Information Channel Based Measure of Effectiveness of Computer-Assisted Assessment in Flipped Classroom

Author(s):  
Jerzy Rutkowski ◽  
Katarzyna Moscinska
Author(s):  
M. Ali Ghufron ◽  
Fitri Nurdianingsih

This study revealed the strengths, weaknesses, and effectiveness of the flipped classroom with CALL in EFL writing class. A mixed-method approach was used to achieve the goals of the study. An embedded quasi-experimental methodology design was used to achieve the aims of this study (i.e., quantitative and qualitative data analysis). There were a hundred and fifty Indonesian EFL university learners who participated in this study. This study also involved 14 EFL writing teachers who experienced implementing the flipped classroom with CALL from five universities. The results of this study revealed that a flipped classroom with CALL in EFL writing class has many advantages, such as stimulating learner autonomy, improving teaching and learning processes, providing more time for EFL writing and input during face-to-face meetings, promoting active learning, student learning responsibility, and peer collaboration. Besides, some drawbacks were also found from its implementation. However, implementing the flipped classroom in the current study positively affects the EFL writing course. This study implies that teachers can include online resources such as videos from reputable sources or make their videos as learning materials if possible.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oksana P. Bykonia ◽  
Iryna V. Borysenko ◽  
Iryna M. Zvarych ◽  
Tetiana V. Harbuza ◽  
Myroslava V. Chepurna

The purpose of the study is to examine and evaluate the impact the “flipped classroom” model-based learning environment accompanied by multimedia-based textbook entitled “English through Soft Skills” provides for the learning styles of the university students majoring in Economics. The study sought to identify tangible (seemingly measurable) and intangible (difficult to measure) gains the “flipped classroom” learning model brought to both students and instructors. A multimedia textbook “English through Soft Skills” was developed for the study. A multi method approach was used to gather feedback and quantitative methods were used to analyze the data. Specifically, Covariance-based Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) software as SPSS AMOS and Textalyzer were used to process the students’ responses to survey questions. The results reported a shift in student preferences in learning, including a greater desire to engage independently with computer-assisted work, quicker problem solving, increased motivation to study, and improved time management and lifelong learning skills. Additionally, there was a shift in teaching approaches of the instructors, namely from a teacher-centered to a student-centered approach. The study may better inform building the learning process for the students with limited learning opportunities or studying the distance learning model. Despite the experimental group involving only the students majoring in Economics, this methodology could be applicable to teaching English for Specific Purposes to other majors, such as: Business, International Relations, Psychology, Law. The research is advancing the knowledge of integration multimedia tools into teaching, and specifically the use of multimedia textbooks in the “flipped classroom” settings to deliver Business English course to the students majoring in Economics


Author(s):  
Fezile Ozdamli

Vol 7, No 1 (2015) Table of Contents Message from guest editorAdile Askim Kurt Visiting digital fluency for pre-service teachers in TurkeyKadir   Demir, Betul Aydin, Nazife Sen Ersoy, Aydin  Kelek, Ismail Tatar, Abdullah Kuzu, Hatice Ferhan   Odabasi01-08 Prospective teachers’ information and communication technology metaphorsOmur   Akdemir, Dincer Bicer, R. Sukru Parmaksiz09-21                                                        Effect of self-directed learning process on multimedia competencies of educational technology studentsMohsen  Bagheri, Mohammad Hashemi Gheshlaghi, Fatemeh Joshaghan Nezhad22-30 New trends on mobile learning area: The review of published articles on mobile learning in science direct databaseEmrah Soykan, Huseyin Uzunboylu31-41 Technology-Enhanced instruction in learning world languages: The middlebury interactive learning programCynthia Lake, Steven M. Ross42-62 Do teachers and students get the ed-tech products they need: The challenges of ed-tech procurement in a rapidly growing marketJennifer Morrison, Steven M. Ross, Roisin P. Corcoran63-86 The effect of simulation methods in teaching physics on students’ academic successCigdem Hursen, Gulsum Asiksoy87-98                 Vol 7, No 2 (2015) Table of Contents Turkish teachers’ and students’ perceptions towards computer assisted testing in comparison with Spanish teachers’ and students’ perceptionsAslihan Berber, Jesus Garcia Laborda96-106 Pre-service teachers’ opinions on cloud supported social networkSeher Ozcan, Sahin Gokcearslan, Volkan Kukul107-118 Effects of webquest on the achievement and motivation of Jordanian University students of (independent & dependent) cognitive styleOsamah (Mohammad Ameen)  Aldalal, Yousef Ahmed Eyadat, Ziad Waleed Mohamed Ababneh119-135 Designation of teacher candidates’ self-efficacy and success level in designing multimediaVasfi Tugun, Fezile Ozdamli136-141 Flipped classroom: A review of recent literatureHuseyin Uzunboylu, Damla Karagozlu142-147  Vol 7, No 3 (2015) From the EditorFezile Ozdamli1 Table of Contents1 World Journal on Educational Technology (WJET)Referees Index1  Teachers beliefs and technology use in kindergarten and elementary classroomsMajedah Fawzi Abu Al Rub149-156 Understanding students’ satisfaction and continuance intention of e-learning: Application of expectation–confirmation modelForouzan Rezaeian Tiyar, Hooshang Khoshsima157-166 Advantages of using webquests in Efl Classes in A Technical UniversityMarina Valeryevna Kuimova, Maksim Anatolyevich Golousenko, Denis Sergeevich Nikiforov, Vladislav Vladimirovich167-171 On the implementation of critical pedagogy in english language institutes in IranSaeed Mehrpour, Afsaneh Baharloo172-185 Examining the instructors computer self-efficacy perceptionsAli Semerci, Hafize Keser186-198 


