IT Skills Emplacement: Learning environment and assessment

Grattan, John

doi:10.1080/03098269885822

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“…This is evident in many ways including the use of GIS (Williams et al, 1999;Summerby-Murray, 2001), computer-based assessment (Charman & Elmes, 1998), CAL software packages (Browne & Funnell, 1998;Towse & Garside, 1998), virtual fieldwork (Dykes et al, 1999;Stainfield et al, 2000), online module support materials (Grattan, 1998;Graham & McNeil, 1999), electronic conferencing (Vincent, 2000), and modelling and simulation exercises (Castleford & Robinson, 1996). In recent years, this engagement with C & IT has been facilitated by the diffusion of Internet technologies and World Wide Web (WWW)-based software (Lemke & Ritter, 2000).…”

Section: Communications and Information Technology (C And It) Is A Centmentioning

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Producing websites for assessment: a case study from a level 1 fieldwork module

Ribchester

2004

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

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BSc Single Subject Geography students at University College Chester enrol for a core module that involves the acquisition of fieldwork data, data analysis and project design. One of this module's assessment exercises requires students to 'write up' a field-based research project as a functioning website. This paper explores the practicalities of delivering this type of assessment and of providing support for students. It then discusses tutor perceptions and student feedback, both of which suggest that the website assignment 'adds value' to the core module aims by facilitating the development of C & IT skills, in addition to providing intellectual challenges associated with the selection, integration, presentation and structuring of information.

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Section: Communications and Information Technology (C And It) Is A Centmentioning

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Producing websites for assessment: a case study from a level 1 fieldwork module

Ribchester

2004

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

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“…To enhance educational outcomes, the Grattan Institute proposed a comprehensive strategy involving five key changes, including a curriculum overhaul aimed at achieving 'optimized learning from pre-school to university' (Grattan, 2023). However, the institute did not provide specific details on how this optimization could be realized.…”

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Solving the global STEM educational crisis using Cognitive Load Optimization and Artificial Intelligence–A preliminary comparative analysis

Maj

2024

EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed

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There is a persistent STEM educational crisis exemplified by low student enrolments, and both high failure and attrition rates. ChatGPT is easy to use, however pedagogical quality is not necessarily assured. In one experiment the output had a high cognitive load exacerbated by cognitive gaps making the material hard to teach and learn. ChatGPT is a useful pedagogical technology but not a learning theory. Science, technology and engineering all start by quantitatively modelling systems in order to make accurate and quantitative predictions prior to construction or system modification. By contrast, the current learning theories in use today are based on qualitative soft-science principles, with subjective guidelines that are open to interpretation, which can lead to wide variations in the quality of instructional materials and learning outcomes. Cognitive Load Optimization (CLO) is a new Science of Learning (SoL) theory that quantitatively models relational knowledge as coherent, contiguous, pedagogically scalable schemas optimized for the lowest cognitive load. CLO schemas represent the easiest, fastest and most efficient learning paths and are the fundamental basis of instructional design and teaching. Because CLO schemas are pedagogically scalable it is possible to create CLO schemas that are contiguous across different educational levels (school, college and university) thereby uniquely meeting the goals of the American National Science Foundation SoL (‘optimized learning for all’) and the Australian Grattan Institute (‘optimized learning from pre-school to university’). Using CLO results in significant improvements in STEM learning outcomes but is a detailed methodology that can be time consuming to use. The relative advantages and disadvantages of ChatGPT and CLO are highlighted.

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Addressing the 'Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education' with Internet-enhanced Education

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Lemke²

2000

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

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IT Skills Emplacement: Learning environment and assessment

Cited by 3 publications

References 4 publications

Producing websites for assessment: a case study from a level 1 fieldwork module

Producing websites for assessment: a case study from a level 1 fieldwork module

Solving the global STEM educational crisis using Cognitive Load Optimization and Artificial Intelligence–A preliminary comparative analysis

Addressing the 'Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education' with Internet-enhanced Education

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