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Item Interpretation of computational thinking evaluation results for enrollment prediction(ACM, 2019-10-16) Rojas-López, A.; García-Peñalvo, F. J.During two generations (2016 and 2017) the computational thinking evaluation has been carried out in order to establish learning scenarios for new students, such interventions have been made in the Programming methodology course, it belonging to the career of Information Technology at the Technological University of Puebla in México. The results have led a personalized education for students, recognizing previous skills as well as trying to correct those missing, so that it acquires the competences respective, credit the course and improve the retention percentage of the first quarter. In this sense, when detecting possible skill gaps, is it possible to predict what will be the impact to maintain or decrease enrollment during and the end of quarter? The present work aims to answer the question by the results interpretation obtained from the computational thinking evaluation to 242 new students, generation 2018. Initially, it was stablished which would be the student's situation during and the end of four months from September to December based on the correct assessment reagents; three categories were determined: 1. Sure desertion, 2. Safe permanence, 3. Variable permanence. Later, 50 students who enrolled the next quarter (January-April 2019) were revised if they had been predicted properly; using a survey, the familiarity of key concepts of the subject Programming methodology was obtained with the aim of determining a correspondence with the evaluation of computational thinking skills, as well as the established situation, consequently, establishing the validity of predicting the enrollment.Item Initial learning scenarios based on the computational thinking evaluation for the course Programming fundamentals at INACAP(ACM, 2019-10-16) Rojas-López, A.; García-Peñalvo, F. J.The paper’s objective is present the design and the planning of initial learning scenarios for the course Programming Fundamentals, from the evaluation of computational thinking to new students of the careers Computer engineering and Programmer analyst of the Technological University of Chile and Training Center Technical respectively at INACAP, to favor the motivation and autonomy of study through the recognition of skills and the use of the instructional design of the face-to-face course. The proposal is based on correspondence with three of five change trends that integrated the educational model. Regarding the Knowledge society, promote recognition of the individuality of the student as a person who will do university studies, that is, the scenarios respond to the fact that each person learns differently. In the Training of competences, contribute with preventive actions that the teacher communicates when there is a lack of specific skills. Finally, in the Flexibility and articulation, provide a diagnostic tool that favors the recognition of previous competences to have an articulated beginning of studies based on the needs of the student. Consequently, contribute to the INACAP´s educational model.Item El empleo de recursos tecnológicos por parte del profesorado de la Universidad de Salamanca: uso personal y en docencia(RUTE Ediciones, 2016-12-31) Hernández Ramos, J. P.; Torrijos Fincias, P.; Bielba Calvo, M.Desde hace algunos años, debido principalmente al proceso de convergencia europea, la mayoría de las universidades europeas están involucradas en un proceso de modernización de la enseñanza universitaria que conlleva importantes cambios. La complejidad de dicho cambio organizativo estructural y curricular se ve agravada al encontrar que las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) están invadiendo todos los ámbitos de la sociedad, sin ser el mundo de la educación una excepción. En la actualidad, casi la totalidad de las universidades españolas disponen de plataformas de docencia virtual y clases equipadas con medios audiovisuales y pizarras digitales. Sin embargo, en la mayoría de las ocasiones nos seguimos encontrando en las aulas, tanto físicas como virtuales, con infinidad de posibilidades tecnológicas que, por diferentes motivos, no ayudan al profesorado a mejorar la calidad de su docencia. Contando con una muestra representativa por rama y categoría de 161 profesores de la Universidad de Salamanca (USAL), en esta comunicación se muestra al lector cuáles son los recursos tecnológicos que dichos docentes emplean, diferenciando sus actividades personales de sus actividades docentes. Posteriormente, las conclusiones de la investigación han sido elaboradas en base a las diferencias y a las similitudes encontradas.Item Escenarios de aprendizaje para la asignatura Metodología de la Programación a partir de evaluar el pensamiento computacional de estudiantes de nuevo ingreso(Sociedad de Educación del IEEE (Capítulo Español), 2018-03-21) Rojas-López, A.; García-Peñalvo, F. J.Computational thinking is a cognitive process that allows generating solutions to problems through the use of skills such as abstraction, decomposition and algorithmic design. This paper presents a proposal for evaluating the computational thinking of new students, to relate knowledge indicated in the subject Methodology of Programming and to offer an initial environment of learning. The article