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This qualitative study investigates one mechanism for teaching nursing students to be prepared to handle difficult patient situations. Students were required to proactively assess a clinical situation prior to engaging in a solution. This concept of ldquoproactiverdquo reflection utilizing clinical simulations in a nursing laboratory was tested to determine if exposing students to these situations...
Computer architecture science evolves continuously. This work describes a methodology to teach a system which is integrated by several processors in just one chip. The description of how to implement a biprocessor system within an FPGA is proposed. Thus, the student will simultaneously acquire advanced knowledge on microprocessors, focusing on the operational behavior and structure of a biprocessor...
This paper will a provide a summary of the current effort in the UK, through the Joint Information Systems Committee(JISC) funded Design for Learning Programme, to synthesise the approaches of e-learning developers providing systems, services and associated tools, with e-learning researchers studying how these are employed to support effective teaching and learning.
The didactic utilization of the conceptual obstacles constitutes an alternative approach for the design of learning situations in science education, in order to produce a conceptual change and overcome them. Adopting this positive perspective, a relative theoretical background is initially presented in this paper. It is then followed by the presentation of the prototype namely GeoDist (Greenhouse...
Recent years have seen new forms of immersive learning such as interactive storytelling in virtual learning environment. Intelligent software agents are able to provide a more attractive narrative and get the users more involved in the unfolding of the story line in the virtual world. However, designing and implementing a software agent or a multi-agent system (MAS) for this purpose requires the developer...
Recent research on the learning process has shown that students tend to learn in different ways and that they prefer to use different teaching resources as well. Many researchers agree on the fact that learning materials shouldnpsilat just reflect of the teacherpsilas style, but should be designed for all kinds of students and all kind of learning styles. Even though they agree on the importance of...
Mastery of basic concepts and logical units is a prerequisite for solving complex problems. The divide-and-conquer strategy has been used successfully in a variety of problem solving situations, including algorithm design and software engineering. In this paper, we adopt a similar approach and propose a process analyzer in education. The goal is to help students improve their problem solving skills,...
Nowadays, many applications support the capturing of lecturing information such as speech/video and the writings on the whiteboard to integrate with the presentation slides for later access. This method provides a meaningful way to keep a piece of information presented to audience in a classroom or seminar because they usually have to spend much time on perceiving the complex concepts conveyed by...
Although the approaches about how to manifest the technology innovation could contribute to the development of innovative learning technologies, the neglect of teacherspsila individual differences in technology applications may interrupt the technology diffusion. In this paper two case studies about teaching with innovative learning technologies (including mobile learning environment and interactive...
A chief problem encountered in higher education today is the high university dropout or failure rate of students coming from secondary education. Most of them drop out in the first year of their studies which is when they are affected by the greater impact of university teaching after leaving the secondary system. This work proposes to analyze the causes of this impact on one of the subjects which...
This paper describes early findings of a project designed to embrace mobile technology in teaching through the creation of wirelessly accessible dynamic presentation slides for the lecture theatre. In this paper our model for the dynamic lecture system is presented and qualitative findings are provided from its early adoption within a second year undergraduate module.
Selecting a right programming language for introductory CS courses is not an easy task. The pressure to use a commercially successful language can easily be the most significant factor in choosing the language. However, several studies suggest that it is preferable to use a language specifically designed for teaching. These languages are usually some kind of pseudo languages, defined by the programming...
This work concerns the design of script supported algorithm visualization systems for educational purposes, focusing on the support and the enhancement that those systems provide in the process of teaching of an abstract subject such as algorithms. Research on algorithm visualization (AV) systems indicates that their use can improve the understanding of algorithms when compared with the traditional...
Educational robotics has long been proved an effective tool to enhance teaching effectiveness in scientific fields such as mathematics, physics, engineering, and computer science. Teachers working in a robotics classroom, however, face difficulty in the identification of the needs for proper interventions to the studentspsila learning processes. To tackle this problem, we proposed and implemented...
This paper presents some experiences of learning with computers in a preschool setting. The MEDEA framework (a Spanish acronym of Methodology and Tools for the Development of Intelligent Environments of Teaching and Learning) is used to define the activities and construct the user models. The result is an environment that has been installed in the classroom as a new resource and which has been used...
Reflection is important for learners because it helps them develop critical thinking skills, thereby enhancing their learning performance. A Web based learning system was developed to investigate whether the use of different types of prompts and peer assessments would help learners to improve their reflection levels. One hundred and fifty seven students from the university were involved. The students...
What is referred to as the European higher education space is likely to introduce significant changes in teaching methodology. Its possible consequences have been analysed through 'pilot plans' such as those described here. In order to appreciate its effect, the present study focuses on the average success rate indicator over the number of students enrolled. It can, accordingly, be stated that this...
This paper describes the summary of cyber assistant professor (CAP) and the scenario language named cyber person scenario language 3(CPSL3). On teaching the theory, principle or mechanism of science, the most effective teaching material may be an actual video. However, actually it is difficult to take pictures of invisible science phenomena. Moreover the production cost of the actual video may be...
Emerging e-learning tools have the potential to enrich academic environments. However, there is a need to understand the requirements, expectations, and learning styles of the end users before incorporating new tools into courses. This paper presents details of a user study to analyze learning styles and tools preferences of the end users and to explore significant relationships among them. The study...
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