scholarly journals Planning, construction and use of handmade simulators to enhance the teaching and learning in Obstetrics*

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxana Knobel ◽  
Mariane de Oliveira Menezes ◽  
Débora de Souza Santos ◽  
Maíra Libertad Soligo Takemoto
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Theoretical Knowledge ◽  
Model Data ◽  
Perineal Repair ◽  
Clinical Problems ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Objective: to describe the development process and present the results of a pilot study on the use of low-cost handmade simulators for teaching and learning Obstetrics. Method: presentation of 3 low-cost simulators designing, based on educational needs identified in real-world training contexts. The developing process is presented in detail and each simulator was tested and re-tested, being submitted to improvements until their final version. The simulators presented are: delivery simulator shorts, Neoprene uterus for postpartum hemorrhage management, and perineal repair simulator. A pilot study was carried out to evaluate the perception of apprentices through a structured questionnaire, using the Kirkpatrick evaluation model. Data were descriptively analyzed. Results: the respondents (31 apprentices) positively evaluated the simulators, perceiving significant gains in theoretical knowledge, ability to solve clinical problems and decreased anxiety to deal with situations similar to those simulated. Conclusion: low-cost, handmade simulators are feasible and effective, resulting in positive learner evaluations. Their availability as open technology allows the dissemination of their use.

Feasibility study of technology-enabled prevention intervention for children and families (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikki Theofanopoulou ◽  
Katherine Isbister ◽  
Julian Edbrooke-Childs ◽  
Petr Slovák
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Digital Camera ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Object A ◽  
Intervention Delivery ◽  
Parents And Children

BACKGROUND A common challenge within psychiatry and prevention science more broadly is the lack of effective, engaging, and scale-able mechanisms to deliver psycho-social interventions for children, especially beyond in-person therapeutic or school-based contexts. Although digital technology has the potential to address these issues, existing research on technology-enabled interventions for families remains limited. OBJECTIVE The aim of this pilot study was to examine the feasibility of in-situ deployments of a low-cost, bespoke prototype, which has been designed to support children’s in-the-moment emotion regulation efforts. This prototype instantiates a novel intervention model that aims to address the existing limitations by delivering the intervention through an interactive object (a ‘smart toy’) sent home with the child, without any prior training necessary for either the child or their carer. This pilot study examined (i) engagement and acceptability of the device in the homes during 1 week deployments; and (ii) qualitative indicators of emotion regulation effects, as reported by parents and children. METHODS In this qualitative study, ten families (altogether 11 children aged 6-10 years) were recruited from three under-privileged communities in the UK. The RA visited participants in their homes to give children the ‘smart toy’ and conduct a semi-structured interview with at least one parent from each family. Children were given the prototype, a discovery book, and a simple digital camera to keep at home for 7-8 days, after which we interviewed each child and their parent about their experience. Thematic analysis guided the identification and organisation of common themes and patterns across the dataset. In addition, the prototypes automatically logged every interaction with the toy throughout the week-long deployments. RESULTS Across all 10 families, parents and children reported that the ‘smart toy’ was incorporated into children’s emotion regulation practices and engaged with naturally in moments children wanted to relax or calm down. Data suggests that children interacted with the toy throughout the duration of the deployment, found the experience enjoyable, and all requested to keep the toy longer. Child emotional connection to the toy—caring for its ‘well-being’—appears to have driven this strong engagement. Parents reported satisfaction with and acceptability of the toy. CONCLUSIONS This is the first known study investigation of the use of object-enabled intervention delivery to support emotion regulation in-situ. The strong engagement and qualitative indications of effects are promising – children were able to use the prototype without any training and incorporated it into their emotion regulation practices during daily challenges. Future work is needed to extend this indicative data with efficacy studies examining the psychological efficacy of the proposed intervention. More broadly, our findings suggest the potential of a technology-enabled shift in how prevention interventions are designed and delivered: empowering children and parents through ‘child-led, situated interventions’, where participants learn through actionable support directly within family life, as opposed to didactic in-person workshops and a subsequent skills application.

