Traditional Learning Process Research Articles

An Efficient Hybrid Machine Learning Classifier for Rainfall Prediction

The most leading applications of Artificial Intelligence that seems to witness an immense Progression in the digital era are the Machine Learning (ML) Techniques. It learns itself from the past experiences and attempts at the best prediction of future instances or trends. Such progressive learning does not demand any explicit programming structures. Machine learning finds a wide range of application areas, and out of which accurate real time weather prediction gains importance. An interactive neural network based classification model for better prediction of rainfall has been put forth in this paper; we have proposed an interactive model for predicting rainfall using neural classification. The model is premeditated in a way, that it fetches feature extraction from a database including information about previous rainfalls in a specific area. The features were then pre-processed and further segmented by employing the random forest. The segmented outputs are then classified using neural networks. A comparison of spatial interpolation scheme is done with existing systems by deploying the hybrid classifier. The efficiency of the proposed model is evaluated and is compared with the traditional Deep Learning process and it is observed that the Random forest based interactive model provides better performance. Results of the model seem to be more accurate as the model uses an iterative approach for feature extraction.

Effect of flipped teaching on the performance and perceptions of pre-service teachers on a biology course

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse student performance and perceptions when a flipped classroom setting is used, in comparison with the traditional model.Design/methodology/approachThe inverted learning model or “flipped classroom” is a pedagogical approach that attempts to reverse the traditional teaching and learning process, making the student the protagonist of their own learning, and is characterised by the theoretical contents being taught “outside the classroom”, allowing students to spend more class time carrying out other types of more practical activities that encourage much more active learning, such as enquiry exercises, problem solving, collaborative projects and so on. The study was conducted on a biology course of the Primary Education Bachelor’s Degree during the 2017/2018 academic year (n = 240).FindingsThe results revealed that better learning outcomes were achieved by students when the flipped classroom methodology was proposed. It has also been found that student perceptions of the teaching approach were more positive when the flipped model was followed. The flipped classroom methodology also seems to foster student participation and motivation more effectively than traditional teaching formats, mainly because the active learning activities that are carried out in this new educative approach manage to involve the students in their own learning processes.Originality/valueDespite the enhanced popularity of flipped classroom research in multiple educational contexts and the growing number of studies published in recent years, there is little empirical evidence regarding the effect of the flipped classroom on learning outcomes and satisfaction in pre-service teachers.

THE EXPERIENCE OF USING CLOUD-BASED TECHNOLOGIES IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING

The digital era has firmly entered the modern educational process bringing a variety of distance learning platforms (technologies). The intensive use of web technologies has also affected the field of foreign language teaching. The introduction of modern methods based on cloud-based technologies in higher education is due to the fact that traditional learning process does not fully meet the requirements of the modern reality both in the forms of its organization and its methods. The aim of this paper is to describe cloud-based technologies used in foreign language classes at Tambov State Technical University and identify the advantages and drawbacks of using these technologies. In addition to the main university platform, which provides ample opportunities in the context of foreign language teaching, examples of additional web services, showing their effectiveness in working with students of non-linguistic universities, are presented.

Organization of higher education in context of digitalization: online learning experience at pandemic, development trends

It is highlighted in the study that digital transformations of the fourth industrial revolution are changing the modern human world, encouraging a person to acquire new competencies and become a qualified specialist in the digital economy. In connection with the progressive scientific and technical development, the institute of higher education is being transformed; new previously unknown approaches to the organization of higher education appear. One of such approaches is the introduction of online learning in higher education. The authors refer to the experience of 2020, when, during the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection, the whole world began to actively transfer work processes to a remote format, which also affected the institute of education. Universities around the world introduced distance learning using information technology, which helped students and faculty communicate at a distance. Based on the analysis, the following conclusions were drawn: digitalization of higher education in Russian universities is currently associated with the use of information and communication technologies in the educational environment and to a lesser extent with the use of electronic educational environment in the indirect interaction of students and teaching staff. In our opinion, it is necessary for the digitalization process to be consistent and not to be reduced to full distance learning, but to competently integrate information technology into the traditional learning process.

