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4.5

4

3.5

3

2.5

before
after

2

1.5

1

0.5

0

arts science (other than

computers)

computer-related
science

Fig. 4.6 Changes on learners' behavior and thoughts about e-learning

Do you think that e-learning systems
can facilitate the educational process?

Do you think that e-learning systems
can provide an effective education?

Do you interested in participating in an
e-learning training program?

after
before

How useful do you think that is the
computer-based education?

What is you opinion about distance
learning?

0 1 2 3 4 5

Fig. 4.7 Learners' answers with arts background about e-learning

algorithms and computer programming. Each of the three groups includes 35 stu-
dents of the department of informatics of the University of Piraeus. The students
of group A used the presented programming tutoring system before the teaching
of the above lessons, while the students of group B and group C did not used some
programming tutoring system. The students' distribution according to their back-
grounds is the same for three groups. Particularly, they include 13 students with
background on arts, 10 students with background on sciences other than computers,
and 12 students with background on computer-related sciences. The results of the
experiment were compared in order to assess the effect of the presented web-based
programming tutoring system on learners' further studies.