MSC Computing Project: Computer Aided Learning for the World

This MSC Computing project explores the development and impact of Computer Aided Learning (CAL) technology on education and employee skill development. The project investigates CAL's potential to enhance learning experiences for students and improve the learning abilities of individuals throughout their careers. The project includes deliverables such as research papers, survey questionnaires, ethical forms, and participant responses. Academic objectives include understanding the differences between traditional and technologically advanced learning, the advantages of CAL, and its marketing strategies. The research questions address CAL's feasibility, effectiveness, and acceptability within educational institutions. The project also addresses the resources required, constraints, and risk assessments. The product objective focuses on developing simulation software to create an interactive system that enhances student engagement and learning, while the project aims to gather feedback from users to improve the technology and understand customer expectations. The project uses qualitative research with face-to-face semi-structured interviews. The results analyze student and teacher responses to understand the benefits and challenges of CAL, providing insights into its implementation and effectiveness.

Running head: MSC COMPUTING PROJECT
MSC Computing Project
Topic: Computer Aided Learning for the world
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Table of Contents
Background of the Project..........................................................................................................2
Deliverables................................................................................................................................2
Academic Objectives.................................................................................................................3
Research Questions....................................................................................................................4
Background Research Objectives..............................................................................................5
Product Objectives.....................................................................................................................6
Resources required and constrains.............................................................................................7
Risk Assessment.........................................................................................................................8
Appendices...............................................................................................................................10
Schedule of Activities..........................................................................................................11
Ethical Review Form............................................................................................................13

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Background of the Project
The point that this research would like to put forward is about the contributors of
science and technology through its impact on the education system as well. The probability of
the entire activity related to education can be conducted in easier ways than it would have
being conducted in the most traditional processes [1]. Previously the ways by which the
education and learning were only related to the understanding between the student and a
teacher constricted the ways of studying only to the student life. the previous methodologies
by which learning were provided to a student only where confined to a person till the
students’ education life. Otherwise when a person needs to learn more and more throughout
the career path, they would find it difficult as the previous ways of learning would not help
learning and building a career at the same time. Therefore, there has been numerous
researches to find out where learning or education would not only be confined to two students
and can even be transformed into learning skills for employees to develop their skills set.
Therefore, the following project is about the development of Computer Aided Learning or
CAL, that would help in not the students but also the employees in an organisation in various
ways to obtain learning from various fields. the development of the research wood belongs to
the methodologies that would be effective for the technology to be associated with the help of
collecting information.
Deliverables
For the deliverables of this particular research there would be several artefacts
produced as an evidence to the project. This will provide the documents and other discussions
made on this project to produce as a bullet point list [8]. Following would be the artefacts that
would be produced and documents that would be put forward for the following research:

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 Research papers that have already we introduced for or understanding the
CAL technology and its impact on the student and employees.
 Survey questionnaires that were produced from the review of the research
papers.
 Evidence of ethical forms that were produced to the participants of the survey
questionnaire before they were asked for their opinion on the questions.
 Hard copies of the answers provided by the participants of the survey
questionnaire.
 Hard copies of the participants and their agreement to the terms and conditions
and ethical forms provided for the survey questionnaire.
 Timestamp provided as a soft copy to understand the required time that has
been taken for the research.
Academic Objectives
The academic objectives of the research provide information about the experience that
is aimed at for gathering throughout the research process. it is evident that a person wants to
learn throughout a project that he or she has put forward and there are objectives that are
required to fulfil. following would be a bulleted list of all the academic objectives that is
being focused at to gain from this particular research:
 To understand what is the difference between the previous forms of learning
and the technologically advanced forms of learning.
 To understand the forms of the initial ways of learning that would probably be
falling short of providing necessary way of improvement on necessary
information to the students.

