Combining Adaptive and Cooperative Learning Strategies to Deal With Heterogeneity in Large Groups

2019 ◽  
pp. 185-202
Author(s):  
Luis Fernández-GutiérrezdelÁlamo ◽  
Luis F. Mazadiego ◽  
David Bolonio ◽  
Fernando Barrio-Parra ◽  
Miguel Izquierdo-Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Added Value ◽  
First Year ◽  
Group Lessons ◽  
Group Members ◽  
High Level ◽  
Large Groups

In undergraduate university degrees, students start their first year with a high level of heterogeneity in terms of acquired curricular competences. Therefore, the teaching given in these courses must face the challenge of turning this heterogeneity, in principle counterproductive, into an added value that helps students to face the subjects with expectations of success. Consequently, an innovative approach in the teaching of the first degree courses is needed, moving towards adaptive and personalized learning based on the use of new technologies, facilitating the overcoming of learned competences regardless of the starting level of the student. Other works focus on adaptive learning to achieve the homogeneity in groups of students before the beginning of the group lessons. Unlike this “classical” approach, this chapter is based on maintaining the heterogeneity of knowledge and using it as a driving force to learn through interactions among group members.

scholarly journals First-year students’ perceptions of team-based learning in a new medical genetics course

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 170-177
Author(s):  
Vinicius Canato Santana ◽  
Carlos Rocha Oliveira ◽  
Ramon Bossardi Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Genetic Diseases ◽  
Medical Genetics ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Students First ◽  
First Year Medical Students ◽  
First Time ◽  
Large Groups

ABSTRACT Background Medical education has evolved considerably over the last few years, especially through adoption of new technologies and active methodologies. These methodologies aim to improve learning and engage students deeply in the process. TBL is a methodology widely used in health schools, including Medical Schools. We can use it to work with large groups, divided into small teams. The students first work individually, then within teams, and finally the groups cooperate to solve applied problems. Objectives To describe students’ perceptions and satisfaction about a Medical Genetics course organized into blocks of subject in which we used TBL sessions with first-year medical students. Methods A Medical Genetics course were organized into subject blocks in which a TBL session was conducted in each of these blocks to improve the learning process. At the end of the course, the students answered a questionnaire on satisfaction and perceptions. Results By the first time we described a Medical Genetics course organized into 5 blocks of subject matter on a total of 25 genetic diseases in which a TBL session was conducted in each of these blocks. We enrolled a total of 290 participants and 96% of the students were satisfied with TBL. Furthermore, 97% of students believe that TBL helped them to learn, and 87% approved of use of TBL in the future at other stages of their medical course. Conclusion Application of the TBL method during a medical genetics course was well-received by students and proved an important tool in the structures of curricula for medical education at this university.

scholarly journals Legal Impediments in the EU to New Technologies in the Example of E-Residency

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerikmäe Tanel ◽  
Särav Sandra
Keyword(s):  
Identity Management ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
First Year ◽  
Digital Identity ◽  
Best Interest ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Administrative Capacity ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Estonia has created of itself the image of an e-state that is being supported with novel ICT-solutions, the perhaps most renowned of which is e-residency. However, created as a governmental start-up in the national best interest, e-residency could be of marginal relevance in light of global digital identity management. Purely national digital identity or an e-residency grants its holder several rights unknown to, or at least unapplied in a majority of the EU Member States and in the world more generally. But currently it lies on a vacillating legal pedestal which has resulted in copious administrative issues and proposed legal amendments already during its first year of implementation. Concerns, such as the administrative capacity of Estonia to handle potentially 10 million customers of national e-services, arise due to contingent legal footing. On this basis, efficiency of e-residency is critically analysed from the perspective of an autoschediastic regulatory framework presuming high-level administrative competence yet leaving the scope and limits of the functions of the public authorities legally unfurnished and isolated from the EU legal space.

scholarly journals Adaptive Learning Implementation – A Cognitive Description Experiment for First Year Engineering Students at a Distance Education University

2020 ◽  
pp. 124-130
Author(s):  
Ngaka Mosia
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Pass Rate ◽  
First Year ◽  
Pass Rates ◽  
Struggling Learners ◽  
Engineering Statistics ◽  
Differentiated Learning ◽  
High Level

