Lecturing Tomorrow

2010 ◽  
pp. 353-372
Author(s):  
Thomas Czerwionka ◽  
Michael Klebl ◽  
Claudia Schrader
Keyword(s):  
Educational Technology ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Web Conferencing ◽  
Survey Instruments ◽  
Expected Benefits ◽  
Conferencing System

This chapter presents a survey methodology addressing learners’ requirements, their expectations and experiences regarding challenges in the implementation process of new educational technology in educational institutions. The presented methodology was devised and applied during the pilot use of a web conferencing system (in its educational form as a virtual classroom) in distance education, and combines the evaluation of usability, acceptance and expected benefits in order to generate statements and to substantiate decisions on educational technology at an early stage of its institutional introduction. The methodical procedure, survey instruments and results from its exemplary exertion are described. The overall objective of this chapter is to prove the appropriateness of this multi-perspective and user centered approach towards the examination of utility, resulting in a pragmatic and transferable tool for the evaluation of the three named factors.

Designing and Evaluating Survey Instruments for Research in Human Issues in Horticulture

HortScience ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 554c-554
Author(s):  
Sonja M. Skelly ◽  
Jennifer Campbell Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Survey Research ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Survey Instrument ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
The Social ◽  
Survey Instruments

Survey research has a long precedence of use in the social sciences. With a growing interest in the area of social science research in horticulture, survey methodology needs to be explored. In order to conduct proper and accurate survey research, a valid and reliable instrument must be used. In many cases, however, an existing measurement tool that is designed for specific research variables is unavailable thus, an understanding of how to design and evaluate a survey instrument is necessary. Currently, there are no guidelines in horticulture research for developing survey instruments for use with human subjects. This presents a problem when attempting to compare and reference similar research. This workshop will explore the methodology involved in preparing a survey instrument; topics covered will include defining objectives for the survey, constructing questions, pilot testing the survey, and obtaining reliability and validity information. In addition to these topics some examples will be provided which will illustrate how to complete these steps. At the conclusion of this session a discussion will be initiated for others to share information and experiences dealing with creating survey instruments.

HIGHER EDUCATION IN ANCIENT INDIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (26) ◽  
Author(s):  
Satyendra Singh Chahar ◽  
Nirmal Singh
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
University Education ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Educational Method ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Ancient India ◽  
Herbert Spencer ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Ideal

University education -on almost modern lines existed in India as early as 800 B.C. or even earlier. The learning or culture of ancient India was chiefly the product of her hermitages in the solitude of the forests. It was not of the cities. The learning of the forests was embodied in the books specially designated as Aranyakas "belonging to the forests." The ideal of education has been very grand, noble and high in ancient India. Its aimaccording to Herbert Spencer is the 'training for completeness of life' and ‘the molding o character of men and women for the battle of life’. The history of the educational institutions in ancient India shows a glorious dateline of her cultural history. It points to a long history altogether. In the early stage it was rural, not urban. British Sanskrit scholar Arthur Anthony Macdonell says "Some hundreds of years must have been needed for all that is found" in her culture. The aim of education was at the manifestation of the divinity in men, it touches the highest point of knowledge. In order to attain the goal the whole educational method is based on plain living and high thinking pursued through eternity.

scholarly journals Early Dropout Prediction in MOOCs through Supervised Learning and Hyperparameter Optimization

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (14) ◽  
pp. 1701
Author(s):  
Theodor Panagiotakopoulos ◽  
Sotiris Kotsiantis ◽  
Georgios Kostopoulos ◽  
Omiros Iatrellis ◽  
Achilles Kameas
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Supervised Machine Learning ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Student Dropout ◽  
Wide Range

Over recent years, massive open online courses (MOOCs) have gained increasing popularity in the field of online education. Students with different needs and learning specificities are able to attend a wide range of specialized online courses offered by universities and educational institutions. As a result, large amounts of data regarding students’ demographic characteristics, activity patterns, and learning performances are generated and stored in institutional repositories on a daily basis. Unfortunately, a key issue in MOOCs is low completion rates, which directly affect student success. Therefore, it is of utmost importance for educational institutions and faculty members to find more effective practices and reduce non-completer ratios. In this context, the main purpose of the present study is to employ a plethora of state-of-the-art supervised machine learning algorithms for predicting student dropout in a MOOC for smart city professionals at an early stage. The experimental results show that accuracy exceeds 96% based on data collected during the first week of the course, thus enabling effective intervention strategies and support actions.

scholarly journals Regional education on endoscopic surgery using a teleconference system with high-quality video via the internet: Saga surgical videoconferences

