scholarly journals The Use of Digital Portfolio in Higher Education before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (20) ◽  
pp. 10904
Author(s):  
Soledad Domene-Martos ◽  
Margarita Rodríguez-Gallego ◽  
David Caldevilla-Domínguez ◽  
Almudena Barrientos-Báez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Kappa Coefficient ◽  
Initial Teacher Training ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Time Uncertainty ◽  
Digital Portfolio ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The University

This study is focused on the advantages and disadvantages of using a digital portfolio to improve the learning and evaluation processes in the initial teacher training of 4th-year students in the University of Seville (Spain). One of the interests of this research was to compare the learning capacities perceived by the students to improve their learning process before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative, descriptive methodology was applied, identifying the most relevant dimensions, categories and codes for the analysis, management and interpretation of the opinions of the students, with a research triangulation (Cohen’s kappa coefficient) and a coding performed using the ATLAS.ti 8.4 software. The results show that the advantages with greater percentage correspond to the following categories: learning, usefulness of OneDrive, autonomy and evaluation. The greatest disadvantages detected were: time, uncertainty, usefulness of OneDrive and autonomy. There are differences in the perceptions of the students, between before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, about the learning capacities developed with the use of digital portfolio, since they consider that they have acquired more significant learning, greater self-regulation of their learning and greater reflection capacity.

Assessment of methods for analyzing the economic security of the university

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 2365-2384
Author(s):  
Elizaveta E. ERMOSHINA
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Security Analysis ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Commercial Organizations ◽  
The University ◽  
Methodological Guidelines

Subject. The article investigates the analysis of economic security of a higher education institution. It defines its directions, analytical indicators, methodological guidelines, considering the specific nature of activity, which contribute to improving the economic security and the quality of management decisions made by key executives of universities. Objectives. The purpose is to conduct a critical review and evaluate the main methods of economic security analysis of higher education institutions, taking into account the specifics of their activities. Methods. The study rests on general and specific methods of cognition (analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, grouping, comparison, etc). Results. I reviewed the existing methods of analyzing the economic security of commercial organizations and higher educational institutions, systematized advantages and disadvantages of methods developed by scientists, substantiated the need to introduce diagnostic indicators to improve the quality and efficiency of analytical information for making informed management decisions. The paper offers to conduct an analysis of economic security, using indicators of intensity and productivity of labor, which consider the specifics of activities of universities in comparison with other organizations of the public sector. Conclusions. Currently, there is no unified approach to the analysis of economic security of universities. The conducted critical assessment of methodology may form a basis for further development of ideas and methodological guidelines on the analysis of economic security, and informed and effective management decisions.

Social Networks in the Higher Education Framework- Understanding the University as an Organization

2012 ◽  
pp. 805-824 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Antonio Álvarez Bermejo ◽  
César Bernal Bravo ◽  
Manuel Jesús Rubia Mateos ◽  
Javier Roca Piera
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Restricted Group ◽  
University Degree ◽  
The University

Recent studies are focusing on how social networks impact the learning process and how students organize themselves to face collaborative tasks via these networks, as well as their impact on the learning outcomes of the students. In a number of these studies, learning social aspects are analyzed, showing, among other issues of interest, that participating in social networks positively affects students’ self-esteem. In this article it is shown how this applies to the university model being adopted in Europe. Nowadays, the student is limited by the class and by the restricted group of people enrolled in that same university degree. In which way can the university facilitate that students get to each other so that they can find aspects in common and therefore the set of relationships grows? This chapter shows how our university—Universidad de Almería, UAL—globalizes its campus providing access to every student, as well as how this social network is succeeding.

New Perspectives on Communication During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022 ◽  
pp. 76-94
Author(s):  
Nicoleta Duță
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Practical Approach ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

This chapter approaches the problematic of communication in teaching-learning activities in higher education during the crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors have proposed to present a theoretical and practical approach to the effective communication in teaching, with the objective of knowing which are the opinions of students on communication skills and motivation of them in the classroom. The study included a total of 261 students from different faculties at the University of Bucharest, who were a Likert-scale survey in the period May -July 2020. Results of the analysis of research data shows that students have seen their ability to concentrate and motivation to perform tasks affected, but they did not leave university. In this respect, most difficulties were in carrying out teamwork than individual. The adaptations made by the university during confinement have been positively appreciated. The research findings coming according to recent studies confirm that without communication the teaching and learning process will not take place.

