scholarly journals Artificial Intelligence to Counterweight the Effect of COVID-19 on Learning in a Sustainable Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 9923
Author(s):  
Laia Subirats ◽  
Santi Fort ◽  
Santiago Atrio ◽  
Gomez-Monivas Sacha

Distance learning has been adopted as a very extended model during COVID-19-related confinement. It is also a methodology that can be applied in environments where people do not have easy access to schools. In this study, we automatically classify students as a function of their performance and we describe the best self-learning methodologies in distance learning, which will be useful both in confinement or for people with difficult access to schools. Due to the different learning scenarios provided by the different confinement conditions in the COVID-19 pandemic, we have performed the classification considering data before, during, and after COVID-19 confinement. Using a field experiment of 396 students, we have described the temporal evolution of students during all courses from 2016/2017 to 2020/2021. We have found that data obtained in the last month before the final exam of the subject include the most relevant information for a correct detection of students at risk of failure. On the other hand, students who obtain high scores are much easier to identify. Finally, we have concluded that the distance learning applied in COVID-19 confinement changed not only teaching strategies but also students’ strategies when learning autonomously.

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Fassa ◽  
E J Fantinel ◽  
D C Soares ◽  
M L V Carret ◽  
R Linhares ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Health service evaluation studies point to the low quality of care, however the permanent education of health professionals is a major challenge. Within the scope of the Open University for the Unified Health System (SUS), the Department of Social Medicine of the Federal University of Pelotas produced open access self-learning courses, for primary health care, based on interactive clinical cases, through distance learning. Methods The courses, with 45 hours, provides interactive clinical cases, medical calculators and textual materials for use by the professional or with the community. The cases are presented and followed by multiple choice questions, focusing diagnosis and treatment. The feedback is automatic. An expanded theoretical content ('learn more') that privileges the use of illustrations, images, infographics and flowcharts useful for professional practice can be accessed. Bibliographical references on the subject are also available. The courses are available in a responsive web client app, for various types of devices, providing control of progress and automatic certification. The app allows the work offline, enabling the permanent education of professionals working in remote areas. Results Six courses were produced for doctors, nurses and dentists, more than 30,000 users were certified. Conclusions This problem-based learning initiative allows the student to have a menu of cases, providing a choice of the subject, decision on the time allocated to the activity, repetition according to its need, access to a large bibliography and reading in the quantity and depth chosen by the student. In addition, the format is challenging and develops clinical reasoning. The proposition of questions promotes the reflection of the student in relation to his knowledge on the subject. Automatic feedback, 'learn more' and selected bibliographies provide formative assessment and subsidize students to define their study needs in each subject. Key messages Distance learning expands the possibility of qualifying the clinical practice of health professionals, especially those in remote areas. Interactive clinical cases provide the development of clinical reasoning, content review and promote formative assessment.


Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 809-826
Author(s):  
Dr.Deepak Paliwal

Open & Distance Learning aims at the dissemination of learning and acquiring knowledge through distance education mode including the use of any communication technology to provide opportunities for higher education. It provides easy access to education to different sections of society and caters to the educational needs of the target groups through the open systems of learning. In ODL study materials and counseling session are one of the important tools of learning. The present study deals with the analysis of the satisfaction level of the students enrolled in Uttarakhand Open University, Haldwani (India)study centre with respect to counseling sessions, delivery of study materials & other relevant information related to students.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-40
Author(s):  
Nur Syafiqah Hussin ◽  
Naqiah Awang ◽  
Farah Husna Mohd Fatzel

Covid-19 is an unprecedented crisis that has affected almost all industry players including education. It has transformed our way of life and introduced a new normal to how things are done. As an effort to contain the outbreak of pandemic Covid-19, universities have shifted to online learning. In line with this, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) has decided to execute open and distance learning (ODL) for the current semester until 31 December 2020. ODL introduces a different learning environment as compared to the traditional classroom that requires students to be self-reliant in learning new things. Hence, the purpose of the study is to explore students’ experiences in the process of knowledge transfer through ODL specifically for accounting subjects. A questionnaire was distributed to students who were taking the subject of Introduction to Financial Accounting and Introduction to Cost Accounting in UiTM Pahang Kampus Raub and a total of 206 responses were received. The study found over half of the students enjoy learning through ODL but only one-third were looking forward to having ODL for the next semester. Poor internet connection is the main reason found in the study that makes ODL not preferred by the students. At the same time, few features were highlighted by the students about ODL such as the advantage of pre-recorded video to catch up the new material and flexibility for them to learn at their own pace.


2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Remigiusz Szczepanowski

Conscious access to fear-relevant information is mediated by thresholdThe present report proposed a model of access consciousness to fear-relevant information according to which there is a threshold for emotional perception beyond that the subject makes hits with no false alarm. The model was examined by having the participants performed a confidence-ratings masking task with fearful faces. Measures of the thresholds for conscious access were taken by looking at the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curves generated from a three-state low- and high-threshold (3-LHT) model by Krantz. Indeed, the analysis of the masking data revealed that the ROCs had threshold-like-nature (a two-limb shape) rather continuous (a curvilinear shape) challenging in this fashion the classical signal-detection view on perceptual processing. Moreover, the threshold ROC curve exhibited the specific y-intercepts relevant to conscious access performance. The study suggests that the threshold can be an intrinsic property of conscious access, mediating emotional contents between perceptual states and consciousness.


