Published papers

Published papers in journals and conference proceedings

  1. Experience report from online and hybrid teaching of a project-oriented databases course using an adaptive iterative process of formative and summative assessment
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    In L. G. Chova, C. G. Martínez, J. Lees (Ed.), ICERI2023 Proceedings - 16th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation, November 13th–15th, 2023, Seville, Spain. (pp. 7418-7427). Retrieved March 11, 2024 from https://library.iated.org/view/AJANOVSKI2023EXP
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2023.1841
  2. extended-abstract
    Rapid Aspect-Oriented Assessment of Relational Database Design Assignments
    • Vangel V. Ajanovski
    September 2022pp 86-87 https://doi.org/10.1145/3537674.3555794

    It can be argued that assignments in a Databases course, where students are required to build a database instance based on specifications provided in the form of Entity-Relationship Diagrams and descriptions, are one of the best ways to evaluate ...

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    dbLearn*: Open-Source System and a Set of Practices for Conducting Iterative Exercises and Exams in a Databases Course
    October 2021pp 61-62 https://doi.org/10.1145/3450329.3478317

    The author's approach in teaching databases, focuses on acquiring competences needed to use and develop systems of realistic complexity, typical for a micro or small company. Each student works towards gaining experience with various database designs ...

  4. Educational Project Management and Resource Provisioning System – Project-Based Learning on a Scale
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    In T. Bastiaens (Ed.), Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning (pp. 39-44). ISBN 978-1-939797-56-8. United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 30, 2021 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/219637/
    Academic Experts URL: http://www.academicexperts.org/conf/edmedia/2021/papers/59071/
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    Meaningful Assessment at Scale: Helping Instructors to Assess Online Learning
    June 2020pp 512-513 https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3394993

    Increased opportunities for online learning, including growth in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS), are changing our education environments, increasing access and flexibility in how students engage with education. However, there are still many ...

  6. abstract
    Tools for Analysis of Curricula Evolution Across Computer Science Curriculum Guidelines
    • Vangel Ajanovski
    June 2020pp 539-540 https://doi.org/10.1145/3341525.3393995

    Many educational institutions strive for constant evolution of computer science (CS) study programs to parallel the global technological development. As developments pick-up speed and curricula reconstructions happen ever more often, the institutions ...

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    What to study next?: Visual Guidance in Knowledge Acquisition
    • Vangel V. Ajanovski
    March 2020pp 57-58 https://doi.org/10.1145/3379336.3381454

    This is a demo of a virtual academic adviser that enables student self-guidance and counters the unavailability of true academic advisers. The adviser integrates four visual tools: flexible and personalized planning of future terms and courses, body of ...

  8. research-article
    Pass Rates in Introductory Programming and in other STEM Disciplines
    December 2019pp 53-71 https://doi.org/10.1145/3344429.3372502

    Vast numbers of publications in computing education begin with the premise that programming is hard to learn and hard to teach. Many papers note that failure rates in computing courses, and particularly in introductory programming courses, are higher ...

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    Body of Knowledge Explorer: Long-Term Student Guidance Across the Computer-Science Domain
    • Vangel V. Ajanovski
    November 2019pp 1-5 https://doi.org/10.1145/3364510.3364531

    A visual domain exploration tool is introduced that offers several viewpoints as parts of a personalized student advice and guidance solution: explanation of the personal progress over a reference body of knowledge areas, within the field of study; ...

  10. abstract
    Pass Rates in STEM Disciplines Including Computing
    July 2019pp 267-268 https://doi.org/10.1145/3304221.3325532

    Vast numbers of publications in computing education begin with the premise that programming is hard to learn and hard to teach. Many papers note that failure rates in computing courses, and particularly in introductory programming courses, are higher ...

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    Predicting academic performance: a systematic literature review
    July 2018pp 175-199 https://doi.org/10.1145/3293881.3295783

    The ability to predict student performance in a course or program creates opportunities to improve educational outcomes. With effective performance prediction approaches, instructors can allocate resources and instruction more accurately. Research in ...

  12. Initialization of Matrix Factorization Methods for University Course Recommendations Using SimRank Similarities
    Alisa Krstova, Bozhidar Stevanoski, Marija Mihova and Vangel V. Ajanovski
    In: Kalajdziski S., Ackovska N. (eds) ICT Innovations 2018. Engineering and Life Sciences. ICT 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 940. Springer, Cham
    ISBN: 978-3-030-00824-6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-00825-3_15
  13. abstract
    Taxonomizing features and methods for identifying at-risk students in computing courses
    July 2018pp 364-365 https://doi.org/10.1145/3197091.3205845

    Since computing education began, we have sought to learn why students struggle in computer science and how to identify these at-risk students as early as possible. Due to the increasing availability of instrumented coding tools in introductory CS ...

