Browsing by Subject "Education, Higher"
Now showing items 1-20 of 638
-
4th international UNIVEST: strategies towards collaborative learning
(OmniaScience, 2014-05)
Article
Open AccessWith that main goal, the IV International UNIVEST Conference was proposed as a forum to debate and exchange ideas about university teaching and learning processes and the importance of placing students in the centre of ... -
8th International Conference on University Teaching and Innovation (CIDUI): flexible training models
(OmniaScience, 2015-06)
Article
Open AccessThe Organising Committee of the 8th International Conference on University Teaching and Innovation (CIDUI) wishes to thank the Editorial Board of the Journal of Technology and Science Education (JOTSE) for publishing this ... -
A course on digital electronics based on solving design-oriented exercises by means of a PBL strategy
(2015-02)
Article
Open AccessRecently, new syllabuses are being implemented accordingly to the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) in Spain. This paper describes the methodology and assessment strategy applied in the subject ‘‘Digital Circuits and ... -
A democratic university or university for democracy?
(Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI), 2008)
Article
Open AccessUniversity has still been a fundamental institution for the formation of the citizenship and the construction of the public in democratic societies. Focused on the production and reproduction of knowledge, University ... -
A Free accessible individual-based simulator enabling virtual experiments on soil organic matter processes in classroom
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, 2013-09)
Article
Open AccessThis work addresses and aims to fulfil a very clear need in teaching biosystem engineering. When introducing students to the complexity of soil processes, one of the frustrations that teachers ofen experience is ... -
A handful of bacteria: a simple activity that engages students to think and write like a scientist
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, 2014-03)
Article
Open AccessNon-major students taking science courses to fulfill degree requirements may show low interest in traditional lecture-based classrooms. While professors may try to incorporate hands-on activities to the classroom to foster ... -
A methodology to study the university’s online teaching activity from virtual platform indicators: the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
(2021-05-06)
Article
Open AccessThe Covid-19 pandemic led Catalan universities to do all teaching and evaluation online from 11 March 2020 until the end of term on 30 July. Conventional universities made the transition to online teaching in just a few ... -
A New learning experience: voluntary preparatory course for the bachelor’s degree in engineering
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, 2012-03)
Article
Open AccessThis paper reports on a new experience carried out at school associated with the Technical University of Catalonia, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in September 2010. The aim is to describe the organization, ... -
A proposal to improve your assessment skills
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, 2013-03)
Article
Open Access -
A selection of lessons learned from phase C/D of CubeSat projects of the Fly Your Satellite! programme
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-29)
Conference lecture
Open AccessFly Your Satellite!” (FYS) is a recurring programme part of ESA Academy’s portfolio of “hands-on” activities. The programme was established to support University student teams in the development of their own CubeSat missions ... -
A service-learning program assessment: Strengths, weaknesses and impacts on students
(OmniaScience, 2023-01)
Article
Open AccessPurpose: This paper aims to research the strengths and weaknesses of service-learning programs in order to identify the challenges of their application, the educational possibilities of service-learning and the impact on ... -
Academic and professional identities as gendered experiences in higher education: challenges and possibilities
(Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI), 2008)
Article
Open AccessWhile duly recognizing the role that higher education institutions have played in the promotion of gender equality in teaching, learning and management of education and development processes, this paper aims to assess the ... -
Academic fraud, accreditation and quality assurance: learning from the past and challenges for the future
(Palgrave MacMillan, 2007)
Article
Open AccessThis paper starts by contextualizing the current trend of increasing academic fraud and corrupt practices in quality assurance and accreditation processes. Several factors are considered, such as the diversification of ... -
Academic performance of students admitted with different entry certificates to the nigerian certificate in education programme at the Federal College of Education (Technical), Omoku
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, 2014-03)
Article
Open AccessThis study attempted to determine the levels of academic performance of two groups of students admitted with different entry certificates to the Nigeria certificate in Education (NCE) Technical Programme and to find out ... -
Academic success and competencies for learning in Portuguese higher educationstudents: a quantitative investigation
(Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI), 2008)
Article
Open AccessConcepts are discussed within the frame of educational development literature and research on student learning. Conceptions of learning, approaches to learning and studying derived from Marton and Säljö’s (1976, 1997) ideas ... -
Academic training in spanish universities for the didactic use of cinema in pre-school and primary education
(OmniaScience, 2021-04)
Article
Open AccessOne of the characteristic features of current society is the relevance of technology and audiovisual media.This fact has generated demands in the educational field to adapt objectives and methodologies tonon-textual ... -
Accreditation of Spanish Engineering Programs, first experiences. The case of the Terrassa School of Engineering
(2016)
Article
Open AccessThe implementation of the European Space for Higher Education has entailed new requirements for Spanish Higher Education Programs. Regulations (RD 1393, 2007) stablish that university programs, in order to have official ... -
Acerca de los autores
(Mundiprensa, 2006)
Review
Open Access -
Acerca de los autores
(Mundiprensa, 2007)
Article
Open Access -
Acerca de los autores
(Mundiprensa, 2008)
Article
Open Access