Blended Learning towards Social Capital in Higher Education

2013 ◽  
pp. 664-672
Author(s):  
Michela Freddano
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Participatory Processes ◽  
Faculty Of Education ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

This chapter focuses on blended learning towards social capital by showing the experience of Methodology of Social Research II, the blended learning training course held at the Faculty of Education of the University of Genoa (A.Y. 2010/2011). Blended learning engages disciplinary, technical, and relational skills so that human capital and social capital are empowered. The evidence is that in higher education blended learning empowers teaching/learning processes and student achievement providing active student engagement into participatory processes promoted in educational and evaluation activities, involving students in balanced relationships with peers and teacher facilitated by new technologies and tutorship.

The Wheel of Competencies to Enhance Student-Teacher Role Awareness in Teaching-Learning Processes

2021 ◽  
pp. 48-77
Author(s):  
Flávia Pires Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Future Teacher ◽  
Teacher Role ◽  
Mutual Awareness ◽  
Reflective Questions ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Coaching Approach

In this chapter, the wheel of competencies was used for enhancing educators and students' mutual awareness within the teaching-learning processes. This chapter described how teachers could use this tool in their opening class to build rapport and confidence as future teachers in higher education. The competencies reported are from a post-graduate discipline for students in Dentistry and Veterinary at the UNIP-Paulista University of São Paulo in Brazil, named “Higher Education Teaching Skills,” as a mandatory part of their curriculum. The coaching approach applied in this discipline included reflective questions, discussions in groups, plenaries, and the wheel of competencies. The idea is to make the students aware of coaching tools associated with blended learning, which is the teaching-learning philosophy of the discipline. At the closing class, the students can build an action plan as a student or as a future teacher. Throughout the year, it is essential to follow these competencies to improve the students' confidence.

scholarly journals Inclusive University didactics and technological devices: a case study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catia Giaconi ◽  
Arianna Taddei ◽  
Noemi Del Bianco ◽  
Simone Capellini
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Learning Disorders ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Inclusive Practices ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Specific Learning ◽  
Pedagogical Framework

This paper provides a review of projects related to new technologies used to favour the teaching-learning processes and the inclusive practices in the University context for students with disabilities and with Specific Learning Disorders. Authors present a review of strategies, trajectories and perspectives activated in the national and international scene, aiming to guarantee a significant pedagogical framework of reference. Furthermore, the paper focuses on a meaningful path activated at the University of Macerata, the project Inclusion 3.0, a relevant example of new technologies in support of teaching-learning processes and inclusion practices among all students.   

Insights Into University-Business Cooperation in the Information Society

2019 ◽  
pp. 199-227
Author(s):  
Lorena Clara Mihăeş ◽  
Manuela Epure
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
European Union ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Specific Knowledge ◽  
Education Project ◽  
Subject Specific ◽  
The University

This chapter dwells on the state of university-business cooperation within the European Union, with special attention to the situation in Romania. The discussion is contextualized by referring to Adapt2jobs, a higher education project, developed with a view to adapting seven courses from three different domains to the demands of today's ever-changing labour market. All courses aim at developing transversal, multidisciplinary, and innovation skills and competences, and offers students up-to-date subject-specific knowledge. Moreover, the choice of blended learning for their delivery is meant to bring the new technologies inside the university for the benefit of students who are encouraged to become active and reflective learners, able to continue learning long after leaving school.

scholarly journals The Wider Impacts of Universities: Habermas on Learning Processes and Universities

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesper Eckhardt Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
The Self ◽  
Societal Impact ◽  
Functionalist Theory ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

The discourse of reform in higher education tends to focus narrowly on employability and the relationship between higher education and the labor market. Universities as research institutions are now considered solely in the dominant discourse of innovation. This way of conceiving universities is inspired by functionalist theory that focuses on the imperatives of a knowledge economy. Taking a departure in the theory of society developed by Jürgen Habermas this paper seeks to provide a theoretical framework for an empirical comparative analysis on the wider societal impact of universities. It is the argument that the wider impacts of higher education and research at universities must be seen in a more complex vision of modern societies. The paper is thus primarily a re-reading of Habermas’ critique of functionalist views of the university and an application of Habermas’ critique on current issues in the debates on higher education. A special discussion will be taken on issues of the self in view of the current tendencies to regard all education from the standpoint of the economic outputs.