A Pilot Study of Low-Cost Contingency Management to Increase Attendance in an Adolescent Substance Abuse Program

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher E. Branson ◽  
Anna Maria Barbuti ◽  
Philip Clemmey ◽  
Lisa Herman ◽  
Phintso Bhutia
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Contingency Management ◽  
Adolescent Substance Abuse ◽  
Adolescent Substance ◽  
Substance Abuse Program

The Development of Mobile Learning (M-Learning) Apps Adik-Adik Jawi to Enhance Learning Experience in Arabic Calligraphy

2021 ◽  
Vol 02 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Hatta Mohamed Ali ◽  
◽  
Anwar Hafidzi ◽  
Juliana Mohamed ◽  
Mariam Abdul Hamid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Arabic Calligraphy

History has proven the development of Jawi calligraphy is in line with the development of Islam in the archipelago. It is the root of the nation’s identity that must be defended and maintained. As with other subjects, the challenge to learning Jawi calligraphy at this time is that the whole world including Malaysia is affected by the COVID 19 pandemic. Therefore, all learning activities are now geared towards teaching and learning from home (PdPR) as methods to ensure the continuity of education. Therefore, it is very important that Jawi calligraphy is given a new breath in teaching and learning. This research article will discuss the mobile learning approach (M-Learning) for Jawi calligraphy. Important elements discussed include the application development process according to the needs of teaching and learning activities. The features of the application that contribute to the improvement of students’ learning experience as well as the results of tests performed on students are also stated. The success of this M-Learning application for learning Jawi calligraphy will certainly be able to be further expanded to the learning of other subjects in various fields.

scholarly journals Optimization of Design Scheme for Toll Plaza Based on M/M/C Queuing Theory and Cellular Automata Simulation Algorithm

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Jian Liu ◽  
Jian Cao ◽  
Xiao-Yan Cao ◽  
Yuan-Biao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Cellular Automata ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Queuing Theory ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Original Design ◽  
Safety Coefficient ◽  
Toll Plazas ◽  
Important Field ◽  
Toll Plaza

As an important field in traffic control science, the research in design of toll plazas has increasingly attracted attention of scholars and society. A good design of toll plaza needs to meet a lot of conditions, such as high safety coefficient, high throughput and low cost level. In this study, we established an evaluation model of toll plaza based on cellular automata and M/M/C queuing theory applying to three aspects: safety coefficient, throughput and cost. Then, we took the Asbury Park Toll Plaza in New Jersey as an example to analyze its performance and further optimized the design of the toll plaza. Compared with the original design, the optimized toll plaza we designed is proved to be safer and preferable. Last but not least, we further analyzed the robustness of the designed toll plaza, proving that the designed toll plaza had a preferable performance in reality.

scholarly journals Quality assurance in e-learning: PDPP evaluation model and its application

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiyuan Zhang ◽  
Yau Ling Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Product Evaluation ◽  
Technical Support ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Learning Effectiveness ◽  
Learning Support ◽  
E Learning

<p>E-learning has become an increasingly important teaching and learning mode in educational institutions and corporate training. The evaluation of e-learning, however, is essential for the quality assurance of e-learning courses. This paper constructs a four-phase evaluation model for e-learning courses, which includes planning, development, process, and product evaluation, called the PDPP evaluation model. Planning evaluation includes market demand, feasibility, target student group, course objectives, and finance. Development evaluation includes instructional design, course material design, course Web site design, flexibility, student-student interaction, teacher/tutor support, technical support, and assessment. Process evaluation includes technical support, Web site utilization, learning interaction, learning evaluation, learning support, and flexibility. Product evaluation includes student satisfaction, teaching effectiveness, learning effectiveness, and sustainability. Using the PDPP model as a research framework, a purely e-learning course on Research Methods in Distance Education, developed by the School of Professional and Continuing Education at the University of Hong Kong (HKU SPACE) and jointly offered with the School of Distance Learning for Medical Education of Peking University (SDLME, PKU) was used as a case study. Sixty students from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Malaysia were recruited for this course. According to summative evaluation through a student e-learning experience survey, the majority of students were very satisfied/satisfied on all e-learning dimensions of this course. The majority of students thought that the learning effectiveness of this course was equivalent, even better, than face-to-face learning because of cross-border collaborative learning, student-centred learning, sufficient learning support, and learning flexibility. This study shows that a high quality of teaching and learning might be assured by using the systematic PDPP evaluation procedure. It is hoped that the PDPP evaluation model and its application can provide a benchmark for establishing a wider e-learning quality assurance mechanism in educational institutions.</p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden" /><input id="jsProxy" onclick="if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();}else{setTimeout('jsCall()',500);}" type="hidden" /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden" /><input id="jsProxy" onclick="if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();}else{setTimeout('jsCall()',500);}" type="hidden" />

