Modern Teaching Tools Research Articles

Construction of an innovative, modern and affordable teaching tool in practical classroom activities using AS5600 encoder

Many researchers have understood the advantages of using the Arduino microcontroller board, as its communication with multiple sensors today offers inspiring possibilities for teaching the physical sciences. In this work, we have developed an innovative, modern and affordable educational tool composed of an Arduino board and an AS5600 encoder, to measure the angle and determine the frequency of a swinging pendulum. The results obtained are displayed graphically in real time by using a python program.

Increasing the Level of Professional Competence Using a Virtual Educational Environment

The article addresses the issues of creating a virtual educational environment using special equipment. The 3DVista Virtual Tour program was chosen as the development environment for the virtual tour, using features related to e-Learning and automatic integration with LMS Moodle. The virtual space of the created educational environment provides an opportunity for the existence of various forms of educational communication, based on the capabilities of modern teaching tools and modern information and communication technologies, allows you to provide conditions for improving the quality of education, exchanging of views, and mutual consultation. The use of web-quest technology will allow young people to shape their common understanding of the profession, realize the demands placed on professionals in this sphere, will contribute to identify their personal and professional interests and aptitudes, and will also help schoolchildren and students to make independently and consciously their professional choice This technology fosters the development of communication skills and a more intensive exchange of information in the process of learning or mastering new academic material. All this ensures an increase in the level of professional competence of schoolchildren and students.

Real-time polling to help corral university-learners' wandering minds

PurposeThis research investigates the use of real-time online polling to enhance university teaching and learning.Design/methodology/approachUsing a case study and employing action research, this work shows how polling can improve professional practice, learner engagement and teaching performance.FindingsIncorporating the right type of online real-time polling into lessons is a professional challenge and can be hard work for teachers but has overriding benefits.Research limitations/implicationsThis research reports one lecturer's experiences within two UK universities, limited to location, variety of students and lecturer technical capability. The research implications are that online polling, especially in different learning environments, is needed. Previous research is outdated or limited to real-time polling for teaching and learning during physical classes. There are research opportunities therefore in the use of polling before, during and after class.Practical implicationsThis research finds that the field of online polling needs to be seen as a modern teaching tool that now uses students' personal technology for easier use by students and teachers: it is more than the use of archaic “clickers” which were extra classroom items to be bought and maintained. Also, online polling, before, during and after classes, can be employed usefully and have validity within teachers' toolboxes. This paper shows how such polls can be successfully deployed.Originality/valueWhilst there are previous reports of polling undertaken within teaching and learning events, this paper builds upon those experiences and boosts collective understanding about the use of polling as a way to improve professional practice and increase learning.

Virtual reality simulation\u2014the future of orthopaedic training? A systematic review and narrative analysis

BackgroundVirtual reality (VR) simulation provides users with an immersive, 3D experience that can be used to allow surgical trainees to practice skills and operations in a safe yet realistic environment. The field of orthopaedics is yet to include VR in core teaching, despite its advantages as a teaching aid, particularly against current simulation tools. This study aims to conduct a systematic review to investigate the efficacy of VR in orthopaedic training, against current methods.MethodsA systemic review of databases Medline, Embase and the Cochrane Library for randomized controlled trials focusing on VR training against conventional training in orthopaedic surgery was performed. Data synthesis was performed through narrative analysis due to the heterogeneous nature of the data.ResultsA total of 16 studies from 140 titles were identified, across 6 specialty areas. Four hundred and thirty-one participants were included. Control groups included VR, cadaver and benchtop simulators. Forty-seven outcomes were measured, focusing on skill and proficiency assessment. No outcomes focused on patient safety. Although significance between intervention and control was not always achieved, most studies found that the intervention outperformed the control.ConclusionVR provides a modern and immersive teaching tool that can develop skills and give confidence to trainees. This study demonstrates the potential for VR simulation as a training aid in orthopaedics and encourages its use alongside conventional teaching methods. However, long-term analysis of the results of VR training on surgical trainees has yet to be conducted. To provide conclusive justification for its inclusion in surgical training, this study recommends that future research follows trainees using VR into the operating room, to determine that VR teaches skills that are transferable onto actual surgeries, subsequently leading to better patient outcomes.

