Using animated graphics as a teaching tool in patternmaking: a comparison of delivery methods

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Lynn M. (Lynn Marie) Boorady

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This study concerns itself with evaluating the effectiveness of teaching a visual topic, such as patternmaking, via a computer. The visual topic being explored, patternmaking, was taught to three levels of undergraduate students at different universities in the Midwest. This paper discusses the outcomes of patternmaking being taught in a traditional lecture style and compares it to the same instruction received through a computer-based animation program. It was found that the most difference in learning outcomes was within the subject groups in the lowest educational level. There was no difference found in the outcomes between the two higher educational level groups. Attributes of the subject groups which may account for the success of this style of learning include prior experience in sewing complete garments and overall GPA. Additional research and improvements to the animation is discussed. Suggestions are made on how to utilize web-based learning in the design curriculum.

Mousaion ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nafisa Rabiu ◽  
Adetola Kehinde ◽  
Halimah Odunayo Amuda ◽  
Kehinde Kadijat Kadiri

This study investigated the perceptions of undergraduate students at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, of the usefulness and challenges associated with computer-based testing. The population for the study consisted of undergraduate students at the University of Ilorin. According to the data collected from the Directorate of Academic Planning at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, the population of undergraduate students for the 2017/2018 academic session was 43 983. A simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample. A questionnaire was used as data collection instrument. The findings from the study showed that using a web-based assessment system contributed positively to the undergraduate students’ academic achievements while the majority of them preferred taking all their exams with the web-based assessment system. The findings further revealed that to the undergraduate students, CBT is an interesting technique in examinations and makes the taking of examinations easier. Also, there is high level of competence among undergraduate students with regard to possession of the required skills for CBT examinations. Delays in the commencement of the exams, power failures at the CBT centre and overcrowding are major challenges encountered by the students taking CBT examinations. One of the study recommendations was that the university management should endeavour to eliminate the delays in the commencement of tests by providing assessment timetables which should be strictly adhered to.


2021 ◽  
pp. 004723952110526
Author(s):  
LeAnne J. Schmidt ◽  
Michael DeSchryver

As educators and administrators look to countless mobile apps, software programs, and web-based learning tools to meet the demands of students in remote, virtual, and hybrid settings, risks and assumptions of online platforms and assessments must be considered. With the urgency of the COVID-response closure of many schools and the unusual methods employed during the return to school in Fall 2020, there is no better time to examine the digital application literacy which is necessary for students to effectively transition to online learning and assessment. “Digital application literacy” (DAppLit), a specific form of media literacy, involves the nimble use of an app (web-based) or application (computer-based) for education, including assessment. Learners with impaired DAppLit face academic consequences, when insufficient literacy in the platform is the culprit. This paper first explores various skills and strategies from both traditional and digital assessments that digital application literacy requires. Then, it presents the value of low-stakes assessment experiences with applications to introduce navigation techniques and troubleshoot barriers users may face before undertaking weighted assessments. The importance of skills instruction and practice of DAppLit methods is presented. A four-step process is introduced to: 1) set learning goals; 2) guide learners through the application with explicit instructions before use; 3) provide low-stakes explorations; and 4) debrief to address any issues which could represent a failing of application literacy and not content knowledge in an assessment.


1998 ◽  
Vol 79 (10) ◽  
pp. 2153-2160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Wetzel ◽  
David Dempsey ◽  
Sandra Nilsson ◽  
Mohan Ramamurthy ◽  
Steve Koch ◽  
...  

An education-oriented workshop for college faculty in the atmospheric and related sciences was held in Boulder, Colorado, during June 1997 by three programs of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. The objective of this workshop was to provide faculty with hands-on training in the use of Web-based instructional methods for specific application to the teaching of satellite remote sensing in their subject areas. More than 150 faculty and associated scientists participated, and postworkshop evaluation showed it to have been a very successful integration of information and activities related to computer-based instruction, educational principles, and scientific lectures.


2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Jonathan A. McElderry

Given the low retention and completion rates, research on Black men typically focuses on the problems or barriers they face, even when successful. Rather than focusing on the problems Black men are experiencing, it is important that scholars give attention to those Black men who are succeeding to create a counter narrative to the stereotypical misandry of Black men in our society. These counter narratives remind us that Black men can and do succeed, which is a truth not often heard. The current research identifies concepts in this literature that serve as hermeneutics to examine counter narratives of student departure. The theoretical frameworks used throughout this study are theories of masculinity and Tinto's (1993) theory of student departure, which were used to examine the experiences of Black, male, third and fourth year undergraduate students who entered college without declaring a major and have persisted at a large, public, predominately White institution in the Midwest (The University of Missouri or Mizzou). Seven students were recruited through purposeful sampling and participated in a three interview sequence model (Seidman, 1998). From this, five overarching themes developed. (1) Peer pressure, external influences, and institutional support; (2) Finding an academic path; (3) Black Mizzou; and (4) Establishing identity. Within the context of the study, a conclusion, recommendations for research, and implications for practice were discussed.


10.28945/3072 ◽  
2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Primoz Luksic ◽  
Boris Horvat ◽  
Andrej Bauer ◽  
Tomaz Pisanski

This paper presents the practical issues involved in introducing e-leaming for the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (FMF) at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. It begins with a short history of e-learning at FMF and is followed by a discussion about the choice of the open source software (Moodle, svn, wiki platform) as the foundation for the web based learning; its advantages and disadvantages. The focus is on materials that enhance classroom learning, conform to learning standards, and at the same time address the needs of the end users - the students. In the end, the results of a survey about the students' attitudes towards e-learning are presented; in general and specific to the e-learning environment at FMF.