scholarly journals Teaching and Learning Physics with Smartphones

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Á. González ◽  
Manuel Á. González ◽  
M. Esther Martín ◽  
César Llamas ◽  
Óscar Martínez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Know How ◽  
Measurement Devices ◽  
The One ◽  
Physics Experiments

The use of mobile technologies is reshaping how to teach and learn. In this paper the authors describe their research on the use of these technologies to teach physics. On the one hand they develop mobile applications to complement the traditional learning and to help students learn anytime and anywhere. The use of this applications has proved to have very positive influence on the students' engagement. On the other hand, they use smartphones as measurement devices in physics experiments. This opens the possibility of designing and developing low cost laboratories where expensive material can be substituted by smartphones. The smartphones' sensors are reliable and accurate enough to permit good measurements. However, as it is shown with some examples, special care must be taken here if one does not know how these apps used to access the sensors' data are programmed.

scholarly journals Preliminary System and Hardware Design for Guardian, a Low-cost Automatic Pill Dispenser with Pneumatic Technology

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaiwen Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Hardware Design ◽  
Cylindrical Body ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Robotic Arm ◽  
Core Technology ◽  
Pneumatic Technology

This paper presents on-going progress on Guardian, a low-cost automatic pill dispenser aimed to help the elderly community to take their medication on time. The device is composed of a cylindrical body with a pneumatically powered system and rotating robotic arm in the center column as its core technology. This information in the paper is meant to record the development process that led to the filing of a provisional patent USPTO 15964875 (Application Number).

scholarly journals Haptics-Augmented High School Physics Tutorials

2001 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Williams II ◽  
Meng-Yun Chen ◽  
Jeffrey M. Seaton
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Haptic Interfaces ◽  
Physics Students ◽  
High School Physics ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Learning Software

This article describes a unique project using commercial haptic interfaces to augment the teaching of high school physics. Since force is central to the teaching of physics, we believe that the use of haptics in virtual reality physics simulations has the potential for deeper, more engaging learning. Software has been developed which is freely-available on the internet, and HTML tutorials have been developed to support these haptics-augmented software activities in the teaching and learning of high school physics. Pilot study results are reported, which yielded positive feedback and suggestions for project improvement from high school physics students and teachers.

scholarly journals Pelaksanaan Layanan Bimbingan untuk Mengatasi Anak yang Malas Belajar

ISLAMIKA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 170-175
Author(s):  
Astri Putri Adinda ◽  
Annisa Nur Faizah Gaos ◽  
Rina Siti Nur Fatimah
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Intellectual Abilities ◽  
Physical Abilities ◽  
Is Development ◽  
Teaching Learning

Teaching activities carried out by professional teachers are not only oriented towards the dimensions of the creative faculties, but are of the dimension and intention. Because in the perspective of educational psychology, teaching in principle means the process of teacher actions that make students learn. This behavior includes open behaviors such as reading skills (the realm of intention), closed nature such as thinking (the realm of copyright) and feeling (the realm of feeling) each teacher is responsible for determining the formulation of specific and general learning targets as goals of teaching and learning activities which must be achieved after the teaching-learning process activities are finished. The importance of learning, there are three forms of development that occur in every human being, namely motor development, that is development related to changes in physical abilities (motor skills), cognitive development, that is development related to intellectual abilities, social and moral development, namely the development process related to the process changes in the way each individual communicates or relates to others, both as individuals and as groups.

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