Workshop Module Research Articles

Development and Validation of a Workshop-Based Educational Module: "Basic Course in Electroconvulsive Therapy" for Medical Students.

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe and effective treatment option for various psychiatric disorders. However, its widespread use is limited by prevalent negative attitudes and stigma, not only within the general public but also among healthcare professionals. This study aimed to develop and validate a workshop-based educational module, titled the "Basic Course in ECT," for medical students. The curriculum development framework was used to develop the educational module. The content of the educational module was developed through expert consensus involving two rounds of the Delphi method. Faculty members provided feedback to validate the workshop content. A total 33 interns participated in the workshop. Student satisfaction was assessed using a feedback questionnaire. Eight content areas were identified through a literature review. The Delphi consensus with 15 experts resulted in 10 topics being incorporated into the educational module. The module demonstrated strong face validity, as indicated by a content validity index of 1. Participants expressed high satisfaction with the workshop module regarding content, teaching methods, and time allocation. Feedback indicated an improvement in knowledge and a positive attitude toward ECT. The "Basic Course in ECT" was developed using expert consensus and validated for use with medical students. It can be integrated into the undergraduate curriculum.

PEMANFAATAN GENERATIVE AI DALAM PEMBUATAN PERANGKAT PEMBELAJARAN: WORKSHOP UNTUK GURU SMK NEGERI 10 SURABAYA

One of the fast-growing technologies that has great potential in the world of education is artificial intelligence. (Artificial Intelligence). The workshop aims to enhance teachers' understanding and skills in using Artificial Intelligence, the ChatGPT and Tome.App applications, to develop more interesting and effective learning plans and create more innovative material presentations. The method of this activity begins with conducting surveys to understand the needs and challenges faced by teachers in using Artificial Intelligence technology. Next, a workshop module is set up to guide the workshop participants. Evaluation instruments are also prepared to measure participants' understanding before and after the workshop, as well as to assess participants' satisfaction with the overall performance of the workshop. The evaluation results showed a significant improvement in participants' understanding of the material after attending the workshop. Based on pre-test and post-test data, the average answer accuracy increased from 55% to 86%. Besides, the participants' response to the workshop was also very positive, with the majority of participants giving a "Good" and "Very Good" rating on the material, the quality of the source, and the overall workshop atmosphere. Workshop participants became more confident in applying technology in their learning. The evaluation also highlighted the importance of mature preparation in conducting workshops, including better timing and location. The advice for the future is to conduct more intensive periodic workshops to enhance teachers' ability to use Artificial Intelligence technology in learning.

Mind Mapping Method in Improving Conceptual Knowledge in Workshop Modules for Teacher Professional Education Students

The aim of this research is to determine the effectiveness of the mind mapping method in increasing professional teacher education students' knowledge of 21st century learning materials. This research is a classroom action research conducted in a class of 15 Islamic religious education teachers. Action research was carried out in two cycles, each cycle including the stages of planning, implementation, observation and reflection. The research results show that the mind mapping method can increase the conceptual knowledge of professional teacher education students, this can be seen from the results of knowledge tests through pretest and posttest. Students got a maximum score of 82.67 from the results of the knowledge test, in the calculation of the N-gene normality test it reached 75.96% so that the maind mapping method is a high criterion for increasing student knowledge. By mastering the conceptual knowledge of the workshop module, students can improve their skills in preparing learning plans that can be implemented well in the learning process.

The effects of distant professional development model on second grade teachers' instruction and students' quality of procedural papers.

The purpose of the study was to examine the feasibility and effectiveness of a distant-professional development model that supported the implementation of genre-based strategy instruction for procedural writing on second grade teachers’ fidelity of implementation and students’ writing quality. Participants were 84 s graders and four teachers who were randomly assigned to condition. Teachers completed an online workshop module prior to instruction, a survey on their instruction and confidence to teach writing, received coaching feedback during implementation, and were interviewed at pretest and posttest. Students wrote in response to two procedural topics at pretest and posttest, at maintenance, completed transfer tasks in science and in persuasion, were interviewed at posttest, completed a confidence scale, and standardized measures. Results showed that treatment teachers positively evaluated the PD and its components, taught with high fidelity, and positively commented on the instructional approach. Treatment students wrote papers of better quality at posttest and maintenance tasks, while there were no statistically significant differences at the transfer tasks, on students’ confidence, and on standardized measures. Implications for professional development, practice, and research are further discussed.

