scholarly journals Developing Systemic Thinking through Gamification with Invention System Kits

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-40
Author(s):  
Ivonne Angélica Castiblanco Jiméneza ◽  
Joan Paola Cruz González ◽  
Carlos Rodrigo Ruiz Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Production Line ◽  
Assembly Line ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Systemic Thinking ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Practical Education

Developing countries like Colombia have understood that education is an effective strategy in closing social inequality gaps to improve population’s skills. In the last decade, coverage in higher education went from 30 to 50 percent. One of the most important factors in this achievement is Colombia’s transition to peace, increasing the development of the population towards higher levels of competitiveness and education. In consequence, it is necessary to reinforce the development of competences, to encourage systemic thinking that allows the solution of problems from a holistic view and achieves effective solutions in the improvement of the local industry. During this study, an applied ludic strategy involving an airplane assembly line made with Lego blocks is created, looking for an effective and practical education framework in teaching the attributes that generate impact in a production line of goods; in this way, students can be involved in a clear and creative manner in their search for solutions. This project was developed by member professors and students from an engineering education institution in Bogotá, Colombia. The results show that through gamification, students develop skills to take decisions leading to increase the production’s competitiveness from a systemic thinking view.

scholarly journals Expectations and Realities of Knowledge Management: Experiences from Higher Education in Developing Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 89-102
Author(s):  
Krishna Prasad Paudel
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Technology Leadership ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Leadership Culture ◽  
The Status ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Day By Day

The aim of this paper is to view the theoretical and practical aspects of knowledge management in the higher education of developing countries of Asia and Africa. It also emphasizes the usage and importance of Knowledge Management (KM) in developing countries. This paper argues that the use of KM is growing day by day in higher education institution after the development of information technology (IT), and information and communication technology (ICT). KM is highlighted in the developing countries along with the enablers of KM such as technology, leadership, culture and environment. Consequently, development of KM is not going ahead as intended in such countries. The aim of this paper is to explore the status and impact of KM in higher education institutions (HEIs) of developing countries. In this era, the usage of KM is increasing day by day in business sectors and educational institutions as well. This paper aims to elaborate the expectations of KM in higher education institutes of developing countries.

scholarly journals 'Blended’ Learning at the University of the Highlands and Islands: a Case Study in Self-Awareness and Policy Making

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsa Panciroli ◽  
Su Engstrand ◽  
Edward Graham ◽  
Simon Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Pedagogical Research ◽  
The University ◽  
Geographical Context

The University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) provides a case study on reflective practices in blended learning at an institution that is overcoming unusual geographic and demographic pedagogical challenges. These practices may be of value to other institutions, from those employing ‘traditional’ delivery, to the latest technologically supported, asynchronous teaching methodology.This paper has developed from the outputs of a project conducted within UHI to collate recent pedagogical research, both external and internal, in order to identify goals for future pedagogical development within the institution. We thus examine the evolution of UHI’s blended learning practice as a case study in the adoption and refinement of blended learning in a higher education institution with a specific geographical context. We will highlight some examples of how UHI has sought to characterise its own delivery, measure success, and translate this into effective strategy and policy across the institution.

FROM PROTEGE TO CUSTOMER: INCREASING STUDENT INFLUENCE IN CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrike Quapp ◽  
Klaus Holschemacher
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Structural Engineering ◽  
Customer Orientation ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Decision Making Processes

The increasing appearance of fee financed education offers in higher education result in a power shift from higher education institutions in Germany to their students. Thus, for example, students claim more involvement in university decision processes and the right to evaluate lecturers’ teaching skills. This paper is dealing with the development of student rights. It describes the students’ position at universities under higher education policy aspects. A closer look on the rights and duties of students gives an idea of their options to influence civil and structural engineering education. Furthermore, advantages and disadvantages of the increasing influence of students on universities’ decision making processes were examined. That issue is especially discussed under the perspective of the influence on civil and structural engineering education. The conclusion is that an increasing influence of students and customer orientation at universities may influence the working atmosphere at higher education institutions both in a positive as well as in a negative way. Sometimes students have inventive ideas but often they are not able to overview all aspects of university life. Universities must master the balance between the educational standards of a higher education institution and the increasing demands to involve students in institutional decision making processes.

Factors affecting the adoption of e-learning technologies among higher education students in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 492-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Nasiru Yakubu ◽  
Salihu Ibrahim Dasuki
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Educational Technology ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Likelihood Method ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Behavioural Intentions

The aim of the study is to investigate factors that influence the adoption and use of educational technology by students of a higher education institution in developing countries. The study employed the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT). The online survey method was used to collect data from 286 students of a higher education institution in Nigeria. The maximum likelihood method based on structural equation modelling (SEM) using IBM Amos 22.0 application was used to analyse the data. The study determined that performance expectancy and effort expectancy (p < 0.001) were significant factors in influencing the behavioural intention to use Canvas. Social Influence was deemed to be a statistically non-significant factor in influencing behavioural intentions as (p > 0.05). Facilitating conditions and behavioural intentions were determined to be salient factors that positively influence the actual usage of Canvas by the students. The results from the data obtained partially support the UTAUT’s ability to explain the factors responsible for the acceptance of educational technology in developing countries, in Nigeria to be specific. Furthermore the study contributes to the formulation of approaches and guidelines to enhance the adoption of educational technologies in developing countries.

scholarly journals INNOVATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION AT REZEKNE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION

1997 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Gotfrid Y Novik
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Environmental Engineering ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
New Formation

The paper discusses the elaboration of new study program and curricula in Environmental Engineering at the Rezekne University (RU).The main goal of the Program is to prepare new formation of Environmental specialists - Ecotehnblogists, who are able not only to control pollution of Enviroment, but to prevent it on the early stages by applying in industry ecologically safe technologies.

Complex Diagnostics of Students’ Body State

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-36
Author(s):  
Воробьев ◽  
A. Vorobev ◽  
Корженевский ◽  
A. Korzhenevskiy ◽  
Колокатова ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Strategy Development ◽  
Functional Fitness ◽  
Effective Strategy ◽  
Spare Capacity ◽  
Body State

Students’ body state diagnostics is an integral part of educational process. Health status deviations reduce human organism’s spare capacity. Tests for determination of students’ physical and functional fitness have been developed. The condition of human organism’s functional systems has been defined for the purpose of effective strategy development for students’ physical training in higher education institution.

Students’ Expectations About Their Grades Versus Course Expectations From Them

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satya Sundar Sethy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Quality Retention ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ethics Course ◽  
Retention In Higher Education ◽  
Grading Model

The paper presents a research study on the reasons for mismatch between students’ grade expectations and the actual grades they were awarded in the “Ethics” course at an engineering education institution in India. The paper also outlines how this event created the social and political stigmas among the authorities to opt for the re-evaluation of students’ answer sheets. After receiving the re-evaluated grade sheet from the re-evaluator, some meager and minor discrepancies were noticed which were liable to question, suspicion, and hence not impeccable. But by overlooking the reasons for trifling discrepancies authorities considered the re-evaluated grade sheet as the final one. In this context, the study examined the reliability and viability of criteria-based grading against norm-based grading model with the plausible impacts of authoritarian intervention in distorting the course instructor’s grade sheet, and its implications on quality retention in higher education.

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