Aligning Course Content, Assessment, and Delivery

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth A. Streveler ◽  
Karl A. Smith ◽  
Mary Pilotte
Keyword(s):  
Essential Element ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
First Century ◽  
Habits Of Mind ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Curriculum Assessment ◽  
Content Assessment ◽  
Outcome Based Education

The emphasis on Outcome-Based Education (OBE) and student-centered learning is an enormous advance in engineering education. The authors argue in this chapter that an essential element of OBE is aligning content, assessment, and delivery. The objective of this chapter is to provide a model for aligning course content with assessment and delivery that practitioners can use to inform the design or re-design of engineering courses. The purpose of this chapter is to help the reader build a foundation of knowledge, skills, and habits of mind or modes of thinking that facilitate the integration of content (or curriculum), assessment, and delivery (or instruction or pedagogy) for course, or program design. Rather than treat each of these areas separately, the authors strive to help the reader consider all three together in systematic way (Pellegrino, 2006). The approach is essentially an engineering design approach. That is, the chapter starts with requirements or specifications, emphasizes metrics, and then prepares prototypes that meet the requirements. It embraces the argument that “faculty members of the twenty-first-century college or university will find it necessary to set aside their roles as teachers and instead become designers of learning experiences, processes, and environments” (Duderstadt, 2008).

Nursing Students’ and Faculty Members’ Experiences of Comfort during Transition to Context-Based Learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivian Puplampu
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
First Century ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Effective Pedagogy ◽  
Directed Learning

AbstractThere is evidence supporting student-centered learning (SCL) as an effective pedagogy to prepare professionals to work in the evolving health care system of the twenty-first century. SCL has many benefits, among them that it helps students to learn to work in teams and develop problem-solving, critical thinking and communication skills. The focus on the student means that the teacher’s power is decreased. This, along with openness of the approach, can make the transition to SCL a challenge. This study used an exploratory descriptive qualitative design to explore how comfortable nursing students and faculty members were in a context-based learning (CBL) program, a version of SCL. Nursing students and faculty discussed common challenges of trusting the CBL process. They also discussed the emphasis on self-directed learning and how it could mean that tutors are not as involved with students. To enhance a smooth transition, recommendations have been made, including clarifying the CBL philosophy at orientation, and mentoring and reassuring students.

Technology’s roles in student-centred learning in higher education

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1/2019) ◽  
pp. 81-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Eos Trinidad ◽  
Galvin Radley Ngo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Education Faculty ◽  
Higher Education Faculty ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Timely Feedback ◽  
Student Centred Learning

Given challenges of covering course content, ensuring skills acquisition, and assessing student’s work, higher education faculty often experience difficulties in practicing student-centered learning. The education literature has shown that one way of addressing these concerns is through the use of educational technologies. In this action research, ten faculty members from a Philippine university participated in a coaching programme on using technology for student-centered learning. From interviews and classroom observations, the study finds that when introduced to appropriate tools, higher education faculty use technologies for interactive learning, timely feedback, and better engagement with students. The present research elaborates how faculty from different departments have used these technologies and how the students have responded to their use. The study contributes to the discussion of how technologies can enhance student learning and complement classroom instruction.

scholarly journals Online Graduate Student Perceptions of Program Community

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Shepherd ◽  
Doris Bolliger
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Self Directed Learning ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Course Content ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Directed Learning

Facilitating an online course in today’s student population requires an educator to be innovative and creative and to have an impactful online presence. In the current online learning environment (also known as e-learning), keeping students’ thoughtfully engaged and motivated while dispensing the required course content necessitates faculty enabling a safe, nonjudgmental environment whereby views, perspectives, and personal and professional experiences are encouraged. The educator must exhibit an educator-facilitated active, student-centered learning process, whereby students are held accountable for their active participation and self-directed learning while balancing a facilitator role to further enhance the learning process. This article explores one educator’s reflective practice process that has been developed over numerous years as a very early adopter of online education. It will explore the organizational aspect of teaching-facilitating a dynamic robust online course.

Smart Device Clickers

Biotechnology ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 1581-1606
Author(s):  
Érika Bertozzi de Aquino Mattos ◽  
Isabelle Mazza Guimarães ◽  
Alexander Gonçalves da Silva ◽  
Claudia Marcia Borges Barreto ◽  
Gerlinde Agate Platais Brasil Teixeira
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Smart Device ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Smart Glasses ◽  
Content Acquisition

In the traditional instructional paradigm, faculty members act like actors on a stage. They memorize their speech and deliver it to the audience, many times with very little to no interaction at all with the audience. On the other hand, in the student-centered learning paradigm, faculty members act like coaches interacting full time with their team. This chapter is based on a study conducted at a Brazilian Federal University. The study depicts the distance between science production and teaching, and reports on experiences using smart phone clickers to track and analyze students' content acquisition. The objective is to improve the interactive quality of teaching and learning, thus promoting steps to shift towards a student-centered instructional paradigm. Although smartphones were used in this study, with wearable technologies continuing to grow, other wearables such as smart glasses and smart watches could be used instead.