scholarly journals Reflexões sobre a cibercultura no ensino superior: um olhar sobre os cursos de licenciatura

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (18) ◽  
pp. 32
Author(s):  
Elisabete Cerutti ◽  
Marcia Dalla Nora
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

O presente ensaio apresenta reflexões acerca da pesquisa sobre a cibercultura e as tecnologias no âmbito acadêmico. Como objetivo, busca refletir sobre o processo de ensino-aprendizagem através de recursos tecnológicos nos cursos de licenciatura e como os discentes desse curso percebem sua preparação para a futura docência com o uso dos artefatos digitais. A metodologia utilizada foi a qualitativa, com revisão bibliográfica e análise de dados a partir do questionário aplicado com os discentes dos cinco cursos investigados. Tendo como principais teóricos os autores Cerutti e Giraffa (2015), Kesnki (2003), Pretto e Pinto (2006) e Prensky (2016), que elucidam sobre a utilização das tecnologias no ambiente educacional, o texto apresenta o referencial teórico e a análise de dados. Como conclusão, percebemos que a aprendizagem sobre as tecnologias precisam ser suas vivências na própria Universidade, uma vez que mesmo nativos digitais, os acadêmicos não se percebem fazendo uso das mesmas em seus futuros espaços de docência. Palavras-chave: Cibercultura. Ensino Superior. Educação e tecnologias. Reflections on cyberculture in higher education: a look at undergraduate coursesThis essay presents reflections about research on cyberculture and technologies in the academic field. The objective is to reflect on the teaching-learning process through technological resources in undergraduate courses and how the students of this course perceive their preparation for future teaching with the use of digital artifacts. The methodology used was qualitative with bibliographic review and data analysis from the questionnaire applied with the students of the five courses investigated. The main authors are Cerutti and Giraffa (2015), Kesnki (2003), Pretto and Pinto (2006) and Prensky (2001), who elucidate the use of technologies in the educational environment, the text presents the theoretical reference and analysis of data. As a conclusion, we realize that learning about technologies must be their experiences in the University itself, since even digital natives, academics do not perceive making use of them in their future spaces of teaching.Keywords: Cyberculture. Higher education. Education and Technologies.

scholarly journals AN ONLINE EVENT AS A PRODUCT OF THE ACTIVE LEARNING METHODOLOGY: AN EXPERIENCE VIA PBL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA-BRAZIL

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-257
Author(s):  
Ari Melo Mariano ◽  
Joao Mello da Silva ◽  
Simone Borges Simão Monteiro ◽  
Adriana Regina Martin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Real World ◽  
Production Engineering ◽  
External Agents ◽  
Digital Portfolio ◽  
The Many ◽  
The University ◽  
Real World Problems

The objective of this study was to suggest an alternative for managing the knowledge gained and resulting legacy from the application of the Problem Based Learning (PBL) method in a higher education context. The legacies of the PBL method are found to be more profound and diverse than those related to either the students' experience or the projects developed to solve real-world problems presented by external agents (the partners of the UnB Production Engineering course). The Production Engineering course has, since 2011, adopted the PBL method as an active learning methodology. Although each semester presents new opportunities in the process of consolidating this method, it’s been perceived that the many phases and results of this process are often utilized in real time only, contributing to the participating individuals exclusively as they occur. This is seen as a type of temporal result, seen only at a given "T" moment in the discipline’s lifecycle. Correspondingly, part of this knowledge is currently seen as perishable, since it is not possible to store it for future moments. In an attempt to extend this experience, starting in 2016 the University of Brasilia’s Production Engineering course has begun to develop an extension of PBL products by means of distinct events. The results haven been satisfactory, thus far involving 458 students and 7910 participants. As a legacy, it was possible to create a platform for the presentation of active learning methodologies and the exchange of experiences. Thus, the project presentations, once seen as distinct landmarks, became part of a legacy through a specific event, assisted and accessed as a course memory and a student’s digital portfolio.

scholarly journals PRO ET CONTRA. LECTURERS OF TOMSK AND TYUMEN UNIVERSITIES ON THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THEIR PROFESSION

