We report about two ongoing studies, which challenge the individualistic model of MOOC based learning. MOOC usage is embedded in the context of collocated study groups. The ability to pause a lecture and discuss its contents with peers creates learning opportunities. Learning by explaining has been proved effective through many empirical studies. We investigate the best way to configure these s...

" Sustainable management of railway infrastructure –a case study in analyzing the fate of copper along railway tracks " , 9th World Congress on Railway Research " Meeting the challenges for future mobility " , May 22-26, SNCF, Lille, France.

The four-week Business Start-up Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is the first MOOC designed at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Calgary, Canada. This work in progress paper discusses the author’s experience designing the course through digital storytelling in partnership with seven successful Canadian entrepreneurs using powerful digital tools, including 2D whiteboard video...

We propose a robust droplet fusion and sorting method for two parallel trains of droplets that is relatively insensitive to frequency and phase mismatch. Conventional methods of droplet fusion require an extremely precise control of aqueous/oil flows for perfect frequency matching between two trains of droplets. In this work, by combining our previous two methods (i.e., droplet synchronization ...

Studies carried out in classroom-based learning context, have consistently shown a positive relation between students’ conscientiousness and their academic success. We hypothesize that time management and regularity are main constructing blocks of students’ conscientiousness in the context of online education. In online education, despite intuitive arguments supporting on-demand courses as more...

Despite its late arrival, Radiology (Imaging) has had a dramatic impact on patient care from both the diagnostic and therapeutic viewpoints. Singapore was one of the early users of the "new rays". This article briefly traces the early history of Radiology in Singapore and tracks the teaching and training given to medical students at the Faculty of Medicine. While its instructional components ha...

There is broad consensus that features such as causality, mental states, and preventability are key inputs to moral judgments of blame. What is not clear is exactly how people process these inputs to arrive at such judgments. Three studies provide evidence that early judgments of whether or not a norm violation is intentional direct information processing along 1 of 2 tracks: if the violation i...

Today’s assessment of postsecondary academic skills must take into account their comprehensive nature and their multiple facets (Biggs, 1995; Sadler, 1989). In this regard, the use of rubric is more likely to provide qualitative, meaningful, and stable appraisals than are traditional scoring methods. The stability of assessment results, however, rests on the scale’s ability to lead to a common ...