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 To understand what advantage does the technologically advanced forms of
learning has on the initial traditional way of learning.
 To understand how the CAL Technology not only helps in in making the
students understand their learning better, but how it can also improve the
learning abilities of an individual in their career throughout to make sure that
they understand the meaning of self-development throughout their career by
learning and at the same time improving their skills at throughout their career
[2].
 To understand how the marketing of the product developed to improve the
technological learning skills and make sure that people understand its
enhancements and easily adapt to the changed learning procedure to accept it
more.
Research Questions
The research questions are the set of questions that might arise during the entire
project and its conduction. The studies that are done at the beginning to begin with the project
in the first place gives rise to a lot of questions that the researcher wants to achieve through
the research [4]. Answering these questions would provide a proper solution to the problem
that the research is trying to solve. Therefore, following would be the research questions that
are developed for this research paper to understand the solution to the problems as expressed
by the conducted research:
How can be CAL be presented as one of the major learning tools of the latest era?
How can CAL be treated as one of the most feasible ways to identify quick and
effective learning?

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How are the procedures justified to be feasible amongst the learning procedures and
developed technologies in the latest times?
How can be the technology be justified to be acceptable to the educational institutes
where traditional learning methods can be replaced by CAL technologies?
Background Research Objectives
The first and foremost idea of developing this project was understanding the
difference through which the education of a student is much different than the education that
is retained within an employee in an organisation. it has been noticed that what students learn
in their education life is not retained to that same student who has been following the career
path through an occupation [5]. Every person needs to understand that developing their own
skills throughout the career life is extremely important for personal growth. the ways by
which the traditional ways of learning in the education world used to be conducted was not
sufficient enough for a person pursuing their career to develop the skills that they already
have with the help of the primitive format of learning. It was also required to have remote
access to all the education that a person requires and for that it was necessary that the
education provided to the person was capable of being accessed remotely.
This is only possible when the person pursuing the study would have technological
knowledge and also the education would be provided to the person through technological
aspects. CAL technology of learning is also regarded as the technological advance form of
learning that would help the students for even the people who are pursuing their career to
have a proper access to technological advanced computerized studies that would not require
them to visit somewhere in spite of their busy schedule and continuing their learning
procedures. However, they would be several test runs done for both the teachers, the students
and other career pursuing people in different organisations to make them understand the

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procedure by which the technology works. In this way they would understand themselves
about how the difference between the traditional form of learning and the CAL Technology
makes it easier to understand which one to choose from. This would be one of the most
important marketing strategies to make people use the technology and understand the big
difference that it would have from the traditional format of teaching with all the benefits
provided.
The ease of use, remote accessing, and various other benefits would be made to use
by the people associated with the education business so that they would readily accept the
benefits of the technology [7]. In addition, the reason behind this would be together
information or feedback from the people who are using the technology to understand what
improvements would the people who are using the technology already would be expecting
more from the technology so that further changes can be made to improve it for providing the
best possible services to the customer through the product. the entire research should this be
based on the understanding of the mentalities of users to make sure that the marketing of this
technology is done in the most proper way and understand what the customers would expect
to be enhanced as a system to the students and the teachers and also to the employees who be
requiring to develop the skill levels while pursuing a career at the same time.
Product Objectives
The developed product for the CAL Technology is mostly focused on providing
simulation software for developing an interactive system that would help the students to be
much more attentive to the learnings and also have an effective learning format with the help
of 3D objects linking the interactive system to the real world. the representation of the
technology would be used in the ways by which the developers would try to enhance the
ways by which the procedures are being try to develop a software which would be capable for

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running on any computer with minimum number of configurations. The idea behind the
development of the project would not be focusing on high end technology that would require
huge configuration for the students to install into. Rather than this the visualisation would be
such flexible that any student can adjust the visualisation of the technology to their own
likings [6]. The product is only focusing on making a developed Computer aided learning to
assist both the teachers and the students were the better development of introduction and
interaction of knowledge and information with the use of computers as the medium of the
entire interaction. It is required that the technology is focusing on the development of all the
understanding that a normal student has with the teachers. It would be interactive enough for
the students to enjoy all the requirements of their learning abilities as described in the
development of the product.
Resources required and constrains
The resources required for developing this product would be mostly e the data
collected about the technology and the research is conducted about the technology in the
previous times and how the technological advancements of learning procedures are being
perceived by the teachers, the students and the employees in several organisations who have
been looking forward to the development of their skill sets while pursuing their career. the
interactive learning procedure is based upon the feedback of the teachers and students as
well. only after they use the system to find out the difference between the traditional forms of
learning and the procedures that it is trying to be followed by the technological advancements
of Computer aided learning, they would understand the difference to provide the proper
feedback.
The constraints of the project would be the limited time and budget provided for the
research procedure to be conducted. If there was an availability of more time then it would

