http://hdl.handle.net/2117/3304 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 06:04:10 GMT 2013-06-20T06:04:10Z webmaster.bupc@upc.edu Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Servei de Biblioteques i Documentació no http://hdl.handle.net/2117/11946 Title: Entorn virtual d’aprenentatge autònom Authors: Periago Oliver, M. Cristina; Jaen Herbera, Javier; Bohigas Janoher, Xavier; Pejuan Alcobé, Arcadi Abstract: En aquesta ponència presentem un Entorn Virtual d’Aprenentatge (EVA) dissenyat per fomentar l’aprenentatge autònom [1,2,3]. Es tracta d’una activitat dirigida en la qual se suggereixen les accions que l’estudiant ha de seguir per aprendre els conceptes relacionats amb la resolució de circuits elèctrics de corrent continu mitjançant l’aplicació de les lleis de Kirchhoff. Aquesta activitat forma part del curs de l’assignatura d’Electromagnetisme de les titulacions d’Enginyeria Industrial i Enginyeria Química de la UPC. Quan els estudiants van finalitzar l’activitat d’autoaprenentatge proposada, se’ls va demanar de respondre una enquesta d’opinió que ha estat analitzada i valorada. Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:37:12 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2117/11946 2011-03-18T10:37:12Z Periago Oliver, M. Cristina; Jaen Herbera, Javier; Bohigas Janoher, Xavier; Pejuan Alcobé, Arcadi no En aquesta ponència presentem un Entorn Virtual d’Aprenentatge (EVA) dissenyat per fomentar l’aprenentatge autònom [1,2,3]. Es tracta d’una activitat dirigida en la qual se suggereixen les accions que l’estudiant ha de seguir per aprendre els conceptes relacionats amb la resolució de circuits elèctrics de corrent continu mitjançant l’aplicació de les lleis de Kirchhoff. Aquesta activitat forma part del curs de l’assignatura d’Electromagnetisme de les titulacions d’Enginyeria Industrial i Enginyeria Química de la UPC. Quan els estudiants van finalitzar l’activitat d’autoaprenentatge proposada, se’ls va demanar de respondre una enquesta d’opinió que ha estat analitzada i valorada. http://hdl.handle.net/2117/10173 Title: The Problem of Inconsistency in Reasoning in Engineering Education – A Case Study about the Mental Model of Sound Authors: Pejuan Alcobé, Arcadi; Bohigas Janoher, Xavier; Jaen Herbera, Javier; Periago Oliver, M. Cristina Abstract: Every planning of an efficient teaching has the aim of achieving satisfactory learning outcomes. From a constructivistic point of view, it is a commonly accepted fact that such a planning has to take into account the prior ideas that students bring to the class. In order to know them, we carried out a survey about the prior ideas on the nature of sound that our fifteen third-year engineering students had at the begin of an elective subject on acoustics. We used a questionnaire where the students had to express their prior ideas with their own words. Although the students expressed scientifically accepted ideas in about 2/3 of the individual questions on a whole, a cross comparison between each student’s answers for the different scenarios revealed a great number of inconsistencies in the mental model of the nature of sound (wave model): only about 1/3 of our students were consistent in all these scenarios. The inconsistency in their reasoning was still clearer when each student had to apply his/her respective mental model about sound to several properties of sound, in particular the relationship between pitch and distance travelled by sound. We analyse the state of the art in the literature about the issue of students’ consistency, and we consider some proposals suggested in the literature, which we apply in part in our own teaching resources, in order to overcome this inconsistency problem. Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:59:50 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2117/10173 2010-11-08T12:59:50Z Pejuan Alcobé, Arcadi; Bohigas Janoher, Xavier; Jaen Herbera, Javier; Periago Oliver, M. Cristina no Every planning of an efficient teaching has the aim of achieving satisfactory learning outcomes. From a constructivistic point of view, it is a commonly accepted fact that such a planning has to take into account the prior ideas that students bring to the class. In order to know them, we carried out a survey about the prior ideas on the nature of sound that our fifteen third-year engineering students had at the begin of an elective subject on acoustics. We used a questionnaire where the students had to express their prior ideas with their own words. Although the students expressed scientifically accepted ideas in about 2/3 of the individual questions on a whole, a cross comparison between each student’s answers for the different scenarios revealed a great number of inconsistencies in the mental model of the nature of sound (wave model): only about 1/3 of our students were consistent in all these scenarios. The inconsistency in their reasoning was still clearer when each student had to apply his/her respective mental model about sound to several properties of sound, in particular the relationship between pitch and distance travelled by sound. We analyse the state of the art in the literature about the issue of students’ consistency, and we consider some proposals suggested in the literature, which we apply in part in our own teaching resources, in order to overcome this inconsistency problem. http://hdl.handle.net/2117/10081 Title: Redesigning a hypertextual course about Acoustics Authors: López Simó, Víctor; Pejuan Alcobé, Arcadi Abstract: When one decides to design on-line educational materials, he have to bear in mind multiple dimensions, such as the non-linearity of the hypertext, the use of embedded multimedia languages and the interactivity between learners and educational tools. The Internet and the Information and Communication Technologies provide a challenge to develop all these dimensions in order to enhance web-based learning. The AFINET project (Learning of Physics through the Internet) is intended to know which transformations of a classic linear text on Physics education need to be done to develop hypertextual materials. Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:42:18 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2117/10081 2010-11-03T11:42:18Z López Simó, Víctor; Pejuan Alcobé, Arcadi no When one decides to design on-line educational materials, he have to bear in mind multiple dimensions, such as the non-linearity of the hypertext, the use of embedded multimedia languages and the interactivity between learners and educational tools. The Internet and the Information and Communication Technologies provide a challenge to develop all these dimensions in order to enhance web-based learning. The AFINET project (Learning of Physics through the Internet) is intended to know which transformations of a classic linear text on Physics education need to be done to develop hypertextual materials. http://hdl.handle.net/2117/9273 Title: Independent Learning in a Virtual Environment Authors: Periago Oliver, M. Cristina; Jaen Herbera, Javier; Bohigas Janoher, Xavier; Pejuan Alcobé, Arcadi Abstract: In this paper we will describe a Virtual Learning Environment designed to promote selfdirected learning. We will analyse the results of the opinion survey and evaluation of the activity developed in the environment. This activity was performed by students without teacher intervention and it is part of a classroom course of Electromagnetism in the second year of Industrial and Chemical Engineering. In this particular case it deals with the concepts related to electrical circuits by applying Kirchhoff’s laws. Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:10:46 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2117/9273 2010-10-04T11:10:46Z Periago Oliver, M. Cristina; Jaen Herbera, Javier; Bohigas Janoher, Xavier; Pejuan Alcobé, Arcadi no In this paper we will describe a Virtual Learning Environment designed to promote selfdirected learning. We will analyse the results of the opinion survey and evaluation of the activity developed in the environment. This activity was performed by students without teacher intervention and it is part of a classroom course of Electromagnetism in the second year of Industrial and Chemical Engineering. In this particular case it deals with the concepts related to electrical circuits by applying Kirchhoff’s laws. http://hdl.handle.net/2117/9268 Title: Semi-virtual classroom for physics contents Authors: Jaen Herbera, Javier; Bohigas Janoher, Xavier; Novell, M. Abstract: Some years ago, it was believed that the learning process would eventually become mostly virtual. ICT tools were therefore designed with this scenario in mind. Nevertheless, today’s learning process is still predominantly faceto- face; at most, we have seen a shift towards blended learning. Today we are in the process of incorporating ICT tools both inside and outside of the classroom. In this paper, we explore how contents—specifically physics contents—can be used optimally either inside or outside of the classroom. Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:44:25 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2117/9268 2010-10-04T10:44:25Z Jaen Herbera, Javier; Bohigas Janoher, Xavier; Novell, M. no Some years ago, it was believed that the learning process would eventually become mostly virtual. ICT tools were therefore designed with this scenario in mind. Nevertheless, today’s learning process is still predominantly faceto- face; at most, we have seen a shift towards blended learning. Today we are in the process of incorporating ICT tools both inside and outside of the classroom. In this paper, we explore how contents—specifically physics contents—can be used optimally either inside or outside of the classroom. http://hdl.handle.net/2117/9267 Title: A multimedia-based course to learn basic acoustics through the Internet: description and evaluation Authors: Pejuan Alcobé, Arcadi; Bohigas Janoher, Xavier; Jaen Herbera, Javier; Periago Oliver, M. Cristina Abstract: A course on Basic Acoustics has been implemented as an Internet site with multimedia resources such as Flash animations, video clips, etc. Multimedia resources are particularly suitable for acoustics, due to the special role played by sound. The constructivistic model of learning within the EHEA framework was taken as the most suitable approach. The students’ overall evaluation has been positive, especially as regards the embedded multimedia resources. Furthermore, many comments taken from their evaluations and assignments have helped to correct deficiencies and to improve the course. Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:19:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2117/9267 2010-10-04T10:19:00Z Pejuan Alcobé, Arcadi; Bohigas Janoher, Xavier; Jaen Herbera, Javier; Periago Oliver, M. Cristina no A course on Basic Acoustics has been implemented as an Internet site with multimedia resources such as Flash animations, video clips, etc. Multimedia resources are particularly suitable for acoustics, due to the special role played by sound. The constructivistic model of learning within the EHEA framework was taken as the most suitable approach. The students’ overall evaluation has been positive, especially as regards the embedded multimedia resources. Furthermore, many comments taken from their evaluations and assignments have helped to correct deficiencies and to improve the course.