Managing the Classroom in the 21st Century: Challenges in Engineering Instruction in the Arabian Gulf Region

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-45
Author(s):  
Kasim Randeree
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Management ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Arabian Gulf ◽  
Gulf Region ◽  
Technology Students ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Aided Design

Strategies for teaching engineering in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been evolving over the past decades due to innovations in technology, as well as the development of educational methodologies. In the recent past, the focus for engineering faculty has been not only on promoting the skills needed to raise the level of employability of Emirati graduates, but increasingly on new educational methodologies, e-learning and wireless networked laptop technology. Students in the UAE exhibit certain characteristics emerging from a variety of cultural and historical traditions, as well as from methodologies of education used at the pre-tertiary levels. These characteristics include expecting to be passive recipients of taught information, and lack of independence in their approach to problem solving. In this paper I discuss the development of strategies to facilitate the transition of students from passive to active learning; examine the role of technology-driven educational methodologies in promoting independent and group-centered learning skills; and use a case study to explore the instruction of Engineering Design and Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and to examine how classroom management techniques have changed as a result of the growing use of technology.

Exploring Effect Factors of E-Learning Behavioral Intention on Cross-Level Analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 204-210 ◽  
pp. 174-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei Wen Liao ◽  
Chien Yu ◽  
Chin Cheh Yi
Keyword(s):  
Social Influence ◽  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Behavioral Control ◽  
Hierarchical Linear Model ◽  
Perceived Behavioral Control ◽  
Performance Expectations ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
E Learning

The study, based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT), investigates the determinants of e-learning acceptance. We create a cross-level variable of the incentive and social influence to explore with the other variable context effect and the interaction effects in the acceptance of e-learning. Data collected from 932 respondents in Taiwan were tested against the research model using the hierarchical linear model approach. This model improved Yu, Liao, Wen’s research to detailed intended the learning environment. The results showed that individual-level variables (performance expectations, effort expectancy, perceived behavioral control), and group-level variables (incentive, social influence) have a positive effect on behavioral intention. The incentive has an effect on behavioral intention through the moderating role of manager influence.

Digital Technologies in Architecture and Engineering

2018 ◽  
pp. 618-653
Author(s):  
Sara Eloy ◽  
Miguel Sales Dias ◽  
Pedro Faria Lopes ◽  
Elisângela Vilar
Keyword(s):  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Systems Design ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
3D Modelling ◽  
Shape Grammar ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Science Curricula ◽  
Aided Design

This chapter focuses on the development and adoption of new Multimedia, Computer Aided Design, and other ICT technologies for both Architecture and Computer Science curricula and highlights the multidisciplinary work that can be accomplished when these two areas work together. The authors describe in detail the addressed educational skills and the related developed research and highlight the contributions towards the improvements of teaching and learning in those areas. This chapter discusses the role of digital technologies, such as Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Multimedia, 3D Modelling software systems, Design Processes and its evaluation tools, such as Shape Grammar and Space Syntax, within the Architecture curricula.

The Influence of Social Media on Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 151-169
Author(s):  
Yasemin Gülbahar ◽  
Gülgün Afacan Adanır
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Classroom Management ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Instructional Videos ◽  
Instructional Content ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Media Applications

During '90s, a debate initiated between Clark and Kozma about the role of media on learning. While Clark proposed that the media had no effect on learning, Kozma proposed that learning is influenced when method and media is combined and appropriately used. In today's world, the role of social media on learning is inevitable since social media is increasingly used by individuals with the purpose of searching for information and watching instructional videos. In this respect, the influence of social media on learning is investigated in this study within the context of Kozma's perspective. Correspondingly, the instructional content provided by social media, the appropriate instructional methods, and implications for learning theories are discussed in this chapter, together with certain practical applications. In the end, social coding platform, collaborative e-learning platform, and virtual classroom management simulation are described as practical social media applications.

Computer-Aided Design as Carrier of Set Development Changes System in E-Course Engineering

2016 ◽  
pp. 500-515
Author(s):  
Irina Sidorkina ◽  
Aleksey Rуbakov
Keyword(s):  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
State University ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Training Courses ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Aided Design ◽  
Current Stage

The current stage of development of learning management systems is associated with use of opportunities provided by global computer networks and technological standards developed in distance education. It offers structuring of educational material in electronic course and approach to navigation modeling, which are consistent with international specifications of e-learning SCORM and IMS, adding to them specific adaptive algorithms for navigating through training courses based on use of the model of integral evaluation of student's knowledge. In this chapter professor Irina Sidorkina (Volga State University of Technology) and professor Vardan Mkrttchian (HHH University) using the results previously obtained for the implementation of Computer - Aided Design as Carrier of Set Development Changes System in E-Course Engineering. Dr. Alexey Rybakov (Omega-R Inc.) was a designing a software on the subject of this chapter.

Students’ Use of Technology in Learning Course Material

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele T. Cole ◽  
Louis B. Swartz ◽  
Daniel J. Shelley
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Real World ◽  
Academic Integrity ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Course Material

This paper presents the results of a four-year study examining business students’ perceptions of academic integrity and the role of technology in e-learning. This study is an extension of previous research on academic integrity in the online environment (Cole, Shelley & Swartz, 2013; Cole & Swartz, 2013; Shelley, Cole & Swartz, 2010). Of the 553 students who participated in the study, more than a third did not believe that academic integrity applied equally online and in the classroom. Independent-samples t-tests showed statistically significant differences based on gender, but not by age group or level of study. There were 200 responses to what made the two learning environments different. Students pointed to the “real world” where accessing all available resources to solve a problem was the norm, suggesting that instructors should recognize that and adapt their expectations of what is and is not acceptable behavior in the courses they teach.

Computer aided design of organic superbases: the role of intramolecular hydrogen bonding

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 1329-1334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Borislav Kovačević ◽  
Zvonimir B. Maksić ◽  
Robert Vianello ◽  
Miljenko Primorac
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Intramolecular Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
Intramolecular Hydrogen ◽  
Aided Design

Trends in Electrical Engineering Education — A 25-Year Retrospective

1988 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-217 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Computer Architecture ◽  
Computer Aided Design ◽  
Electrical Engineering ◽  
Electrical Machines ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Digital Electronics ◽  
Electrical Engineering Education ◽  
Aided Design

The paper considers the changes which have occurred in Electrical Engineering Education over the last twenty-five years, with reference to specific articles published during the lifetime of IJEEE. 25 years ago courses in electrical engineering included substantial coverage of mechanical engineering topics and detailed treatment of electrical machines. Today the emphasis has shifted very considerably towards digital electronics, computer architecture, programming and computer aided design (CAD). Greater attention is paid to project work and the role of the engineer in society.

scholarly journals The Role of Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology in E-Learning Adoption in Higher Education Institutions in the UAE

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Saeed ALBLOOSHI ◽  
Nor Aziati Binti ABDUL HAMID
Keyword(s):  
Behavioural Intention ◽  
Unified Theory ◽  
Electronic Learning ◽  
Intention To Adopt ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Actual Use ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Facilitating Conditions ◽  
Higher Institutions

Electronic learning is fast becoming a crucial aspect of learning in higher institutions of learning. Just as in any other technology, there are important factors that affect users’ behavioural intention to adopt e-learning. The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) identified performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating conditions as some of the factors that may influence the behavioural intention and actual use of a technology.

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