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- Developing interactive e-contents for a mathematic Ersmus+ Project: challenges and experiencesPublication . Baptista Soares, Filomena; Paula Lopes, Ana; Cellmer, Anna; Uukkivi, Anne; Rebollar, Carolina; Varela, Concepcion; Feniser, Cristina; Bravo, Eugenio; Safiulina, Elena; Kelly, Gerald; Bilbao, Javier; Cymerman, Joanna; Brown, Ken; Latõnina, Marina; Garcia, Olatz; Labanova, Oksana; Bocanet, VladStimulating students for learning is a regularly recurring theme that never seems finished, remaining in the frontline of teachers’ day to day struggle, and this recurrent factor is exponentiated when the subjects are directly related with Mathematics. In November 2018 the European Project EngiMath started work the development of a common Mathematics course for engineering students from the 6 countries of the consortium – Estonia, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Spain. This course will be an online course with all the usual features and e-contents, however the project partners have been particularly focused on the pedagogical features and real digital competences when developing all the materials and interactive e-contents. An exhaustive search has been developed for the best way to build interactive content that would stimulate students to improve their basic mathematical skills, dealing with all the time and financial constraints, common to European higher education. This paper will describe, in a detailed way, all the steps of the construction of the theoretical contents, in English, which are the basis of the course proposed by the project and that are now being translated to each of the five distinct mother languages to avoid the frequent interpretation misleading problems for students and other cultural hitches. These e-contents are based on the construction of SCORM packages (Shareable Content Object Reference Model) for the Moodle platform, created over animated presentations to promote students’ interaction and avoid drop out behaviours.
- Development of a Mathematics On-line Project in Engineering EducationPublication . Soares, Filomena Baptista; Lopes, Ana Paula; Cellmer, Anna; Uukkivi, Anne; Rebollar, Carolina; Varela, Concepcion; Feniser, Cristina; Safiulina, Elena; Bravo, Eugenio; Kelly, Gerald; Bilbao, Javier; Cymerman, Joanna; Brown, Ken; Latõnina, Marina; Labanova, Oksana; Garcia, Olatz; Bocanet, VladEmbracing tertiary education system represents the beginning of a transition and adjustment period for several students. Most of these have just finished high school where the environment is strictly defined, controlled, stable and attendance is mandatory. Higher Education changes the role of students’ responsibility and this can cause stress and difficulty in the transition to selfdirected learning and autonomy promotion. The purpose of this paper is to present an Erasmus+ project that brought together six Higher Education Institutions from different European countries and to describe its current stage. This project aims to develop a shared understanding of engineering mathematics at an early stage of tertiary education and to raise awareness of cultural, professional and educational issues. The initial focus of the work is on the partners’ mutual interest in active learning, particularly the application of Information and Communication Technology in the field of engineering education. When finalised, the project hopes to provide students with a new authentic engineering mathematics subject which meets their needs. This is also the core reason why the on-line course will be composed using innovative pedagogics and ICT tools, as appropriate pedagogics supports students’ procedural, conceptual and application understanding in mathematics and enhances digital competencies, literacy and skills.
- Innovative teaching methodologies for an online engineering mathematics coursePublication . Baptista Soares, Filomena; Paula Lopes, Ana; Cellmer, Anna; Uukkivi, Anne; Feniser, Cristina; Safiulina, Elena; Kelly, Gerald; Cymerman, Joanna; Brown, Ken; Latõnina, Marina; Labanova, Oksana; Bocanet, Vlad; Serdean, Florina; Kierkosz, IgorThe fast evolution of distance learning tools such as Open Educational Resources (OER)) is an evidence of a shift in the way teaching and learning are understood. Several Higher Education Institutions are trying to increase their efficiency, competitiveness and expand their potential public by investing in the development of online courses, which can offer more interaction and support and be accessible to a larger number of students from a wider sort of backgrounds. The adaptation of a face-to face course into an online one is not simple, as it is not just about uploading lecture videos, sets of notes or lessons, it is necessary to consider the student’s needs, the instructional design and the best digital educational tools in order to support learning and teaching process. A partnership between Higher Education Institutions from six European countries, connecting more than twenty lecturers from distinct knowledge areas, is working on a European Erasmus+ Project, EngiMath, Mathematics online learning model in engineering education. These are developing a shared online platform for teachers to teach Mathematics in the first years of Engineering degrees and, on the other hand, to support student-centric learning and to encourage students to actively engage in the learning process to construct their own learning, addressing the recent requirements for an open, independent, competitive and innovative education. In this context, several new methodological and development issues of the online course will be presented, as well as students’ perceptions and feedback about the pilot course conducted by each institution partner of the project.