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatsuya Manabe ◽  
Mitsuhiro Takasaki ◽  
Takao Ide ◽  
Kenji Kitahara ◽  
Seiji Sato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Endoscopic Surgery ◽  
Educational System ◽  
High Speed ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Conferencing ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Anatomical Structures ◽  
Quality Video ◽  
High Quality Video ◽  
Conferencing System

Abstract Background Effective education about endoscopic surgery (ES) is greatly needed for unskilled surgeons, especially at low-volume institutions, to maintain the safety of patients. We have tried to establish the remote educational system using videoconference system through the internet for education about ES to surgeons belonging to affiliate institutions. The aim of this manuscript was to report the potential to establish a comfortable remote educational system and to debate its advantages. Methods We established a local remote educational conference system by combining the use of a general web conferencing system and a synchronized remote video playback system with annotation function through a high-speed internet. Results During 2014–2019, we conducted 14 videoconferences to review and improve surgeons’ skills in performing ES at affiliated institutions. At these conferences, while an uncut video of ES that had been performed at one of the affiliated institutions was shown, the surgical procedure was discussed frankly, and expert surgeons advised improvements. The annotation system is useful for easy, prompt recognition among the audience regarding anatomical structures and procedures that are difficult to explain verbally. Conclusions This system is of low initial cost and offers easy participation and high-quality videos. It would therefore be a useful tool for regional ES education.

scholarly journals The Effect of Artificial Intelligence (Microbit) in Raising the Motivation Towards Learning Programming Among the Students of Educational Technology at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah: أثر الذكاء الاصطناعي المايكروبت (Microbit) في رفع الدافعية نحو تعلُّم البرمجة لدى الطالبات في مقرر تقنيات التعليم بجامعة الملك عبد العزيز بجدة

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (30) ◽  
pp. 58-76
Author(s):  
Samaher Ahmed Al-Qarni, Amani Mohammed Omran Samaher Ahmed Al-Qarni, Amani Mohammed Omran
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Educational Technology ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Artificial Intelligence Techniques ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
King Abdulaziz University ◽  
Effective Role ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Learning Programming

The research seeks to know the effect of Artificial Intelligence (Microbit) in raising the motivation towards learning programming among the students of educational technology at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah. The sample consisted of (14) students, and the research followed the quasi-experimental method for one experimental group. Also, a pre-measurement and post-measurement was done by using the motivation measure towards learning programming. The results of the research confirmed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.001) between the results of students for their motivation towards learning programming before and after the use of the (Microbit) in favor of post-measurement. The research also recommended the importance of employing artificial intelligence techniques in curricula and academic projects for its effective role in making the education process active, improving the performance of male and female students and raising their motivation. As well as, preparing educational institutions and centers, and training teachers to work using artificial intelligence techniques, especially the Microbit device.

Making Sense of Learning

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 445-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony Blackwood ◽  
Anna Round ◽  
Lee Pugalis ◽  
Lucy Hatt
Keyword(s):  
Early Stage ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
First Year ◽  
Formal Learning ◽  
Nascent Entrepreneurs ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Making Sense

Entrepreneurial learning is complex, reflecting the distinctive dispositions of entrepreneurs (including nascent entrepreneurs at an early stage in their entrepreneurial life course). The surge in entrepreneurship education programmes over recent decades and the attendant increase in scholarship have often contributed to this convoluted field. Consequently, universally applicable articulations of entrepreneurship education can be problematic, especially demarcating between more formal and less formal learning experiences that are not necessarily confined to traditional educational institutions. The authors explore the ways in which nascent entrepreneurs experience and articulate their own ‘learning’ and development during the first year of a specific three-year experientially-based programme. Drawing attention to their deployment of sense-making narratives, the paper presents key findings that have implications for theory and practice.

Using Mobile Technology and Podcasts to Teach Soft Skills

2009 ◽  
pp. 223-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Revathi Viswanathan
Keyword(s):  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Training Methods ◽  
Web 2.0 Technologies ◽  
Organizational Skills ◽  
Effective Manner

Training ESL students in soft skills and employability skills with the help of Web 2.0 technologies is the current trend in Indian educational institutions. Students, who aspire to grow to greater heights in the corporate world, have understood the importance of learning soft skills such as verbal and non-verbal communication as well as employability skills such as interpersonal, problem solving and organizational skills to secure placements in leading companies. To meet these demands, teachers are required to play the role of facilitators of learning, and use innovative training methods. They no longer depend totally on textual materials but use advanced technological tools to supplement their teaching. The curriculum is designed to accommodate these innovations. Thus one finds more and more teachers using Web 2.0 technologies like podcasts, mobile phones, Wikis, blogs and Skype. Research studies conducted on the use of these Web 2.0 technology tools have shown the possibility of creating a virtual classroom and promoting students’ participatory learning in a more effective manner.