Discussion on the Reform of Mixed-English Teaching Mode of Higher Vocational English Based on “Internet +”

In today’s society, English has become a core competency that everyone needs. How to use the development advantages of “Internet +” and to develop a hybrid teaching method is the main research content of this paper. Based on this, this paper firstly summarizes the problems existing in the mixed teaching mode of vocational English from the aspects of single multimedia teaching form and the utilization rate of modern information teaching tools. Subsequently, combining traditional classroom teaching with flipped classes based on microlecture, developing mixed-English teaching, establishing a self-learning environment for students under the network platform, and proposing suggestions are the guidance for students to use the online platform for independent learning, in order to be able to provides new ideas for higher vocational English mixed teaching reform.

СОВРЕМЕННЫЕ ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКИЕ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ В ПРЕПОДАВАНИИ КИТАЙСКОГО ЯЗЫКА

On the modern world stage, China and Russia are not only neighboring countries with the longest land border in the world, but also economically and politically dependent partners. Mutually benefi cial cooperation between the two world powers is obvious and, accordingly, the emerging need for specialists who speak Chinese is obvious. The main purpose of the article is to describe and use pedagogical technologies that allow the teacher, when using them, to achieve the desired educational result for the student when learning Chinese. The article considers language as an objective technology of the educational process used to optimize teaching through the design, development, use, evaluation and management of the teaching and learning process. Information technologies are presented, including modern teaching tools that play a leading role in the development of communicative competencies of the student in the practice of teaching Chinese. The article uses methods of analysis, synthesis, comparison, historical method. The result of the research in this article is the presentation of modern pedagogical technologies focused on the involvement of students in the virtual environment, in Chinese culture and optimizing the learning process, learning resources, learning eff ects in the process of learning Chinese.

The benefits of social media as a modern teaching and learning tool in higher education in Indonesia

This paper explores the benefits of social media for assisting teaching process in higher education institution in Indonesia. The paper also looks at the ways of using social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and WeChat. As the continuous growing of social platforms, most students and teachers in higher education level are now interacting through social media. The opportunities to utilize them as teaching and learning tools are endless. This paper reveals that the use of social media had positive outputs towards teaching and learning. However, social media also comes with some challenges which may limit its effectiveness. Thus, some possible solutions will be presented here in order to make the most out of social media for teaching and learning.

¿Es posible la enseñanza virtual?

Más de 300 millones de estudiantes alrededor de todo el mundo vieron su educación interrumpida por la expansión del covid-19. Escuelas y universidades, como nunca en generaciones pasadas, tienen las herramientas para garantizar la continuación de la educación, aún cuando sus escuelas están cerradas. Docentes, estudiantes y familias están involucradas en colaborar para que la experiencia del aprendizaje online sea exitosa. Pero ¿cuán preparados estaban los estudiantes y docentes, para sumergirse en la educación a distancia? ¿Son las clases online verdaderas clases, o se trata de una herramienta moderna de enseñanza? La educación remota, ¿reemplaza a las tradicionales clases presenciales? ¿Cómo se generan espacios de encuentro desde la virtualidad? En este artí­culo intentaremos mostrar cómo este es un nuevo paradigma de enseñanza que llegó para quedarse y que no se trata de un reemplazo de la presencialidad.

Geometric applications of measure as a definite integral in mathematics education

The paper deals with the measure as a definite integral with the implementation into the Matlab computing environment which is a very effective and modern teaching tool for solving a wide range of tasks quickly. The use of this program environment in the pedagogical process was the subject of research, which we carried out on an experimental group of students in assigned tasks from the measure theory, namely a definite integral. The main aim of our work was to present the measure theory, find and involve the appropriate modern elements in its teaching and show that the process of solving application tasks can be greatly improved and different knowledge gaps of students can be removed by using appropriate computer programs as complementary modern elements in addition to the classical approach to teaching.

Evaluation of simulation based learning in the management of cardiovascular emergencies among Moroccan medical students

The importance of medical simulation as a modern teaching tool becomes obvious. Despite, its significant expansion these last years, particularly in specialties like anesthesia, emergency medicine and obstetrics, it's not widely used in specialties like cardiology. The purpose of our study was to assess the effectiveness of simulation-based medical education in the management of cardiovascular emergencies among Moroccan graduate students. Materials Our study was a prospective, observational, multi-centre study including the students of Casablanca, Rabat, and Fes universities from the 5 th to the 7 th year of medicine who underwent 6 phases: First a pre-test, then a theoretical and practical training on cardiovascular emergencies after which the students were separated in two groups, one undergoing the medical simulation training (group 1) and one who didn’t (group 2), followed by a theoretical then a practical post-test. At last, the students were asked to answer a satisfaction survey. The statistical analysis was bivariate with a significant P value < 0.05. A totalf of 57 students were enrolled in the study and divided into 2 groups (Group 1, n = 25 and Group 2, n = 27). Both groups were comparables in terms of year of study, faculty and their previous internships as well as a former participation in medical simulation. The pre-test results were comparable between the two groups (6.05 ± 2.68 for group 1 versus 5.88 ± 2.52 for group 2). However, both theoretical post-test results (18.83 ± 1.27 versus 17.13 ± 2.01 for group 2, P < 0.001) and practical evaluation results (16.15 ± 1.72 versus 10.92 ± 1.35, P < 0.001), were in favor of group 1. This preliminary study showed the significant benefit of simulation-based medical teaching and learning as an innovating teaching tool in the cardiovascular emergencies in the medical students’ basic training and suggests its generalization to the cardiology and intensive care interns’ continuous training.

THE EFFECTS OF YOUTUBE IN ESP CLASSES

Teaching English as a global language is widely popular now. As such, English for Specific Purposes (ESP) is also needed in every field of study. In ESP teaching, different teaching aids are definitely needed: students´ books, teachers´ books, power point presentations, internet videos, or even specific magazines, journals, or newspapers that present interesting topics that fit to the specific field. This variety of teaching aids definitely easeslearning difficulties,such as anxiety to learn, uninteresting class, boredom, or demotivation to learn.Cahyani (2013),Peterová, N (2017), point out that the use of ICT in classes is a requirement as it makes teaching more attractive and more successful learning. Based on the upper named researchers, this study describes English language learning with media, i.e. the use of YouTube videos about Engineering English in English for Specific Purposes (ESP) classes, as a complementary teaching/learning tool. It reviews research on learning English, specifically Engineering vocabulary and English language fluency. Speaking, that is speaking fluently in ESP, (Engineering English, in our case) is one of language skills that needs more practice, less anxiety, more confidence and more positive approach to English learning. In order to support the students to be able to English language speak fluently, the ESP teacher is compelled to be creative in making the ESP class more interesting. And this could be achieved by creating interesting teaching/learning material that would make the students explore and enhance their English learning abilities. This modern teaching tool is distinguished by the students of engineering as appealing, amusing and spontaneous cognitive capability. Engineering students´ responses are examined and the study comes up with the conclusion that the features available in ICT, i.e. YouTube videos, make the teachers and students able to listen, understand, take notes, and later present topics what they have just watched and listened, or they can present new ideas, even come up with new assignments and issues concerning engineering in simple and interesting ways. The application of ICT in ESP classes make the students able to understand, illustrate and use new engineering vocabulary, interact with other engineering students. Finally, pedagogical implications are offered for ESP teachers, by integrating YouTube videos about Engineering in order to improve and enhance specific learning, i. e Engineering vocabulary and its fluency.

Meta-Analysis Approach towards Importance of In-Service Training in Teacher’s Professional and Social Development

The paper highlights the significance of in-service training and establishes that its role cannot be denied in a teacher’s professional and social development. It plays significant role in enhancing teacher’s competencies and improves teacher’s teaching skills. Its role is of vital importance in achieving teaching and learning outcomes. In-service teacher training enables teacher to have awareness about the advanced instructional technologies used in the teaching-learning process. This equips teacher with modern teaching tools, enhancing a teacher’s efficiency and effectiveness. The in-service teacher training program is a systematic attempt to change teacher’s attitudes and beliefs and also bring changes in classroom practices. A teacher undergoes different experiences and practices after joining teaching profession. In-service teacher training improves these experiences and practices. Its role is also of vital importance in developing quality education.

Современные средства обучения графическим дисциплинам студентов заочной формы обучения

