Application Research of Blended Teaching based on Duifene Teaching Platform: Modules on Construction Project Management

The Duifene teaching platform is a product of various teaching methods, which greatly improves the traditional teaching method. This article introduces the function and characteristics of a blended teaching platform as well as its application for histology and embryology modules. In addition, the advantages and disadvantages of blended teaching method is also discussed. The application of this teaching platform for Construction Project Management modules encourages students to be more enthusiastic and interested toward learning. This allows a more convenient and rapid teacher-student and student-student interaction thereby improving the teaching and learning experiences.

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PBL method in the formative process in postgraduate courses

International Journal for Innovation Education and Research ◽

10.31686/ijier.vol7.iss12.2069 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (12) ◽

pp. 333-347

Author(s):

Juan Arturo Castañeda-Ayarza ◽

Samuel Carvalho De Benedicto ◽

Denise Helena Lombardo Ferreira ◽

Marileide Barbosa

Keyword(s):

Learning Process ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Teaching Method ◽

Private University ◽

Traditional Teaching ◽

Postgraduate Students ◽

Advantages And Disadvantages ◽

Research Activities ◽

Perceptions Of Students ◽

Different Levels

Several teaching and learning methods, alternative to the traditional method of content transmission and reception, are being proposed and discussed by researchers, aiming to improve the professionals' formation. One of the methods being applied in various educational areas and at different levels of education is the Problem Based Learning (PBL). However, there is still not much evidence about the advantages and disadvantages of applying this method in the formative process of students in postgraduate courses. Consequently, the objective of this work is to evaluate the perception of postgraduate students of a Stricto Sensu course after experiencing the PBL method in their formative disciplines. Through the application of a questionnaire, the perceptions of students who used the PBL method and the traditional teaching method, respectively, were collected in two disciplines of the Interdisciplinary Master's Degree in Sustainability, from a private university in the state of São Paulo - Brazil. The results show the feeling at the beginning and during the learning process using PBL; the perception of the PBL when compared with the traditional teaching method; and the perception of specific skills developed with the PBL. Finally, it can be said that PBL is a teaching method with broad potential in the learning process of a postgraduate course, both for the possibility of building knowledge autonomously, and for the development of specific competences and skills related to postgraduate study and research activities.

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Blended Method: Online-Offline Teaching And Learning, On Students’ Reading Achievement

English Education: Jurnal Tadris Bahasa Inggris ◽

10.24042/ee-jtbi.v12i1.4432 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 22-33

Author(s):

Harits Setyawan

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Reading Achievement ◽

Traditional Method ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Teaching Method ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Traditional Teaching ◽

New Methods ◽

Better Than ◽

Blended Teaching

This study aimed at investigating the effect of Blended Method (online and offline teaching and learning) and Traditional Method (offline teaching and learning), as the comparison, on students’ reading achievement. There were 200 college students involved in this study. Half of them were taught through a blended teaching method and half of them were taught through a traditional teaching method. The data were taken from the students’ final scores in the lectures which included scores of assignment, quiz, mid-term test, and final term test. The final scores of the two groups were compared to find out the effect of the blended teaching method and the traditional teaching method. The result showed that the scores of students who were taught through Blended Method were significantly better than the scores of students who were taught through Traditional Method. It indicates that utilizing new methods while maintaining good aspects of pre-existing methods has a positive impact on students’ achievement

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