scholarly journals Active Learning: From Flipped Lectures to the Covid-19 Era

2021 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-17
Author(s):  
Paul Wyatt
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Peer Learning ◽  
First Year ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Online Videos ◽  
Technical Solutions ◽  
Large Groups ◽  
Rich Interaction

The use of flipped lectures and Active Learning has been explored in first year lectures for several years. Learning Catalytics software has been used to facilitate Peer-2-Peer learning in the Active Learning sessions. Several lessons were learned during these sessions which were important as we moved into delivering online material much more comprehensively. Bringing interaction to the lectures that were delivered live (synchronous sessions) was important to staff. Several technical solutions for producing online videos of high quality were brought into broader use. New teaching formats including a 'radio show' have been introduced to ensure that rich interaction with the students is possible with large groups.

scholarly journals Active learning activities

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenita Brodin Berggren ◽  
Ika Jorum
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Computer Game ◽  
Peer Learning ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
First Year ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Learn By Doing ◽  
Live Action

First year architecture students are introduced to the library by taking part in an “Escape Room” activity in the KTH library. The aim of this initiative is to introduce the students to the library space and the library's resources in an interactive and playful way and to enable them to learn and reflect upon their learning within the frame of an active learning activity.1 Another objective with this active learning introduction is to engage students in a collaborative peer-to-peer learning activity that gives them opportunities to share knowledge and solve problems together. In this presentation, we will talk about the introduction in more detail and discuss the benefits of the live-action method as well as share results and improvements. “Escape room” is a live-action game, developed from a computer game. Gamification is a new trend in education to support cooperation, learn by “doing” and develop new knowledge through a more playful way.2 During the workshop, the students worked in groups, which gave them the opportunity to socialize and learn from each other while solving the tasks on time. The results of the students’ assessment after the game indicates that the students enjoyed the game, the teamwork, the competition and the creativity of the introduction compared to a lecture. They also found it a pedagogical way of learning about the library’s resources. During the workshop, the librarians had the opportunity to adjust instructions that were not clear enough. These adjustments effected the comments in the last group where some answers indicated a wish for more difficult clues.

An experience of elaboration and implementation of systems of slag-forming mixtures mechanized feeding into CCM moulds

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (10) ◽  
pp. 994-1003
Author(s):  
S. P. Eron’ko ◽  
M. Yu. Tkachev ◽  
E. V. Oshovskaya ◽  
B. I. Starodubtsev ◽  
S. V. Mechik
Keyword(s):  
Economic Effect ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Movable Part ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Working Zone ◽  
Fine Material ◽  
Mixing Chamber ◽  
Field Samples ◽  
Technical Solutions ◽  
Feeding Systems

Effective application of slag-forming mixtures (SFM), being fed into continuous castingg machine (CCM) moulds, depends on their even distribution on the melt surface. Manual feeding of the SFM which is widely usedd does not provide this condition, resulting in the necessity to actualize the work to elaborate systems of SFM mechanized feedingg into moulds of various types CCM. A concept of the designing of a system of SFM feeding into CCM moulds presented with the ratte strictly correspondent to the casting speed and providing formation of an even layer of fine material of given thickness on the whoole surface of liquid steel. The proposed methods of designing of the SFM mechanized feeding systems based on three-dimensional computer simulation with the subsequent verification of the correctness of the adopted technical solutions on field samples. Informattion is presented on the design features of the adjusted facilities intended for continuous supply of finely granulated and powder mixtuures on metal mirror in moulds at the production of high-quality billets, blooms and slabs. Variants of mechanical and pneumo-mechaanical SFM supply elaborated. At the mechanical supply the fine material from the feeding hopper is moved at a adjusted distance bby a rigid horizontally located screw. At the pneumo-mechanical supply the metered doze of the granular mixture is delivered by a sshort vertical screw, the lower part of which is located in the mixing chamber attached from below to the hopper and equipped with ann ejector serving for pneumatic supply of the SFM in a stream of transporting gas. It was proposed to use flexible spiral screws in the ffuture facilities of mechanical SFM feeding. It will enable to eliminate the restrictions stipulated by the lack of free surface for locatiion of the facility in the working zone of the tundish, as well as to decrease significantly the mass of its movable part and to decreaase the necessary power of the carriage moving mechanism driver. The novelty of the proposed technical solutions is protected by thhree patents. The reduction of 10–15% in the consumption of slag-forming mixtures during the transition from manual to mechanizeed feeding confirmed. The resulting economic effect from the implementation of technical development enables to recoup the costs inncurred within 8–10 months.