Extraction, Processing and Visualization of Peer Assessment Data in Moodle

Situated in the intersection of two emerging trends, online self- and peer assessment modes and learning analytics, this study explores the current landscape of software applications to support peer assessment activities and their necessary requirements to complete the learning analytics cycle upon the information collected from those applications. More particularly, the study focuses on the specific case of Moodle Workshops, and proposes the design and implementation of an application, the Moodle Workshop Data EXtractor (MWDEX) to overcome the data analysis and visualization shortcomings of the Moodle Workshop module. This research paper details the architecture design, configuration, and use of the application, and proposes an initial validation of the tool based on the current peer assessment practices of a group of learning analytics experts. The results of the small-scale survey suggest that the use of software tools to support peer assessment is not so extended as it would initially seem, but also highlight the potential of MWDEX to take full advantage of Moodle Workshops.

Using blended learning to improve education on clinical pathways for breast cancer management in Nigeria: Preliminary results.

10539 Background: Most Nigerian clinicians lack adequate skills and resources in screening, diagnosis, and managing women with breast cancer. The absence of locally-sensitive clinical pathways in hospitals in Abia State impact patient outcomes and clinicians job satisfaction. Blended learning (BL), a combination of online and face-to-face teaching methods, has been used in other settings to improve the competencies of clinicians. Research seeks to develop and evaluate a BL course that will train clinicians in Abia State on using NCCN breast cancer management guidelines, and to develop and implement locally-sensitive clinical pathways. Methods: The course is divided into four online modules delivered via Google Classroom and a workshop module to be delivered in 3 cities. Course evaluation involves an objective-focused method, following a mixed-methods design. Data collection includes pre-and-post-tests, course evaluation and focus group discussions. Data analysis involved descriptive statistics and t-test. Comments deductively analyzed to identify common themes. A sample size of 107 individuals is required to identify a moderate effect size for the BL course. Results: Forty-three participants (physicians=15, Nurses=28) have been recruited for cohort 1, with average age of 44 (±9.9) years. Most participants have never taken an online class (65%) but use mobile phones (60%) to access the course. With a maximum of 20 points in each test, there is a pattern of improvement in the post-tests performance compared with the pre-tests. Table shows mean scores. Most participants have expressed satisfaction with the course. Conclusions: Results show improvement in learning. More participants are being recruited. The workshops will hold at after the online modules.[Table: see text]

Enhancing peer feedback practices through screencasts in blended academic writing courses

The case study presented in this paper investigates the roles that the Moodle workshop activity module and peer feedback screencast training have on the development of formative peer feedback practices in low level English academic writing classes. The development of 26 first-year Japanese students’ peer feedback practices were tracked over 6 separate feedback sessions. The findings indicate that without training, students produced vague and unhelpful peer feedback. However, the intuitive structure of the Moodle workshop module and screencast feedback training sessions helped develop the skills necessary to offer critically evaluative feedback that proved useful for essay revision. Further findings show that although students were initially reluctant to offer feedback written in English, their use of the target language increased with adequate practice. Finally, student perceptions of their own abilities point to a highly significant relationship between screencast feedback training and improvement in peer feedback practices. These results suggest that the combination of the Moodle workshop activity module and feedback training screencasts facilitate effective peer feedback practices even in low level L2 academic writing courses.

Study of dual closed-loop control strategy of exhaust gas recirculation for diesel engines

ABSTRACTWith the rapid development of the global economy, more vehicle ownership leads to the increasing of environmental pollution in recent years. In response to this matter, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) has been used in most modern diesel engines, to control NOx emissions effectively. In this work, a dual closed-loop EGR control system was modeled by coupling the one-dimensional cycle simulation and the logic under Matlab/Simulink environment. The intake airflow and EGR valve position are regarded as the control targets in the key control logic concept. The results show that the deviation between simulation and experimental results is smaller than 5%, which can meet the needs of practical application. Moreover, the accuracy and feasibility of the code generated by the Real-Time Workshop module are verified simultaneously.

