{"title":"The Perceptions and Attitudes of Faculty Members at Jordanian Higher Education Institutions toward the use of Virtual Reality in Teaching Practical Engineering Experiments","authors":"A. Alshqirate, Khaled Awad Al-Dassean","doi":"10.1109/IETSEC51476.2021.9440501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IETSEC51476.2021.9440501","url":null,"abstract":"Due to the current circumstances of the Corona pandemic, the world has resorted to stopping direct learning and has shifted toward e- learning. However, there appeared obstacles encountered in the e-learning process, namely the practical skills and laboratory experiments that students need to supplement the teaching process. Virtual Reality (VR) techniques can provide models for experimentation with low cost in addition to the time factor savings. The main goal is for adopting an idea to use virtual reality software programs in designing scientific experiments as an alternative method for direct teaching of laboratories. In this study, the perceptions, attitudes and future aspiration of the faculty members of engineering colleges take by questionnaire about the ability to use virtual reality technology in the implementation and design of practical experiments and achieving the targeted educational outcomes.The results showed a low percentage use of VR in teaching engineering experiments because this is a new technology and there is a shortage of infrastructures such as equipment, hardware and software in addition to unavailability of workshops and training courses for faculty members and laboratory supervisors. The results also revealed positive perceptions about the importance of VR in distance learning and negative attitudes in adopting VR as an alternative method of teaching engineering experiments.","PeriodicalId":156415,"journal":{"name":"2021 Innovation and New Trends in Engineering, Science and Technology Education Conference (IETSEC)","volume":"401 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132208653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digital Skills for Teachers: Policies and Initiatives in Greece","authors":"Maria A. Perifanou, A. Economides","doi":"10.1109/IETSEC51476.2021.9440507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IETSEC51476.2021.9440507","url":null,"abstract":"The emergent shift of all education activities to online remote teaching and learning (due to the pandemics) revealed the need of having teachers with advanced digital skills. This paper describes long term policies and initiatives to enhance teachers’ digital skills in Greece. A variety of government authorities are responsible to issue and implement policies for promoting digital skills. Thousands of teachers have been trained in integrating digital technologies in their teaching practice. They are from all disciplines and subjects in primary and secondary education. Furthermore, implemented projects offer a huge number of educational resources to support teachers in their teaching practice.","PeriodicalId":156415,"journal":{"name":"2021 Innovation and New Trends in Engineering, Science and Technology Education Conference (IETSEC)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132779284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Critical Thinking Focus Applied on Student-Centered Approach","authors":"J. Justino, S. Rafael","doi":"10.1109/IETSEC51476.2021.9440492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IETSEC51476.2021.9440492","url":null,"abstract":"The implementation of the student-centered approach in the classroom allowed the design of active didactic spaces for learning and the exercise of potential critical thinking, besides the technical and scientific objectives. This paper presents the pedagogical techniques applied to trigger the integration of the routine of thinking critically on the thematic issues of a course unit. The reasoning method used to exercise the potential critical thinking and observe the students’ change of attitude is also presented.","PeriodicalId":156415,"journal":{"name":"2021 Innovation and New Trends in Engineering, Science and Technology Education Conference (IETSEC)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121067737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conference Chair Welcome","authors":"B. Sababha","doi":"10.1109/eic.2016.7548554","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/eic.2016.7548554","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":156415,"journal":{"name":"2021 Innovation and New Trends in Engineering, Science and Technology Education Conference (IETSEC)","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114412065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eman Alsarraj, Tasneem Rahamneh, Zaid Alzaq, M. DarAssi
{"title":"A Study of Using Decision Making Under Uncertainty Tools to Increase the Distance Learning Stakeholders Satisfaction in Jordan","authors":"Eman Alsarraj, Tasneem Rahamneh, Zaid Alzaq, M. DarAssi","doi":"10.1109/IETSEC51476.2021.9440502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IETSEC51476.2021.9440502","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we have discussed the capability of how to establish and run a successful distance learning business in Jordan with predicting some possible risk to be take the right decisions for each stage. A survey to find out the key elements of the success factors that affect the distance learning has been conducted. The decision tools under uncertainty have been used to analyze the collected data and to discuss the findings and their impact to the distance learning stakeholder’s satisfaction.","PeriodicalId":156415,"journal":{"name":"2021 Innovation and New Trends in Engineering, Science and Technology Education Conference (IETSEC)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124936484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Esam Al-Qaralleh, B. Sababha, Khaldoun Abugharbieh
{"title":"Integrating Design Thinking in Freshmen-Level Engineering Curriculum","authors":"Esam Al-Qaralleh, B. Sababha, Khaldoun Abugharbieh","doi":"10.1109/IETSEC51476.2021.9440488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IETSEC51476.2021.9440488","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents embedding a design thinking teaching module within an existing engineering undergraduate lab course. The lab, which is freshmen level, gradually builds up critical skills beyond the common mathematical and analytical skills. Such skills are becoming mandatory by the fourth industrial revolution and jobs of future skillset. It gradually and solidly introduces design thinking concepts through a number of experiments where students are fully exposed to the stages of design thinking: empathize, define, ideate, prototype and test. Such skills are needed to address problems, common in modern technological advances, which are not well defined and require out of the box innovation. The lab, which was primarily offered on-line due the COVID-19 pandemic, was taken by more than 100 freshmen level students, required a final design project. The student learning outcomes were acquired and analyzed.","PeriodicalId":156415,"journal":{"name":"2021 Innovation and New Trends in Engineering, Science and Technology Education Conference (IETSEC)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132052021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Keynote Speakers - 3 abstracts]","authors":"R. Shyamasundar, G. Weir, L. Ekenberg","doi":"10.1109/ICTER.2012.6421407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTER.2012.6421407","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":156415,"journal":{"name":"2021 Innovation and New Trends in Engineering, Science and Technology Education Conference (IETSEC)","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124073291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[IETSEC 2021 Committees]","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/ietsec51476.2021.9440486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ietsec51476.2021.9440486","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":156415,"journal":{"name":"2021 Innovation and New Trends in Engineering, Science and Technology Education Conference (IETSEC)","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125539989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IETSEC 2021 Cover Page","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/ietsec51476.2021.9440483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ietsec51476.2021.9440483","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":156415,"journal":{"name":"2021 Innovation and New Trends in Engineering, Science and Technology Education Conference (IETSEC)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122816570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[IETSEC 2021 Front cover]","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/ietsec51476.2021.9440482","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ietsec51476.2021.9440482","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":156415,"journal":{"name":"2021 Innovation and New Trends in Engineering, Science and Technology Education Conference (IETSEC)","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115215938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}