Student Response - Based Learning: A Strategy for Improving Student Participation in Learning

Story Based Learning: A Student Centred Practice-Oriented Learning Strategy

Improving Higher Education Student Learning through a Table of Learning

Web-based or “online” learning commonly known as e-Learning which makes use of internet technologies has been widely used by many education institutions around the globe. Higher education institutions have been using Learning Management system (LMS) as a part of their campus-based and distance teaching. To date, very little research has been carried out to investigate whether the uses of LMS ac...

PBL 2.0: enhancing problem-based learning through increased student participation

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to test a new problem-based learning (PBL) method to see if it reinvigorated the learning experience. METHOD A new PBL format called PBL 2.0, which met for 90 min two times per week, was introduced in 2009 into an 11-week integrated neuroscience course. One hundred second-year medical students, divided into 10 groups of 10, who had completed their first y...

Visualizing Student Participation in a Collaborative Learning Environment

In the search for techniques that support participation in online communities, in this poster we present a visualization tool for a collaborative learning environment which aims at motivating students to engage in online discussions taking place during learning activities. Grounded on social comparison theory, we propose a graph-based visualization that shows communication patterns between user...

A comparison of conventional lecture and team-based learning methods in terms of student learning and teaching satisfaction

 Background: Team-based learning (TBL) is a structured type of cooperative learning that has growing application in medical education. This study compares levels of student learning and teaching satisfaction for a neurology course between conventional lecture and team-based learning. Methods: The study incorporated 70 students aged 19 to 22 years at the school of rehabilitation. One half ...