Shawn Pang, Kyong Jin Shim, Y. M. Lau, Swapna Gottipati
{"title":"VR Computing Lab: An Immersive Classroom for Computing Learning","authors":"Shawn Pang, Kyong Jin Shim, Y. M. Lau, Swapna Gottipati","doi":"10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00030","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, virtual reality (VR) is gaining popularity amongst educators and learners. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a VR session is worth a trillion words. VR technology completely immerses users with an experience that transports them into a simulated world. Universities across the United States, United Kingdom, and other countries have already started using VR for higher education in areas such as medicine, business, architecture, vocational training, social work, virtual field trips, virtual campuses, helping students with special needs, and many more. In this paper, we propose a novel VR platform learning framework which maps elements of VR platform to the three psychological needs of learners as defined in the Self-Determination Theory (SDT) framework. We report on a VR environment that we developed for an undergraduate ‘Data Structures and Algorithms’ course. Incorporating the Self-Determination Theory (SDT) framework, our VR environment aims to facilitate learners’ self-motivation in learning computing concepts. Built using Unity game engine, XR interaction toolkit, VRChat SDK3 and Oculus Quest 2 headsets, our VR environment was tested with focus group students who provided in-depth feedback on many aspects of the VR environment.","PeriodicalId":369501,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114067585","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":"Applying Artificial Intelligence into Early Childhood Math Education: Lesson Design and Course Effect","authors":"Shuhang Zhang, Xuelian Chen","doi":"10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00109","url":null,"abstract":"A growing trend has been observed in applying artificial intelligence (Al) for educational purposes. With emerging initiatives in adapting Al in early childhood education, greater effort can be made in providing empirical evidence to theoretically support the use of Al techniques for young children. This study aims to introduce an instructional unit of math instruction for children aged 3-8. The course was delivered by a learning app, Zebra Al, where an intelligent tutoring system was applied. Students were invited from social networking sites and 66 children from India agreed to participate. A four-week course (five lessons each week) was delivered, covering basic math concepts including recognizing patterns, identifying 2D shapes, dissecting 2D shapes, and counting. The effect of the course was assessed in both cognitive and attitudinal facets. The results indicated that the course was effective in improving math performance and sustaining math attitudes.","PeriodicalId":369501,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115794899","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}
Sukrit Sucharitakul, Pat Pataranutapom, Potiwat Ngamkajomwiwat, Wares Chancharoen, Thunyapong Mahapol, Nattanon Dungsunenam, W. Surareungchai, N. Puttaraksa, Siwaphan Luksanayeam, Opas Tantithakura, Kom Wonsawat, Prompt Suathim, Thakdanai Sirisombat, Tanis Phongphisantham, Patcharapol Sankaew, Sirion Choowong
{"title":"Space-Exploration Learning Toolkits for Students","authors":"Sukrit Sucharitakul, Pat Pataranutapom, Potiwat Ngamkajomwiwat, Wares Chancharoen, Thunyapong Mahapol, Nattanon Dungsunenam, W. Surareungchai, N. Puttaraksa, Siwaphan Luksanayeam, Opas Tantithakura, Kom Wonsawat, Prompt Suathim, Thakdanai Sirisombat, Tanis Phongphisantham, Patcharapol Sankaew, Sirion Choowong","doi":"10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00103","url":null,"abstract":"One of the most crucial interdisciplinary fields in humanity’s advancement is space education. As the field comprises of multiple fields of study combined together to form rocket science resulting in several new technology as outcomes. Thus, it is vital to raise awareness of younger generation to retain the field’s integrity and inspire the younger generation to study science. However, as Thailand is developing country, the level of exposure of younger generation to space education is relatively low compared to those available in developed country. Therefore, this work presents a low-cost toolkit that would stimulate space education for younger generation in Thailand. An enrichment camp of 5 days was conducted to guide student through 4 learning parts; explore, experiment, embody and envision. Students of middle school age are challenged with relatively difficult concepts such as orbits, free falls, rotation and space exploration. Details of each steps and the learning method is discussed in the article.","PeriodicalId":369501,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124089875","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":"A Comparative Study of the Educational Practice of Industrial Design Majors for New Engineering Disciplines","authors":"Yali Chen, Yong Ma","doi":"10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00093","url":null,"abstract":"The implementation of the national innovation-driven development strategy has promoted the education of industrial design in China in the new era. With the promotion of \"new engineering\" education construction, domestic universities have carried out a series of educational reforms of industrial design. The relevant literature research is of great significance. Therefore, based on the bibliometric method and content analysis method, this paper uses citespace as a tool to visualize and analyze the literature data of industrial design education research in the context of new engineering in cnki, and conducts comparative analysis on the curriculum system, teaching mode and talent cultivation in domestic industrial design education practice through the measurement analysis and cluster study of key words, in order to continuously strengthen the connection between education theory and education practice.","PeriodicalId":369501,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123352926","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":"Student Experience of Flexible Engineering Education: A Case Study at Two Foreign Universities in the Far East","authors":"Sherif Welsen, Jo Shah","doi":"10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00089","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00089","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a flexible online learning approach for engineering education. The approach was developed during the pandemic in 2020, and it was extended when the education disruption happened. To determine the efficacy of this online approach in British education in the far east, a case study was conducted on engineering students