Using 3D Printing as a Strategy for Including Different Student Learning Styles in the Classroom

2019 ◽  
pp. 176-199
Author(s):  
Susana C. F. Fernandes ◽  
Ricardo Simoes
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
3D Printing ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Proactive Behavior ◽  
Printing Technology ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
Technology In Teaching ◽  
Academic Content

This chapter aims to explore the contribution of 3D printing technologies as a collaborative resource in higher education teaching. It was conducted in the course “Physics of Materials,” in which the contribution of practical experience in the learning process was analyzed and the degree of interest, motivation, and understanding by students on academic content was assessed. Practical demonstrations with resources prepared by 3D printing can be a very motivational learning facilitator. To this end, the learning styles of students were determined through the Honey-Alonso learning styles questionnaire (CHAEA). A second questionnaire was used to obtain information about the motivational importance of 3D printing technology in teaching activities in the classroom. The authors concluded that 3D printing can positively help teachers to improve students' engagement and proactive behavior, as well as teaching environment, by including different methodological styles in the learning process, particularly in courses with a significant theoretical content.

scholarly journals Virtual Environments in Higher Education – Immersion as a Key Construct for Learning 4.0

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Janssen ◽  
Christian Tummel ◽  
Anja Richert ◽  
Ingrid Isenhardt
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
User Study ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Immersive Virtual Environments ◽  
Technological Developments

<p class="Abstract"><span lang="EN-US">In light of the increasing technological developments, working life and education is changing and becoming more complex, interconnected and digital. These changed circumstances require new and modified competences of future employees. Education has to respond to the changing requirements in working life. To prepare for this, a technological-oriented teaching and learning process as well as gaining practical experience is crucial for students. In this context, Virtual Reality (VR) technologies provide new opportunities for practical experience in higher education, where they can further intensify the students learning experiences to a more immersive and engaging involvement in the learning process. To evaluate the potential of immersive virtual learning environments (VLE) for higher education and to understand more deeply which kind of experiences students gain while learning in immersive virtual environments (VE) an experimental research study is carried out. The paper describes education in light of industry 4.0 first and gives an overall view of immersive learning and the role of VR Technologies. Then the user study to measure user experience (UX) in immersive VLE is presented. Preliminary results are outlined and discussed with a view of further research.</span></p>

scholarly journals Students’ Voice in Learning Style Assessment: The Innovative Learning Experiences Tool (ILE)

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 180
Author(s):  
Nosisana Patricia Mkonto
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Assessment Tool ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Diverse Learning ◽  
Innovative Learning

<strong></strong><p>Students who enter higher education have diverse learning needs, andhigher education institutions need to provide for these needs. One way of dealing with this variety of learning needs is to empower students to play an active role in their own learning, by making them aware of their learning styles.  Identifying learning styles is an important facet within the learning process. Assessing learning styles could provide students with an opportunity to be reflective, and interrogate how they learn. Students’ learning styles can be assessed by using a learning styles assessment tool. The Innovative Learning Experiences (ILE) which was developed in this study, caters for the students` voice where students reflect on their past and present learning experiences. </p><br /><strong> </strong>

Blended Learning

2016 ◽  
pp. 17-40
Author(s):  
Virendra Gawande
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Acceptance Model

Higher Education in developing countries like Oman offers several unique circumstances that suggest curriculum delivery using Blended Learning is a rational choice. Research has been conducted to identify the factors affecting blended learning adoption and to determine whether the teaching and learning process is amenable to its adoption at HEIs in Oman. Based on the findings a model, Blended Learning Acceptance Model (BLAM), has been developed. It was inferred from the findings that there is a positive relationship among the demographic factors and behavioral Intention i.e. blended-learning adoption. In addition, the teaching and learning styles also had significant influence on adoption of blended learning. BLAM was primarily intended to be used at HEIs in Oman, but may also be used in other developing countries as a reference for the adoption of blended learning.

Building an Interactive E-Lab

2011 ◽  
pp. 217-223
Author(s):  
Kin Cheong Chu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Experimental Data ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Training System ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Subject Knowledge ◽  
Remote Locations ◽  
Knowledge Based

There has been an increasing emphasis on enhancing students’ practical experience acquiring from the higher education, focusing not only on the development of academic and intellectual capabilities and subject knowledge, but also on the development of skills to equip students for employability. A practical training system that allows instruments to be monitored and controlled over the Internet leaves plenty of room to be studied. This training system can easily be turned into online experiment that allows students at remote locations to control and obtain real-time measurements or experimental data (Tan & Soh, 2001). Actually, some students like to read books to gain knowledge, while others prefer to understand theories deeper through experiment (Chu, 1999; Whelan, 1997). Both of these knowledge-based and investigative types of learning styles have profound and different effects on the delivery and acceptance of engineering education.

