scholarly journals Is there a way?

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Educational Software ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Working Party ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
University Management ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Learning Development ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The University ◽  
Development Laboratory

I am currently a member of a working party set up in my own university to look into a range of IT matters, including learning technology, with the aim of producing a mediumterm institutional plan. At many of the meetings I attend, I hear about the urgency of focusing our CAL effort, but the conviction around the table is often tempered by lecturers' complaints that the off-the-shelf courseware they have tried either does not work well, or does not fit their particular needs, or both. So a suggestion is made: we should move in the direction of developing our own high-quality educational software tailored to our individual requirements. And since these requirements are very diverse over the whole campus, we should establish a Centre for Educational Technology, a Courseware Resources and Advice Unit, a Virtual Learning Development Laboratory, an Institute for Computer-Based Academic Practice . . . call it what you will. It should be staffed by experts who can advise departments and produce for them, or help them to produce, the exact software they require. It should be supported by a battalion of technicians, and should not only be equipped with white-hot multimedia but also backed by sufficient financial resources to ensure continuous upgrades so as to remain in a permanent state of state-of-the-art. The bank balance is not as healthy as it might be (whose is?), but the university management must nevertheless somehow be convinced of the necessity of spending money on the project.DOI:10.1080/0968776960040301

scholarly journals University of South Africa: Change Management and Leadership for Open Distance And E-Learning

10.28945/4228 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 001-011
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Change Management ◽  
University Management ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
E Learning ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Learning Development ◽  
The University ◽  
Management And Leadership

Antonia Makina, an education consultant in the Directorate for Curriculum and Learning Development at the University of South Africa (UNISA), was assigned the task of recommending a theoretical guideline for adoption by the management of the university in its quest to implement Open Distance E-learning (ODeL) at the university. This was because Open Distance E-learning delivery presented new challenges and opportunities that could not always be fully addressed by the traditional theories and guidelines. She needed to decide on the models she wished to propose as the theoretical guideline for adoption by the university management.

scholarly journals A STILE Project case study: the evaluation of a computer-based visual key for fossil identification

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Underwood ◽  
Arne Dahlberg ◽  
Simon FitzPatrick ◽  
Malcolm Greenwood
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Higher Education Funding ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Student Access ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Uk

The STILE Project (Students' and Teachers' Integrated Learning Environment) is one of 76 projects set up under the UK Government's Teaching and Learning Technology Programme (TLTP) initiative sponsored by the British Higher Education Funding Councils (HEFCs). The STILE Project uses hypermedia to provide greater opportunities for independent and flexible modes of learning both in a campus situation and for distance learning. The approach is resource-based. STILE provides a mechanism for both tutors and learners to discover and access relevant resources when they need them, together with facilities that enable users readily to use and re-use existing materials, to integrate them together, and to add further materials of their own in a way that seems natural to them (see Ruggles et al, 1995). The result is not a closed and finished product,but a set of tools and services and a continually developing resource base. The effect is to ease the load on academic staff in maintaining and supporting student access to resources, and to enrich the set of resources available to both staff and students.DOI:10.1080/0968776960040205

University of Ilorin Undergraduate Students’ Perceptions of the Usefulness and Challenges regarding Computer-Based Testing

Mousaion ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nafisa Rabiu ◽  
Adetola Kehinde ◽  
Halimah Odunayo Amuda ◽  
Kehinde Kadijat Kadiri
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
University Management ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Computer Based Testing ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University

This study investigated the perceptions of undergraduate students at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, of the usefulness and challenges associated with computer-based testing. The population for the study consisted of undergraduate students at the University of Ilorin. According to the data collected from the Directorate of Academic Planning at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, the population of undergraduate students for the 2017/2018 academic session was 43 983. A simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample. A questionnaire was used as data collection instrument. The findings from the study showed that using a web-based assessment system contributed positively to the undergraduate students’ academic achievements while the majority of them preferred taking all their exams with the web-based assessment system. The findings further revealed that to the undergraduate students, CBT is an interesting technique in examinations and makes the taking of examinations easier. Also, there is high level of competence among undergraduate students with regard to possession of the required skills for CBT examinations. Delays in the commencement of the exams, power failures at the CBT centre and overcrowding are major challenges encountered by the students taking CBT examinations. One of the study recommendations was that the university management should endeavour to eliminate the delays in the commencement of tests by providing assessment timetables which should be strictly adhered to.

