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Cantero-Chinchilla, F. N.; Díaz-Martín, C.; García-Marín, A. P.; Estévez, J. – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2020
Performance of engineering degree students often becomes an important concern for lectures. Using classical teaching methodologies in practical lectures may be behind the problem. The present work develops a couple of innovative student-response-system based methodologies designed to be implemented during engineering practical lessons in higher…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Audience Response Systems, Engineering Education, Civil Engineering
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Xavier, Marlon; Meneses, Julio – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
Flexibility is typical of open universities and their e-learning designs. While this constitutes their main attraction, promising learners will be able to study "anytime, anyplace," this also demands more self-regulation and engagement, a cause for student dropout. This case study explores professors' experiences of flexibility in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Dropouts, Instructional Design
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Lopez-Pastor, Victor M.; Pintor, Patricia; Muros, Beatriz; Webb, Graham – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2013
This paper analyses two aspects of developing formative assessment processes within universities in Spain: the academic performance of the students and the workload that formative assessment creates for both academic staff and students. It presents the results of 10 research projects covering the first semester of the 2007-08 academic year, mainly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Academic Achievement
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers