Smartphones and tablets are becoming less expensive and many students already bring them to classes. The increased availability of smartphones and tablets with Internet connectivity and increasing power computing makes possible the use of augmented reality (AR) applications in these mobile devices. This makes it possible for a teacher to develop educational activities that can take advantage of...

REDEEM depends on human teaching tactics and strategies. Its design is predicated on the view that teachers should be provided with the means to express their theories about how learners should be taught and that ITSs should then teach students according to these theories. In this paper, we describe the nature of this dependence, what functionality this brings and what in turn we can learn abou...

In 2009, we started a project to support the teaching and learning of university-level plant sciences, called Teaching Tools in Plant Biology. Articles in this series are published by the plant science journal, The Plant Cell (published by the American Society of Plant Biologists). Five years on, we investigated how the published materials are being used through an analysis of the Google Analyt...

In 2009, we started a project to support the teaching and learning of university-level plant sciences, called Teaching Tools in Plant Biology. Articles in this series are published by the plant science journal, The Plant Cell (published by the American Society of Plant Biologists). Five years on, we investigated how the published materials are being used through an analysis of the Google Analyt...

conclusions based on the students perspective, the most important aspect of effective teaching was teaching method. having the ability in the subject clear transmission, being fair and clear communication were the priorities in each aspect. results in the field of knowledge, teaching method, power of communication and individual characteristics the priorities were subject predomination with ave...

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The paper shows that the teaching of reconfigurable systems is a complex and difficult process requiring many novel methods and tools to be considered within the same course. This process can be greatly simplified with the aid of the information resources and e-learning tools that have been developed and incorporated into an integrated methodology that includes original evaluation and motivatio...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare students' satisfaction between problem-based learning (PBL) and lecture-based traditional teaching of anesthesia. METHODS One hundred and thirty-seven fifth-year medical students were enrolled in a course which used a hybrid curriculum for teaching about anesthesia. The hybrid curriculum included 9 essential lectures and 3 related PBL case discu...

This article aims to present 10 years of experience of teaching ethics in a Masters Program in Public Health in Lithuania, and to discuss the content, skills, teaching approach and tools of this programme. In addition, the article analyses the links between ethics and law, identifies the challenges of the teaching process and suggests future teaching strategies. The important role of teaching e...