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have been possible that the research would provide much more in-depth information about
the studies conducted and the surveys conducted.
Risk Assessment
The assessment of the risk is required to include all the terms of reference by
understanding all the risk that may jeopardise the success of the project with the assessment
of the likelihood and impact of the risk to be formulating and identifying the solutions to
minimise the likelihood to mitigate the effects if the risks occur. the following would be the
assessment of the risk that would be following every step of the research project as it would
be conducted:
Terms of
References
Risk associated Likelihood Impact Mitigation
Strategy
Background of
the Project
Wrong
understanding
of the
Technology
Moderate
May jeopardise
the base of the
research
Proper research
and credible
sources are
required.
Deliverables Incorrect
materials or
documents
provided
Moderate
May manipulate
the information
to be collected
Proper research
and credible
sources are
required.
Academic
Objectives
Wrong
perception
about the
objectives
High
May turn out
the research
direction to be
completely
wrong
Proper research
and credible
sources are
required.
Background
research
objectives
Misconceptions
about the
traditional form
of learning and
the technology
Moderate
May turn out
the research
direction to be
completely
wrong
Proper research
and credible
sources are
required.
Research
Questions
Mispresenting
of the questions
to be answered
High
May turn out
the research
direction to be
completely
wrong
Understanding
regarding the
information
collected
through credible
sources are
required.
Product
Objectives
Incorrect
feedback
received
Moderate May turn out
the research
direction to be
The information
from the
feedback

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completely
wrong
generated needs
to be verified
for their
credibility
before acting on
it.
Resources and
Constraints
Constraints
being too hard
on the research
while
conduction
High
May halt the
research before
it being
conducted
Time and
budget
constraints need
to be figured
out at the initial
research stage.

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References
[1] Akhtar, S., Warburton, S. and Xu, W., 2017. The use of an online learning and teaching
system for monitoring computer aided design student participation and predicting student
success. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 27(2), pp.251-270.
[2] Al-Nakhal, M.A. and Naser, S.S.A., 2017. Adaptive intelligent tutoring system for
learning computer theory.
[3] Coley, C.W., Green, W.H. and Jensen, K.F., 2018. Machine learning in computer-aided
synthesis planning. Accounts of chemical research, 51(5), pp.1281-1289.
[4] Fink, A., 2015. How to conduct surveys: A step-by-step guide. Sage Publications.
[5] Kooi, T., Litjens, G., Van Ginneken, B., Gubern-Mérida, A., Sánchez, C.I., Mann, R., den
Heeten, A. and Karssemeijer, N., 2017. Large scale deep learning for computer aided
detection of mammographic lesions. Medical image analysis, 35, pp.303-312.
[6] Mirkouei, A., Bhinge, R., McCoy, C., Haapala, K.R. and Dornfeld, D.A., 2016. A
pedagogical module framework to improve scaffolded active learning in manufacturing
engineering education. Procedia Manufacturing, 5, pp.1128-1142.
[7] Svirko, E. and Mellanby, J., 2017. Teaching neuroanatomy using computer‐aided
learning: What makes for successful outcomes?. Anatomical sciences education, 10(6),
pp.560-569.
[8] Taylor, S.J., Bogdan, R. and DeVault, M., 2015. Introduction to qualitative research
methods: A guidebook and resource. John Wiley & Sons.

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Appendices
Schedule of Activities
Task/Month Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Objectives
Meeting Supervisor
Conducting Background
reading
Writing up rough proposal
Setting up a real plan
Carrying out literature
searches
Identifying a research
methodology
Creating a mini project
plan
General research
Identifying research
method
Identification of target
population
Determining the sample
size
Collection of data
Research Analysis
Completion of final report
Submission of final report
Therefore, form the schedule of the research, we understand the fact that the research
work has to be scheduled according to the tasks that is required to follow one after another.
The first phase of the research process would start from the beginning of the month of July,
by meeting the supervisor. Then the background reading would be conducted to form the
base of the research. This background research would be an ongoing process as it would help

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in the building up of the setting up of the plan to conduct the research with the help of the
gathered information as per the plan. The literature review would be conducted based on the
gathered information as per the identified data which would then be used for the
identification of the research methodology and the creation of a mini project plan based on
the idea gathered from the conceptualization of the researches done by the previous
researchers. Therefore, the mini project plan would house for the ideation of the total research
to be conducted and then the identification of the research method and the target population
would be conducted. This would be followed by the determination of the sample size to
understand which group of people would be required to understand the way of collecting the
data and analysing the data that has been gathered. This would be the last leg of the research
that would need to be conducted or completed by the end of the month of February for the
submission of the final report.