TURNING WEAKNESS INTO STRENGTH: THE BENEFITS OF SHEDDING EMOTIONAL TEARS

This study investigated the benefits of the human experience of shedding emotional tears in the physiological, psychological and social perspectives. Two hundred twenty randomly chosen adolescents aging sixteen to nineteen years old wherein one hundred fifty nine are females and sixty one are males participated in this research. Descriptive statistics of frequencies andpercentages were used to describe this human experience of shedding emotional tears. Focus Group Discussions with 20 students were conducted to validate the data gathered from the survey. Likewise, the personal observations of the researcher as a practicing counselor and youth minister were considered in this study. Results reveal that crying is indeed beneficial to humans because such relieves the pain that they are feeling. Crying helps in releasing stress andit eases the pain. Majority of the research participants believe that crying is good for the heart because it makes them feel better afterwards. Others may look at it as a weakness that is why they hold back their tears. However, shedding emotional tears becomes strength when it binds people together. To give people a venue to do the good cry so that crying becomes verybeneficial to many, a workshop module which is the output of this study was conceptualized. It is entitled “Shedding Emotional Tears: Understanding Emotional Communication. "

Developing workshop module of realistic mathematics education: Follow-up workshop

Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) is a learning approach which fits the aim of the curriculum. The success of RME in teaching mathematics concepts, triggering students’ interest in mathematics and teaching high order thinking skills to the students will make teachers start to learn RME. Hence, RME workshop is often offered and done. This study applied development model proposed by Plomp. Based on the study by RME team, there are three kinds of RME workshop: start-up workshop, follow-up workshop, and quality boost. However, there is no standardized or validated module which is used in that workshops. This study aims to develop a module of RME follow-up workshop which is valid and can be used. Plopm’s developmental model includes materials analysis, design, realization, implementation, and evaluation. Based on the validation, the developed module is valid. While field test shows that the module can be used effectively.

Driving and Dementia: Workshop Module on Communicating Cessation to Drive.

BackgroundFor persons with dementia (PWD), driving becomes very dangerous. Physicians in Canada are legally responsible to report unfit drivers and then must disclose that decision to their patients. That difficult discussion is fraught with challenges: physicians want to maintain a healthy relationship; patients often lack insight into their cognitive loss and have very strong emotional reactions to the loss of their driving privileges. All of which may stifle the exchange of accurate information. The goal of this project was to develop a multimedia module that would provide strategies and support for health professionals having these difficult conversations.MethodsLiterature search was conducted of Embase and OVID MedLine on available driving and dementia tools, and on websites of online tools for communication strategies on driving cessation. A workshop module was developed with background material, communication strategies, links to resources and two videos demonstrating the “bad” then the “good” ways of managing this emotionally charged discussion.ResultsWhen the module was tested with internal medicine trainees, results demonstrated that confidence increased significantly (p < .001), and comfort and willingness in discussing the subject improved.ConclusionThis project demonstrated the positive impact of the module on improving health professionals’ attitude and readiness to communicate driving cessation to PWD.

Learning Analytics for Peer-assessment

Learning analytics deals with the data that occurs from students' interaction with ICT: collecting data, analyzing and reporting that can influence learning and teaching. Analysis of validity and reliability of assessment lags behind other applications of learning analytics. We present here mathematical modeling of learning analytics for assessment, especially for peer-assessment. In addition, we analyze and categorize students' recognition of advantages and disadvantages of peer-assessment. Finally implementations of reliability check of peer-assessment in Moodle Workshop module are explained.

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Where angels fear to tread: online peer-assessment in a large first-year class

In the context of widening participation, large classes and increased diversity, assessment of student learning is becoming increasingly problematic in that providing formative feedback aimed at developing student writing proves to be particularly laborious. Although the potential value of peer assessment has been well documented in the literature, the associated administrative burden, also in relation to managing anonymity and intellectual ownership, makes this option less attractive, particularly in large classes. A potential solution involves the use of information and communication technologies to automate the logistics associated with peer assessment in a time-efficient way. However, uptake of such systems in the higher education community is limited, and research in this area is only beginning. This case study reports on the use of the Moodle Workshop module for formative peer assessment of students’ individual work in a first-year introductory macro-economics class of over 800 students. Data were collected through an end-of-course evaluation survey of students. The study found that using the feature-rich Workshop module not only addressed many of the practical challenges associated with paper-based peer assessments, but also provided a range of additional options for enhancing validity and reliability of peer assessments that would not be possible with paper-based systems.

