{"title":"The Dual Use of Didactic Videos in STEM Education and Dissemination: A Survey-Based Analysis","authors":"Ruben Lijo;Eduardo Quevedo;José Juan Castro","doi":"10.1109/RITA.2024.3465020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RITA.2024.3465020","url":null,"abstract":"The challenges associated with the education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines can be mitigated using didactic videos, but there are other challenges when considering such potential resources. Amautas is a new platform created to facilitate the search and pedagogical integration of good-quality didactic videos, by proposing a set of structured courses while reproducing a YouTube-alike communication style and, therefore, addressing both scopes: STEM education and dissemination. To evaluate Amautas’ video-courses use and value for education and dissemination, a quantitative methodology has been followed through a 5-point Likert scale questionnaire (Cronbach’s alpha =0.906) with 489 participants. Overall findings show that the platform’s proposal has achieved a dual use of their didactic videos for education and dissemination purposes (with respective 73% and 82.6% positive responses respectively), and users declare a high positive perception of key metrics and descriptors for adequate content, format, and communicative quality. In fact, 87.9% of participants agree that the contents help them understand topics of interest, and 88.5% agree that the presentation of contents is attractive and interesting. These results show a window of opportunity for further effort investment in the curricular alignment of STEM dissemination resources, fostering their incursion in real classroom scenarios.","PeriodicalId":38963,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje","volume":"19 ","pages":"157-168"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10684813","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142377037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lady K. Gómez;Edwin S. Molina;César A. Collazos;Lara Guedes de Pinho
{"title":"Technological System Based on Serious Games for Teaching Stress Management to University Students","authors":"Lady K. Gómez;Edwin S. Molina;César A. Collazos;Lara Guedes de Pinho","doi":"10.1109/RITA.2024.3465044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RITA.2024.3465044","url":null,"abstract":"Serious Games have emerged as a valuable tool to facilitate education in stress management, also the serious game being collaborative is a way to have a greater effectiveness for users in their learning, on the other hand, Mindfulness techniques are also an effective tool to manage stress, but each has been used individually. This article aims to develop a serious game that involves collaboration to support teaching processes of stress management through Mindfulness techniques in university students and its evaluation in potential users of its use. The method used for its design is the SAVIE methodology which is user-centered and applies to the context of university students focused on the creation of games with pedagogical and ludic objectives. The development was done with Adobe Illustrator for its digital design and as digital engine Unity doing the programming with C#, where finally the deployment is done in Android operating system and 3 people can play collaboratively. The results of this study were obtained by conducting a validation of this serious game “RAIDER” with 11 potential users, who participated in sessions, where they were conducted two interviews with each participant, one before and one after playing the game, to assess their ability to cope with stress, making use of the perceived stress scale and mindfulness scale and finally making a T-test that tells us that the results are significant in learning Mindfulness techniques to cope with stress in college students.","PeriodicalId":38963,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje","volume":"19 ","pages":"248-257"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142450932","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}
Adrián Pérez-Suay;Valero Laparra;Steven Van Vaerenbergh;Ana B. Pascual-Venteo
{"title":"Learning About Student Performance From Moodle Logs in a Higher Education Context With Gaussian Processes","authors":"Adrián Pérez-Suay;Valero Laparra;Steven Van Vaerenbergh;Ana B. Pascual-Venteo","doi":"10.1109/RITA.2024.3465035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RITA.2024.3465035","url":null,"abstract":"Learning Management Systems (LMS) serve as integral tools for executing and evaluating the educational journey. As students engage with the platform, LMS consistently collect valuable data on their learning progress. This study employs statistically-driven methodologies to gain insights into student performance, focusing exclusively on data derived from Moodle LMS, a widely adopted platform across educational institutions globally. In particular we take advantage of the Gaussian Process regression method in order to predict the marks of the students given their activity in Moodle, achieving up to 0.89 R. Besides the use of an advanced kernel, the Automatic Relevance Determination (ARD), allows us to analyse which variables are more relevant when predicting the continuous mark and which are relevant to predict the final mark. Analysing logged data spanning various subjects and degrees, our findings reveals the significance of the frequency of interactions with the LMS as a robust indicator of student performance. This observation suggests the potential utility of interaction metrics as effective measures for monitoring and assessing students’ ongoing learning trajectories. The implications of these results can extend to informing educational strategies and interventions to enhance student outcomes within the higher education field.","PeriodicalId":38963,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje","volume":"19 ","pages":"169-175"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10684789","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142397090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Higher Education Internationalization: A BPMN Global Experience","authors":"Ana Luna;Mario Chong;Djordje Djurica","doi":"10.1109/RITA.2024.3458856","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RITA.2024.3458856","url":null,"abstract":"Internationalization in higher education brings several benefits, including improving desirable skills and competencies in future professionals. It also develops their cultural sensibility and awareness of unknowing behaviors and environments. This strategic process makes it possible and strengthens the production of knowledge. Besides, it is transversal to research, teaching, and extension in a global mindset context. This work presents the internationalization experiences in the Engineering Department of a Private University in Peru. Additionally, we contribute with the 5W+H application analysis method for the planning and scope of the internationalization process. The purpose is to share experiences and disseminate best practices, as well as the lines to follow in the future.","PeriodicalId":38963,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje","volume":"19 ","pages":"278-284"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142524099","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}
María Teresa Abad-Soriano;Núria Castell-Ariño;Joan Antoni Pastor-Collado
{"title":"Higher Education and Internationalization: Lessons Learned From the Study of a University Centre in Computing Science","authors":"María Teresa Abad-Soriano;Núria Castell-Ariño;Joan Antoni Pastor-Collado","doi":"10.1109/RITA.2024.3458862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RITA.2024.3458862","url":null,"abstract":"This paper analyses internationalisation policies, strategies, and actions and their relationship with the educational activity of a university centre. Lessons learned from this analysis are formulated. The study focuses on the micro-level and is centred on the Facultat d’Informàtica de Barcelona (FIB), examining the curriculum as a central element of university education. To gain a better understanding of the relationship between the curricula and its internationalisation activity, we analysed the social, geographical, and institutional context, as well as the different management teams that have led the centre. Additionally, we collected various academic and mobility indicators, student responses to surveys, and internationalisation activities deployed during the first 45 years of the history of FIB. We have developed a novel classification system to organise all internationalisation actions. The analysis of the collected information resulted in a set of grids that highlight the interrelationship between educational and internationalisation activities. Thanks to the institution’s global vision along the mentioned two dimensions, we have identified those elements that can serve as useful lessons for any higher education institution. We conclude by presenting a guide to factors that should be considered when designing an internationalisation plan, as a possible application of the lessons learned.","PeriodicalId":38963,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje","volume":"19 ","pages":"285-295"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142524176","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}
Agatha Clarice Da Silva-Ovando;Oscar Saúl Olivares Quintana;David Ernesto Salinas-Navarro;Mario Chong
{"title":"Implementation of a Challenge-Based Learning Model for Higher Education Under a Modular Education System: A Case Study","authors":"Agatha Clarice Da Silva-Ovando;Oscar Saúl Olivares Quintana;David Ernesto Salinas-Navarro;Mario Chong","doi":"10.1109/RITA.2024.3458851","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RITA.2024.3458851","url":null,"abstract":"As student profiles and industry expectations modify, universities must advance learning methodologies to deliver more suitable graduates to the labor market. The Universidad Privada Boliviana (UPB) has developed experiential learning practices by implementing challenge-based learning (CBL) to enrich undergraduate curricula. One example of the CBL experiences was developed by the Taquiña Brewery, one of the five breweries of the Cervecería Boliviana Nacional (CBN), for the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department of the UPB between 2018 and 2019. As a result, students widely accepted the methodology, and academics from all disciplines in the university were trained to replicate CBL experiences in their classrooms. Moreover, the CBN found the opportunity to hire new talent, receive a fresh perspective on recurrent operational issues, and find new ideas based on theoretical concepts. This work exemplifies innovative approaches to enhance teaching and learning in supply chain management and logistics education.","PeriodicalId":38963,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje","volume":"19 ","pages":"389-396"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142905933","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}
Alejandro Valencia-Arias;Orfa Nidia Patiño-Toro;Karla Juvicza Neyra-Alemán;Gerardo Arturo Altuna-Tocto;Juan Carlos Ureta-Medrano;Pablo Isaac Azabache Gutiérrez
{"title":"Factors Affecting the Use of Mobile Learning Among Higher Education Students in Developing Countries in a Post-Pandemic Context","authors":"Alejandro Valencia-Arias;Orfa Nidia Patiño-Toro;Karla Juvicza Neyra-Alemán;Gerardo Arturo Altuna-Tocto;Juan Carlos Ureta-Medrano;Pablo Isaac Azabache Gutiérrez","doi":"10.1109/RITA.2024.3460591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RITA.2024.3460591","url":null,"abstract":"Technological progress has become a transforming agent and key support in the development of activities in different spheres of society, specifically the advancement, dissemination, and adoption of mobile devices to support educational dynamics at a global level. These technologies have become important instruments to advance in complex circumstances such as the confinement due to the COVID 19 pandemic that has caused the closure of educational institutions and student desertion. Considering the importance of these resources, this research aims to identify the factors that influence the use of M-Learning tools among higher education students in developing countries. This study with a quantitative approach is carried out by applying 6530 surveys to students from different programs in different regions of Peru. Among the main findings is that Subjective Norms, Perceived Behavioral Control, and Attitudes condition the intentionality of using Mobile Learning. Finally, it is concluded that teacher preparation, perceived usefulness of use, and self-management of learning are critical factors that determine the adoption of M-Learning resources among higher education students in developing countries, where infrastructure, access to connectivity, and equipment must be improved to encourage interactive educational processes and better learning experiences.","PeriodicalId":38963,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje","volume":"19 ","pages":"267-277"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142524149","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}
Julio Urbano;Jose Ramirez-Scarpetta;Esteban Rosero
{"title":"Laboratory Equipment for Modeling, Analysis, Design, and Implementation of Control Systems in Engineering","authors":"Julio Urbano;Jose Ramirez-Scarpetta;Esteban Rosero","doi":"10.1109/RITA.2024.3458866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RITA.2024.3458866","url":null,"abstract":"Laboratory equipment for practicing activities enable technical skills development in engineering education. In control systems, affordable, portable, and easy to use equipment which allows practicing for the entire set of activities is required. This paper presents the development and validation of physical portable practicing equipment for control systems education in engineering. These resources aim to support the development of practicing activities comprising modeling, analysis, design, and implementation of commonly used and advanced controllers. The resources are a pendulum-based prototype and a thermic system-based prototype which allow to obtain a second order system and a first order system with time delay respectively. The prototypes are built using easy to use and easy to acquire elements. These resources were functionally validated according to defined requirements concerning modeling where temporal response of the prototypes were successfully used to find an input-output and state space representation, analysis where frequency response was identified and compared with analytical results, design and implementation of commonly used and advanced control algorithms including a Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID), and a state feedback where the prototypes were easily configured to deploy these algorithms. The prototypes were used in the development of projects activities of the control systems courses of the Electronics Engineering program at Universidad del Valle in the last and first academic periods of 2022 and 2023, respectively. Opinions from students were collected to address usability and pertinence of these resources evidencing suitability for engineering control systems education.","PeriodicalId":38963,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje","volume":"19 ","pages":"129-139"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142320507","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}
Maicon Bernardino;Rodrigo Cargnelutti;Renato de Souza Garcia;Williamson Silva
{"title":"The Use of ChatGPT in Improving and Reviewing Scientific Paper Writing: An Exploratory Study","authors":"Maicon Bernardino;Rodrigo Cargnelutti;Renato de Souza Garcia;Williamson Silva","doi":"10.1109/RITA.2024.3458848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RITA.2024.3458848","url":null,"abstract":"Software Engineering students enrolled in the Problem Solving I (PSI) course experience a Requirements Engineering (RE) approach to education. As part of one of the PSI assessments, students must develop a manuscript on RE. Following submission and presentation, we conducted an exploratory study to assess students’ perception of using ChatGPT to support improving and reviewing their scientific paper writing. Based on the results obtained from the participants (n = 40), we highlight the different ways to use ChatGPT to support the learning process. We conclude that ChatGPT and other AI tools can and should be explored by students and professors in the academic setting. However, evaluating the generated responses with caution and discernment is essential. Moreover, to enhance the overall experience, it is crucial to pose precise questions that yield accurate responses; this, in essence, constitutes the primary challenge.","PeriodicalId":38963,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje","volume":"19 ","pages":"120-128"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142313122","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}
Gabriel B. Sá Alves;João N. Carlos Bittencourt;Anfranserai Dias
{"title":"An FPGA Integrated 2D Graphic Processor for Enhanced Digital Design and Computer Architecture Education","authors":"Gabriel B. Sá Alves;João N. Carlos Bittencourt;Anfranserai Dias","doi":"10.1109/RITA.2024.3458850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RITA.2024.3458850","url":null,"abstract":"In the rapidly evolving domain of technology education, the integration of digital systems and computer architecture into a unified academic curriculum has become increasingly important. This integration reflects the dynamic nature of the technological landscape and aligns with the growing demands and expectations of students pursuing competencies in both disciplines. Within this context, there is an urgent need for innovative and disruptive pedagogical tools that are in line with current educational trends and effectively address the different learning styles of students. Consequently, the adoption of Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) co-design approaches, which integrate hardware and software aspects of systems, represents a significant step forward in meeting the contemporary demands of computer architecture education, offering a practical, engaging and scalable solution. This paper introduces CoLenda, a novel learning tool, through the implementation of an educational FPGA platform based on a 2D graphics processor. The aim of CoLenda is to provide a comprehensive understanding of its architecture, enabling students to experience practical, hands-on learning through the development of graphics-based games. The introduction of this processor enhances the learning process by allowing students to engage in digital design and computer architecture curricula while fostering creativity and practical problem-solving skills. Additionally, making the project open-source for community contributions could significantly expand the potential and scope of this educational tool.","PeriodicalId":38963,"journal":{"name":"Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje","volume":"19 ","pages":"176-185"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142397091","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}