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 77-89
Author(s):  
M. V. Gribovskiy ◽  
◽  
A. N. Sorokin ◽  
G. Z. Efimova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
State University ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article discusses the results of a field study conducted in 2019 at Tomsk State University (TSU) and Tyumen State University (TyumSU). The purpose of the study is to investigate the motivations behind educators’ choice of their profession and the aspects they say as its advantages and disadvantages. Methodologically, the study is based on 43 in-depth interviews with lecturers of TSU and TyumSU. These universities are located in Siberian cities and are among the group of the leading higher education institutions in Russia. The study shows that the lecturers associate the benefits of work at the university with the opportunities provided by the ‘5-100 Project’ to attain the world standards; good working conditions; prestige of work at a reputable university; stability of university employment; feeling of belonging to the academic; and so on. Most educators are dissatisfied with such aspects of university work as bureaucratization; redundancies; short-term contracts; the lack of transparency and inefficiency in funds distribution; and irregular working hours. We found that despite some divergence of views, the faculty of the TSU and TyumSU share a lot of opinions on the advantages and disadvantages of university work. Thus, the cases of the two Siberian universities provide us with the insights into a larger picture of the Russian system of higher education. These findings can be useful for HR services of universities for recruiting and retaining personnel.

scholarly journals USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS IN PREPARATION OF FUTURE TEACHERS

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volodymyr Kobysia ◽  
Evgeniy Semenov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Level Of Activity ◽  
State Pedagogical ◽  
Youth Activity

The article considers the possibility of using social networks in the process of learning, identifies the advantages and disadvantages of their application in the educational process, analyzes the real state of student registration in social networks, the frequency of their communication with social networking means, determines the number of social networks in which students are registered, priority devices for work with social services, popularity of social networks among students of the Vinnitsa State Pedagogical University named after Mikhail Kotsyubinsky, and also, the proportion of students using social networking with the educational purpose whom teachers offered to use social networks to support the learning process and the proportion of students who are proposing to introduce social networks into the learning process has been established. The analysis of the obtained data makes it possible to determine the level of activity of students and teachers in the issue of the introduction of social networks and mobile devices in the process of knowledge acquisition and skills development by modern applicants of higher education, and also indicates the level of youth activity in the issue of reforming educational technologies, the introduction of modern methods of organizing the educational process and his support. The results of the study underline the active attitude of young people to the reform of higher education, but prove that the students themselves are not always willing to actively engage in educational initiatives, some of them prefer passive communication and photo viewing. Based on the data obtained from the questionnaire, it can be concluded that social networks are not used for educational purposes systematically. Students, for the most part, consider social networks as an opportunity to seek information, that is, as a peculiar search engine. Only one per cent of respondents consider social networks as an opportunity to create an educational community for communication with like-minded people.

scholarly journals Análisis crítico desde la perspectiva curricular para la enseñanza del inglés en las universidades colombianas

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-60
Author(s):  
Millerlandy Bautista Restrepo
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The University ◽  
English Subject ◽  
University Community

Este artículo es producto de un estudio cualitativo-descriptivo que busca analizar los resultados de las observaciones docentes de los períodos académicos 2012b al 2014b, realizadas por el Departamento de Comunicación y Lenguaje de Unicatólica, y tomar decisiones sobre los aspectos a mejorar en el currículo del Área de Inglés, que impacten en la comunidad universitaria y sean replicables en otras universidades colombianas. Para ello, se utilizó la técnica de observación con docentes de inglés, con el fin de identificar y describir las principales dificultades y potencialidades para dirigir el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje.  Abstract This article is an outcome of a qualitative-descriptive study that seeks to analyze the results of teaching observations of the academic periods 2012b to 2014b, conducted by the Department of Communication and Language of Unicatólica, in order to make decisions to improve in the English subject curriculum, impacting the university community and other Colombian universities. For this purpose, an observation technique was used with English teachers, in order to identify and describe main difficulties and strengths to guide the teaching and learning process. Likewise, two categories of analysis were selected intentionally by the researchers: pedagogy and didactics; each one with their respective measurement indicators.

scholarly journals De la Licenciatura al Grado en Pedagogía: ¿Cambios en las capacidades cognitivas que desarrollan los estudiantes?