2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-224
Author(s):  
Ge Zhang ◽  
Wenwen Zhang ◽  
Subhrajit Guhathakurta ◽  
Nisha Botchwey

Open data have come of age with many cities, states, and other jurisdictions joining the open data movement by offering relevant information about their communities for free and easy access to the public. Despite the growing volume of open data, their use has been limited in planning scholarship and practice. The bottleneck is often the format in which the data are available and the organization of such data, which may be difficult to incorporate in existing analytical tools. The overall goal of this research is to develop an open data-based community planning support system that can collect related open data, analyze the data for specific objectives, and visualize the results to improve usability. To accomplish this goal, this study undertakes three research tasks. First, it describes the current state of open data analysis efforts in the community planning field. Second, it examines the challenges analysts experience when using open data in planning analysis. Third, it develops a new flow-based planning support system for examining neighborhood quality of life and health for the City of Atlanta as a prototype, which addresses many of these open data challenges.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristian Tantra Sidarta ◽  
Tri Nova Hasti Yunianta

This research aims is to develop a learning media called Domano Card, that is an abbreviation  from Trigono mathematics Dominoes. This media is expected to be valid, effective, and practical to be used as a learning tool for Trigonometry Courses in the college. It is consists of three sets of Domano cards, game boards, and game rules. This Domano Card contains of the pairs of questions and answers. This research type is Research Development (R&D) with ADDIE model (Analyze, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluate). The subject of this research is 64 active students of Mathematics Education, Satya Wacana Christian University in Trigonometry course. Domano cards are developed based on the students’ learning styles. Validity test was done by 2 validators, there are media experts and material experts It has obtained media feasibility result of 98.71% with very decent category and the result of material feasibility of 92.5% with very decent category. The effectiveness test was done by Paired Samples t-test with SPSS 17. It is indicated that there is a significant differences after the use of Domano Card with the mean value improvement from 57 to 73. The respondents of practicality test are lecturer of Trigonometry course and the lecturer assistant class that obtained 89% with very good category. Based on this development research, it can be concluded that Domano Card media is valid, effective, and practical use as a means of self-learning exercises for students in Trigonometry courses.


Author(s):  
Roman Pavliuk

The article describes the modern approaches to the informatization of educational process in higher educational institutions of Ukraine. The relevance of introducing of and its regulatory framework are investigated and the views of scientists to the definitions of "distance learning" and "information-educational environment" are summarizes. The system of work with students using distance learning courses "Business Foreign Language" and "Modern children's literature English-speaking countries" is shown on the example of BorysGrinchenko Kyiv University (Kyiv, Ukraine). The results of investigation based on a survey of students at the beginning and end of the distance courses work demonstrated that the use of distance learning coursespromotes to the self-organization of the student, improving computer skills, facilitates the process of self-learning.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 210-221
Author(s):  
Anis Faridah

This research is a study of quantitative descriptive. The purpose of this research is to describe the characteristics of final semester exam items for grade XI in the History subject at SMA Negeri 1 Pangkalpinang using the classical test theory approach. The research of the subject was 138 students of class XI in Social Sciences Major. The result of the research shows that final exam questions in the history subject class XI of SMA Negeri 1 Pangkalpinang are proper to use. This shows that from the validity of the items which there are 39 items of questions (97.5%) which are proven empirically valid with a 0.818 reliability coefficient. Other than that, there are 27 items of questions (67,5%) that can fulfill the criteria for the difficulty level, distinguishing power, and distractor function so it can be used directly to measure the student's ability without correction. While 12 items of questions (30%) need to be fixed and 1 item of question (2,5%) is declared to be invalid so it can't be used to measure the student's ability in History Subject. Permasalahan yang melatarbelakangi penelitian ini adalah pengembangan soal penilaian akhir semester mata pelajaran sejarah yang tidak melalui tahapan analisis butir soal sehingga kualitas butir soal tidak diketahui. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendeskripsikan karakteristik butir soal penilaian akhir semester mata pelajaran sejarah kelas XI SMA Negeri 1 Pangkalpinang menggunakan pendekatan teori tes klasik. Subjek penelitian berjumlah 138 peserta didik kelas XI jurusan IPS. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa soal PAS mata pelajaran sejarah kelas XI SMA Negeri 1 Pangkalpinang telah layak digunakan. Hal ini dibuktikan dari validitas butir soal yang mana terdapat 39 butir soal (97,5%) terbukti valid secara empirik dengan koefisien reliabilitas sebesar 0,818. Selain itu terdapat 27 butir soal (67,5%) yang memenuhi kriteria tingkat kesukaran, daya beda, dan keberfungsian distraktor sehingga dapat digunakan langsung untuk mengukur kemampuan peserta didik tanpa perbaikan. Sedangkan sebanyak 12 butir soal (30%) perlu dilakukan perbaikan dan 1 butir soal (2,5%) dinyatakan gugur sehingga tidak dapat digunakan untuk mengukur kemampuan peserta didik pada mata pelajaran sejarah.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S4) ◽  
pp. 780-798
Author(s):  
Iryna Hnatyshena ◽  
Inna Khariuk ◽  
Inessa Azarova ◽  
Iuliia Ivanytska

Distance education at lightning-fast speed has become the only possible form of education. Distance learning of a foreign language for students of higher educational institutions has a number of advantages due to the fact that we are talking about pedagogical interaction with the age group of psychologically mature individuals with relatively formed mechanisms of motivation and outlined personal and professional orientation. The purpose of the present research is a comprehensive analysis of the process and results of distance learning of a foreign language (English) for students of economic specialties. The research methods are as follows: the analysis of modern opportunities for organizing distance learning; study of theoretical and methodological papers on the subject matter; method of experimental teaching of foreign languages with an emphasis on tactics of stimulating the personal and motivational sphere of students’ educational activities; development of author’s diagnostic models in order to reveal the dynamics of development of knowledge and practical skills in a foreign language of students of economic profile; qualitative and quantitative analysis of empirical data; statistical and mathematical interpretation of results, their functional analysis; method of generalization and abstraction. According to the data obtained, the hypothesis of the research has been confirmed.


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