Editorial - year end note

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Tom G. Ondicho ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Guest Editor ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
First Year ◽  
High Quality ◽  
The People ◽  
African Journal

On behalf of the editorial board and the entire value chain including authors, reviewers, and staff, I am delighted to present the Volume 9 Number 3 edition of the of the African Journal of Gender, Society and Development (AJGSD). This is the last issue for 2020 and marks the end of my first year as guest editor. It is therefore a time of reflection and an opportunity to thank all the people who have contributed in one way or another to the success of the journal over the year. First and foremost, I would like to acknowledge and appreciate the authors who have continued to display their unwavering support to the journal with an ever-increasing rate of high-quality submissions. I say a big thank you to all our esteemed authors and hope they will continue to choose AJGSD as their favored place of publication.

scholarly journals Text Mining of Hazard and Operability Analysis Reports Based on Active Learning

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1178
Author(s):  
Zhenhua Wang ◽  
Beike Zhang ◽  
Dong Gao
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Named Entity Recognition ◽  
Entity Recognition ◽  
Chemical System ◽  
Chemical Safety ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Final Model ◽  
Named Entity ◽  
Sampling Algorithms

In the field of chemical safety, a named entity recognition (NER) model based on deep learning can mine valuable information from hazard and operability analysis (HAZOP) text, which can guide experts to carry out a new round of HAZOP analysis, help practitioners optimize the hidden dangers in the system, and be of great significance to improve the safety of the whole chemical system. However, due to the standardization and professionalism of chemical safety analysis text, it is difficult to improve the performance of traditional models. To solve this problem, in this study, an improved method based on active learning is proposed, and three novel sampling algorithms are designed, Variation of Token Entropy (VTE), HAZOP Confusion Entropy (HCE) and Amplification of Least Confidence (ALC), which improve the ability of the model to understand HAZOP text. In this method, a part of data is used to establish the initial model. The sampling algorithm is then used to select high-quality samples from the data set. Finally, these high-quality samples are used to retrain the whole model to obtain the final model. The experimental results show that the performance of the VTE, HCE, and ALC algorithms are better than that of random sampling algorithms. In addition, compared with other methods, the performance of the traditional model is improved effectively by the method proposed in this paper, which proves that the method is reliable and advanced.

scholarly journals The Value of Peer Learning for First-year Postgraduate University Students’ Social and Academic Integration

2016 ◽  
Vol 228 ◽  
pp. 299-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmeline Byl ◽  
Katrien Struyven ◽  
Pieter Meurs ◽  
Abelshausen Bieke ◽  
Vanwing Tom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Academic Integration ◽  
Peer Learning ◽  
First Year ◽  
Social And Academic Integration

Teaching Enterprise — Can it Be Done in Large Groups?

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
Raymond D. Donnelly
Keyword(s):  
Market Research ◽  
Business Plan ◽  
Management Programme ◽  
First Year ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Commercial Sources ◽  
To Come ◽  
The University ◽  
Large Groups

This paper reports on work carried out in the School of Management at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. Following a wide-ranging review of the first-year management programme, a module on enterprise was introduced. As part of that module students had to compete in a game, the object of which was to come up with a business idea, conduct market research and present a business plan and proposal to a panel of judges. The number of students was 225 in year one but reached around 500 within five years. The module has generated many good ideas and has attracted sponsorship from commercial sources. As yet the university has been unable to take the ideas further. It is possible that enterprise can be learned by people in large numbers, but perhaps universities are not the places in which to attempt such work.

scholarly journals Tracking Active Learning in the Medical School Curriculum: A Learning-Centered Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 238212051876513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lise McCoy ◽  
Robin K Pettit ◽  
Charlyn Kellar ◽  
Christine Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Medical School ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
First Year ◽  
Group Instruction ◽  
Large Group ◽  
Curriculum Review ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Learning Centered ◽  
Semistructured Interviews

Background: Medical education is moving toward active learning during large group lecture sessions. This study investigated the saturation and breadth of active learning techniques implemented in first year medical school large group sessions. Methods: Data collection involved retrospective curriculum review and semistructured interviews with 20 faculty. The authors piloted a taxonomy of active learning techniques and mapped learning techniques to attributes of learning-centered instruction. Results: Faculty implemented 25 different active learning techniques over the course of 9 first year courses. Of 646 hours of large group instruction, 476 (74%) involved at least 1 active learning component. Conclusions: The frequency and variety of active learning components integrated throughout the year 1 curriculum reflect faculty familiarity with active learning methods and their support of an active learning culture. This project has sparked reflection on teaching practices and facilitated an evolution from teacher-centered to learning-centered instruction.

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