A Development of Knowledge Database Management System of Sufficiency Economy for Basic Education Principal

Knowledge database management system of sufficiency economy for basic education principal has been developed by Moodle, the open source of learning management system (LMS) and developed seventh step of the research cycles. Step 1: The need assessment for analyses element of sufficiency economy database for basic education and concentrate to school administration. Step 2 : The Product Design , the Researcher developed core of Database System by Moodle and consisted of; Assignment Module, Chat Module , Choice Module, Forum Module, Journal Module, Quiz Module, Resource Module, Survey Module, Workshop Module, Lesson Module, Glossary Module, WiKi Module and SCORM Module . Step 3 : Product Development , We used Moodle Version 9 to Designed login Menu and Registered Domain Name to Hosting , powered by LAMP, Integrated Application used of Linux , Apache server , MySql and PHP. Step 4: Preliminary Field Test and Initial Product Revision, the researchers to monitor and improve the quality of early found that the stability is satisfactory and reasonable speed. Step 5: Main Field Test and Step 6: Final Product Revision, Check the system with the primary goal found that the first web page (Homepage) modules will be even complete set. Step 7: Publishing database, Main target groups covered test system. Interesting name that is friendly and clearly defined in line with research. Result of the development of knowledge management issues under the principle of modesty, the validity Principle of immunity as well, Conditions of knowledge and integrity, applied to management of basic education for school administrators. Keyword - Knowledge Database Management System, Sufficiency Economy, Education Principal.

Scratching the surface of advanced topics in software engineering

A common approach for introducing computer science to middle school students is to teach them a simple yet engaging programming language A different approach is to teach them some advanced topic independent of any particular language or syntax We describe a 3-hour workshop module designed to do both This module has been piloted with a group of thirty 8th grade girls. It uses the Scratch programming language to develop the advanced software engineering concepts of specifications, refinement, and composition After this module, students were enthusiastic about continuing to program in Scratch independently and also felt they learned something about computer science as a discipline.

Development and evaluation of a brief, peer‐led communication skills training program for cancer clinicians

AbstractAim: To develop a brief, peer‐led communication skills training program for cancer clinicians working in the state of Victoria in response to mounting evidence of the detrimental effects of poor doctor–patient communication. The first workshop module developed by The Cancer Council Victoria for the Victorian Cancer Clinicians Communication Program (VCCCP) focused on delivering bad news to patients and their families.Methods: The workshops consisted of four‐and‐a‐half hour interactive sessions co‐facilitated by an oncology clinician and clinical psychologist. Data on the participants' psychosocial beliefs about patient care, confidence and practice behavior were collected via self‐administered questionnaires before the workshop and 6 weeks after it. Evaluations on the structure and content of the sessions were collected immediately after the workshop.Results: Data were collected from 11 programs involving a total of 93 cancer clinicians. The results showed a high level of participant satisfaction with the broad aims of the workshop components, in particular the performance of the facilitators and the role‐play sessions. Pre‐ and post‐workshop data showed significant improvements over time on items relating to clinician confidence. Despite little change in subjective reports of clinical behavior and beliefs about psychosocial care, most participants reported changes in the way they delivered bad news since attending the VCCCP workshops.Conclusion: The Cancer Council Victoria responded to the needs of cancer clinicians working in the state and established a program that appears acceptable to clinicians who choose to participate.

Introducing middle school girls to fault tolerant computing

During summer 2002, we ran a workshop module for a group of 28 eighth-grade girls. Our aim was ambitious: to introduce these students, ages 12 and 13, to computer science by focussing on the deep intellectual topic of self-stabilizing distributed algorithms and by imparting an intuitive appreciation for their use in fault tolerance. At the same time, we hoped to dispel some negative stereotypes of computer science. The module was a success according to evaluations and comments from the participants. This paper describes the sequence of exercises we developed as an elementary-level introduction to the graduate-level topics of fault tolerance and self-stabilization. We report them with the hope that others will try them in college classrooms, as we plan to do.

Organisational And Practical Issues In Providing A Multimedia Workshop

This paper describes the use of a workshop module within an Undergraduate Modular Degree Scheme to investigate the technical and educational issues involved in providing an introductory course in Multimedia title production. A major issue is the discernment of criteria for Quality in Multimedia titles. Conclusions are drawn concerning the identification of certain essential skills such as creativity, project management and inter-personal skills, needed by the student in order to produce a high quality title.