Volumen 17 – Número 3 – ES

Exploring Risk of Delay in Academic Trajectories in Two Undergraduate Programs

(Explorando el riesgo de retraso en trayectorias acad´emicas de dos programas de pregrado)

Autores/as:

R. Boegeholz, J. Guerra and E. Scheihing

Resumen:

Delay in completing degree programs is an important problem in higher education. This work explores delay in two engineering programs using a novel representation of trajectories summarizing the term-by-term students’ risk of delay associated with different aspects such as performance, workload, and difficulty of courses. Representation of term-by-term delay risk allows grouping and finding similar delay trajectories. By examining profiles of delay trajectories in the two engineering programs and separately for students who completed and dropped the program, we found patterns of delay risk that researchers or stakeholders can trace to uncover triggering factors. The model and analysis presented in this work contributes to a better understanding of the dynamics of delay and could help to inform curricular adaptations and re-design, and even more efficient higher education policies.

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Student Satisfaction Pilot Experience With Synchronous Classroom Live Streaming Styles During the COVID-19 Pandemic

(Experiencia piloto de satisfacción estudiantil con estilos de transmisión en vivo de clases sincrónicas durante la pandemia por Covid 19)

Autores/as:

J. F. Flórez Marulanda

Resumen:

In this pilot study, was analyzed the perception of synchronous virtual classes by engineering students in Colombia, specifically concerning four live streaming styles used as tools for digital teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic: talking head, speaker next to slide, speaker inside slide, and lightboard. Student opinions were collected using a Likert scale survey and open-response questions, and data were quantified to determine the influence of live streaming styles on teaching processes. Two populations were analyzed to determine whether continuous interaction with live streaming styles influenced student perceptions. Variation among the live streaming styles was observed only for the population with continuous interaction. Results indicate that the experiences between populations using the fourth live streaming style influence student perceptions of live streaming styles. The continuous interaction population preferred lightboard style, while the control population preferred speaker inside slide style. Factors for improvement were identified in all live streaming styles and mainly considered how the quality of audio and interaction impacted perception.

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Activity and Dropout Tracking in Moodle Using UBUMonitor Application

(Seguimiento de la actividad y abandono en Moodle mediante la aplicación UBUMonitor)

Autores/as:

Y. P. Ji, R. Marticorena-Sánchez, C. Pardo-Aguilar, C. López-Nozal and M. Juez-Gil

Resumen:

Teaching with online learning platforms should simplify the monitoring of students’ activity, particularly when evaluating student dropout. Popular learning environments such as Moodle should implement visual analytic tools that facilitate such tasks, nevertheless, institutions are usually reluctant to incorporate them. This paper presents UBUMonitor, a desktop application that allows the visualization of student’s activity data, extended as a proof of concept with a module for dropout tracking. Therefore, by using UBUMonitor, teachers will be able to easily visualize their students’ engagement with their subject, which can facilitate early action to prevent students from dropping out more effectively.

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