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These days more and more digital learning and teaching opportunities emerge into the world of higher education. In this upcoming project which is described in this paper, the teachers' needs, especially their teaching motivation will be regarded. This project is part of a bigger project, where several different faculties will work together. This combination of faculties is beneficial for topics like...
ICT (Information & Communication Technology) has been touted as having the potential to solve a number of educational issues faced in rural parts of developing countries, however little research has been done to assess the impact of ICT based education on teacher student relationship and interaction. An action research approach is used to explore the impact of introducing ICT as a new learning...
We present a synopsis of instructor experience on the mastery learning approach as implemented in our school for key fundamental engineering courses. The mastery learning approach revolves around the idea of dividing the course into modules, each module culminates in an exam comprised of 2 or 3 problems where each problem tests one important concept. For each exam, a student can make up to 3 attempts,...
In this study, we report on the student experience at Olin College, a small undergraduate university in the United States with an explicit mission to transform engineering education. We employ a highly narrative approach to situate students' individual experiences within their larger learning trajectories and use them as a lens through which we view the accounts of their time at college. We highlight...
Engineering education has a retention problem resulting in the largest proportion of students leaving the major during their second year. Most frequently citing poor academic performance stemming from a combination of course difficulty, poor teaching, and a lack of a sense of belonging, the second year has shown itself to be an important focal point for intervention efforts aimed at addressing these...
Research on retaining students in computer science is clear: pedagogical and curricular interventions that are experienced by all students are the most effective. Yet understanding what brings faculty to modify their teaching practices is scant. This study presents findings from a study based on interviews with 66 computer science professors and instructors in the U.S. Faculty described various sources...
Many engineering programs have recently seen a significant increase in enrollment and educators have turned to alternative teaching strategies to help cope with this increase. One such approach is to incorporate Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) led studios to complement lectures. We studied a chemical engineering department that has implemented a studio approach that provides students an interactive...
Learning of threshold concepts in courses such as statics has traditionally been a difficult and critical juncture for students in engineering. Research and other systematic efforts to improve the teaching of statics in recent years range widely, from development of courseware and assessment tools to experiential and other "hands-on" learning techniques. This paper reports a portion of the...
One of the most prominent issues in engineering education is the proper preparation of prospective engineering students in the subjects of mathematics, physics, and English during their senior secondary school years. South Africa is particularly disadvantaged in this regard as international assessments have shown South African secondary students have consistently been shown to perform poorly in this...
Information systems projects nowadays often affect more stakeholders than before and the range of users is also more versatile. Thus, a need for a fine-grained conceptualization of involved actors, including users and developers as well as various other affected stakeholder groups, has been identified in the literature. Some studies have already discussed participatory processes for information infrastructure...
Three artifacts were examined in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) called Mechanical because there is no professor to offer the course. Employing the notion of inscription from actor-network theory, the analysis focuses on the action of facilitation embedded in these artifacts and the ways in which these actions unfold. Using online ethnography, this study attempts to explicate how the designers...
The goal of the research is to pursuit high quality content in the learning management system (LMS). This paper starts from exploring influence factors on the content quality in a LMS by interviewing teachers. Then, the theory of planned behavior is referred to develop a new model for content quality on LMS. There are 11 possible categories with 28 variables unearthed which are facilitating condition,...
Under the guidance of WebQuest theory and O'Malley and Chamot's five-step mode strategy learning theory, This paper has designed a WebQuest-based met cognitive strategy learning activity and made it into practice on a college junior class, not only the necessity of strategy training in writing instruction is highlighted in the study, but also study results show that the designed program has enhanced...
The application of problem-based learning (PBL) to undergraduate engineering education has emerged as an area of research interest over the past few decades, although it does not appear to be the dominant pedagogy for most engineering programs. A related form of active learning is project-enhanced learning (PEL), specifically designed to enhance but not replace traditional teaching methods in engineering...
Critical thinking is generally recognized as an important skill, and one that is a primary goal of higher education. However, there is surprisingly little in the literature regarding critical thinking in engineering. This paper describes two pilot studies. A mixed methods study found that graduate engineering students performed worse than undergraduate students on a standard critical thinking instrument...
This research study examines qualitatively and quantitatively the influence of introducing an activity in the traditional engineering classroom. It studies instances of active learning and its relationship with the student learning outcomes. The primary purpose of this study was to compare the learning outcomes of students who were involved in an active TLA with those students who were not, instead...
This paper presents the design of Virtual-Learning Content Management System to be used by students and instructors a like using problem-based learning (PBL) as the instructional methodology. V-LCMS is designed and implemented at Mara Professional College Indera Mahkota (MPCIM). It details the rationale for implementing V-LCMS as well as reporting the intended learning outcomes by assessing the students'...
The paper investigated the conceptions of English Language Teaching (ELT) among a selected group of Malaysian senior English teachers. Three categories of teaching conceptions namely; (1) imparting information-transmitting structured knowledge, (2) facilitating understanding-conceptual change/intellectual development and (3) student-teacher interaction were referred. The categories were identified...
Accessibility often concerns compatibility with third-party software in order to meet the needs of users who are disabled. The AccessLecture project seeks to transform the Apple iPad into a tool to make Math and Science class more accessible to visually impaired students. Accessing lecture material during lecture is a challenge to low vision students, in terms of the limited options that can be costly...
The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of applying game-based learning (GBL) in Chinese language learning for elementary school students in Taiwan. This study used the âMillionaire Language Gameâ was the research tool in the team competitions in Chinese language instruction. It then conducted survey on the students' attitudes and feedback regarding their usage experience, and interviews...
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