African Studies Unit, University of Leeds

1966 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 532-534
Author(s):  
Margot R. Kettle
Keyword(s):  
Financial Support ◽  
Working Party ◽  
African Studies ◽  
Standing Committee ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The University

It was evident early in the 1960's that a number of departments in the University of Leeds were developing independent programmes of study and research on African topics, and that it would be useful to strengthen this work internally and also to avoid unco-ordinated approaches to outside bodies for advice and financial support. Accordingly, after a working party had prepared a factual report on activities in different fields, the Senate established a Standing Committee on African Studies, which in turn set up a small secretarial and documentation Unit, to assist in the co-ordination, development, and documentation of African studies.

scholarly journals Virtual Reality (VR) Multi-User Lab for Immersive Teaching

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarune Savickaite ◽  
Elliot Millington ◽  
Imants Latkovskis ◽  
Jonathan Failes ◽  
Nathan Kirkwood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
User Interaction ◽  
Contextual Learning ◽  
Technology In Education ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The University

As VR technology matures, it offers opportunities to provide state of the art learning experiences. The use of this technology in education is not new, however, it can be significantly improved. Situated (or contextual) learning is one of the key pillars of immersive learning. Multi-user interaction in virtual environments has always been one of the goals of VR and this has been represented by the tools developed for it. In this preliminary work, we aim to introduce Project Mobius, which is a collaborative project between Edify.ac and the University of Glasgow. We describe how our multi-user lab has been set up and potential future applications for teaching and learning.

scholarly journals The impact of Learning Development tutorials on student attainment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Loddick ◽  
Kate Coulson
Keyword(s):  
Student Assessment ◽  
Expert Advice ◽  
Essay Writing ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Learning Development ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Average Rise ◽  
Student Grades ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

University Learning Development teams provide expert advice to learners regarding the development and enhancement of academic skills such as essay writing, dissertations, critical analysis, mathematics, and statistics. The majority of universities have set up Learning Development or similar academic support services in recent years. However, little research has been conducted to understand the effect of such help on student attainment. At the University of Northampton, this service is perceived as pivotal in supporting students through their studies. The impact on student grades and future attainment was examined using three and a half years of student assessment data (over 16,000 students and 175,000 assessments) which was connected to information gathered from the Learning Development one-to-one tutorials database. Although causality cannot be claimed, there was an average rise of one to two sub grades for learners who attended at least one Learning Development tutorial compared to those who did not use this assistance. Furthermore, historical tutorials positively affected grades of students with an additional two percent increase in their future assignments. Students from the faculties of Business and Law and Education and Humanities saw the largest increase in attainment compared to students within their faculties who did not have tutorials. Furthermore, students from a black ethnic background and aged 25 years or below also gained the most in terms of attainment compared to other ethnic groups and more mature students.

Computer-based records in the clinic ( b )

1973 ◽  
Vol 184 (1077) ◽  
pp. 399-402
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
High Blood Pressure ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The University

Analysis of data from a large number of patients can sometimes produce information unobtainable from smaller series. The Glasgow Blood-Pressure Clinic was set up as an organization capable of collecting a large number of patients with high blood pressure, investigating these cases in a standardized fashion and analysing the data by use of the computer. Information from more than 1000 cases attending the clinics held at four of the major Glasgow hospitals has now been obtained. In each of the clinics, data are collected on a proforma designed to enable storage and subsequent analysis via the University KDF9 computer. The system has recently been extended for use in a field survey of hypertension in a neighbouring borough (Renfrew). An outline of the system is discussed and illustrated by reference to some of the analyses so far carried out.