describes exercises selected to evaluated skills indicated above, and correspondence between contents of the course; using a qualitative methodology, experience of 65 students was evaluated. Results obtained not only favor activity carried out, they also indicated improvements for future generations.Item Personalized education using computational thinking and b-learning environment: classroom intervention(ACM, 2017-10-18) Rojas-López, A.; García-Peñalvo, F. J.The percentages of dropout, accreditation and average grade of students that study university courses of Methodology of programming and Programming of first and second semester of career of Information and Communication Technologies in the Technological University of Puebla are not favorable and represent a problem to be solved by academic team, for the above, the main objective of present study is to show results of interventions carried out in front of a group of educational strategies that allowed to have better percentages in comparison with those obtained in the last 8 years. The first intervention involved evaluation of computational thinking through abilities of Generalization, Decomposition, Abstraction, Evaluation and Algorithmic Design, then students were offered 10 learning scenarios for Methodology of programming course. In the second intervention, 4 elements were manipulated to offer options in course of Programming, which were contents, modes of work, rhythms and time, and evaluation. In both interventions, use of Moodle platform allowed to expose learning contents and to have an appropriate context chosen by students. The main result was to generate personalized education as well as a learning experience that contributed to motivation of student in harmony with academic goals of initial programming courses.Item Diseño Técnico – Pedagógico de Objetos de Aprendizaje Adaptados a Estilos de Aprender(Grupo GRIAL, 2017-09-18) Campos Ortuño, R. A.La influencia que ha tenido la irrupción de las Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación (TIC) en las instituciones educativas es notoria; sin embargo, es aún más importante reconocer cómo son y pueden ser afrontados los cambios, tanto a nivel tecnológico como educativo, en uno de los elementos fundamentales para la personalización del proceso de aprendizaje en la enseñanza universitaria, como son, los materiales educativos. Estos recursos se presentan, cada vez más, en formato digital para ser utilizados en plataformas, respondiendo a diversas modalidades de educación a distancia (EaD). En este trabajo de tesis se analizan los Objetos de Aprendizaje (Oas), que poseen características tecnológicas relacionadas con estándares e-Learning, y características tecno-pedagógicas que facilitan al estudiante la comprensión de contenidos específicos. A partir del análisis de estos recursos se plantea la pregunta que fundamenta la investigación: ¿si se adaptan los recursos educativos digitales a las preferencias hacia un estilo de aprendizaje específico de los estudiantes se podría lograr una mejor comprensión de los contenidos, y un mayor interés por las actividades de los mismos? La interrogante se enfoca hacia la mejora del diseño pedagógico y estructural de los Oas, a partir de los estilos de aprendizaje de los estudiantes universitarios, para generar finalmente una propuesta que permita construir un marco común para producirlos, compartirlos y evaluarlos, y poder garantizar su calidad. Se formularon diversas hipótesis para determinar si el nivel de comprensión de los contenidos, el interés por las actividades y la valoración final hacia los Oas diseñados para el estudio, era más alta en los estudiantes que interactúan con un Oa específico para su preferencia de aprendizaje, que con otro no adaptado. Para estudiar y contrastar las hipótesis planteadas se aplicaron cuatro fases, con diferentes intenciones metodológicas en el transcurso de la investigación: una intención exploratoria, para reconocer el estado actual de los Oas y los repositorios que los almacenan; una descriptiva, con el fin de conocer cómo están siendo creados y utilizados estos recursos por expertos en el ámbito Iberoamericano; y, otra empírica, con un estudio semi-experimental, donde primero se desarrollaron Oas para cada uno de los estilos de aprendizajes basados en la teoría de Honey y Mumford (1986) (Activo-Reflexivo-Teórico-Pragmático) y después se les presentaron a una muestra de estudiantes del área de Educación de la Universidad de Salamanca. Tras una prueba piloto (N= 105), se llevó a cabo el estudio (N= 394) mediante una actividad formativa, donde se identificaron los estilos de aprendizaje de los estudiantes a través del cuestionario CHAEA (Alonso, 1992), y luego se le asignaron los Oas diseñados, uno correspondiente a su estilo y otro contrario. Los resultados confirmaron la mayoría de las hipótesis planteadas, proporcionando evidencias de la importancia de la personalización del aprendizaje, y cómo puede trabajarse desde la adaptación de recursos educativos digitales, como los Oas, basados en los estilos de aprendizaje de los estudiantes.Item CONNECTING UNIVERSITIES AND SOCIETIES: TYPES OF ACTIVITIES AND SUCCESS FACTORS(AIDIPE, 2017-06-28) Vieira, M. J.; Ferreira, C.; Vidal, J.The concept of Third Mission (3M) is strongly connected with the interaction and mutual contribution between universities and society at large through different actions. These