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Going Beyond Language Learning: A Microlearning Instructional Design to Promote EFL Learners’ Collaboration Competency
Get PDFMicrolearning has been predicted as a promising learning trend to cope with the rapidly changing world. The technology-mediated short form of learning also received language partitioners’ and researchers’ interest in adopting microlearning in language education. Notably, most existing studies focused on vocabulary or structural learning instead of presenting micro-contents and micro-activities holistically. This study proposes a structurally streamlined instructional design framework by interconnecting the learning chunks hierarchically from lexical learning to pragmatic application to facilitate holistic language learning in the microlearning context. With the support of collaborative technologies and the team project-based learning approach, this study also aims to develop learners’ collaboration competency in the EFL contexts. Empirical results received from survey indicate that learners’ satisfaction with the novel microlearning instructional design is high. This study also confirms that the proposed instructional design promotes learners’ collaboration competency regardless of learners’ language proficiency
Comprehensive Evaluation of Online Experimental Teaching Quality in Colleges and Universities Based on Support Vector Machine
Get PDFAffected by the global COVID-19 epidemic, many universities in China have to carry out online experimental teaching. Online experimental teaching can fully realize retention of experimental teaching data, the maximum sharing of experimental teaching, and improve teachers’ ability to complete experimental teaching by mobile means through good network storage devices. Scientific and systematic evaluation of online experimental teaching quality can promote continuous improvement of online teaching activities, give full play to teachers’ teaching enthusiasm, improve comprehensive training quality of college students, and make online experimental teaching a new trend of experimental teaching reform. Based on existing literature, this study analyzes the factors affecting the quality of online experimental teaching, puts forward evaluation indicators of online experimental teaching quality, and uses support vector machine training evaluation system to establish evaluation model of online experimental teaching quality in colleges and universities. Experimental results show that evaluation indicator of online experimental teaching quality proposed is relatively perfect, and has good applicability and popularization. The method based on the support vector machine has improved evaluation effect of online experimental teaching quality in colleges and universities. Output evaluation results are highly consistent with actual evaluation results. Online experimental teaching quality evaluation results are very objective and comprehensive. Conclusions have important reference value for online experimental teaching behavior analysis, improvement of online experimental teaching quality evaluation indicators, reduction of online teaching quality evaluation errors, and improvement of online teaching quality evaluation effect
Unveiling the Acronyms: A Flipped Classroom Activity for Building Theoretical Knowledge
Get PDFThe use of acronyms in many disciplines, particularly in today’s digital world, is large, and the knowledge behind each acronym is sometimes taken for granted. For example, common acronyms such as GPS, LCD, LED, SIM, Wi-Fi, PDF, HDMI, MPEG, IP, or HTML are used without considering what is behind each letter. The reality is that they are all acronyms. This work proposes an inverted classroom activity in the course Architecture and Telematic Networks of the Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunication Engineering at the Escuela Politécnica Superior de Gandia of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain. In this activity, once a week, the students, in groups of two or three people, must expose to the rest of their classmates through an elevator pitch the hidden meaning behind each acronym used in the contents of the subject. The acronyms in this course are more cryptic (ARP, ICMP, DHCP, NAT...), and in the end, their thoughtless use can be more of a problem than a help to understand the topic. So, this activity addresses two problems. First, they strive to understand what lies behind each acronym collectively, and second, they acquire the knowledge they will need for their professional careers in the future. In short, this classroom experience has demonstrated that providing a vital glossary of the course helps the students to delve into purely theoretical concepts differently and engagingly
Teaching Quality Evaluation of Online Courses Based on AHP-FCE Evaluation Technology
Get PDFThe COVID-19 pandemic posed a considerable challenge to education and teaching. The concept of “Internet + Education” accelerated the construction and popularization of a large number of online teaching platforms, accompanied by the emergence of various massive open online courses and online classroom teaching platforms. Thus, evaluating the teaching quality of online courses has become essential. Diversified scientific evaluations of traditional teaching fail owing to problems such as single evaluation subjects, imperfect evaluation standards, and low evaluation efficiency. In this study, first, documents on evaluation index systems and evaluation methods for identifying the teaching effect of online courses are classified, and observation points of an online course teaching effect evaluation in 16 aspects before, during, and after class are proposed. Second, the index weights are determined based on analytic hierarchy process, and a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model is established to evaluate the online course teaching effect in six application-oriented universities in Henan Province, China. Results show that the observation points of the online course teaching effect evaluation proposed in this study are scientific and reasonable. Specifically, among the observation point indices, X-16, X-2, and X-3 have substantial weight, and the overall average score of the online course teaching effect of the case study subjects is 3.756, with a –24.88% room for improvement compared with the full score of 5. The method can effectively evaluate the teaching quality of online courses scientifically and accurately. The results also have important reference value for elevating the quality assurance standards of online teaching, thereby perfecting the dynamic process of online teaching quality assurance and realizing the effectiveness of online teaching results
Continuous and Transparent E-Invigilation of E-Assessments
Get PDFA massive number of users are currently utilizing e-learning. Despite the flexibility provided, the traditional methods of course delivery are still used, including e-examinations. There is significant concern about the potential for cheating. The current solutions in this respect fundamentally fail to offer the required level of security. This paper seeks to develop an e-invigilator that will provide continuous and transparent invigilation of examinees. The study involves a detailed presentation of the proposed architecture and a complete design to be the core of the system, which captures, processes, and monitors students in a controlled and convenient fashion. The proposed framework prototype was developed, presented, and utilized, involving 51 participants to conduct an experiment to explore the viability of the proposed framework. For all 51 participants in this experiment, the false rejection rate was 0 in 2D facial recognition mode, while in 3D facial recognition mode it was 0.04827. Moreover, in order to evaluate the robustness of the approach against targeted misuse, three participants were tasked with a series of nine threat scenarios. The false acceptance rate was 0.038 in the 2D mode and 0 in the 3D mode