- Online engineering mathematics course: development and implementation of a successful projectPublication . Baptista Soares, Filomena; Paula Lopes, Ana; Cellmer, Anna; Uukkivi, Anne; Serrat, Carles; Pantazi, Chara; Feniser, Cristina; Safiulina, Elena; Martin, Errol; Serdean, Florina; Kierkosz, Igor; Kelly, Gerald; Cymerman, Joanna; Brown, Ken; Alier, Marc; Latõnina, Marina; Bruguera, M; Estela, M. Rosa; Labanova, Oksana; Bocanet, Vlad; Sushch, VolodymyrAccording to the New UNESCO global survey studying the effect of Covid-19 on higher education (2021) the pandemic has had an impact on higher education systems in terms of access and quality of teaching and learning. Covid-19 has caused the suspension and cancellation of teaching activities and its major impact on teaching and learning is the increase in online education. The Engimath - Mathematics on-line learning model in engineering education - was successfully carried out at the very right moment, as in recent two years there has been a significant increase in demand for a 100% online mathematics course with interactive learning materials and largescale practicing opportunities as well as for a mathematics online assessment model. This project has successfully developed a high-level online course as a basis for offering output-oriented education in engineering mathematics. Some of development stages, that led this project – EngiMath - to an outstanding successful end, will be presented in this paper. These go from the educational needs’ analysis to its implementation and use, even allowing an open and live test.
- Poster: Technique of Active Online Training: Lessons Learnt from EngiMath ProjectPublication . Labanova, Oksana; Safiulina, Elena; Latõnina, Marina; Uukkivi, Anne; Bocanet, Vlad; Feniser, Cristina; Serdean, Florina; Paula Lopes, Ana; Baptista Soares, Filomena; Brown, Ken; Kelly, Gerald; Martin, Errol; Cellmer, Anna; Cymerman, Joanna; Sushch, Volodymyr; Kierkosz, Igor; Bilbao, Javier; Bravo, Eugenio; Garcia, Olatz; Varela, Concepción; Rebollar, CarolinaThe goal of this paper is to introduce a technique of creating self-tests that has allowed to actively incorporate university students into the learning process. The study was conducted within the framework of the Erasmus+ Project EngiMath. Partners’ peer reviews, the survey results and the students’ comments in forums and test results were used to conduct the research. The students’ overall satisfaction was in a high level. However, opportunities for some technical improvement has been emerged like the formulation of the tasks needs to be very clear and the time required to perform the tests must be limited. The following conclusions can be drawn from the study. The use of self-tests at all stages of training has intensified the assimilation of the material, i.e. increased understanding of theoretical material and developed computational skills. By completing a series of such assignments on each topic of the course, students had mastered the methodology of studying the topic and mastered specific teaching material on this topic. Feedback made, taking into account typical errors, has allowed the students to analyse their knowledge. A large number of variations for such tasks has allowed students to be involved in the process of active independent and individualized self-study.
- Students international competition: promoting engagement and social skillsPublication . Baptista Soares, Filomena; Paula Lopes, Ana; Bocanet, Vlad; Brown, Ken; Cellmer, Anna; Kierkosz, Igor; Labanova, Oksana; Serrat, Carles; Uukkivi, AnneSix Higher Education Institutions (HEI), from different European countries (Estonia, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and Spain) joined forces in 2018 to launch a shared Erasmus+ Project under the Key Action - Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices. The project's “heart and soul” was to provide an online course on fundamental mathematical themes that would serve as a base for the specialized domain of engineering mathematics. Upon its approval and funding, partner institutions have developed a common platform for students and professors interested in Fundamentals of Linear Algebra and engineering applications. A mathematics on-line learning model was developed from the scratch and is now available in seven different languages. As presented in the project proposal, the student competition activity was introduced as a Learning/Teaching/Training activity (LTT) and it was established inside the online course setting and framework to add an international dimension to the studies of the enrolled students. The students’ competition in EngiMath project, connected learners from different countries through common tasks. It has settled an open international space, where students could deal with assessment “stresses” in an indirect and ludic manner, promoting, in a gamification way, their self-confidence when dealing with on-line tasks, tight schedules or even “against the clock”, motivating them to complete the course and to avoid drop out behaviour. Despite all of the pandemic limitations that all partner members had to cope with, the students' competition can be considered one of the Project's main triumphs.