Learning and performance evaluation in distance higher education: a case study during the Covid-19 pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused disruption in students’ education and imposed numerous and unprecedented challenges on the educational systems all over the world turning the traditional learning processes into online distance education. The new context has raised the question of how to evaluate students’ learning and competences in distance education environments as effectively as possible. To maintain high quality standards of higher education, it is undoubtedly necessary to investigate through which tools the lecturers evaluate both the processes and the products of learning gained in online education. This study has been carried out at the University of Florence, with a sample of 60 lecturers, during the first period of pandemic. It has a twofold aim: (1) investigating lecturers’ beliefs on assessment and evaluation in distance higher education and (2) comparing online assessment techniques and tools with those used in face-toface classroom practices. The case study uses mixed methods and proposes data collected through an online questionnaire and semi-structured interviews analyzed with a quanti-qualitative approach. It pointed out the main problems the study group faced in evaluating students’ learning and performance in remote university education and suggested, at the same time, possible solutions to tackle learning and performance evaluation processes through alternative assessment methods.

Intercept of Financial, Economic and Educational Transformations: Bibliometric Analysis

Financial, economic and educational transformations might be clarified from very different perspectives. Economic transformations are used to identify as changes in value added contribution of some branch in its formation at national level, or its productivity. Nowadays economic transformation are by far wider and more complicated process because of intensification of globalization, integration and digitalization of economic relationship over the last few decades. Financial transformations are also caused by intensification of globalization, integration and digitalization of economic relationship and might be identified through characteristics of the scale of financialization in curtain country and all over the world. Expansion of financialization and digitalization trends led to relevant changes in financial products characteristics, ways of its distribution and promotion, and general relevance of financial sector in macroeconomic stability and sustainable economic growth. Digitalization and COVID-19 pandemic also led to considerable challenges and transformation of education system. Education process are needed to be based on modern pedagogical, technological and scientific approaches. It became crucial to not only disseminate traditional knowledge and ensure of obtaining hard skills, but also make students enriched with soft skills. Traditional learning process accompanied with physical visiting of classes and writing a thesis are no more relevant, so e-learning and distance learning technologies are an integral part of educational process nowadays. It is became obvious that economic, financial and education transformation are connected somehow and converged but there is lack of researches aimed at specification of their intercept and cohesion. Therefore, this research aimed at clarification of intercept between financial, economic and education transformations has both theoretical value and might have practical implication for policymakers. It is realized using VOSviewer tool based on publications in Scopus on financial, educational and economic transformations 1990–2020. Therefore, bibliometric analysis allow concluding that there are both common and specific clusters of scientific researches on economic, financial and educational transformations. Namely, all three types of transformations are somehow dependent on health care system, environmental determinants, social aspects, etc. It can be pointed out that these transformations have common preconditions, consequences and ways of implementation. This may leads to conclusion that there are some convergence between educational, financial and economic transformations.

Субъектность как фактор личностного и профессионального совершенствования сотрудника полиции

The results of analytical studies of the subject and subjectivity in relation to law enforcement officers based on the academicians Eddy V. Sayko and Anatoly A. Derkach’s fundamental research are presented in the article. Service in the internal Affairs bodies is a deterministic system. It is characterized by huge information flows, extreme neuropsychic and emotional loads, and complex interpersonal relationships. In this regard, increased requirements are imposed on employees of all levels of the law enforcement system. After studying the long-term dynamics of the level of readiness of cadets of educational organizations of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia in the framework of self-development, it can be concluded that specialized competencies formed in the classroom according to the traditional system are not transformedinto skills of the highest order. Based on the research, the obvious problem of further improving the methodology of teaching competent actions in the course of performing operational and service tasks in various conditions is revealed. It is reasonable that the traditional learning process involves the development of a specific algorithm of actions in standard situations of operational and service activities, and when introducing various tasks of modeling typical situations, students often cannot complete the task in changing conditions (beyond the standard).

LEARNER – CONTENT INTERACTION IN AN ONLINE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING COURSE IN VIETNAM

Interaction plays a critical role in both traditional and online learning processes. For online learners of English, interaction with course content is especially vital because it provides them with necessary knowledge in language competence and contributes to success of online learning. This paper presents the findings of a study about learner-content interaction in an online English learning course implemented at a university in Vietnam. The study findings reveal that the learners’ online time-on-task, average grades and test scores decreased as the units went. There was a correlation among these three variables, but the online learning grades and tests did not predict offline study results. The study recommends a stronger integration between online and offline learning (blended) for overall success in language learning

Learning Preferences Adaptation Based on The Personalized Adaptive Gamified E-Learning (PAGE) Model

Many studies have addressed e-learning, aiming to create a platform for the learning process that completes the traditional classroom work and maximizes the effectiveness of learning outcomes. Gamifying personalized adaptable educational systems have been recently considered to keep the learners motivated and positively progressing in a flow state. However, the current models remain inadequate, providing limited resources for comprehensive learning analytics. In this paper, a theoritical learning preferences adaptation model is proposed based on the Personalized Adaptive Gamified E-learning (PAGE) model. The PAGE model supports blended learning by enforcing the engagement of the traditional learning process’s parties, where effective learning analytics can be sustained to continuously improve the quality of the learning experience. The overall model has been evaluated for its validity through a survey from different perspectives. The overall mean value of the evaluation is 2.77 out of 3. Thus, the evaluation outcomes for the adaptation, gamification, and learning experience of the PAGE model ensure a promising vision for advancements in the learning processes and analytics.