When studying ''Engineering and Computer Graphics'' discipline, extramural students are faced with a number of difficulties. Age groups of these students differ from full-time students from behind a greater number of students related to more age categories. Also, unlike full-time students, the level of extramural students’ primary education is higher, but it has been acquired for a long time, and knowledge, in the vast majority of cases, leaves much to be desired. In addition to the described differences it is possible to report a lesser amount of free time, which an extramural student can use for his independent work because of his primary employment’s strained activity timetable. An important moment that plays a key role in discipline understanding is the complexity of "Engineering and Computer Graphics" subject itself, which requires drawing skills (in the school some students did not even have such a discipline) and the ability for spatial thinking. In the presented paper have been considered features on age groups, primary education and drawing skill level for two streams of extramural students learning on the "Railway Operations" specialty in the Russian University of Transport (MIIT). In view of students’ contingent peculiarities the use of modern teaching tools in the process of studying "Engineering and Computer Graphics" discipline has been suggested as a method for enhancement of effectiveness for understanding of educational material. As an illustration of obtained theoretical concepts has been presented a plan for carrying out a laboratory work on "Engineering and Computer Graphics" discipline using modern teaching techniques. In the process of performing the laboratory work, modern teaching tools are used, and after its completion the trainees receive a useful solid piece (a stand for a smartphone) made on a 3D printer, obtained with the help of a three-dimensional model prepared by students, that increases the efficiency of received material’s understanding.

Colleges of Education Graduates Academic Achievements in Visual Arts and Quality Delivering of Primary Schools Creative Arts Curriculum in Ghana

The aim of this study was to investigate the colleges of education graduates academic achievements in visual arts and their subject matter competency for quality delivering of primary schools creative arts curriculum in Ghana. The study employed cross-sectional survey design. The study targeted visual arts lecturers and graduates of colleges of education. The sample size for the study was 241 (5 lecturers & 236 graduates). The instruments used for data collection were questionnaire and interview guide. The findings of H01 indicated that colleges of education graduates academic achievements in visual arts have no relationship with their subject matter competency for quality delivering of primary schools creative arts curriculum. The results of H02 revealed that teaching and learning resources have positive relationship with the quality delivering of primary schools creative arts curriculum. The study revealed that colleges of education graduates academic achievements in visual arts do not reflect their subject matter competency for quality delivering of the primary school creative arts curriculum. The study also found out that teaching and learning resources were not available for quality delivering of primary schools creative arts curriculum. The study recommended that Ghana Education Service should liaise with visual arts units in colleges of education to periodically organise workshops and seminars for primary school teachers to enhance their subject matter competency. The study also recommended that government should supply creative arts textbooks, modern visual arts teaching and learning resources and tools and materials lacking in primary schools to promote effective teaching and learning of creative arts.

A FAILED CIRCULATION: THE MONTESSORI METHOD AND TEACHING MATERIALS IN REPUBLICAN CHINA (1912-1949)

Montessori method arrived in China at the time when Chinese scholars wanted to established Chinese version kindergartens with modern and scientific teaching method and tools. Through translation and expert coming to China, Chinese scholars introduced Montessori thought into China. However, the study on Montessori method only stopped at the step of translating Montessori’s theory and trying to reshape the didactic materials. In spite of two short-lived success examples in the 1920s and 1930s, it was never large-scale applied in China. Except the expensive of the didactic tools, lacking spokesman and teachers were the main reason for the failure of the method.

ПСИХОЛОГО-ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКИЕ УСЛОВИЯ ОБУЧЕНИЯ СТУДЕНТОВ ИНОЯЗЫЧНОМУ ПИСЬМЕННОМУ ВЫСКАЗЫВАНИЮ НА ОСНОВЕ КОРПУСНЫХ ТЕХНОЛОГИЙ

Teaching students, majoring in linguistics, writing skills is one of the components of the goals of teaching a foreign language in a university. Language corpora are one of the modern teaching tools that create conditions for classroom and extracurricular work of students. We justify and reveal the psychological and pedagogical conditions for teaching students foreign written skills based on the language corpora. Under the psychological and pedagogical conditions is understood the totality of the possibilities of the educational environment which, under the influence of the surrounding material world, are aimed at the development of the personal component and the improvement of certain qualities of the personality of the students. We outline the following list of psychological and pedagogical conditions that must be taken into account when developing appropriate teaching methods: 1) motivation for students to participate in teaching written statements based on the language corpora; 2) the students have a degree of communication competence at the level of B1 and higher; 3) ICT-competence among students; 4) ICT-competence of the teacher; 5) adherence to the specified stages of learning a written statement based on the language corpora. Each of the five conditions is described in detail and justified.