at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China, and the University of Glasgow, Singapore. The primary research question is how students perceive the effectiveness of online learning tools in enhancing their synchronous learning during a sudden transition from physical to online classes. Using Microsoft and Google forms, survey results were collected from junior and senior engineering students enrolled in different programs of study at the two universities. The response rate is approximately 70%. The survey revealed that students utilized technology effectively and quickly adapted to online learning. During their online learning journey for British engineering education, students found using the most up-to-date online teaching tools to be very comfortable. The findings of this study could inform future pedagogical practices for educational disruption.","PeriodicalId":369501,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"217 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129477043","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":"An Inquiry-based Genomics Intelligent Tutoring System","authors":"Ka-Kit Leung, Weiyi Huang, Jackey Ho, Jiarui Gu, Qiang Meng, Rusheng Zhang, Ka-Ho Leung, T. Kwan","doi":"10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00013","url":null,"abstract":"In the framework of the EASY-LEARN project we are working on tools to support inquiry-based science self-learning and teaching in secondary schools/universities. We built a prototype system that integrates chatbot and a Galaxy analysis platform to facilitate genomics interrogations. By employing artificial intelligence in the integrated system, it enhances traditional teaching and learners’ motivation in online learning.","PeriodicalId":369501,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127594590","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":"Promoting Self-regulated Learning with Shared e-Documents: A Case Study of Academic English Instruction","authors":"Jonas Kelsch, Tianchong Wang","doi":"10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00146","url":null,"abstract":"This study reports on a teacher-researcher’s semester-long experimentation with blended learning to facilitate student progress in a first-year English for Academic Purposes (EAP) course at a Higher Education Institution (HEI) in Mainland China. The objective was to encourage student coconstruction of knowledge using online collaborative documents. The premise was that shared digital documents can offer students ample opportunities to cooperate in the learning process while demonstrating and reflecting on what they have learned. The findings indicate that shared e-documents show promise as a means of diversifying the learning experience with novel, differentiated and interactive tasks. Furthermore, the documents can serve as artefacts of student work that encourage them to reflect on their learning and enable teachers to revisit their pedagogies and more effectively manage the learning and teaching process.","PeriodicalId":369501,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131060801","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":"For Engineering Education, is Distance Learning a Friend or a Foeƒ A Case Study of First-Year Engineering Students","authors":"D. Buentello-Montoya, Erika Judith Carreon-Andujo","doi":"10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00087","url":null,"abstract":"Distance Learning during the pandemic changed the habits of students; whether this change is positive or negative is still debated. Therefore, research should be conducted to determine whether the studying habits and self-perception of students changed. In this work, a performance comparison between groups taking classes in-person and a group taking classes remotely was conducted. Beside the performance comparison, a survey was conducted to learn about the perception of the students in the post-pandemic. Results indicate that the group taking classes remotely performed better, but regarding their opinion, students prefer attending in-person classes. Moreover, students’ preferences indicate students would like their classes to be recorded, and that students feel more anxious about in-person examinations when compared to remote examinations.","PeriodicalId":369501,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124423778","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}
Qingtang Liu, Lei Sun, Jingjing Ma, Shufan Yu, Linjing Wu
{"title":"Geometry Wall: An Embodied Gesture-based Game for Supporting Spatial Ability","authors":"Qingtang Liu, Lei Sun, Jingjing Ma, Shufan Yu, Linjing Wu","doi":"10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00050","url":null,"abstract":"Research has shown that interaction design based on embodied cognition has a significant effect on the understanding of abstract concepts. Spatial ability as one of the core literacies in mathematics education can be difficult to train. On this basis, we have designed and developed a gesture-based spatial skills game training system, which allows students to manipulate objects synchronously with gestures to complete game tasks, thereby practicing spatial skills. We then invited 20 students to conduct a pre-experiment and recorded the changes in spatial ability, operational data during the learning process, and the acceptance of the technology through questionnaires and system logs. The results showed significant improvements in all dimensions of spatial ability through this game training system, with two processual characteristic sequences reflecting the status of problem-solving strategies used by participants with different styles. In the technology acceptance survey, there were some issues with ease of use, but overall satisfaction with the game system as a whole was high.","PeriodicalId":369501,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116019730","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}
T. Imamura, S. Tanahashi, Kazuki Hayashi, Asuka Mano, Tsutomu Abe, Akemi Asatsuma
{"title":"Practices of Lifelong Education on Programming to Support STEM Education in Primary Schools","authors":"T. Imamura, S. Tanahashi, Kazuki Hayashi, Asuka Mano, Tsutomu Abe, Akemi Asatsuma","doi":"10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00113","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports a case study that organically connects the practice of lifelong learning for the elderly and educational support in primary schools through the programming education. The effects of these trial were evaluated in terms of changes for the interest in the elementary school students about programming education and the elderly people’s awareness of social participation.","PeriodicalId":369501,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE)","volume":"210 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123391846","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}