Awareness of Online Learning of Undergraduates during COVID 19 with special reference to South Eastern University of Sri Lanka

During this COVID 19 pandemic situation, all sectors including education is also conducting its services via online. Most of the undergraduate in Sri Lanka are very familiar with class room traditional learning process. This paradigm shift has caused advantages and disadvantages in their education activities. A study on awareness of online learning of undergraduate is very much important to measure their present performances, finding pitfalls and draft online learning policies and guidelines for a successful learning environment. This research paper involved both Quantitative and Qualitative methods; where these two methods were used to determine the factors of awareness of students about online learning among the undergraduates of the South Eastern University of Sri Lanka (SEUSL). There were around 400 questionnaires were sent to the students via WhatsApp and received 310 responses that can be used for this study. Students mentioned that they were facing the internet connectivity issues (40.2%) during this COVID-19 lockdown period. Most of the students pointed out that their monthly expenditure (69.4%) and internet bill (48.5%) have increased due to this online learning system. More than 50% of the students were happy with online education during this lockdown. Only 19.6% of them preferred the offline learning. Most of the students already had the experience in Zoom (51.2%) but, they preferred to use WebEx for their online education due to the user friendliness of WebEx. It is recommended to develop any virtual reality applications to conduct practical sessions. Also, universities can conduct online training programs about online education tools. Furthermore, government should consider to provide internet connection with free of charge to the students also internet providers should analyses the coverage issues in the rural areas. Furthermore, researcher can conduct survey about students’ perception and expectation about online learning in future.

Digital device‐based active learning approach using virtual community classroom during the COVID‐19 pandemic

AbstractIn India, traditional learning approaches in universities follow passive learning and instruction‐based studies. The demand for evidence‐based instructional and interactive active learning processes increases with the advancement in technology. To improve the quality of teaching and student performance, Laureate International University network has taken a unique initiative by applying an iterative and evidence‐based active learning process in small groups at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun for the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice program. In this study, active learning processes with digital devices (mobile devices) and digital technologies (modeling tools, simulation, and online resources), having virtual small‐to‐medium strength classrooms are integrated into various scenarios with different levels of education. This has been found to be useful in improving student performance during the COVID‐19 pandemic. The proposed process applies both traditional and active learning processes with the provision to use mobile devices for digital content. This process also involves teachers attending a Bootcamp, over a 2‐month period, consisting of four modules in which they learn about and use digital content that will then be applied in their courses. Results show that the active learning process is of great benefit to students over traditional learning, and it provides a 30% improvement in student's grades. Further, it is observed that long‐term learning average marks increase by 66.9% in two engineering subjects. The simulation‐based experimentations are conducted to engage students and faculty members in active learning and simulation learning processes. It shows that the proposed approach (active learning) improves students' learning abilities as compared to the traditional approach.

Impact of Outcome Based Education (OBE) on Teaching Effectiveness of Faculty Members of Professional Program

The growth and development of a country relies heavily on the Higher education which powers the supplyof skilled and technologically advanced manpower.Outcome based education is potentially successful curricular innovation for educational institutions asit not only overcomes the lacuna of traditional learning process but also it has the advantage of beingfuture driven. OBE aims at assessing the learners on understanding, critical thinking, reasoning, reflectionand action. It aims at ensuring that the students have an integration of knowledge and learning relevantand connected to real-life situations. Looking at the growing importance of Outcome based Education(OBE), This study is conducted to find the OBE literacy quotient of the faculty members in Management& Engineering colleges. A preview is generated with respect to the acceptance and/or reluctance of facultymembers towards implementing OBE practices. The study also postulates the relationship between OBEknowledge and teaching effectiveness.The data is analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics.The outcome of the research would be significant for the policy makers and administrators in determiningthe means to improve quality of education by proper implementation of OBE practices.