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 315-335
Author(s):  
Maria Luisa García Hernández ◽  
Nicolás Martínez Valcárcel ◽  
Mónica Porto Currás
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Basic Skills ◽  
Research Data ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cognitive Capacities ◽  
Knowledge Domains ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Thinking Process ◽  
The University

Resumen:El momento de cambio en el que se encuentra inmersa la Educación Superior ha provocado la aparición de numerosos términos (objetivos, competencias, habilidades, capacidades, etc.), que pueden ser evaluados con la finalidad de conocer cómo es el aprendizaje del estudiante.En este sentido, uno de los objetivos de este artículo es mostrar cuáles son las capacidades cognitivas que, según las experiencias de los estudiantes, se han potenciado a lo largo de su formación. Concretamente, para este estudio se han recogido datos vinculados con la titulación de Pedagogía de la Universidad de Murcia, trabajando con tres promociones distintas (dos de ellas de Licenciatura y una de Grado). Asimismo, destacar que la información recogida proviene de la experiencia y vivencia del alumnado, que ha recordado cuáles habían sido las capacidades cognitivas fomentadas en cada materia, por lo que se ha tomado al estudiante como fuente primaria. Para el análisis e interpretación de la información obtenida se ha tomado como referencia el trabajo de Marzano y Kendall (2007), quienes elaboran una taxonomía de capacidades cognitivas partiendo de diferentes propuestas sobre los procesos de pensamiento y los dominios del conocimiento. Por último, del análisis elaborado podemos reseñar, por un lado, el fomento de las capacidades más básicas -la recuperación, comprensión y análisis- en ambos Planes de Estudios. Y, por otro lado, el incremento de capacidades más complejas en el Grado con respecto a la Licenciatura.Abstract:The moment of change in which Higher Education is involved has caused the appearance of multiple concepts (goals, competences, skills, capacities and so on) which can be evaluated with the purpose of knowing in depth the learning process of our students.In this sense, one of the goals of this article is to show, according to the students experiences, which cognitive capacities have been powered in their learning process. More concretely, for this research, data linked with the degree of Pedagogy in the University of Murcia have been collected, working with three different promotions (two of the belong to the Bachelor in Pedagogy and the other one the current degree). In this way we have to highlight that the information collected comes from the experiences and livings of our students, which has remembered the cognitive capacities promoted in each subject, so the student has been taken as a primary source.For the analysis and interpretation of the information collected, the research made by Marzano and Kendall (2007) has been taken as a reference. These two authors elaborated a taxonomy of cognitive capacities taking different proposals about the thinking process and knowledge domains as a starting point. Finally, we can outline from our analysis the promotion of the most basic skills, recovery, comprehension and analysis in both teaching plans. On the other hand, the increase of more complex capacities is more present in the Degree in Pedagogy than in the Bachelor in Pedagogy.

scholarly journals CRITERIA-BASED ASSESSMENT AS A FACTOR OF INCREASING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PEDAGOGICAL INTERACTION OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS OF THE UNIVERSITY

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-19
Author(s):  
L. A. Semenova ◽  
A. I. Kazantsev
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Effective Interaction ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Credit System ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Specific Assessment ◽  
Amount Of Knowledge ◽  
The University ◽  
Independent Work

Improving the efficiency of the students' learning process, finding ways to activate their independence, the teacher and the student entering into a productive dialogue are topical issues of modern education. In the conditions of the credit system of teaching students, the main tasks are to unify the amount of knowledge, create conditions for maximum individualization of training, strengthen the role and effectiveness of independent work of students. We believe that students' mastery of self-control and mutual control skills through the use of criteria-based assessment technology is extremely necessary, and the use of criteria allows us to assess the advantages and disadvantages of specific assessment procedures. The article describes the results of a pedagogical study conducted by the authors among students of the 1-2 courses of the Innovative Eurasian University, where the method of  L.V. Baiborodova was chosen as a tool to identify problems of interaction between a teacher and students. In the course of the study, the problems encountered by students in the learning process were analyzed, algorithms for organizing and conducting lectures and practical classes were proposed, allowing the teacher and the student to build an effective interaction process, the results of testing the proposed algorithms were described. The conducted experiment showed that the use of criteria-based assessment allows  to effectively organize pedagogical interaction at the university.

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