Learning Styles and Cultural Differences in Online Learning Environments in the Twenty-First Century

2021 ◽  
pp. 1630-1642
Author(s):  
Blessing F. Adeoye
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
First Century ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Nigerian University

The nature of learning is changing, especially learning in the twenty-first century. It's increasingly becoming more to do with student-centered learning. It emphasizes digital literacy, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills. This chapter revisited online learning environments in terms of differences in the learning styles of Nigerian university students according to their cultural backgrounds. The author also reviewed past research that focused on culturally different learning styles in online learning environments. Of specific interest are the studies that examined the same issue in the twenty-first century. This chapter concluded based on the review of literature that a person's learning style could affect how they react to any learning situation, including learning online; therefore, knowledge of learning styles could help in the selection of appropriate instructional designs and teaching strategies for courses. In the case of the students at the University of Lagos, it was found that students with different learning styles have different responses to online learning within their culture.

scholarly journals Best practices in active and student-centered learning in physiology classes

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara E. Goodman ◽  
Megan K. Barker ◽  
James E. Cooke
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Physiology Students

This review article includes our analysis of the literature and our own experiences in using various types of active learning as best practices for evidence-based teaching in physiology. We have evaluated what physiology students should be expected to learn and what are specific challenges to enhancing their learning of physiology principles. We also consider how the instructor should design his or her teaching to improve buy-in from both students and other faculty members. We include a discussion of how the readers can evaluate their teaching approaches for their successes in enhancing student learning of physiology. Thus we have addressed pedagogical improvements specific to student learning of physiology, with additional suggestions from cognitive psychology approaches that can improve physiology teaching and learning.

New horizons in entrepreneurship: from teacher-led to student-centered learning

2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (7/8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Robinson ◽  
Helle Neergaard ◽  
Lene Tanggaard ◽  
Norris Krueger
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Diverse Learning ◽  
Ethnographic Analysis ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The aim of this paper is to contribute to the discussion about the complexity and heterogeneity of entrepreneurship education. In order to achieve this objective, this paper combines educational psychology with perspectives from entrepreneurship education research to make explicit educators tacit assumptions in order to understand how these assumptions guide teaching. Design/methodology/approach Using ethnographic analysis, the paper reports data from the continuous development and implementation of a single course over a period of ten years bringing in the educator’s and the students perspectives on their achievements and course content. Findings We find that it is sometimes advantageous to invoke and combine different learning theories and approaches in order to promote entrepreneurial awareness and mindset. It is also necessary to move away from entrepreneurship education as being teacher-led to being more student-centered and focused on experiential and existential lifelong learning practices. Practical implications Practically, we make suggestions for the design and delivery of a course that demonstrates how four diverse learning theories can be combined to consolidate entrepreneurial learning in students invoking experiential and curiosity based learning strategies. Originality/value There are very few examples of concrete course designs that have been researched longitudinally in-depth using ethnographic methods. Moreover, most courses focus on the post-foundation period, whereas this paper presents a course that is a primer to the entrepreneurial process and exclusively centered on the pre-foundation phase. Rather than building on a single perspective, it combines a range of theories and approaches to create interplay and progression.

scholarly journals Student Participation in Syllabus Development as a Student-centered Learning Technique in Horticulture Classes

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 290-293
Author(s):  
Margaret McMahon
Keyword(s):  
Student Involvement ◽  
Student Participation ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Course Objectives ◽  
Learning Technique

Student-centered learning means having students actively engaged in many aspects of a course to promote learning. Allowing students to participate in syllabus development is a method that involves students in the course and, in the process, assume responsibility for much of their learning. Students can help set course objectives, decide what is the evaluation criteria and who evaluates, determine and deliver some of the course content, and approve the code of conduct for the class. By helping with the aforementioned areas, students can see the relevance of the course to their needs and interests. They tend to take a greater interest in the course and participate more actively in the class. The process of student involvement in syllabus development requires several steps and utilizes techniques that are presented in the following paper.

Design of Intelligent Teaching System Based on Data Mining Technology

2013 ◽  
Vol 834-836 ◽  
pp. 998-1001
Author(s):  
Wei Wei Gao ◽  
Jian Hua Wang ◽  
Xiao Feng Li
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Intelligent Tutoring System ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Mining Technology ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Student Centered Learning ◽  
Teaching System ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Individualized Teaching

Data mining technology into the teaching system, the biggest advantage is that the system can gather large amounts of data for analysis , digging out of the course content and teaching strategies presented useful information on the adjustment in order to build content-rich smart teaching platform . This paper mainly made use of data mining techniques to solve the data mining technology is introduced into the system in order to fully improve the system for students and student learning characteristics of the implementation of individualized teaching of intelligence, flexibility in learning mode , the number of users and courses content scalability , research and development of an online learning system . With these results the general software development technology applied to intelligent tutoring system for students to build an adaptive, personalized student-centered learning platform.

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