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- 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.