A New Methodology for Clustering of Online Learning Resources Based on Students' Learning Styles
Get PDFRecommending learning resources to students according to their respective learning style is conductive to improving learning efficiency, and the clustering and classification of learning resources conduce to reducing learning resource redundancy and duplication and increasing learning resource utilization. However, available methods of learning resource recommendation usually regard students’ learning styles as fixed and invariable, which apparently contradicts reality and may have a negative influence on students’ learning effect. In view of this matter, this paper aims to propose a novel methodology for clustering online learning resources based on student learning style. At first, the specific steps of the new clustering method were given, and a Sharpe model was adopted to analyze the invalid exposure of students’ learning effect and identify students’ learning styles. The learning style coefficient of students was regarded as a dynamic systemic state, which was estimated by the Kalman filter. Then, the Affinity Propagation Clustering (APC) algorithm was adopted to cluster learning resources based on a student learning style distance matrix, and a model of recommended online learning resource combinations was established based on the proposed method. At last, experimental procedures, including learning style evaluation, pretest exam score prediction, posttest exam score prediction, and data analysis, were described in detail, and the validity of the proposed method was verified by experimental results
Evaluation of Students' Communicative Language Ability and Difference Analysis in an Interactive Teaching Environment
Get PDFAs the demand for cross-cultural communication has been increasing because of globalization, communicative language ability (CLA) has become an important component of quality education for college students. CLA evaluation and difference analysis help educators understand and identify problems and shortcomings of students in the learning process. However, most of the existing CLA evaluation and difference analysis methods focus on written and oral tests of college students in an interactive teaching environment, instead of evaluating actual communicative ability in the interactive environment. Therefore, this research aimed to study the CLA evaluation of college students and difference analysis in an interactive teaching environment. The environment for improving the CLA was analyzed first. After setting up five-level evaluation indexes for the CLA evaluation of college students in the interactive teaching environment, three methods were used to weight the CLA evaluation indexes, namely, the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP), the entropy weight method (EWM), and the coefficient of variation method (CVM). Then a model for evaluating the CLA was constructed, which minimized the CLA improvement difference of college students. Finally, the experimental results verified that the proposed method was effective
Preference, Challenges, and Satisfaction with Using E-Books: Is There a Gender Difference among Omani Nursing Students?
Get PDFObjectives: As technology becomes increasingly popular among millennial nursing students, publishers are transitioning towards electronic textbooks (e-books). E-books have advantages for long-term learning and budget control compared to conventional printed textbooks. This cross-sectional descriptive study examined the perceived usefulness, challenges, and satisfaction with e-books compared to printed textbooks, among Omani nursing students.
Methods: Data was collected from a convenience sample of 77 students who used e-books in a community health nursing course using a valid and reliable survey in the fall 2020 semester. Results: Results showed that despite reporting more challenges with printed textbooks, the majority of students (74%) preferred printed textbooks. Additionally, 71.4% of students had a low level of satisfaction with e-books. Female students had a higher preference for printed textbooks and lower satisfaction with e-books compared to male participants.
Conclusion: More research is needed to understand the reasons behind students' preference for printed textbooks, and to investigate the gender differences observed in this study
Exploring Students' Experiences and Problems in Online Teaching and Learning During Covid-19 and Improvement of Current LMS through Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Approaches
Get PDFThis study tried to explore students’ experiences and problems with online teaching and learning during COVID-19 and the improvement of current LMS through Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) approaches. A mixed-method approach was used in this project. A triangulation design was used in this study. This study was held at the university level and from Baltistan University; researchers took 12 students through a purposive sampling method. After thematic analysis, a survey was conducted. There are 2000 students at Baltistan University. 200 university students were randomly selected as the sample of this study. Semi-structured interviews and self-developed questionnaires were used as research tools. Thematic analysis and descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. This study concluded that self-learning, family and teacher issues, financial, internet and light issues, IT assistance, and training needs at the students, teachers, and parental level were collectively described as a human-computer interface in the online teaching-learning process during COVID-19. All the students believed that when their family and teachers’ issues; financial, internet, and light issues, information technological assistance, and parents, students, and teachers’ training are improved then improvement of current LMS through Human-Computer Interaction approaches has occurred in Baltistan university.
 
Development and Evaluation of E-Learning Courses: Validity, Practicality, and Effectiveness
Get PDFThis study attempts to develop a reliable, practical, and efficient process for developing online and distance courses. The study aims to develop e-learning online and distance education courses. ICT and e-Research course development processes have shown significant learning opportunities and outcomes. A substitute for raising these opportunities is the need for innovative research in education while implementing online and distance modes of learning and teaching. Subscribing research and development research methodology, the study aims to produce e-learning instructional materials using a three-stage development model. The course, along with the learning strategy, the learning tools, the assessment tools, and other components, are designed and developed using the Plomp model, a development research model. The research participants were forty-two 2021 Winter Batch MPhil in Educational Studies students and nine lecturers at Nepal Open University (NOU), Nepal. The descriptive analysis uses data analysis to explain the online course's validity, applicability, and effectiveness. Experimental research design was developed using the one-group pre-test post-test design methodology. The most important results are results of preliminary analysis, validity: average material validation is 0.885; average media validation is 0.885 and practicality: more than 71% (very practical). This article proposes a more comprehensive framework to design, develop, and implement online and distance courses in e-learning systems in higher education