Petir ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-71
Author(s):  
Redaksi Tim Jurnal

One of the roles in information and communication technology to improve the quality of learning and teachingin educational organizations is to conduct a web-based learning facility that e-learning. In  general, there are two types of software that is generic and bespoke (customized), in this study we found that the university mercubuana customized using generic applications. Featured model is a way to define the functionality of the application based on the features required by user features, the features of these features can be grouped based on necessity (mandatory) and supplementary (optional). Preparation of requirements-based features proposed in this study is intended as the reference management application requirements e-learning mapped clearly and well. So it can be helpful to the development of future applications.


1942 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brewton Berry ◽  
Carl Chapman

The village site, which is the subject of this report, has been known for at least three-quarters of a century. Its large size, the abundance of surface materials, and the nearby presence of a conspicuous earthwork, combined to attract attention to the site. Prof. G. C. Broadhead, of the University of Missouri, explored the region in 1872, and gathered a number of sherds which form part of the present archaeological collection at the University. During the '70's and '80's there were quite a few pseudo-scientific excavations on the site, the published reports of which are more tantalizing than illuminating to the modern student. Fowke was there in 1907; and local amateurs have long made a practice of gathering specimens there, and sending them to scientific institutions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-259
Author(s):  
Syamsul Bahri ◽  
Merta Simbolon ◽  
Abraham Laurens Rettob

Abstract. SMK Negeri 1 Tanah Miring is one of the schools whose lessons have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The main problem faced by teachers at SMKN 1 Tanah Miring is the lack of accessible teaching materials in the learning process, especially online teaching materials during the Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of this training is to provide knowledge and training to teachers on various types of online teaching materials that can be developed with the web. This training and mentoring are carried out in the form of presentations, training, and mentoring, both through face-to-face and online activities so that at the end of the activity it is hoped that you will know about online learning and various online teaching materials. The results of the evaluation of the activities showed that the majority of the participants, who were all teachers of SMK Negeri 1 Tanah Miring, were very satisfied with the implementation of this activity. However, the results of the evaluation of the impact of these activities indicate that the activities that have been implemented have been ineffective. Even though 88% of teachers managed to have their website address, only 10% of them managed to develop their website content according to the subject they were teaching.Keywords: Online Teaching Materials, Web-Based learning, Learning During the Covid-19 PandemicAbstrak. SMK Negeri 1 Tanah Miring merupakan salah satu sekolah yang pembelajarannya terdampak pandemi Covid-19. Masalah utama yang dihadapi oleh guru di SMKN 1 Tanah Miring adalah minimnya bahan ajar yang dapat diakses dalam proses pembelajaran, khususnya bahan ajar online pada masa pandemi Covid-19 ini. Tujuan pelatihan ini adalah memberikan pengetahuan dan pelatihan kepada guru tentang berbagai jenis bahan ajar online yang dapat dikembangkan dengan web. Pelatihan dan pendampingan ini dilaksanakan dalam bentuk presentasi, pelatihan, dan pendampingan, baik melalui kegiatan tatap muka maupun secara online sehingga pada akhir kegiatan diharapkan sudah memiliki pengetahuan tentang pembelajaran online serta berbagai bahan ajar online. Hasil evaluasi kegiatan menunjukkan bahwa mayoritas peserta kegiatan yang seluruhnya terdiri atas guru SMK Negeri 1 Tanah Miring sangat puas terhadap pelaksanaan kegiatan ini. Hal ini dapat dilihat dari 88% guru yang berhasil memiliki alamat website sendiri. Namun, jika dilakukan evaluasi terhadap dampak kegiatan ini bagi peserta di dalam melaksanakan aktivitasnya di sekolah, hanya 10% dari mereka yang berhasil mengembangkan konten websitenya sesuai dengan mata pelajaran yang diajarkannya. Oleh karena itu, dapat disimpulkan bahwa kegiatan yang telah dilaksanakan tidak efektif.Kata Kunci: Bahan Ajar Online, Pembelajaran Berbasis Web, Pembelajaran Masa Pandemi Covid-19


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Lawrence Loiseau

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study addresses Lacan's comments on Marx. While much has been done towards reading Marx with psychoanalysis generally, little had has been done to unpack the meaning and extent of Lacan's own statements on Marx. For example, while Lacanian Marxists like Slavoj Zizek have wielded Lacan to great effect in a critique of post-structuralism, they have neglected the full meaning and complexity of Lacan's own stance. What is argued thereby is that Zizek not only omits the discrete knowledge within Lacan's commentary, but misses what I describe as a Lacan's theory of the social. On the one hand, it is commonly known in Lacanian thought that discourse is responsible for making the subject. On the other hand, what is less known is that Lacan defined discourse as that which makes a social link which, in contrast with Marxist thought, introduces a certain affect and materialism premised on discourse itself, commonly known, but also for providing the underlying strata of topology (namely, paradox) requisite for making any social link between subjects. Although less commonly known, we can nevertheless gain new insight into Marx. On the one hand, Lacan concedes Marx's underlying structuralism. On the other hand, Marx fails to see the true source of discourse's origins, the real itself, and consequently fails to see the true efficacy of discourse. He fails to see how discourse, although negative, stands as entirely positive and material in its distinctive effects. Discourse negotiates subjects and their inimitable objects of desire in this singularity itself. This is where true production lies; it is that which precedes any social or economic theory, which are otherwise premised on reality. Lacan rejects reality.


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