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THE USE OF TIMELINES AS A STRATEGY FOR TEACHING LEGISLATION ISSUES TO IT ENGINEERING DEGREE STUDENTS
Universitat Politècnica de València (SPAIN)
About this paper:
Appears in: INTED2021 Proceedings
Publication year: 2021
Pages: 8678-8683
ISBN: 978-84-09-27666-0
ISSN: 2340-1079
doi: 10.21125/inted.2021.1798
Conference name: 15th International Technology, Education and Development Conference
Dates: 8-9 March, 2021
Location: Online Conference
Abstract:
A timeline is a graph showing a sequence of events on a particular topic. Among other things, it allows to visualize a space-time relationship of the most relevant periods of the topic to be addressed. These timelines have always been valuable teaching strategies. However, with the use of multimedia resources linked to the timeline such as images or videos, there is a greater possibility that students will relate the contents to specific objects that will help them in the understanding and memorization of dates or events.

The subject Deontology and Professionalism in the degree of IT engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València incorporates contents that enable students to be exposed to issues of professional practice, ethical conduct and computer legislation. When working on the legislation aspects, we suggest the use of timelines as a teaching-learning strategy.

Specifically, the Spanish and European chronologies of data protection and intellectual property legislation are presented as an example. But if we really want to take advantage of this tool, there is nothing better than involving students in the creation of such timelines. In this way they will be much more involved and motivated.
Keywords:
Timeline, teaching-learning strategy, legislation, deontology, professionalism, IT engineering.