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Ishari Amarasinghe; Konstantinos Michos; Francisco Crespi; Davinia Hernández-Leo – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2024
Background: Data-driven educational technology solutions have the potential to support teachers in different tasks, such as the designing and orchestration of collaborative learning activities. When designing, such solutions can improve teacher understanding of how learning designs impact student learning and behaviour; and guide them to refine…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Educational Technology, Design, Cooperative Learning
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Gamez-Montero, P. Javier; Raush, Gustavo; Domènech, Lluis; Castilla, Robert; García-Vílchez, Mercedes; Moreno, Hipòlit; Carbó, Albert – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2015
"Mechanics" and "Fluids" are familiar concepts for any newly-registered engineering student. However, when combined into the term "Fluid Mechanics", students are thrust into the great unknown. The present article demonstrates the process of adaptation employed by the Fluid Mechanics course in the undergraduate…
Descriptors: Mechanics (Physics), Engineering Education, Undergraduate Study, Instructional Materials
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Galan, Berta; Muñoz, Iciar; Viguri, Javier R. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
This paper shows the planning, the teaching activities and the evaluation of the learning and teaching process implemented in the Chemical Process Design course at the University of Cantabria, Spain. Educational methods to address the knowledge, skills and attitudes that students who complete the course are expected to acquire are proposed and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Innovation, Curriculum Implementation, Chemical Engineering
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Martín-Rodríguez, Óscar; Fernández-Molina, Juan Carlos; Montero-Alonso, Miguel Ángel; González-Gómez, Francisco – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2015
Satisfaction on the part of the students plays an important role when teachers, their course programmes and the general quality of educational programmes are evaluated. Knowledge of the factors that influence satisfaction with e-learning initiatives can help improve such courses. In this study, involving 1114 university students from southern…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Participant Satisfaction, Performance Factors
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Bemposta-Rosende, Sergio; García-García, María José; Escribano-Otero, Juan José – Higher Learning Research Communications, 2011
In recent years, learning management systems (LMS) have become very popular in almost all traditional universities, generating a new learning strategy approach, mixing elements from both traditional and online learning: the blended learning or b-learning. How these new environments influence teaching activities and learning processes are the main…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods, Blended Learning
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Hastie, Peter A.; Calderon, Antonio; Palao, Jose; Ortega, Enrique – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2011
In terms of planning and achieving student learning in physical education, important variables that influence this goal include task organization, quantity and quality of practice, task structure, communication with students or feedback, appropriateness of the skills, and motivational climate. With respect to the construct of quality practice…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Skill Analysis, Skill Development, Physical Activity Level
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Plana, Mar Gutiérrez-Colon; Ballester, Elisabet Pladevall – English Language Teaching, 2009
The present study is based on a previous pilot study (Gutiérrez-Colon, 2008). The present study aimed at widening the scope of the pilot study increasing the sample size in number of participants, degree courses and number of universities. This time, four Spanish universities were involved, and the number of participants was 197, who were…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Interviews, Blended Learning
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Pardo, X. C.; Martin, M. J.; Sanjurjo, J.; Regueiro, C. V. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2009
This paper describes a practical experience of adapting the teaching of a course in Computer Technology (CT) to the new demands of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). CT is a core course taught in the first year of the degree program Technical Engineering in Management Computing in the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of A…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Computer Science Education, Computer System Design
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Marzo-Navarro, Mercedes; Pedraja-Iglesias, Marta; Rivera-Torres, M. Pilar – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2005
Purpose: The recent changes that have occurred in the Spanish university teaching environment, such as growing competition, have caused these courses to become an important differentiating element of what is offered by each university. Therefore, the authors propose to delve deeper into the relationship existing between satisfaction and the intent…
Descriptors: Participant Satisfaction, Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
California State Colleges, San Francisco. Office of International Programs. – 1968
Described specifically in this booklet are study abroad programs in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, and Taiwan, sponsored by the California State Colleges as integral parts of their academic curriculums. General information is provided on admission requirements, academic aspects, student life abroad, costs, and financial aid. In…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Course Organization, Cross Cultural Training, Culture Contact
Woodward, Tessa, Ed. – The Teacher Trainer, 1989
This document consists of the three 1989 issues of "The Teacher Trainer," a journal for language teacher educators. The following articles appear in these issues: "From a Garage to a Teachers' Centre"; "Taking Risks--Being Unprepared?"; "Teacher Echoing and More"; "Teaching Lemon as a Foreign Language:…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Class Size, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques