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{"title":"THE 2019 STRIKE AND ITS IMPACT ON THE FUTURE OF THE MEXICAN UAM","authors":"N. Dominguez-Vergara, Ricardo Shajid Ruiz-Salvatierra, Ricardo Miguel Dominguez-Perez","doi":"10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.1754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.1754","url":null,"abstract":"The strike that started on February 1, 2019 and that has lasted more than 48 days at the Mexican Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) [1] might greatly impact its future. There are two demands of the UAM syndicate (SITUAM) of administrative staff and faculty: one such demand is related to the salaries of the SITUAM administrative staff and part-time faculty and the other claim is concerning violations to the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the SITUAM and the UAM (the employer). The SITUAM is asking for an increment of 20% to the salaries of the administrative workers and part-time faculty. The second set of demands are the violations to the CBA which includes that the UAM hires extra personnel of confidence as part of its administrative staff and with higher wages than those of the unionized workers and that the UAM has not created 400 new job positions agreed in former negotiations. To settle the lengthy strike the UAM authorities have proposed, on the salary side, an increment of 3.35% to the salaries of the SITUAM administrative workers and part-time faculty as well as an increment of 3% to the salaries of administrative workers by upgrading the wages of current job positions (job reclassification). On the violations to the CBA the UAM offers the creation of 93 new staff positions for the SITUAM. The federal government has increased the 2019 budget of the UAM by 3.39% and most of the strikes this year in Mexican universities have settled with increments of 3.35% to the salaries. What the SITUAM claims during this long strike is that at UAM the personnel of confidence obtains disproportional economic bonuses and incentives. The SITUAM workers ask as part of the solutions to settle the strike that the personnel of confidence reduces its economic bonuses and incentives and transfer that amount to their salaries. The authorities refuse. The difference in wages between a directive and a SITUAM worker is abysmal. At UAM there are 3882 administrative workers (47%), 1262 personnel of confidence (15%) and 3090 faculty (38%). However, the salary budget is distributed as follows, 29.37 million US dollars (21%) for the administrative workers, 42.60 (31%) for personnel of confidence and 65.92 (48%) for faculty. This shows a great income inequality because the personnel of confidence are the 15% of the UAM working force and obtain 31% of the salary budget, while the administrative workers who are the 47% of the working force obtain only 21% of the salary budget [2]. Also, the last report on salaries at UAM of the year 2018, shows that there are 85 persons who earn more than the Mexican President (net 5572 US dollars monthly): 52 are tenured professors and 33 are personnel of confidence. As the federal budgets allocated for the next few years might increase only by inflation, the UAM has to drastically reengineer its budge to secure its future. In this paper the causes, outcomes and long-term effects of the strike for the UAM future are ana","PeriodicalId":414865,"journal":{"name":"EDULEARN19 Proceedings","volume":"550 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128656177","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":"IS BAD CHOLESTEROL A REAL BIOMOLECULE?","authors":"M. Ribate, B. Giner, L. Lomba, D. Flores, C. García","doi":"10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.1140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.1140","url":null,"abstract":"The future of science nowadays is to make it accessible to society. The Higher Education students play an important role in this socialization and communication process of knowledge and to this end; they need to know different tools to improve their communication skills. Biochemistry is a subject focused on the study of structure and function of different types of biomolecules. Cholesterol is one of the most popular biomolecule known by most people. In fact, it is closely related to our health status and it is present in our lives. Many people talk about good cholesterol and bad cholesterol, is this correct? With this activity, we expect that our students on Biochemistry subject know how to disclose, in a graphic way and through a simple vocabulary, what they have learnt about this biomolecule. These ideas have to be the most important for people to know about. 32 students have participated in the activity through cooperative work in which they had to record a 2 minutes video explaining the differences between the “two kinds” of cholesterol. They used different ITCs tools chosen by themselves. This activity is part of an interdisciplinary project that proposes the development of a teaching-learning model leading to continuous learning. The students must use the knowledge acquired in other previous subjects of Pharmacy degree like Organic Chemistry. Marks for this activity have scored higher than previous years and some of the projects will be proposed to apply for the scientific dissemination awards for students. Through this activity, the students have been able to adapt their knowledge to a simpler vocabulary suitable for all audiences.","PeriodicalId":414865,"journal":{"name":"EDULEARN19 Proceedings","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128962317","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":"DYNAMIC LEARNING STYLE MODELLING USING PROBABILISTIC BAYESIAN NETWORK","authors":"Daiva Goštautaitė","doi":"10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.0781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.0781","url":null,"abstract":"Personalised learning systems provide a unique, specific learning path for particular student or a group of students. They can adapt according to learner’s requirements and preferences. They apply traditional information technologies, systems and tools in such a manner which provides learning based on student’s strengths, weaknesses, psychological portrait, pace of learning, learner’s needs and pedagogical methods best suited. Learning content personalisation, learning content type, representation of learning content, content navigation pattern are the main aspects to consider when personalising virtual learning environments. As personalisation is done by personal traits of a learner and by other information related to particular learner, user profiles and user models are used for modelling and storing such kind of information. In this paper, first, a systematic review of literature on user modelling is done, focusing on static and dynamic user’s learning style models. Then Bayes approach to learning style modelling is introduced. In first subsection philosophical approach to representation of causality and belief is described – Bayes models are based on such approach. Then rules of probability theory applicable to Bayes models are presented. The following subsection is aimed at description of dynamic learning style modelling using probabilistic Bayes network. Bayes network uses data about learner’s past behaviour in web-based learning environment for prediction on properties to be used for future personalisation. As a lot of factors extracted from learner’s past behaviour in adaptive hypermedia learning systems determine learning style [61], review of literature about patterns of learners’ behaviour together with analysis of practical application of behavioural patterns for students learning style identification was done, trying to systematize stereotypical features (patterns) of learners’ behaviour that can be used to conclude a learning style. A list of key factors which probabilistically are related to the particular learning style has been compiled for quick handy use. Simulation of relationships between random key factors for learning style identification using Bayes probabilistic graphical model is also presented in the paper. Advantages and disadvantages of Bayesian learning style modelling were specified. Finally, conclusions and future trend are presented.","PeriodicalId":414865,"journal":{"name":"EDULEARN19 Proceedings","volume":"145 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128970913","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":"ASSESSING STUDENTS’ DIGITAL LITERACY WITH INTERACTIVE COMPUTER-BASED TASKS CREATED IN GOOGLE APPS SCRIPT","authors":"L. Siiman, M. Mäeots","doi":"10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.2578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.2578","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the development and testing of two interactive computer-based tasks for assessing aspects of students' digital literacy. The tasks were created using Google Apps Script to allow students to work with authentic digital productivity tools. Results from 156 university students indicate that the task requiring analysis of data in a spreadsheet application was significantly more difficult than the task requiring information literacy to make edits in a word processor application. These types of tasks offer more authentic ways for students to engage with digital technology during the assessment of their digital literacy. This study highlights the potential of Google Apps Scripts for developing and delivering tasks in performance-based assessments of students' digital literacy.","PeriodicalId":414865,"journal":{"name":"EDULEARN19 Proceedings","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128986306","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":"DEVISING A UNIQUE MODEL FOR SCIENCE OUTREACH PROGRAMMES WITH CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT FROM TEACHERS ACROSS THE 5-19 AGE RANGE","authors":"Victoria Brennan, A. Mallaburn, L. Seton","doi":"10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.1014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.1014","url":null,"abstract":"Shanahan et al (2011) argues that science outreach programmes not only aim to support teachers with curriculum engagement and promote scientific literacy, but that they also provide pivotal opportunities to spark scientific interest in students. These notions are widely recognised by the national organisation for science which encourage the partnership between scientists and schools (NSERCC, 2008; NSF, 2008). Outreach work is described as a fun and satisfying venture which can enhance the learning experience (Shanahan et al, 2011); however, Bogue et al (2013) warns that there is little evidence to suggest whether these types of activities achieve their overarching goal; to encourage people to enter and persist within science careers. The aim of this project was to identify how teachers reflect upon science outreach activities they have encountered and reflect on features of these programmes that may contribute to their success. The project was split into two phases: the first phase involved conducting questionnaires (n=52), interviews (n=8) and analysing the data via quantitative tests and thematic analysis (Bran and Clarke, 2006) to develop a preliminary model for the ‘optimum’ delivery of science outreach. The second phase was designed to modify this model using principles of Modified Grounded Theory via conducting focus groups (n=4) to refine the model. The model itself is designed to ensure the experience for the young people who access these outreach programmes is more impactful as it provides longevity to engage students post intervention via the inclusion of parents and teachers. Additionally, the model considers how to support formal learning in school and further enthuse and engage learners in science. There is also a focus upon which aspects of the model are the most important to engage those from a lower socioeconomic background, as this still remains an underrepresented demographic in the physical sciences (Alexander et al 2011; Shaw et al, 2010). Thus, developing inclusive learning cultures is a key aim of this model, with is of interest to those of all educational levels.","PeriodicalId":414865,"journal":{"name":"EDULEARN19 Proceedings","volume":"120 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129366492","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":"PHYSICAL LITERACY OF URGENT HEALTH CARE STUDENTS AND ITS POSSIBLE IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF THE RESCUER'S WORK","authors":"Z. Balázsiová, Monika Mankovecká","doi":"10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.0393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.0393","url":null,"abstract":"Physical knowledge in rescuer´s practice is often neglected. Usually, students of Urgent Health Care study program are admitted to study on the base of the results of physical fitness test and/or biology knowledge. Biophysics is taught at universities usually only in the 1st semester together with radiology or biochemistry. The aim of study was to find out the level of physical literacy of Urgent Health Care students and its possible impact on the quality of the rescuer's work. Original didactic test for detection of physical literacy with the choice of one correct answer was used. There were 20 tasks in accordance with State Educational Program for grammar school [1,2]. Eleven of them were aimed at solving the problems of simple health care tasks (positioning of the patient, medication administration and measurement of vital signs). Other nine tasks were focused on elementary physical knowledge (centre of gravity, physical properties of liquids, conversion of physical units, reading from calibrated scale, sound and pressure). The design of test supposed using similar knowledge to solve both parts of the test. Minimal 60 % of correct answers were established for success rate. Results were confronted with Decree of the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic on the scope of practice in some health professions [3]. The test was written by 177 the 1st and 2nd year of Urgent Health Care students from four Slovak universities. The overall success ability of the students was in average (57±14) % of correct answers. In the part of test about health care, students correct answered in average (58±17) % questions. The most demanding tasks were focused on reading information from graph (temperature curve of patient) and detection of liquid volume in calibrated cylinder. The average success of physical part of test was (57±18) %. The most problematic tasks for students were aimed on osmosis, surface tension and conversion of volume physical units. Our results show, that basic physical knowledge of Urgent Health Care students are inadequate. In the confrontation our results with the scope of rescuer´s work in Emergency Health Service determined by Ministry of Health [3], the most serious problem is lack of skills in obtaining required information from graph, correct reading of the scale and accurate drugs dosage in the context of physical properties of liquid. The partial elimination of this phenomenon could occur by optimizing of biophysical curricula in Urgent Health Care study program and modify of teaching with an emphasis on interdisciplinary relations between biology and physics at secondary schools [4]. This work is supported by Grant project KEGA 026UK-4/2017.","PeriodicalId":414865,"journal":{"name":"EDULEARN19 Proceedings","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129367427","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":"TEACHING STRATEGIES IN PREGRADUATE TEACHER TRAINING OF TECHNICAL SUBJECTS","authors":"Peter Brečka, Monika Valentová","doi":"10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.0286","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.0286","url":null,"abstract":"The issue of developing critical and creative thinking is currently an important socio-scientific phenomenon in Slovakia. Consequently, requirements increase for improvement of pre-gradual training of future teachers. Graduates should be equipped with essential competencies and strategies that impact the development of personality and critical thinking within pupils. This paper describes the partial results of the research project APVV-15-0368 - Practical Training in the Centre of Field Didactics, the Field Didactics in the Centre of Practical Training, the objective of which was to find what critical/creative thinking strategies within technical subjects on lower secondary level are considered important by students (future teachers of technical subjects) and to what extent these are being applied throughout their teaching practice. The results have shown that future teachers mainly focus on practical activities applying various technical materials and tools, they use a spectrum of teaching resources and encourage the pupils to experiment with ideas, techniques, materials, and technology. Furthermore, future teachers lead pupils to take responsibility for the outcomes of their work. This article builds on the previous study of Critical and Creative Thinking Strategies in Teaching Technical Subjects which focuses on the practical application of said strategies by teachers.","PeriodicalId":414865,"journal":{"name":"EDULEARN19 Proceedings","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124736759","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":"UP TO UNIVERSITY PROJECT PILOT OUTCOMES FROM LITHUANIA: ANALYSIS OF GATHERED DATA AND LESSONS LEARNT","authors":"G. Cibulskis, Ausra Urbaityte","doi":"10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.1610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.1610","url":null,"abstract":"The project “Up to University” (Up2U) funded by EU programme Horizon 2020 aims to bridge the gap between secondary schools and higher education and research by better integrating formal and informal learning scenarios and adapting both the technology and the methodology that students will most likely be faced in universities. Project consortium is developing Next Generation Digital Learning Environment (NGDLE) for Schools an innovative ecosystem that facilitates more open, effective and efficient co-design, co-creation and use of digital content, tools and services adapted for personalized, collaborative or experimental learning by students preparing for university. Created platform and services are tested in the large-scale pilot activities across the Europe. Development of national Up2U infrastructure for Lithuania is implemented by Kaunas University of Technology and Lithuanian Research and Education Network LITNET. To leverage Up2U national infrastructure an online Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program for teachers was designed with the aim to provide with opportunity to all interested educators to learn how to use developed services regardless of living place and at more flexible time schedule. First iteration of CPD Module 1 attracted 166 participants from 102 schools and proved to be successful with completion rate of 62%. A lot of interesting data has been gathered during this first iteration of CPD with more than 1,4K posts created in discussion forums and ~4K statements on average created daily in the Learning Record Store. Every active participant spent 15 min. on average during one visit and made 21 actions per visit. Different methods and tools are employed and tested for statistics and learning analytics data gathering. Those endeavours are aimed at analysing pilot data and at creating solutions that would be useful to ordinary teachers and school administrators. Work is still in progress, but some insights are already available and will be presented at the EDULEARN conference.","PeriodicalId":414865,"journal":{"name":"EDULEARN19 Proceedings","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130355236","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":"METHODS AND RESULTS OF TRAINING ECONOMICALLY TECHNICAL DRIVING IN MEXICO","authors":"Francisco-Javier Garcia-Osorio, Armando Maldonado-Susano, N. Dominguez-Vergara","doi":"10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.1780","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.1780","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper a methodology in teaching the techniques of the economically efficient conduction of heavy duty vehicles to operators of those vehicles and to other workers of large, medium and small businesses is explained. The participating businesses are dedicated to the transportation of goods and passengers in Mexico. Most of the logistic companies in Mexico are very small. The methodology was adapted from the international literature to the Mexican situation by officials of the Comisión Nacional para Uso Eficiente de la Energía (CONUEE) [1] since the year of 2003. Since then the CONUEE has taught it in many companies. Some of the topics of the courses are theoretical while others are plainly practical. The courses are taught in the premises of the interested companies. The theoretical part consists in the explanation of the parts of a heavy duty vehicle, the concept of energy and that of energy efficiency. Another theoretical part concerns the identification of many old and top of the line technologies to reduce the fuel consumption of the vehicles. The power train of a motorized vehicle is explained in detail as well as the power, torque and specific consumption curves of the engine. On the practical part there is an emphasis on teaching the optimal operation of the vehicle to achieve a minimum consumption of the fuel with respect to the revolutions per minute of the engine. Some practical recommendations are taught regarding maintenance of the vehicles which impact fuel consumption. One of the final parts of the courses is a field practice with the heavy vehicles on the road to verify the techniques learned in the classrooms. A few concepts of business administration are also taught to help in better management of fuel consumption of the companies. Finally, the course is evaluated and there is a follow up of the fuel savings of the participating companies. The results of these courses which are provided by the Mexican Federal Government show that the participating companies manage to save about 30% of the fuel in transporting goods and passengers and reduce their carbon dioxide emissions. Therefore, the methodology has proved to be very effective. This is very important because the fuel consumption is 20% to 40% of the operation cost of the transportation companies. Besides that, Mexico imports more than 70% of the diesel and gasoline that are consumed in the country. In this paper, the methodology, topics and results of the courses are reported.","PeriodicalId":414865,"journal":{"name":"EDULEARN19 Proceedings","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130360436","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":"EXISTENTIAL ANXIETY AND STUDENT WELL-BEING","authors":"S. Macmillan","doi":"10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.0077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21125/EDULEARN.2019.0077","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":414865,"journal":{"name":"EDULEARN19 Proceedings","volume":"70 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130508340","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}