Author(s):  
E. T. O'Toole ◽  
R. R. Hantgan ◽  
J. C. Lewis

Thrombocytes (TC), the avian equivalent of blood platelets, support hemostasis by aggregating at sites of injury. Studies in our lab suggested that fibrinogen (fib) is a requisite cofactor for TC aggregation but operates by an undefined mechanism. To study the interaction of fib with TC and to identify fib receptors on cells, fib was purified from pigeon plasma, conjugated to colloidal gold and used both to facilitate aggregation and as a receptor probe. Described is the application of computer assisted reconstruction and stereo whole mount microscopy to visualize the 3-D organization of fib receptors at sites of cell contact in TC aggregates and on adherent cells.Pigeon TC were obtained from citrated whole blood by differential centrifugation, washed with Ca++ free Hank's balanced salts containing 0.3% EDTA (pH 6.5) and resuspended in Ca++ free Hank's. Pigeon fib was isolated by precipitation with PEG-1000 and the purity assessed by SDS-PAGE. Fib was conjugated to 25nm colloidal gold by vortexing and the conjugates used as the ligand to identify fib receptors.


Author(s):  
A.M. Jones ◽  
A. Max Fiskin

If the tilt of a specimen can be varied either by the strategy of observing identical particles orientated randomly or by use of a eucentric goniometer stage, three dimensional reconstruction procedures are available (l). If the specimens, such as small protein aggregates, lack periodicity, direct space methods compete favorably in ease of implementation with reconstruction by the Fourier (transform) space approach (2). Regardless of method, reconstruction is possible because useful specimen thicknesses are always much less than the depth of field in an electron microscope. Thus electron images record the amount of stain in columns of the object normal to the recording plates. For single particles, practical considerations dictate that the specimen be tilted precisely about a single axis. In so doing a reconstructed image is achieved serially from two-dimensional sections which in turn are generated by a series of back-to-front lines of projection data.


Author(s):  
Beverly L. Giammara ◽  
Jennifer S. Stevenson ◽  
Peggy E. Yates ◽  
Robert H. Gunderson ◽  
Jacob S. Hanker

An 11mm length of sciatic nerve was removed from 10 anesthetized adult rats and replaced by a biodegradable polyester Vicryl™ mesh sleeve which was then injected with the basement membrane gel, Matrigel™. It was noted that leg sensation and movement were much improved after 30 to 45 days and upon sacrifice nerve reconnection was noted in all animals. Epoxy sections of the repaired nerves were compared with those of the excised segments by the use of a variation of the PAS reaction, the PATS reaction, developed in our laboratories for light and electron microscopy. This microwave-accelerated technique employs periodic acid, thiocarbohydrazide and silver methenamine. It stains basement membrane or Type IV collagen brown and type III collagen (reticulin), axons, Schwann cells, endoneurium and perineurium black. Epoxy sections of repaired and excised nerves were also compared by toluidine blue (tb) staining. Comparison of the sections of control and repaired nerves was done by computer-assisted microscopic image analysis using an Olympus CUE-2 Image Analysis System.


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