies for them to be successful. One of the strategies that is touted in the literature is self-assessment to compromise and motivate students. As we had doubts about the possibility of this strategy, we did an experiment and asked the students to predict the grades of the two tests and the two projects during a semester. Even knowing the correction grid and exercises that involve programming languages, which shows the result to the programmer, we found that the students' forecasts were not very accurate. In the first test we found that the worst students said they were going to get reasonable grades and much better than reality, while the best students thought they had worse grades than they actually had. The other moments of evaluation did not have as severe results, but forecasts continued to be inaccurate. We did tests by gender, by age, for being a freshman or not, for having taken a computer course in high school and for previous knowledge of programming languages: none of these variables proved to be as significant as the students' grades and their corresponding insecurity-fear or optimism-unconscious.Publication Open Access Web X.0 tools in teaching-learning: Implementation and evaluation of model validation.2014 - Peixoto, Nuno; Sobral, Sónia RollandWith the massification use of the Internet and its Web X.0 tools, teaching methodologies need to adapt to this new reality. Current student’s belongs to the new information society, dominated by digital technologies, need to be constantly connected to the world's largest information network, inside and outside of the learning context. This forces teachers to create more attractive and exciting methodologies so that students will be motivated and willing to learn. With this article we intend to put into practice a model validation web X.0 tools for teaching and learning, analyzed, designed and developed by the authors in previous investigations. The implementation and evaluation of the model was based on the study of two separate cases, both performed by the author. In the first study, the target population consisted of 22 graduates of a modality of education and training for active life. In this study the reference training was in the area of education and training of computer sciences, with the process of education and training for installation and operation of computer systems, Level 2. The unit training that allowed to evaluate the model was computer architecture with a duration of 50h. The second case study had the participation of 20 trainees from one modality of education and training for active life, whose reference training is in the area of education and training of trade. In this study, the process of education and training of technical / commercial Level 4. And the training unit that allowed us to assess the model was the English language with a duration of 50h. The purpose of the two case studies was to use a different methodology, never before used by trainers using web tools X.0 previously assessed by the model for the transmission of the content of the training reference. The methodological approach used in this research is characterized by an explanatory purpose of the case study, with data collection procedures performed through two questionnaires. An initial questionnaire assessing knowledge and another Final evaluation of satisfaction, and the sources of information was quantitative. As a final analysis of two case studies it is concluded that trainees positively rate experience and they learned the content more enjoyable way. Regarding the purpose of the study, it was found that the transmission of content implied a greater effort of the trainers, as they had to restructure sessions depending on the Web X.0 tools used. However, every effort was rewarded as the learning outcomes were great. Noted a greater commitment and motivation among learners, reaching these better results in the evaluation. The tools choice occurred through the appropriate model are reflected in the final for the satisfaction of trainees and their positive results. This study proved to be a contribution to the use of the model choosing the web X.0 tool for transmitting syllabus traditionally complicated modules to assimilate and understand, as has been the case with hardware and Business English. As future implications for learning, we suggest the use of the model in other modular activities as a way of consolidating the study and allow the teacher to assess the degree of functionality of web tools X.0. Since many times these same tools are used by students outside the classroom context, enabling the use of them in learning a more efficient and enjoyable way for students.Publication Open Access Exploring the impact of Artificial Intelligence generative tools on research in Higher Education Institutions: A perspective from Portugal2024-10-23 - Sobral, Sónia Rolland; Ferreira, Maria João; Santos-Pereira, Carla; Durão, Natércia; Moreira, FernandoArtificial Intelligence (AI) generative tools have emerged as transformative instruments in various domains, including research and academia. It is important to see what is positive and what is not. This study focuses on the integration of GAI in Portuguese higher education institutions and explores its multifaceted implications and potential. Our research was conducted through a comprehensive survey between April and June 2023, garnering 77 responses. To this purpose, the analysis will have several insights into the research process, namely, to assess the frequency of use and objectives of using generative AI for higher education research and to explore possible trends and future directions in the adoption and application of generative AI in this field.