Simulations provide highly interactive experiences in which users can learn a variety of skills and competencies in a situated and active learning environment. Pedagogic scaffolding within simulations has typically been an after taught of the design process. To promote “serious learning” in simulations, this pedagogic scaffolding must be an implicit part of the design process. To support pedago...

DIFFICULTIES IN TEACHING AND LEARNING ORGANIC CHEMISTRY HIGHER EDUCATION - A CASE STUDY TWO FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES. This research investigates difficulties associated to the curricular component Organic Chemistry I based on a study case of undergraduate courses (Bachelor and Teachers education) in two Federal Universities Brazilian South region. The analytical process integrated official document...

The goal of personalised eLearning is to support e-learning content, activities and collaboration, adapted to the specific needs and influenced by specific preferences of the learner and built on sound pedagogic strategies. One of the major challenges to the mainstream adoption of personalised eLearning is the complexity and time involved in composing the adaptive learning experience. The key g...

Higher Education Institutions are encouraged to share their course materials for the benefit of academics and learners worldwide. Open Educational Resources (OER) are one approach to releasing stored learning materials from closed systems into open systems. An expectation of the approach is to find new learners but also to allow two-way exchange of teaching material between educational provider...

In pedagogic foundation courses there are still many students who have not been able to achieve critical thinking skills in dealing with problems according the material. Based on this, it is necessary an appropriate learning method. The formulation of problem this study how analyze brainstorming method pedagogical course PGSD students. purpose was determine analysis subjects were second semeste...

The phenomenal growth of the Internet over the last few years, coupled with the development of various multimedia applications which exploit the Internet presents exciting opportunities for educators. In the context of distance education, the World Wide Web provides a unique challenge as a new delivery mechanism for course material allowing students to take a course (potentially) from anywhere ...

Elevated rates of failure in Engineering courses at the university level, in addition to the difficulty in attracting new students to courses in this area have made it necessary to implement new and innovative measures to invert this trend. ‘EDBI’ (Ensino à Distância Baseado na Internet) is a project conceived with the purpose of increasing school success and capturing the interest of the stude...

Online video lectures have been considered an instructional media for various pedagogic approaches, such as the flipped classroom and open online courses. In comparison to other instructional media, online video affords the opportunity for recording student clickstream patterns within a video lecture. Video analytics within lecture videos may provide insights into student learning performance a...