MULTILEVEL BLENDED LEARNING MODEL OF TEACHING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN HIGHER SCHOOL

Purpose of the study: The paper’s objective is to identify and test the possibilities of teaching Russian as a foreign language in a university in the format of blended learning. Methodology: This study used a variety of methods of scientific and pedagogical research: systematic structural analysis, synthesis, work with research papers, the generalization of experience and experimental work, observation, etc. The study took place in Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. Russian as a foreign language blended course was designed and introduced into the educational process. To analyse the success of the proposed model online surveys, linguistic tests, and individual face-to-face interviews were conducted. Main Findings: Russian as a foreign language blended learning model is a powerful tool to influence language learners and help them to achieve better results. It allows adapting the traditional learning process to the individual characteristics of students; to improve the operations of comprehension, application, and analysis when dealing with new educational material; to make the learning process more flexible and to use meaningful communicative activities instead of drills. Applications of this study: The material of the study can be useful for university Russian as foreign language teachers and students and a wide range of readers interested in a new developing and innovative way of foreign language learning in a higher educational institution. Novelty: The issues of Russian as a foreign language blended learning and teaching have not been studied enough. In this paper, we designed a multilevel blended learning model of teaching Russian as a foreign language in higher school. We introduced it into the educational process taking into account the practice and peculiarities of teaching Russian as a foreign language.

CRITERIA FOR THE DEFINITION OF INDICATORS IN ARCHITECTURAL LEARNING IN THE DESIGN STUDIO THROUGH THE USE OF THE E-PORTFOLIO

The objective of this research is to identify, within the context of teaching-learning through the Design Studio, factors and criteria which may support the construction of architectural indicators of learning in students. This may be achieved through the integrated analysis of the evidences of learning included in the e-portfolio, using the traditional learning process as a complement in the Design Studio. This research is of mixed type and includes an exploratory sequential design of longitudinal type that ran through a period of six consecutive semesters. The results obtained show the full potential of objectual and collaborative evidences contained in the e-portfolio, in order to reflect the presence of architectural learning elements, as well as the presence of factors and features specific to the context and dynamics of the learningteaching process, which may result in an approach to the construction of potential architectural indicators of learning.

Children\u2019s neurodevelopment of reading is affected by China\u2019s language input system in the information era

Communications through electronic devices require knowledge in typewriting, typically with the pinyin input method in China. Yet, the over utilization of the pronunciation-based pinyin input method may violate the traditional learning processes of written Chinese, which involves abundant visual orthographic analysis of characters and repeated writing. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine the influence of pinyin typing on reading neurodevelopment of intermediate Chinese readers (age 9–11). We found that, relative to less frequent pinyin users, more frequent pinyin users showed an overall weaker pattern of cortical activations in the left middle frontal gyrus, left inferior frontal gyrus, and right fusiform gyrus in performing reading tasks. In addition, more frequent pinyin typists had relatively less gray matter volume in the left middle frontal region, a site known to be crucial for Chinese reading. This study demonstrates that Chinese children’s brain development in the information era is affected by the frequent use of the pinyin input method.

E-learning as a mean of forming students’ mathematical competence in a research-oriented educational process

The article is devoted to the substantiation of approaches to the effective use of advantages and minimization of disadvantages and losses of e‑learning as a mean of forming mathematical competence of students in the conditions of research-oriented educational process. As a result of the ascertaining experiment, e-learning has certain disadvantages besides its obvious advantages (adaptability, possibility of individualization, absence of geographical barriers, ensuring social equality, unlimited number of listeners, etc.). However, the nature of these drawbacks lies not as much in the plane of opportunity itself as in the ability to use them effectively. On the example of the e-learning course (ELC) “Mathematical Analysis” (Calculus) of Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, which is developed on the basis of the Moodle platform, didactic and methodical approaches to content preparation and organization of activities in the ELC in mathematics are offered. Given the specifics of mathematics as a discipline, the possibility of using ELCs to support the traditional learning process with full-time learning is revealed, introducing a partially mixed (combined) model. It is emphasized that effective formation of mathematical competence of students by means of e-learning is possible only in the conditions of research-oriented educational environment with active and concerned participation of students and partnership interaction. The prospect of further research in the analysis of e-learning opportunities for the formation of students’ mathematical competence, in particular, research and investigation tools, and the development of recommendations for the advanced training programs of teachers of mathematical disciplines of universities are outlined.

