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- Design thinking as an innovative pedagogical toolPublication . Isaias, Pedro; Miranda, Paula; Sampson, Demetrios; Ifenthaler, Dirk; Isaías, PedroThe transformation of educational systems requires pedagogical approaches that move beyond the conventional format of learning by transmission of content. It is pressing to address the challenges deriving from the changing landscape of the workplace. Diverse, hybrid, technologically enhanced, focused on 21st century skills, and an advocate of innovation, the contemporary workplace requires a labour force that is prepared for these demands. Design thinking has been implemented in educational settings with significant success in the development and practice of creativity, problem-solving, critical thinking, resilience and other important transferable competences. This paper aims to explore the role of design thinking as an innovative pedagogical approach, by reporting on a study with undergraduate students that were asked to use design thinking on an innovation-based project. The students completed a pre-session and project questionnaire and a post-session and project questionnaire to assess their experience, having reported important progress and significant learning benefits from the incorporation of design thinking. Design thinking imported structure and method into the problem-solving process and endowed it with empathy, allowing the students to have a better understanding of the human perspective of the problem.
- E-assessment systems: an evaluation framework from the perspective of higher education expertsPublication . Isaias, Pedro; Miranda, Paula; Pifano, SaraAssessment represents a central aspect of the learning process. As learning environments become more flexible and unbound by the restrictions of traditional education and as students increase in number and diversity, technology assumes a critical role in the support of a more adequate, scalable and personalised assessment. The employment of eassessment systems can assist teachers in the development of several e-assessment initiatives, especially at a time when there is an unprecedented migration towards online learning. This paper aims to identify the essential characteristics of effective eassessment systems by appraising an evaluation framework to assist teachers to select efficient systems. The learning technology and e-assessment experts, who completed an online questionnaire, validated the identification of the key characteristics of effective e-assessment systems: variety of assessment design options, scalability, security, accessibility and usability, feedback features, personalisation, financial cost and interoperability.
- Enhancing higher education with artificial intelligence: implementing and assessing a chatbot in a business information systems coursePublication . Isaias, Pedro; Hoque, Tania Tanzin; Miranda, Paula; Sampson, Demetrios; Isaías, Pedro; Ifenthaler, DirkThe higher education sector is continuously searching for innovative technologies that can assist both lecturers and students to be prolific. The deployment of artificial intelligence in educational settings can assume a panoply of forms. Chatbots are a valuable example of the deployment of artificial intelligence in higher education, as they become increasingly popular in other areas of society. As with any innovative technology, the use of chatbots, in higher education, requires extensive research and careful consideration of their pedagogical value. The lessons learned from lecturers who experiment with chatbots can constitute important evidence to support their use. This paper presents a chatbot specifically designed for a higher education course, named RESOURCEbot, its mechanics and workflows. This chatbot was used in a university course to assist the students with recommendations of relevant research papers. It is also presented the chatbot’s evaluation. The evaluation of the RESOURCEbot derived from a questionnaire that was distributed among the students to assess their opinions about the experience of using a chatbot, its performance and their intention to use chatbots in educational settings. The results highlighted some of RESOURCEbot’s limitations, such as some difficulty in understanding the students’ prompts, but overall, they reflected the students’ positive opinions concerning its ease of use, and the value and pertinence of its recommendations.
- Framework for Web 2.0 implementation in higher education: experts’ validationPublication . Isaías, Pedro; Miranda, Paula; Pífano, SaraTechnology, and Web 2.0 in particular, has been the focus of many universities’ efforts to respond to 21st-century learners’ demands and the volatile nature of the modern workplace. Web 2.0, with the numerous benefits it presents, seems to fit the needs of a socially connected and information-led society, but its integration in educational settings remains an intricate process. This paper examines the factors that potentiate the successful integration of Web 2.0 tools in higher education, by structuring them into a framework composed of six elements. The framework was validated by an online questionnaire that was distributed among higher education experts, who reiterated the importance of all the factors: technology selection, user-friendly tools, students’ participation, high number of active students, relevant content, and features for content addition and communication.
- Framing social media and web-based communities within the COVID-19 pandemic: enduring social isolation and subsequent deconfinementPublication . Isaias, Pedro; Miranda, Paula; Pifano, SaraAs images circulate of people, all around the world, watching their cities from their windows and balconies, a sense of solemnity emerges. The COVID-19 pandemic forced millions of people to seclusion in an attempt to control contagion. The social isolation deriving from the adoption of containment strategies have displaced social interaction to online settings. Social media and web-based communities assume an increasingly central role in this scenario of pandemic, with an ever-growing number of people turning to these platforms to maintain social connection, to obtain information and to keep a sense of community. This paper aims to examine and frame the role of social media and web-based communities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It reviews current literature to propose a framework based on five main purposes of social media use and web-based communities: preserving physical health, promoting mental health, tending to education/business, searching and sharing information and socializing.
- Higher education and Web 2.0: barriers and best practices from the standpoint of practitionersPublication . Isaias, Pedro; Miranda, Paula; Pífano, SaraThe abundance of evidence of Web 2.0’s value in educational settings has provided both educators and researchers with prized information about the application of a panoply of technologies. The experience that this evidence portrays can be used to meaningfully direct teachers in their own ventures of Web 2.0 implementation. In online learning environments, any collaboration between the students must occur with the support of technology, so it is fundamental that technology functions as an enabler, maximizing the opportunities that online settings offer, and that students can tap into those technologies to enhance their learning experience. This chapter focuses on the implementation of Web 2.0 within higher education from the viewpoint of e-learning experts. It reports on the findings of on online questionnaire that examined both the barriers and the best practices of implementation and that was applied internationally among researchers and teachers in the higher education sector.
- How will it blend?: design considerations for blended learning in higher educationPublication . Miranda, Paula; Isaías, Pedro; Pífano, Sara; Auer, Michael E.; Rüütmann, TiiaWithin the higher education sector, blended learning strategies succeed largely because of their promise to deliver the best of both worlds to students: face-to-face education and online learning. The implementation of blended learning in courses and programmes is commonly associated with an enhanced student expe-rience resulting from broader access to learning resources, improved interactivity and cooperation, increased participation and motivation, and increased control of students’ own learning. This paper presents a design model that can assist in the development, implementation and evaluation of blended learning courses. The model is supported by a review of the literature and a multiple case study analysis of three higher education courses, in Australia. The design model is composed of six core elements: early planning and clear communication, in-class active learning, appropriate online technology selection, engaging online content and activities, student online and in-class assessment, and multi-layered course evaluation.
- Implementation and evaluation of a chatbot in a business course in higher educationPublication . Isaías, Pedro; Hoque, Tania Tanzin; Miranda, PaulaWhile the higher education sector is continuously searching for innovative technologies, the use of chatbots requires extensive research and careful consideration of their pedagogical value. The lessons learned from lecturers who experiment with chatbots can constitute important evidence to support their use. This paper presents a chatbot specifically designed for a Higher Education course, named RESOURCEbot, its mechanics and workflows. This chatbot was used in a university course to assist the students with recommendations of relevant research papers. It is also presented the chatbot´s evaluation. The evaluation of the RESOURCEbot derived from a questionnaire that was distributed among the students to assess their opinions about the experience of using a chatbot, its performance and their intention to use chatbots in educational settings. The results highlighted some of RESOURCEbot’s limitations, such as some difficulty in understanding the students’ prompts, but overall they reflected the students’ positive opinions concerning its ease of use, and the value and pertinence of its recommendations.
- Innovative combinations of print & digital: attitudes towards change in the European printing industryPublication . Držková, Markéta; Tiekstra, Sanne; Miranda, Paula; Isaias, Pedro; Karlović, Igor; Szentgyörgyvölgyi, Rozália; Muck, Tadeja; Vehmas, Kaisa; Gauzente, Claire; Seisto, AnuThe present study reports a European industry survey of the state and future of innovative printing. Main emphasis addresses how paper and board and graphics industry could benefit the most from the possibilities provided by combining print with digital and by printed functionality. Experiences and inputs from representatives of the industry were collected to provide viewpoints on how print media and packaging could be developed and used in the future and how the industry can utilize available knowledge in science for the benefit of their customers and the consumers. First innovation adaption process and methodologies are reviewed and then the available empirical results are described and analyzed. It can be suggested that (1) European graphical companies see their future in innovative printing, (2) beside costs, lack of market demand is the most important factor in preventing companies to move to innovative printing, and (3) approach and vision of the industry is in general similar across Europe although Western European printing houses seem to be more active in the field of innovative printing, while innovations utilized today by printers in Eastern Europe mainly comprise effect and personalized printing, indicating a delay in implementation of available technologies.
- Learning with the practitioners: defining and implementing active learning in higher educationPublication . Isaias, Pedro; Miranda, Paula; Pifano, SaraIncreased student engagement, development of high-order thinking skills, promotion of collaboration among students and enhanced reflection constitute some of the benefits commonly cited when advocating the use of active learning. As this learning strategy becomes increasingly more prevalent in higher education, it is important to reflect on how it is being implemented in practice. This paper draws on the experience of 338 university lecturers and examines thedefinition of active learning and how it is being implemented and assessed for effectiveness. Their views were manifested in two phases, firstly via an online questionnaire, and secondly through semi-structured interviews with a subsample of the initial questionnaire respondents. The results show that the participants have a multi-layered understanding of active learning and that they use mainly activities that promote group work, they follow specific design guidelines, and assess their experiences using mostly learning outcomes measurement instruments.