scholarly journals Learning Styles in Business Management students: An empirical study in Portuguese Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-384
Author(s):  
Luísa Margarida Cagica Carvalho ◽  
João Manuel do Freixo Pereira ◽  
Rui Manuel Teixeira Santos Dias ◽  
Adriana Backx Noronha
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Cognitive Strategies ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Portuguese Higher Education ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Teaching Learning

This research aims to identify the learning styles of Portuguese higher education students in business administration, and in return to enable the identification of effective ways to foster the teaching-learning process. The research is divided into two parts: a theoretical approach and the analysis and discussion of the results obtained in light of the learning style of these students as characterized by the Felder-Silvernman model. The data were collected from 3 Portuguese Higher Education Institutions and seek to contribute to the improvement of the learning process in business management courses and to provide for adequate planning of learning strategies aimed at educational success. The statistical analysis of the data was performed with SPSS version 25.0 for Windows and included both descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of the study are consistent with the findings in the literature in similar contexts, suggesting that learning styles vary according to the individual. Regarding gender, a variable that has been studied relatively little to date, there is also evidence in the study that female students seem to use cognitive strategies significantly more than their male counterparts.

scholarly journals Didactic Options and Experience with 3D Printing Technology and LEGO Mindstorms Kits

2020 ◽  
pp. 10-18
Author(s):  
Igor Černák ◽  
Michal Rojček ◽  
Patrik Sitiarik
Keyword(s):  
3D Printing ◽  
Computer Graphics ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Printing Technology ◽  
3D Printing Technology ◽  
Lego Mindstorms ◽  
And Robotics ◽  
Teaching Information

The article discusses didactic possibilities and experiences with the use of 3d printing technology and Lego Mindstorms. 3d printing we use to teach computer graphics. It is essential that the teacher has a knowledge of how technology works and how it can implement it into teaching. The same is true of the Lego Mindstorms, which we use to teach programming and robotics. The article focuses on both technologies in terms of their capabilities and practical experience in teaching information subjects.

scholarly journals Variability of Higher Education Students’ Learning Styles Depending on Gender, Course, Degree and Institutional Context

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1659
Author(s):  
Pilar Alonso-Martín ◽  
Rocío Cruz-Díaz ◽  
Carmen Granado-Alcón ◽  
Rocío Lago-Urbano ◽  
Concha Martínez-García
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Inverse Correlation ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Significant Preference ◽  
The Social ◽  
Parametric Statistics ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Education Courses

In higher education it is important to consider learning styles of students to facilitate the teaching–learning process. The aims guiding the research were to describe the learning styles predominating among students in the field of the social sciences, to analyse the results with respect to gender, year of study, degree course and institution, and to perform correlation analysis between these variables. The data analyses were carried out with non-parametric statistics with a confidence level of 95%. The sample was composed of 636 students at the Universities of Huelva (UHU), Cádiz (UCA), and Pablo de Olavide of Seville (UPO), who completed the Honey–Alonso Learning Styles Questionnaire and reported sociodemographic and educational data. The results showed a significant preference for the Reflector style. Significant correlations were found in most variables highlighting that the courses showed an inverse correlation with the learning styles, the Activist, Theorist, and Pragmatist styles being less preferred as they progressed in the career. It is worth noting the significant direct correlation between Reflector, Theorist, and Pragmatist styles, but the Activist style inversely correlates with all three. As a complementary contribution, a proposal for intervention in classrooms with a sustainable perspective is offered. It is important to attend to the evolution in the preference of the learning styles that students acquire as they advance in higher education courses in order to facilitate a more optimal and sustainable teaching–learning process.

scholarly journals Linking society: Higher education institution role in local development

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Mónica del Rocío Véliz Pincay ◽  
Hugo Jesús Juan Vélez Pincay ◽  
Carlos G. Villacreses Viteri ◽  
Maira Andrea Macías Guillen ◽  
Carlos Alberto Litardo Velasquez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Local Development ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Main Axis ◽  
Economic Values ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

The University now is the managing three substantive core functions: teaching, research, and links, all go hand in the teaching-learning process, the interesting thing about this idea is that the Higher Education Center becomes the main axis of knowledge. The objective of this research is to know the way that Higher Education Institutions have raised their incidence in local development. Deepening, from the studies conducted in the processes of linkage, which is where the relationship with their teaching activities has established of research and where quality preparation has given to the students, allowing them to satisfy the requirements of the productive matrix of the province. The career of Industrial Engineering has taken for the study because this is the fundamental pillar in supporting the change of productive matrix of the province. From the knowledge of the agro-economic values that can contribute to local development and as a result of this research it has been determined that they have affected the territory surrounding the Institution in projects that enhance local development, shown in its actions in the Municipal Gad of Portoviejo.

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