A case study of developing ICT-supported pedagogy through a collegial practice transfer process

A collegial practice transfer process between more- and less-experienced teachers was examined in two cases that sought to encourage teachers to use information and communication technology (ICT) in a pedagogically meaningful way. Collegial practice transfer aims to offer new models for in-service teacher training. The process included guiding sessions, training materials presenting authentic pedagogical examples, and try-outs in the classroom. The success of practice transfer was examined through comparing the classroom practices of more- and less-experienced teachers applying the Pedagogical Infrastructure Framework, and through analyzing the tutored teachers' self-reported experiences in interviews. The process provided flexible support and gave self-confidence to the less-experienced teachers. Technology use was successful, but the tutored teachers designed less coherent tasks and weaker support for pupils' collaboration, knowledge construction and metacognition than their more-experienced colleagues. When tutoring, underlying educational ideologies and reasons should be explicated in addition to practical issues of classroom orchestration and technology use.     

Assessing the effects of gamification in the classroom: A longitudinal study on intrinsic motivation,social comparison,satisfaction, effort,and academic performance

Gamification, the application of game elements to non-game settings, continues to grow in popularity as a method to increase student engagement in the classroom. We tested students across two courses, measuring their motivation, social comparison, effort, satisfaction, learner empowerment, and academic performance at four points during a 16-week semester. One course received a gamified curriculum, featuring a leaderboard and badges, whereas the other course received the same curriculum without the gamified elements. Our results found that students in the gamified course showed less motivation, satisfaction, and empowerment over time than those in the non-gamified class. The effect of course type on students' final exam scores was mediated by students' levels of intrinsic motivation, with students in the gamified course showing less motivation and lower final exam scores than the non-gamified class. This suggests that some care should be taken when applying certain gamification mechanics to educational settings.     

高职院校智慧校园与共享型教学资源体系建设模式研究

信息技术在高校教学、科研等领域发挥越来越重要作用。教育部教育信息化十年发展规划(2011-2020年)指出,推进教育信息化仍然是一项紧迫而艰巨的任务。在数字化校园建设基础上,提出智慧校园及共享型教学资源体系建设,大力发展信息化服务,促进教学改革创新,提升服务社会能力。     

基于学生“计算思维”能力培养的高校计算机基础教学改革与实践

基于“计算思维”的计算机基础课程教学模式,依据计算机基础课程教学培养目标,围绕科学的思维和方法进行教学改革与实践来展开研究.本研究通过对“计算思维”应用情况的调查与探索,提出了以“计算思维”能力培养为根本,构建基于“计算思维”的计算机基础课程教学模型,从理论研究、模式构建等方面反映基于“计算思维”的计算机基础课程教与学的模式建设.     

基于计算思维的“加涅式”新型计算机课程教学法

为适应军队在实战与军事训练等方面的迫切需要,我军队院校亟需培养大批知识型、创新型、复合型的军事人才,提出一种关于计算机课程的教学改革方法——基于计算思维的"加涅式"新型计算机课程教学法。该教学方法的核心目标是"两个中心",即以培养"计算思维"能力为中心和以"学员为中心"的"加涅式"教学方法。将这两种教学理念有机结合,将会大大提高新型军事人才的"自主学习及创新探索"能力,从而进一步提升了我军信息化、网络化的实战高度与要求。     

大学计算机基础课程实战化案例教学研究与实践

针对当前军校大学计算机基础课程立足于以建设信息化军队,打赢信息化战争的根本方针,结合自身的教学经验,注重在教学实施上以实战化案例教学为原则,形成问题前导、主题研讨、案例辨析、推演论证四位一体的案例化教学方法。列出了大学计算机基础课程中的所有知识模块及教学目标,并详细分析几个关键模块的教学步骤,为军校大学计算机基础课程教学提供一些方法和思路。     

柬教官计算机专业外训教学探索

近年来,我室承担了柬埔寨教官计算机专业培训的外训教学任务,由于没有外训经验,教学过程中面临许多新问题,任务艰巨。如何有效实施计算机专业外训教学,提升外训教学水平是当前迫切需要探索的课题。从柬教官的特点和计算机专业的特点出发,对外训教学的规范化问题提出了几点看法,以期为提高教学效果提供借鉴。     

工科院校《大学计算机基础》模块化教学研究

鉴于我院大学计算机基础课程教学不适应形势发展的客观问题,提出了模块化教学思想的理论内涵和模式设计原则,并具体构建了大学计算机基础课程模块化教学模式。通过实验班测试,该教学模式取得较好教学效果。     

具有自学机制和退火选择的教学优化算法

为了克服教学优化(TLBO)算法容易早熟,解精度低的弱点,提出一种具有教师自学和学生选择学习的改进教学优化算法。在每次迭代过程中教师个体首先通过反向学习(OBL),实现教师的自我提高,加强优秀个体周围邻域的搜索,引导算法向包含全局最优的解空间逼近,保证算法具有较好的平衡和探索能力。学生个体通过随机执行反向学习进行自学习,同时亦向教师个体进行学习,计算两种学习方法后的状态相对教师个体的突跳概率,并以此概率为基础进行轮盘赌产生子个体。通过在多个标准测试函数上的实验仿真并与相关的算法对比,结果表明所提出的改进算法具有更高的收敛速度和收敛精度。