  14. Personalized Long-term Student Guidance Towards Graduation
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    In Proceedings of EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2018 (pp. 1458-1463). Waynesville, NC: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
    Academic Experts URL: https://www.academicexperts.org/conf/edmedia/2018/papers/53333/
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  15. Evaluation of Grade Prediction using Model-Based Collaborative Filtering methods
    Ljupcho Rechkoski, Vangel V. Ajanovski, Marija Mihova
    2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 17-20 April, 2018, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain – ISBN: 978-1-5386-2957-4, pp.1102-1109
    DOI: 10.1109/EDUCON.2018.8363352
  16. Framework for Tracking and Assessment of Curricula Evolution
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    Proceedings of the 11th IADIS International Conference - Information Systems 2018 - Lisbon, Portugal 14 - 16 April, 2018 - Editors: Miguel Baptista Nunes, Pedro Isaias and Philip Powell - ISBN: 978-989-8533-74-6 – pp. 233-236
    URL: http://www.iadisportal.org/digital-library/a-framework-for-tracking-and-assessment-of-curricula-evolution
  17. research-article
    Evolutionary Curriculum Reconstruction: Process Model and Information System Development
    September 2017pp 89-94 https://doi.org/10.1145/3125659.3125698

    The paper proposes a new evolutionary curriculum development process based on a structured approach. The process uses ideas from the Rational Unified Process (RUP) - a well-known software development methodology in the field of software engineering. The ...

  18. Guided Exploration of the Domain Space of Study Programs — Recommenders in improving student awareness on the choices made during enrollment
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    Proceedings of the 4th Joint Workshop on Interfaces and Human Decision Making for Recommender Systems (IntRS) 2017, in conjunction with 11th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys 2017) - Como, Italy, August 27th, 2017 (editors: Peter Brusilovsky, Marco de Gemmis, Alexander Felfernig, Pasquale Lops, John O’Donovan, Nava Tintarev, Martijn C. Willemsen) - CEUR-WS ISSN 1613-0073 Vol. 1884 pp 43-47
    URL: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1884/
  19. abstract
    Curriculum Mapping as a Tool for Improving Students Satisfaction with the Choice of Courses
    June 2017pp 76-77 https://doi.org/10.1145/3059009.3072978

    Computing is a field that is constantly evolving and as a result curricula at the universities are frequently under reconstruction. The number of curricula reconstructions at the author's institution produced multitude of options and sometimes ...