Sand BOX-Hipsomaper – pierwszy krok w trzeci wymiar mapy

&lt;p&gt;Czytanie, analiza i interpretacja rysunku poziomicowego nastręcza uczniom sporo trudności. Wynikają one przede wszystkim z braku umiejętności widzenia, a raczej wydobycia trzeciego wymiaru z płaszczyzny dwuwymiarowej. Tę zdolność trudno jednak rozwinąć bez zaangażowania wyobraźni przestrzennej, którą nie wszyscy uczniowie mają opanowaną w zadawalającym stopniu. Na taki stan rzeczy z jednej strony wpływa różna predyspozycja percepcyjna uczniów (czynniki wewnętrzne), a z drugiej – niedostateczne zaplecze metodyczne, m.in. w postaci ciekawych, inspirujących, atrakcyjnych i nowoczesnych pomocy dydaktycznych (czynniki zewnętrzne). Odpowiedzią na powyższe zapotrzebowanie wydaje się być „sandBOX”. „SandBOX” to multimedialne narzędzie do generowania i wyświetlania rysunku hipsometrycznego na dowolnie formowanym, interaktywnym modelu z piachu. Użytkownik (tu: uczeń i/lub nauczyciel), bawiąc się w piaskownicy w „rzeźbiarza terenu” natychmiast otrzymuje w wykreowanej przez siebie przestrzeni trójwymiarowej informację zwrotną w postaci układu poziomic zaopatrzonych w barwy. Rozwiązanie to w sposób prosty i przejrzysty wspomagać może niezmiernie trudny proces wprowadzania i etapowego kształtowania pojęcia poziomicy.&lt;/p&gt;

СТРАТЕГІЯ РЕГІОНАЛЬНОГО ОСВІТНЬОГО ПРОЕКТУ "РОЗРОБКА ТА ВПРОВАДЖЕННЯ СИСТЕМИ ДИСТАНЦІЙНОГО (ЕЛЕКТРОННОГО) НАВЧАННЯ В ЗАКЛАДАХ ОСВІТИ ЗАПОРІЗЬКОЇ ОБЛАСТІ"

The article deals with the problems of implementation of distance (electronic) training in educational institutions of Zaporizhia region for obtaining formal secondary education and the use of distance learning technologies in non-formal education. The article describes the basic directions of realization of regional project for development and implementation of distance (electronic) training. Specifies the conceptual basis of introduction of e-learning. Proposes the model for creating conditions for widespread use of modern computer teaching tools of e-learning and learning management systems in practical work of educational institutions. Describes the implementation technology of semantic and technological component of distance learning. DOI: https://doi.org/10.28925/2414-0325.2016.2.s25364

Flipping the Classroom to Meet the Diverse Learning Needs of Library and Information Studies (LIS) Students

This paper provides an overview of a teaching and learning project that explored the flipped classroom model to determine if it was an effective teaching and learning method to use with library and information studies (LIS) students with diverse learning needs. The project involved developing a range of videos in different styles for students to watch before class. These were used in conjunction with a range of student centred and interactive in class activities. The flipped model was evaluated in order to understand the students learning preferences and to evaluate if the model was effective. Results from these evaluations and student feedback, indicated that the flipped classroom model proved to be an effective way to teach Masters LIS students with diverse learning needs, due to it’s interactive and student centred approach. The video style lectures, also suited students who speak English as a second language (ESL), as it enabled them to re-watch the videos and learn at their own pace. Utilizing the flipped classroom model holds advantages for LIS faculty as it allows them to engage students in innovative ways, both inside and outside the classroom, and to employ a range of modern teaching tools and approaches.

Modernizing and transforming medical education at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College.

The Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University (KCMU) College and the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) are addressing the crisis in Tanzanian health care manpower by modernizing the college's medical education with new tools and techniques. With a $10 million MEPI grant and the participation of its partner, Duke University, KCMU is harnessing the power of information technology (IT) to upgrade tools for students and faculty. Initiatives in eLearning have included bringing fiber-optic connectivity to the campus, offering campus-wide wireless access, opening student and faculty computer laboratories, and providing computer tablets to all incoming medical students. Beyond IT, the college is also offering wet laboratory instruction for hands-on diagnostic skills, team-based learning, and clinical skills workshops. In addition, modern teaching tools and techniques address the challenges posed by increasing numbers of students. To provide incentives for instructors, a performance-based compensation plan and teaching awards have been established. Also for faculty, IT tools and training have been made available, and a medical education course management system is now being widely employed. Student and faculty responses have been favorable, and the rapid uptake of these interventions by students, faculty, and the college's administration suggests that the KCMU College MEPI approach has addressed unmet needs. This enabling environment has transformed the culture of learning and teaching at KCMU College, where a path to sustainability is now being pursued.