Experiences at the open university of catalonia with the virtualization of live collaborative learning in support for engineering education

• Autores: Santi Caballé, David Gañán Jiménez, Márius Gómez, Jordi Conesa, Àngels Rius Gavídia, Francesc Santanach
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 30, no. Extra 3, 2014, págs. 663-674
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In previous research we proposed a new type of learning object named Collaborative Complex Learning Object (CC-LO) insupport for teaching and learning engineering education by the virtualization of live collaborative sessions, with the aim to leveragethe knowledge elicited during the collaboration and produce interactive and attractive resources to be played by learners. We claimthis type of pedagogically and technologically augmented learning resources is able to overcome endemic problems found incollaborative learning of on-line engineering courses, such as lack of authentic interactivity, user empowerment, social identity andchallenge, thus having a positive effect in learner engagement. In this paper we report on the experiences gained in the production,deployment, experimentation and validation of the CC-LO approach from the live collaborative sessions occurring in real on-lineengineering courses of the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). The ultimate goal is to evaluate and validate how our approachcan support engineering education at the UOC, and in particular observe the impact on the collaborative learning performanceduring the on-line discussions. The novelty of this paper is the integration of our approach into the actual phpBB-based Webforums that support specific engineering courses at the UOC and in particular their in-class discussion processes and collaborativeactivities.