Capacitación corporativa de maestros de Yakutia para aplicar métodos de aprendizaje electrónico

Teacher training can assist in initiating digital changes in education. However, to achieve this, the training should use leading examples from the field of digital education solutions and technologies, while university and school educators should be trained to apply them in their work and to create high-tech educational startups in the field of e-learning. The goal of this study was to increase the professional competencies of teachers by conducting a corporate course that would prepare the teachers of the university in Yakutia to apply e-learning methods. The article demonstrates that the introduction of e-learning at the university is an important comprehensive process that implies transformation of all education components under the influence of modern technologies. Its practical implementation requires changing the goals, organizational forms, and technologies of educational activities in line with new technologies as well as the development of productive strategies for integrating the created innovations into the traditional learning process. For this purpose, the authors conducted a sociological study that helped identify the main problems associated with this type of training (for example, developing a course is time-consuming and a lack of required skills to develop courses). Based on the obtained data, the authors proposed a corporate course for university teachers on the creation of educational content for e-learning. It was shown that when applying new types of educational activities, teachers should combine traditional and new technologies, which contributes to the innovative training of teachers to meet the requirements of the digital society. This study focused on practical issues, since the research results were implemented in the work of the North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU), the base of the research. The results can be used when training teachers to apply e-learning methods in other educational institutions.

ОСОБЛИВОСТІ СУЧАСНОГО ПОКОЛІННЯ УЧНІВ ІСТУДЕНТІВ В УМОВАХ РОЗВИТКУЦИФРОВОГОСУСПІЛЬСТВА

The paper considers the peculiarities of the modern learners generation, the impact of digital technologies on their development. The modern generation of children is born and grows under the conditions of rapid development of digital technologies, digital transformation of many areas of social life, etc. Young people perceive these changes as daily phenomena, this is their ordinary world, in which they can orient easily and accept new formats of interaction naturally. In order to effectively teach young people, it is necessary to understand their motivational factors, ways of thinking, peculiarities of perception of learning material under the conditions of constant use of digital technologies and digital devices. The paper presents brief characteristics of generations according to the theory of generations by N. Howe and W. Strauss. The peculiarities of generations Y and Z, which are represented by modern students and pupils, respectively, are characterized. It is determined that the learning of generation Y representatives differs significantly from the learning of students of previous years. Modern students have a number of characteristics that radically change the traditional learning process. The peculiarities of generation Z, which includes modern students, is that they use technology more effectively. Thus, understanding these peculiarities of the learners' development, teachers can increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the learning process. The findings describe the impact of digital technologies on the development of modern youth, namely, how children are involved in the use of digital technologies; how working in the online environment and communication using digital devices affects the development of the modern generation; how this differs from traditional ways of perceiving data, etc. Also, some negative consequences of the impact of digital technologies on modern youth, the most common threats to children's work on the Internet and possible ways to ensure their information security are considered. The studies results showed the importance of taking into account the characteristics of the current learners' generation to determine ways of effective pedagogical interaction with them.

Filtering of Irrelevant Clashes Detected by BIM Software Using a Hybrid Method of Rule-Based Reasoning and Supervised Machine Learning

Construction projects are usually designed by different professional teams, where design clashes may inevitably occur. With the clash detection tools provided by Building Information Modeling (BIM) software, these clashes can be discovered at an early stage. However, the number of clashes detected by BIM software is often huge. The literature states that the majority of those clashes are found to be irrelevant, i.e., harmless to the building and its construction. How to filter out these irrelevant clashes from the detection report is one of the issues to be resolved urgently in the construction industry. This study develops a method that automatically screens for irrelevant clashes by combining the two techniques of rule-based reasoning and supervised machine learning. First, we acquire experts’ knowledge through interviews to compile rules for the preliminary classification of clash types. Subsequently, the results of the initial classification inferred by the rules are added into the training dataset to improve the predictive performance of the classifiers implemented by supervised machine learning. The average predictive performance obtained by using the hybrid method is up to 0.96, which has been improved from the traditional machine learning process only using individual or ensemble learning classifiers by 6%–17%.

لترقية مهارة الكلام بمدرسة هاشم أشعري المتوسطة النهضية سداتي سيدوارجو Fishbowl طريقة

The process of teaching Arabic in MTs Hasyim Ash'ari Ash-Nahdiyyah Sedati Sidoarjo is a traditional learning process, where the teacher uses the lecture method to teach speaking skills. The background of this research is the teacher does not have the appropriate innovation and model, while in the learning process requires the use of appropriate learning theories so that students do not feel difficulties and can obtain material more effectively and efficiently. This research uses quantitative methods. The data collection methods are: observation method, test method and document. As for the research sample, it was 22 students in seventh grade. From this study it can be seen an increase in kalam skills in students after applying the Fishbowl method. with the analysis obtained with the t-test: t_0 results are 9,088 and tt is 1,720 because t_0 is greater than tt then the hypothesis zero (Ho) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is acceptable.