scholarly journals Effective Innovation Implementation of Mechatronic Product-Service Systems Considering Socio-Technical Aspects

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 3051-3060
Author(s):  
Gennadiy Dmitrovic Koltun ◽  
Carlos Alberto Romero Viturro ◽  
Johan Buchholz ◽  
Juliane Wissel ◽  
Michael Zaggl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Innovation Implementation ◽  
Organizational Challenges ◽  
Conceptual Innovation ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Expected Benefits ◽  
Implementation Management ◽  
Product Service Systems

AbstractIt is estimated that about half of all innovations, such as innovations in mechatronic product-service systems (PSS), fail to deliver the expected benefits to the adopting organization. Different studies point out that one of the main reasons for this is an ineffective implementation process.In this paper, we argue that, apart from several organizational challenges, insufficient integration of technical and social aspects is one of the reasons for ineffective innovation implementation in the environment of mechatronic PSS.In order to remedy this weakness, this paper builds on the work of interdisciplinary research collaboration. Experts from technical, socio-technical, and management fields integrate their work within a conceptual innovation implementation management system (IIMS). This IIMS is capable of capturing various methods and models that foster the socio-technical integration in mechatronic PSS. The approach is assessed in a lab-scale demonstration case that is representative of industrial environments.The presented approach supports an effective innovation implementation process, while the IIMS facilitates individual alignments for future practitioners.

scholarly journals Alacrity of Preschool Education Teachers to Work with Children in Inclusive Groups

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 139-148
Author(s):  
N. Diatlenko ◽  
◽  
A. Goncharenko ◽  
H. Smolnykova ◽  
D. Sabol ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Special Groups ◽  
Teacher Training Programs ◽  
Expected Benefits ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

To make preschool inclusion successful and to have children gain the expected benefits, teachers need to be provided with functional teacher training programs that foster positive attitudes and provide them with a meaningful experience. The purpose of the study was to investigate the readiness of educators of preschool education institutions in Kyiv to work in inclusive classrooms. In the process of integration into the European community, Ukraine has focused on educational reforms, in particular, the creation of conditions for the introduction of inclusive education in educational institutions. The parameters of the research are taken into account, such as attitude to the idea of inclusion, possession of the necessary arsenal of pedagogical practices, understanding of barriers and ways to overcome them on the way to the organization of inclusive education. A structured questionnaire of preschool teachers attempts to reveal their attitudes towards inclusive education in general and to assess the conditions that promote or hinder the emergence of willingness and willingness to work in an inclusive group. The results of the study showed that a significant number of educators have a negative attitude to the idea of inclusion, believing that children should study in special groups or in special institutions (but not boarding schools). Educators name a number of barriers that prevent them from being positive about inclusive education, and underestimate their readiness for such work.

scholarly journals Administrasi Pendidik dan Tenaga Kependidikan (PTK) 2

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahma Juita
Keyword(s):  
School Environment ◽  
Career Guidance ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Student Attendance ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
School Year ◽  
New Students

Student administration is a process carried out by several people in an organization to achieve a certain goal, therefore student administration is a field that is highly related to the organization, and it can also be said that student administration is an attempt to achieve an objective effectively and controlled by utilizing what is available. The purpose of the administration of students is to regulate the activities of students that support the learning and teaching process in schools to run regularly, structured, effective and efficient, so that the desired goals are achieved. Students are a very important part in the learning and teaching process in schools, the administration of education is built to benefit students and schools. Therefore, it is very important for schools to get the attention of educational institutions, in order to achieve the goal of a nation-based comprehensive education. The role of the teacher in student administration is as a selection committee for new student admissions, plays a role in facilitating students to adapt to the school environment, recording and controlling student attendance, conducting competency tests, creating an atmosphere that creates motivation and carrying out career guidance and tracking graduates. In the research of this article, the material is taken from books, journals and other sources related to the administration of students. Student Administration is an activity that takes care of the part of students and provides services to new students who want to register until the student has graduated from the school. The implementation process of student administration there are 3, namely: student administration activities at the beginning of the school year, student administration activities during the school year, and student administration at the end of the school year. The Student Administration Instrument contains the recording of students' personal data at school.

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