  20. Information System for Mapping the Coverage of Reference Curriculum Guidelines in the Teaching Curricula of a Higher-Education Institution
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Informatics and Information Technologies, Mavrovo 2017
    URL: http://eprints.finki.ukim.mk/11364/
  21. Model and implementation of a self-adaptive social navigation system for public information systems
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    Business Informatics (Original: Informatyka Ekonomiczna), Publishing House of Wroclaw University of Economics - ISSN: 1507-3858, 3(29)-2013, pp. 9-29
    URL: http://www.ibuk.pl/fiszka/116298/informatyka-ekonomiczna-2013-nr-329.html
  22. Integrated model of a social navigation system with self-adaptive feedback control mechanism
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    Proceedings of the 2013 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, 11th Conference on Advanced Information Technologies for Management, September 8-11, 2013. Kraków, Poland – ISBN 978-1-4673-4471-5 (Web),
    978-83-60810-53-8 (USB), pp.1063-1070
    URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6644147
    PDF: https://annals-csis.org/Volume_1/pliks/369.pdf
  23. A Mobile Virtual Academic Adviser
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    10th International Conference on Mobile Web Information Systems, Paphos, Cyprus, August 2013 – LNCS 8093, pp. 300-303 2013. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40276-0_25
  24. Context Aware Recommendations in the Course Enrolment Process Based on Curriculum Guidelines
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    IADIS - International Conference e-Learning July 2013, Prague, Czech Republic, 22-26 July 2013  – ISBN (Book): 978-972-8939-88-5
    URL: http://www.iadisportal.org/e-learning-2013-proceedings
    PDF: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED562337.pdf
  25. Socially adaptive self-organizing virtual academic adviser
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    IAFOR, The European Conference on Technology in the Classroom 2013 – Official Conference Proceedings, July 2013 - Brighton, UK – ISSN: 2188-1138, pp. 400-407 PDF
  26. Social-Based Guidance and Self-Adaptivity within Enrollment Processes
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    Proceedings of the 10th International Conference for Informatics and Information Technology (CIIT 2013), Molika, Bitola, Macedonia, 2013 – accepted and presented at the conference, available online, in print
  27. Personalized Adaptive System for Term Enrollments Based on Curriculum Recommendations and Student Achievement
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    Proceedings of the International Conference Information Systems 2013, Lisbon, Portugal, 2013, pp. 342–346.
  28. Integration of a Course Enrolment and Class Timetable Scheduling in a Student Information System
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    International Journal of Database Management Systems, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 85–95, Feb. 2013. DOI: 10.5121/ijdms.2013.5107
  29. Towards a Virtual Academic Adviser
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Informatics and Information Technology, Bitola 2011 – pp. 146-149 – ISBN 978-9989-668-90-6
  30. Information System of the Institute Of Informatics: IS for Students by the Students
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Informatics and Information Technology, Bitola 2010 – pp. 127-129 – ISBN 978-9989-668-88-3
  31. Analysis of user satisfaction with the organization of content
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Informatics and Information Technology, Bitola 2008 – pp. 32-34 – ISBN 978-9989-668-78-4
    PDF: http://ciit.finki.ukim.mk/data/papers/6CiiT/6CiiT-07.pdf
  32. Public Information Systems and Information Portals
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    Master Thesis (Original: Вангел В. Ајановски –    Јавни информациски системи и информациски портали Магистерска работа), Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, Sts Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia
  33. B2B Concept Platform In Education Centre Integration
    Vangel V. Ajanovski, Anastas Misev, Margita Kon-Popovska
    ITI Conference, Caftat, Croatia 2004
  34. B2B Architectures for Integration of Educational Institutions
    Vangel V. Ajanovski, Anastas Misev, Margita Kon-Popovska
    EDMEDIA World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Lugano, Switzerland 2004 –  Vol. 2004, Issue. 1, 2004, pp. 9-14
    URL: https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/12903/
  35. Survey Of The E-Business Opportunities In Macedonia
    Anastas Misev, Vangel V. Ajanovski, Katarina Stanoeva-Slabeva, Margita Kon-Popovska
    Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Informatics and Information Technology (CIIT), 11-14 December 2003, Bitola, Macedonia, ISBN 9989-668-45-0, pp 207-211
  36. MANI - MARNet Advanced Network Infrastructure, Key Technological Changes
    Margita Kon-Popovska,  Oliver B. Popov, Marjan Gusev, Vangel V. Ajanovski, Anastas Misev
    Third International Conference on Informatics and Information Technology (CIIT), 12-15 December 2002, Bitola, Macedonia
  37. A B2B Platform for Education Center Integration
    Vangel V. Ajanovski, Anastas Misev, Margita Kon-Popovska
    Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Informatics and Information Technology (CIIT), 12-15 December 2002, Bitola, Macedonia, ISBN 9989-668-36-1, pp 193-198
    PDF: http://ciit.finki.ukim.mk/data/papers/3CiiT/3ndCiiT-21.pdf
  38. Wireless Campus Portal
    Boro Jakimovski, Vangel V. Ajanovski
    "TEMPUS Project CD-JEP 16160/2001 "Innovation of Computer Science Curriculum in Higher Education", PROCEEDINGS of Workshops on Computer Science Education, Editor: Prof. Dr. Mile Stojčev, Published by: Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš, Serbia and Montenegro, ISBN: 86-80135-80-1, pp: 127-130"
  39. E-deposit in Academic Use
    Marjan K. Gusev, Ljupco N. Antovski, Vangel V. Ajanovski
    Journal of Computing and Information Technology – ISSN 1330-1136. 2002
  40. E-deposit in Academic Use
    Marjan K. Gusev, Ljupco N. Antovski, Vangel V. Ajanovski
    ITI 2002. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces (IEEE Cat. No.02EX534), Caftat, Croatia, pp. 343-348. ISBN:953-96769-5-9
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ITI.2002.1024697
    URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1024697
  41. N-tier E-deposit Infrastructure at University
    Ljupco N. Antovski, Marjan K. Gusev, Vangel V. Ajanovski
    ICEST 2002, Nish, Yugoslavia – Proceedings Volume 2, pg. 447-480
  42. E-commerce for Students
    Marjan K. Gusev, Ljupco N. Antovski, Vangel V. Ajanovski
    SCI 2002, Orlando Fl, USA – The 6th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics – Proceedings Volume VIII, pg. 161-166 – ISBN 980-07-8150-1
  43. Facial Features Detection And Face Emotion Recognition: Controlling A Multimedia Presentation With Facial Gestures
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Informatics and Information Technology (CIIT), 20-23 December 2001, Bitola, Macedonia, ISBN 9989-668-28-0, pp 197-205
  44. Electronic Testing System
    Marjan K. Gusev, Goce Armenski, Anastas Misev, Vangel V. Ajanovski, Metodija Jancheski
    Proc. of the workshop Education of Informaticians and Industrial Mathematicians - New Challenges and Needs, Ohrid, 4-8.06.2001, Ed. Smile Markovski, M. Kon-Popovska (funded by ICT Project Mathind and Tempus Project), 61-75.
  45. Report on E-Learning Experience with the WebCT Platform
    Vangel V. Ajanovski
    Proc. of the workshop Education of Informaticians and Industrial Mathematicians-New Challenges and Needs, Ohrid, 4-8.06.2001, Ed. Smile Markovski, M. Kon-Popovska, pp.15-30