scholarly journals PERCEPTION OF STUDENTS TOWARDS COMPUTER BASED TEST IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE TRAININGS AT LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (LAUTECH), OGBOMOSO, NIGERIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 48-55
Author(s):  
Akintonde J.O. ◽  
Akinola J.O ◽  
Alabi A.A. ◽  
Tiamiyu A.O. ◽  
Gbadamosi S.A. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Staff ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Agricultural Science ◽  
University Management ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Agricultural Students ◽  
The University

The study examined the perception of agricultural students towards computer based testing (CBT) in Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 108 agricultural students of 200level across all the departments in the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences. However, the respondents have different perception toward CBT as mode of assessment newly introduced by the University management. There is significant relationship between some of the selected personal characteristics the respondents (such as department {(x2=68.481); age (x2=64.389); mode of admission (x2=166.056) and basis for supporting CBT examination (x2=33.333)} and their perception of CBT mode of examination. The study therefore recommends that CBT mode of examination should be encouraged and this innovation should cut across all other level apart from 100 level students. The academic staff members of different department and faculties should encourage the spread of the innovation across the University at large and the university management and department involved in the CBT examination should come together and provide solution to some of the associated constraints with CBT examination in LAUTECH as this would encourage its full adoption and its usage in the various departments and the entire University at large. Keywords: Perception; Agricultural Training; Students; Computer Based Test.

scholarly journals An assessment of students’ perception and self-efficacy towards mobile learning: A case of University of Zululand

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Israel Odede
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
University Management ◽  
The University

Background: Mobile learning (m-learning) has been recognised as an essential educational technology component in higher education. The use of mobile devices and the prospect to learn irrespective of time and place make mobile learning an important tool for students. Many studies have been conducted because of the importance of m-learning in advancing teaching and learning but few published scholarly studies have focused on perception and mobile self-efficacy.Objectives: The study’s objective is to assess students’ perception and self-efficacy towards mobile learning at the University of Zululand.Method: The study adopted a descriptive survey method and a stratified random sampling technique was used to select 200 undergraduate students from the four faculties for the study. Data were collected using questionnaire. Statistical tools such as frequency count and simple percentage were employed in analysing the collected data.Results: WhatsApp, Facebook and YouTube are the top three social media applications mostly used by the students. Results showed that the students have positive perceptions towards m-learning and possess the confidence needed in using m-learning solutions.Conclusion: Perception and mobile self-efficacy towards m-learning technology are important factors that help in determining whether or not students are ready to use m-learning. Hence, this study focuses on investigating the perception and self-efficacy of undergraduate students at the University of Zululand towards m-learning. Therefore, the study concludes that the University management fully integrates m-learning solutions to its academic programmes to enhance the quality of teaching and learning.

scholarly journals CORBA-based Runtime Environments for Standardized Distributed Learning Architectures

10.28945/2412 ◽  
2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Anido Rifon ◽  
Martin Llamas Nistal ◽  
Manuel J. Fernandez Iglesias ◽  
Manuel Caeiro Rodnguez ◽  
Juan M. Santos Gago ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Systems ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Runtime Environment ◽  
Educational Environments ◽  
The Us ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Standardization Process ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Runtime Environments ◽  
Learning Architectures

The learning technology standardization process is taking the lead role in the research efforts into computer-based education. Institutions like the IEEE or the US Department of Defense have set up committees to deliver recommendations and specifications on this area to provide interoperability between different educational systems. The first part of this paper shows an up-to-date survey on this field. In the second part we present our contribution to this area: a distributed architecture to develop interoperable educational frameworks over a CORBA domain interface. Our system aims at the standardization the development process of distributed educational environments from reusable software components. We focus our attention on the runtime environment, which is responsible for contents delivering, student tracking and course routing.

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