activities could be classified in relation to research (technology transfer and innovation), to teaching (continuing education), as well as university involvement in communities (social engagement). The main focus of this paper is to analyse: (1) the activities developed by Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in relation to research (technology transfer and innovation), to teaching (lifelong learning/continuing education), as well as university involvement in social and cultural life (social engagement) and (2) cases of good practices in 3M activities developed by Latin American and European HEIs in order to provide a framework about the main factors for their success. This paper synthesizes, by means of content analysis, a broad range of reports about activities and good practices on 3M in higher education through European projects of which University of León (Spain) has been partner or coordinator: Tempus Programme, 2012-2014: Developing Third Mission Activities in Albanian Universities; Alfa Programme, 2012-2014: Linking Universities with your Environment for Sustainable Social and Economic Development, LLL Programme 2009-2012: European Indicators and Ranking Methodology for University Third Mission, and LLL Programme 2008-2010: Good Practices in University – Enterprise Partnerships.Item Evaluation of M-Learning among students according to their behaviour with apps(Nova Science Publishers, 2017-05-01) Briz Ponce, Laura; Pereira, A.; Juanes-Méndez, J. A.; García-Peñalvo, F. J.The present paper has the goal to provide some insights regarding the current use of mobile technologies for learning. This research was conducted at University of Salamanca and University of Aveiro and took into account the collaboration of 518 students from both universities. The main results indicate that the students are very willing to use m-learning and there is a relationship between the use of mobile devices (frequency of use of Tablet) and the use of Apps with the global evaluation of m-learning by students. However, most part of students still reported an unawareness and a lack of necessity of these instruments, which brings into light that it is necessary to support and promote the use of these technologies with a curricular and educational purpose by institutions and universities.Item The Learning Improvement of Engineering Students using Peer-Created Complementary Resources(Tempus Publication, 2017-03-31) Sein-Echaluce Lacleta, M. L.; Fidalgo-Blanco, Á.; Esteban-Escaño, J.; García-Peñalvo, F. J.In any organization, the individual is considered an issuer of knowledge who can improve corporate knowledge, and learning is considered to be a key factor in promoting the creation of knowledge. As the knowledge of the individual increases, the organization's knowledge also increases. The same happens in educational institutions, but there is a tendency in most educational methodologies to consider the student as a mere recipient of knowledge. This paper presents a model where the student is shown as a knowledge issuer both for their own benefit and for their peers. The key idea is the transfer of knowledge produced by students to organizational knowledge through the knowledge management system the Collaborative Academic Resources Finder (BRACO, for its acronym in Spanish). At the same time, certain quantitative measurement instruments provide insight into student perception of the use of this knowledge in a particular subject in their engineering degree studies as well as the measure of BRACO impact on their learning outcomes. The results of this work show that an experimental group obtained higher scores in tests than a control group. Results also show that BRACO had a significant impact on learning, and students promoted, organized and used the resources generated by fellow students.Item Electronic devices and web 2.0 tools: usage trends in engineering students(Tempus Publication, 2017-03-31) Humanante Ramos, P. R.; García-Peñalvo, Francisco J.; Conde-González, M. Á.Personal Learning Environments or PLE are student centred spaces, which take into account theirs needs, learning styles and preferences. These spaces appear as important alternatives to overcome the shortcomings encountered with the use of institutional platforms. On the other hand, there is widespread use of mobile electronic devices and Web 2.0 tools among university students, mainly for communication and leisure activities, but that could be used for educational purposes. This research aims to make a diagnosis on access to and use of electronic devices and the web tools by students of the degree of Systems Engineering and Computer Science at Faculty of Engineering at the National University of Chimborazo in Ecuador, from the viewpoint of PLE. A methodological level corresponds to a quantitative and non-experimental research, ex-post-facto. The results show certain trends in the types of devices and their frequency of use, as well as their preferences for the tools to obtain and to find information, not only to create but to edit content and communicate with others, where they prioritize the use of certain social networks and some tools of synchronous and asynchronous communication. One of the main conclusions of this study mentions the huge potential currently offered by Web 2.0 tools to structure the PLE of college students, as well as the great potential for integration with mobile device.