Fichas Experiences In Education Innovation

CARLOS VERA JESÚS FÉLEZ JOSÉ ANTONIO COBOS MARÍA JESÚS SÁNCHEZ GABRIEL PINTO

“Experiences in education innovation: developing tools in support of active learning”, European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 319, No. 2, Mayo 2006, 227–236, Idioma inglés.

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“Spanish Universities have been immersed in an educational systemmainly based on master classes, where the teacher transmitted a lot of information to the students. In that system, students are helped by seminars and laboratory practice, but they spend most of their time listening to lectures and taking notes. At the end of the semester, they have to pass the final examination” “According to pedagogical theories, as constructivism, problem-based learning, and use of new technologies, to the requirements of new educative trends such as the ECTS (a student-centred credit system), and to the requirements for Quality approach, Spanish Universities have been acquiring new tools and new methods for improving the educational system”

Palabras claves: Constructivism, problem-based learning

Indira Guggisberg

CARLOS VERA JESÚS FÉLEZ JOSÉ ANTONIO COBOS MARÍA JESÚS SÁNCHEZ GABRIEL PINTO

“Experiences in education innovation: developing tools in support of active learning”, European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 319, No. 2, Mayo 2006, 227–236, Idioma inglés.

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“Following the new trends in web-based learning, one of the projects supported by the Centre, like others cited before, was a course management system for elearning, known as AulaWeb.” “AulaWeb is, on the one hand, an information system of any course subject open to all users of the net and, on the other hand, an interactive training, self-evaluation and tracking system of student progress in this subject, use-restricted for students and teachers. The whole interactivity is carried out by means of a browser and a connection to the Internet”

Palabras claves: web-based learning

Indira Guggisberg

CARLOS VERA JESÚS FÉLEZ JOSÉ ANTONIO COBOS MARÍA JESÚS SÁNCHEZ GABRIEL PINTO

“Experiences in education innovation: developing tools in support of active learning”, European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 319, No. 2, Mayo 2006, 227–236, Idioma inglés.

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“Using an ad hoc form, the student can send an electronic file with the answers to the exercises in HTML, Word or another format. The file is stored in a document database, and the corresponding teacher can access it. Once the content of the exercise is corrected, teachers can mark it, and send their comments to the student. Also, teachers can publish the exercise answer and monitor the students that have sent it. There is also a self-evaluation module on the subject, based on a question database… When concluding the exercise, the system offers students the possibility to check their exercise and to compare their answers with the right solutions. Finishing the test provides the user’s level at that moment and updates the values of the database. The evaluation of the exercise is, therefore, automatic and students and their teacher can access the results of the evaluation.” Palabras claves: assessment, e-learning

Indira Guggisberg

CARLOS VERA JESÚS FÉLEZ JOSÉ ANTONIO COBOS MARÍA JESÚS SÁNCHEZ GABRIEL PINTO

“Experiences in education innovation: developing tools in support of active learning”, European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 319, No. 2, Mayo 2006, 227–236, Idioma inglés.

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“Through evaluation by students and teachers, and practical applications of the described educational projects, we have found these advantages: • the role of information and communication technologies in a new learning environment is, at present, well established in the Centre; • the participation of students in the learning process has increased, as developer and user of the new tools; and • the main objectives of the projects, as summarized at the beginning of this text, have been reached to a great extent.”

Palabras claves: learning

Indira Guggisberg

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CARLOS VERA JESÚS FÉLEZ JOSÉ ANTONIO COBOS MARÍA JESÚS SÁNCHEZ GABRIEL PINTO

“Experiences in education innovation: developing tools in support of active learning”, European Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 319, No. 2, Mayo 2006, 227–236, Idioma inglés.

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“The change from teacher-driven to learner-centered education requires, first and foremost, a change in attitudes and behaviors as well as institutional frameworks and infrastructures, and this is a slow process. Finally, both teachers and students sometimes have a passive response to innovative teaching tools. Nevertheless, the necessity to implement new methodology will play an important role to improve these questions.”

Palabras claves: learner-centred

Indira Guggisberg