scholarly journals Universidad en tiempos de Covid-19: tecnologías que acortan distancias

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (18) ◽  
pp. 91-97
Author(s):  
Gloria María Pérez Montero
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Communication Course ◽  
The World ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Epidemiological Situation

The presence in the world of the pandemic known as Covid-19 has brought with it challenges and challenges in all areas, but especially in the educational context. The University of Granma responds to the intention of promoting the use of technologies in the improvement of Higher Education and in current times has had to enhance this aspect due to the need for social distancing. This work presents some of the alternatives that have been adopted in the House of Higher Studies and how young people have assimilated them, based on the experiences obtained in the teaching of the Communication course, which belongs to the Sociocultural Management for Development career from the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences. The epidemiological situation has not prevented the training of comprehensive and competent professionals, on the contrary, it has enabled students to achieve self-management of knowledge and meaningful learning, using virtual teaching- learning environments.

scholarly journals Incremento de la participación mediante la gamificación en la asignatura Dirección de Operaciones del Grado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 4791-4806
Author(s):  
Miguel Ángel Montañés Del Río ◽  
Vanessa María Rodríguez Cornejo ◽  
Margarita Ruiz Rodríguez ◽  
Jaime Sánchez Ortiz
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Operations Management ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
New Learning ◽  
Training Methodologies ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University

RESUMEN En la actual sociedad de la información y del conocimiento se observa cómo la proliferación y el auge de los dispositivos móviles, hacen surgir nuevos modelos de aprendizaje que reformulan las metodologías didácticas, organizativas, y de formación de los currículos, para innovar en educación (Moreno Martínez, Leiva Olivencia, & Matas Terrón, 2016). Los estudios que identifican las tecnologías emergentes que podrían impactar en el aprendizaje, la enseñanza y la investigación, prevén el aumento del uso y la incorporación de dispositivos y aplicaciones móviles en las aulas (Reig, 2013; Reig & Vílchez, 2013). Destaca el aprendizaje basado en juegos o gamificación, que permite desarrollar procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje que facilitan la cohesión, la integración y la motivación, potenciando la creatividad del alumnado. Crear juegos entretenidos motivará al alumnado para que participe de forma activa en clase, fomentará una sana competencia entre los jugadores, y hará del aprendizaje algo más divertido (Aleksić-Maslać, Rašić, & Vranešić, 2018). Utilizando Kahoot en dispositivos móviles como soporte para las clases de Dirección de Operaciones del Grado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas de la Universidad de Cádiz, se consiguió motivar al alumnado y, aun existiendo otros factores determinantes, mejorar sus resultados de evaluación.   ABSTRACT In today's information and knowledge society, the proliferation and rise of mobile devices has led to the emergence of new learning models that reformulate didactic, organizational and curricular training methodologies in order to innovate in education (Moreno Martínez, Leiva Olivencia, & Matas Terrón, 2016). Studies that identify emerging technologies that could impact learning, teaching and research, foresee increased use and incorporation of mobile devices and applications in classrooms (Reig, 2013; Reig & Vílchez, 2013). Learning based on games or gamification stands out, which allows the development of teaching-learning processes that facilitate cohesion, integration and motivation, boosting students' creativity. Creating entertaining games will motivate students to participate actively in class, encourage healthy competition between players, and make learning more fun (Aleksić-Maslać, Rašić, & Vranešić, 2018). Using Kahootin mobile devices as support for the classes of Operations Management of the Degree in Business Administration and Management of the University of Cadiz, it was possible to motivate the students and, although there are other determining factors, to improve their evaluation results.    

scholarly journals University Teachers’ Perception of Quality in Higher Education in Ethiopia: A Case Study of Dire Dawa University

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Melaku Masresha Woldeamanuel ◽  
Belay Sitotaw Goshu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Process Indicators ◽  
Perception Of Quality ◽  
Quality In Higher Education ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Output Indicators

This article empirically assesses perception of quality in higher education in Ethiopia.  The data was collected from one higher educational institution where the staffs are graduates of 31 different universities in Ethiopia. The information used in this study was obtained through administration of questionnaires. The main participants are the academic staff of the University. The total number of staff that participated in the research was 365. Purposive sampling technique was employed to select 365 teachers (302 male and 63 female) and seventeen classrooms were observed and twelve group discussions carried out with participants of Ethiopian educational roadmap. Data were analyzed by both descriptive statistics of percentages and inferential statistics of, t-test, correlation and one way ANOVA. Results indicated that teacher’ valued input indicators of quality of education more than process and output indicators. Output indicators received the lowest rating. Teachers’ practice also indicated that they apply process indicators in a reasonable manner. The results of relationship between practices of teaching learning processes revealed that, as teachers’ perception toward quality teaching learning process increases their practice of elements of constructivism also increases.

Impact and Role of AI Technologies in Teaching, Learning, and Research in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 190-203
Author(s):  
Pradeep Tomar ◽  
Shivani Verma
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Intelligent Machines ◽  
Human Thinking ◽  
Teaching Learning

The future of higher education is intrinsically linked with developments on new technologies and computing capacities of the new intelligent machines. In this field, advances in artificial intelligence open to new possibilities and challenges for teaching and learning in higher education with the potential to fundamentally change governance and the internal architecture of institutions of higher education. The role of technology in higher learning is to enhance human thinking and to augment the educational process, not to reduce it to a set of procedures for content delivery, control, and assessment. With the rise of AI solutions, it is increasingly important for educational institutions to stay alert and see if the power of control over hidden algorithms that run them is not monopolized by tech-lords. This chapter will cover all the positive and negative aspects of AI technologies on teaching, learning, and research in higher education.

Games Development for Pedagogical and Educational Purposes

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vitor Carvalho ◽  
Celina Pinto Leão ◽  
Filomena Soares ◽  
Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
High Education ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Simple Game ◽  
Mental Deficiency ◽  
The Other ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Common Task ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Games Development

This chapter presents a research developed in collaboration by two higher education institutions. Nowadays, high education programs can only be successful with the use of new technologies in the teaching/learning process, especially when there are special education requirements. Two experiments were carried out: (1) a set of billiard balls, for snooker game, simulated by using physics laws and, (2) aLJo 2009, a game whose aim is to achieve the correct sorting of a sequence to accomplish a common task. Both projects were developed by students from University of Minho (UM), with different background and from different engineering courses. The snooker game, an academic project, aims to demonstrate that, through a simple game, several areas of knowledge can be used. On the other hand, aLJo 2009 was developed considering a collaboration protocol between UM and the Parents and Friends Association of the Citizen with Mental Deficiency (APPCDM), to improve behavior and social skills in patients with mental impairments.

Sustainable Blended-Learning in HEI

2011 ◽  
pp. 302-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Peres ◽  
Sandra Ribeiro ◽  
Célia Tavares ◽  
Luciana Oliveira ◽  
Manuel Silva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Technology ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Web Technologies ◽  
Innovation In Education ◽  
New Learning ◽  
Learning Scenarios ◽  
Teaching Learning

This chapter aims to demonstrate how PAOL - Unit for Innovation in Education, a project from ISCAP - School of Accounting and Administration of Oporto - Institute Polytechnic of Oporto, Portugal - prompted new educational initiatives and new learning scenarios at a Higher Education Institution. Furthermore, it will demonstrate PAOL’s lines of intervention through an extensive analysis based on the 6 years of experience that this unit has in the educational technology field; a project that began small but that, due to the force of innovation, has progressively conquered new adepts. Therefore the unit described in this chapter relates all these factors, as a whole, capable of attaining changes that influence mentalities and methodologies, overcoming cultural and technical barriers. This case study can serve as a catalyst, potentiating the creation of new multi-faceted projects in the scope of web technologies in higher education teaching-learning processes.

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