AduLeT – Advanced use of Learning Technologies in Higher Education. This is our Community of Practice. Through it, we will provide the opportunity for higher education lecturers to share best practices in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL). Therefore, Read More …
Tag: design
Use of design principles for living labs
Petra H. M. Cremers • Arjen E. J. Wals • Renate Wesselink • Martin Mulder describe in the article ‘Utilization of design principles for hybrid learning configurations by interprofessional design teams (Instr Sci (2017) 45:289–309 DOI 10.1007/s11251-016-9398-5) how design principles Read More …
How research informs educational technology decision‑making in higher education:
How research informs educational technology decision‑making in higher education: the role of external research versus internal research. Fiona Hollands ( fmh7@tc.columbia.edu) and Maya Escueta (mme17@tc.columbia.edu ). Education Tech Research Dev https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-019-09678-z AbstractResearch use in educational decision-making has been encouraged and well documented at the Read More …
Procrastination and university students
Analysis of procrastination among university students by Irshad Hussaina and Sarwat Sultan . Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences 5 (2010) 1897–1904. Abstract: The present study focused on analyzing the factors of procrastination and its effects on learning of university students. Read More …
ICT is a must!
Improve accessibility of available information for the students. New possibilities to present content and assignments (multimedia, up-to-date) and to stimulate the independent work of the students. Preparation for the future. Almost all professionals work with digital hardware and software. Not Read More …
6. Testing and feedback are the motor of students’ learning
Through testing the faculty can guaranty that the students have the desired level of competency. Students’ study behaviour is strongly influenced by the content and format of the tests (constructive alignment) and other forms of feedback. Students will be more Read More …
8. Possibilities for personal development
Most students need half a year or more to learn and work as a student. They have to learn how to plan their study, how to study study texts (written and digital), how to learn from video-presentations, how to work Read More …
5. Collaborative learning/learning from fellow students
Social bonding is an important means of keeping the students committed, active and on track. The students learn from each other by verbalizing and exchanging their knowledge, insights and approach. Peer learning is often applied in blended learning and MOOCs. Read More …
4. Qualities necessary in a nominal program
When you want the students to study the program nominally you have to consider certain quality criteria: Social and academic integration have a stimulating place in the curriculum. There are a sufficient number of possibilities for personal development for the Read More …
3. Explicitly focus on knowledge
Knowledge comprises facts from the discipline but also procedural knowledge (= steps in analytical and systematic problem solving strategies etc.). Students study knowledge through active learning methods. For example: active lectures, self-study assignments, problem based assignments, projects, internships and case Read More …