A study was performed on a first year industrial engineering statistics course to improve the statistics pass rate. Statistics is a requisite for other engineering courses. The pass rate for the statistic course was below 50%. The primary purpose is to enable learners to build a capacity to comprehend module content and establish a deeper level of learning that will enable learners to achieve goals and objectives of TL lessons. An intervention program was instructionally designed to develop a personalized and differentiated learning process that breaks down lessons into lower and basic components, for struggling learners, and improves lessons to a complex high level and challenging activities for excelling students. Forty students were considered for the study. Moore’s theory of transactional distance was used as a theoretical framework. The data consisted of exam and assignment scores. A quantitative method was used to analyse the data. Hypothesis testing suggests that the intervention program is significant. The overall pass rates improved by 25%.

scholarly journals CURRENT STATE AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS OF E-LEARNING IN CHINA

2021 ◽  
Vol 85 (5) ◽  
pp. 208-227
Author(s):  
Kateryna P. Osadcha ◽  
Viacheslav V. Osadchyi ◽  
Oleg M. Spirin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Adaptive Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Chinese Higher Education ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Learning Collaborative ◽  
E Learning

The emergence of new e-learning technologies requires a rethinking of their implementation in higher education. To fill this gap, this study analyzes the experience of using and creating e-learning tools in Chinese higher education institutions over the past 5 years. The survey found that the most common educational technologies in Chinese higher education are blended learning, collaborative learning, modified classes, micro-learning and adaptive learning, as well as e-learning tools such as mobile technology and mass open online courses. A survey of university faculty and students explored the practicalities of using e-learning tools in Chinese higher education. The results of the analysis of 20 responses from teachers and 16 responses from undergraduate and postgraduate students showed the following: the teachers have the opportunity to organize e-learning at their university, blended learning is mainly implemented in the learning process, teachers are not limited in choosing e-learning tools: video tools, messengers, social networks and e-learning tools such as Articulate 360 and Adapt. It has been proven that video lectures with a higher level of teacher expression were better than those that had a normal level of teacher expression and only audio, in terms of improving the level of students’ emotional and learning satisfaction. Accordingly, the teacher's facial expression plays a key role in teaching students online. A number of tasks have been proposed that will contribute to the development of e-learning in Chinese higher education. The authors emphasize that in order to develop e-learning in Chinese higher education, it is necessary to pay attention to the following tasks: understanding and studying trends in the ICT development in education; targeting e-learning strategies at improving learning interests; constant monitoring and updating of software and hardware of higher educational institutions for introduction of new technologies in higher education; development and distribution of platforms with simple software interfaces for creating distance learning courses; development of information resources.

scholarly journals INNOVATIONS AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES OF SLOVAK START-UP ENTERPRISES

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ladislav Mura ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Driving Force ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Innovative Products ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
Integrate Research

An essential part of the corporate sector is formed by small and highly innovative enterprises, the start-ups. They introduce highly innovative activities, new solutions, integrate research results into their activities, as well as apply new technologies in their everyday practice. Start-ups are increasingly popular in different sectors of the national economy since they are a vital part of the entrepreneurial environment. The entrepreneurial activity of start-ups focuses on highly innovative products or services with high added value for the target customer. The main goal of the current paper is to target the innovative activity of Slovak start-ups. The paper presents partial results of the research conducted by targeting Slovak start-ups. The research results conclude that innovative start-ups are the driving force of the entrepreneurial sector. The innovative activities of these businesses rank them among the highly competitive and successful players on the market, even in a challenging business environment.

scholarly journals New EAF Slag Characterization Methodology for Strategic Metal Recovery

Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1513
Author(s):  
Nour-Eddine Menad ◽  
Nassima Kana ◽  
Alain Seron ◽  
Ndue Kanari
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Slag Sample ◽  
Steel Slag ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Metal Extraction ◽  
Magnetic Fraction ◽  
Magnetic Components ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Hematite Fe2o3

The grown demand of current and future development of new technologies for high added value and strategic metals, such as molybdenum, vanadium, and chromium, and facing to the depletion of basic primary resources of these metals, the metal extraction and recovery from industrial by-products and wastes is a promising choice. Slag from the steelmaking sector contains a significant amount of metals; therefore, it must be considered to be an abundant secondary resource for several strategic materials, especially chromium. In this work, the generated slag from electric arc furnace (EAF) provided by the French steel industry was characterized by using multitude analytical techniques in order to determine the physico-chemical characteristics of the targeted slag. The revealed main crystallized phases are larnite (Ca2SiO4), magnetite (Fe3O4), srebrodolskite (Ca2Fe2O5), wüstite (FeO), maghemite (Fe2.6O3), hematite (Fe2O3), chromite [(Fe,Mg)Cr2O4], and quartz (SiO2). The collected slag sample contains about 34.1% iron (48.5% Fe2O3) and 3.5% chromium, whilst the vanadium contents is around 1500 ppm. The Mössbauer spectroscopy suggested that the non-magnetic fraction represents 42 wt% of the slag, while the remainder (58 wt%) is composed of magnetic components. The thermal treatment of steel slag up to 900 °C indicated that this solid is almost stable and few contained phases change their structures.

scholarly journals Technologies and Extraction Methods of Polyphenolic Compounds Derived from Pomegranate (Punica granatum) Peels. A Mini Review

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 236
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Lampakis ◽  
Prodromos Skenderidis ◽  
Stefanos Leontopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Electric Fields ◽  
Bioactive Compounds ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Ohmic Heating ◽  
Punica Granatum ◽  
Extraction Methods ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Green Solvents ◽  
Ultrasound Assisted Extraction ◽  
Functional Product

The interest in using plant by-product extracts as functional ingredients is continuously rising due to environmental and financial prospects. The development of new technologies has led to the achievement of aqueous extracts with high bioactivity that is preferable due to organic solvents nonuse. Recently, widely applied and emerging technologies, such as Simple Stirring, Pressure-Applied Extraction, Enzymatic Extraction, Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction, Pulsed Electric Fields, High Hydrostatic Pressure, Ohmic Heating, Microwave Assistant Extraction and the use of “green” solvents such as the deep eutectic solvents, have been investigated in order to contribute to the minimization of disadvantages on the extraction of bioactive compounds. This review is focused on bioactive compounds derived from pomegranate (Punica granatum) peels and highlighted the most attractive extraction methods. It is believed that these findings could be a useful tool for the pomegranate juices industry to apply an effective and economically viable extraction process, transforming a by-product to a high added value functional product.

scholarly journals Multi-Sensor Fusion for Aerial Robots in Industrial GNSS-Denied Environments

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 3921
Author(s):  
Paloma Carrasco ◽  
Francisco Cuesta ◽  
Rafael Caballero ◽  
Francisco J. Perez-Grau ◽  
Antidio Viguria
Keyword(s):  
Sensor Fusion ◽  
Computational Efficiency ◽  
Probabilistic Approach ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Aerial Robots ◽  
3D Localization ◽  
High Level

The use of unmanned aerial robots has increased exponentially in recent years, and the relevance of industrial applications in environments with degraded satellite signals is rising. This article presents a solution for the 3D localization of aerial robots in such environments. In order to truly use these versatile platforms for added-value cases in these scenarios, a high level of reliability is required. Hence, the proposed solution is based on a probabilistic approach that makes use of a 3D laser scanner, radio sensors, a previously built map of the environment and input odometry, to obtain pose estimations that are computed onboard the aerial platform. Experimental results show the feasibility of the approach in terms of accuracy, robustness and computational efficiency.

Teaching Enterprise — Can it Be Done in Large Groups?

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
Raymond D. Donnelly
Keyword(s):  
Market Research ◽  
Business Plan ◽  
Management Programme ◽  
First Year ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Commercial Sources ◽  
To Come ◽  
The University ◽  
Large Groups

This paper reports on work carried out in the School of Management at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. Following a wide-ranging review of the first-year management programme, a module on enterprise was introduced. As part of that module students had to compete in a game, the object of which was to come up with a business idea, conduct market research and present a business plan and proposal to a panel of judges. The number of students was 225 in year one but reached around 500 within five years. The module has generated many good ideas and has attracted sponsorship from commercial sources. As yet the university has been unable to take the ideas further. It is possible that enterprise can be learned by people in large numbers, but perhaps universities are not the places in which to attempt such work.

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