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Ethical Review Form
2. Please put in your options as ‘Yes’ or ‘No as you might like in the table as
described below. If it is found that any of your option is marked as ‘Yes’, then
appropriate ethical problems would be raised, and be assured that these matters
would be taken into consideration.
Has your research proposal identified any of the following research activities?
Gathering the information from the humans, dependent on their behaviour with
the help of interviews, surveys, observations and questionnaires
YES
Research being conducted through human activities, or the activities defying the
general legislations regarding human behaviours and activates
NO
The research causing bodily harm for any human being NO
The research affecting negatively on the human behaviour NO
Research being impacting negatively on the conscience of the human beings NO
Are there additional factors that could give rise to ethical concerns like
1. Details about the Applicant
Surname First Name
Working title:
Computer Aided Learning for the world

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communication difficulties?
It may occur that the research brings about the anonymity and confidentiality of the
participants in the questionnaire through the use of social media services. This may bring
about several ethical concerns regarding the communication between the participants and
the researchers about the confidentiality issues.
3. How will the issues you have raised in response to questions 2 be addressed?
This issue may be addressed when the people would find it feasible for the research to
identify how the issues concerned will be collected and communicated to the student. In
this way, the identified issues about the personal information sharing over social media
would be known to the participants so that they can opt for sharing their information or
even opt out of it for refraining the research team about breaking any ethical conduct.
Note: you should consider the following:
 Providing participants with the full details of the objectives of the research Providing information appropriate for those whose first language is not English Voluntary participation with informed consent (through the provision of a consent
form) Written description of involvement Freedom to withdraw Keeping appropriate records Signed acknowledgement and understanding by participants Relevant codes of conduct / guidelines
4. To which ethical codes of conduct have you referred?
There are few principles for the ethical codes that needs to be followed by all the people
who will be involved with the research procedure. This would include the maintenance of
honesty and integrity, objectivity, carefulness, transparency, respect towards the

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intellectual property, confidentiality, response publication and legality.
Note: For the Faculty of Technology these codes typically include those published by the
BCS, ACM, IEEE or other applicable codes such as the code of the Social Research
Association or specific funding bodies, such as the ESRC. Links to some of these codes are
available on the Faculty of Technology FHREC website.
http://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/ethics-and-governance/dmu-policies-and-external-
requirements-.aspx
Please note, if the methodology changes in relation to ethical considerations after
submission, you can submit a new form, following the same procedure.
AUTHORISATION
Signature of Applicant
Signed Date
Approval signature of Supervisor
Signed Date
Outcome [circle number] (1 2 3 4)
Where necessary, authorising signature (FHREC Chair)
Signed Date
Outcome [circle number] (1 2 3 4)
Conditions

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Where necessary, full approval - authorising signature (FHREC Chair)
Signed ____________________________________ Date ____________
NOTES FOR GUIDANCE:
1. The participant should be provided with utmost case, their decisions should not be
tried to be influenced under any circumstances.
2. The personal information of the participants would be under their own control. There
would be additional requirements as follows:
a. The participants should have full details about the person he/she wants to
share the information with.
b. Under the Code of Practise, the information regarding the participants would
not be shared with anyone without the permission of the participants.
3. The Researcher must take all reasonable precautions to ensure that the Participant is
in no way directly harmed or adversely affected since they were involved as a
participant of the project.
4. The vulnerable people would be treated with utmost care as per the research.
5. Participants must be told at the beginning of the interview if observation techniques
and/or recording equipment are used, except where these are used in a public place.
6. Researchers should ensure data is held securely, and follow university and legal
requirements regarding data protection and data storage.