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  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
11,930 Views
19 Pages

Intercultural Learning Challenges Affecting International Students’ Sustainable Learning in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions

  • Amr Abdullatif Yassin,
  • Norizan Abdul Razak,
  • Yousef A. M. Qasem and
  • Murad Abdu Saeed Mohammed

11 September 2020

The tendency for internationalization of higher education in many Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) around the world, including those of Malaysia, is increasing with the current wave of globalization; however, the main challenge of international H...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,638 Views
13 Pages

Challenges and Elements Needed for Children with Learning Disabilities in Teaching and Learning the Quran

  • Hafizhah Zulkifli,
  • Syar Meeze Mohd Rashid,
  • Suziyani Mohamed,
  • Hasnah Toran,
  • Norakyairee Mohd Raus and
  • Mohd Nasri Suratman

26 September 2022

People with disabilities have the same right to access education and, therefore, the space and opportunity to study the Quran as other groups. However, there are some issues regarding the teaching of the Quran to students with special learning needs,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
7,928 Views
19 Pages

24 November 2022

The higher education sector globally has gone through a transition because of the coronavirus outbreak, and as a result, many traditional higher education institutions across the globe have been forced to go online to provide education and arrange as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,173 Views
12 Pages

28 April 2022

Language learning is one of the most important aspects of an individual’s life development and growth. Normal learners’ English language acquisition differs depending on their preferences and learning styles. Children with autism, on the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,847 Views
12 Pages

24 April 2023

The objective of this paper was to scope the challenges associated with data-sharing governance for machine learning applications in education research (MLER) within the South African context. Machine learning applications have the potential to assis...

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
789 Citations
86,925 Views
18 Pages

13 November 2020

The aim of the study is to analyse the opportunities and challenges of emergency remote teaching based on experiences of the COVID-19 emergency. A qualitative research method was undertaken in two steps. In the first step, a thematic analysis of an o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,221 Views
15 Pages

2 March 2023

Background: The transition from case-based learning to problem-based learning can be challenging and may have negative effects on the academic, psychological, emotional, or social well-being of student nurses. As a result, this exposes student nurses...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,820 Views
21 Pages

A Systematic Review of Using Deep Learning in Aphasia: Challenges and Future Directions

  • Yin Wang,
  • Weibin Cheng,
  • Fahim Sufi,
  • Qiang Fang and
  • Seedahmed S. Mahmoud

In this systematic literature review, the intersection of deep learning applications within the aphasia domain is meticulously explored, acknowledging the condition’s complex nature and the nuanced challenges it presents for language comprehens...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,331 Views
22 Pages

Impacts on Student Learning and Skills and Implementation Challenges of Two Student-Centered Learning Methods Applied in Online Education

  • Lama Soubra,
  • Mohammad A. Al-Ghouti,
  • Mohammed Abu-Dieyeh,
  • Sergio Crovella and
  • Haissam Abou-Saleh

5 August 2022

Online education became more prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic in many countries around the world, including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. This study aims at assessing the impacts on learning and skills of two student-centered in...

  • Review
  • Open Access
166 Citations
21,026 Views
34 Pages

Challenges to Use Machine Learning in Agricultural Big Data: A Systematic Literature Review

  • Ania Cravero,
  • Sebastian Pardo,
  • Samuel Sepúlveda and
  • Lilia Muñoz

21 March 2022

Agricultural Big Data is a set of technologies that allows responding to the challenges of the new data era. In conjunction with machine learning, farmers can use data to address problems such as farmers’ decision making, water management, soil...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
7,060 Views
12 Pages

The application of deep learning in autonomous vehicles has surged over the years with advancements in technology. This research explores the integration of deep learning algorithms into autonomous vehicles (AVs), focusing on their role in perception...

  • Article
  • Open Access
59 Citations
17,088 Views
12 Pages

E-learning quickly became a crucial tool for universities and other higher education institutions during the global COVID-19 pandemic. The field of sport and physical education (PE) was no exception. However, though there is considerable growth in di...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,697 Views
17 Pages

11 January 2023

The present study utilised the systematic review method to report on the learning challenges faced by students with disabilities as a result of inadequate preparedness for COVID-19 and the response to the pandemic in the context of institutions of hi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
18,698 Views
20 Pages

Machine Learning Empowering Drug Discovery: Applications, Opportunities and Challenges

  • Xin Qi,
  • Yuanchun Zhao,
  • Zhuang Qi,
  • Siyu Hou and
  • Jiajia Chen

18 February 2024

Drug discovery plays a critical role in advancing human health by developing new medications and treatments to combat diseases. How to accelerate the pace and reduce the costs of new drug discovery has long been a key concern for the pharmaceutical i...

  • Review
  • Open Access
215 Citations
58,294 Views
25 Pages

Review of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Technologies: Classification, Restrictions, Opportunities and Challenges

  • Ravil I. Mukhamediev,
  • Yelena Popova,
  • Yan Kuchin,
  • Elena Zaitseva,
  • Almas Kalimoldayev,
  • Adilkhan Symagulov,
  • Vitaly Levashenko,
  • Farida Abdoldina,
  • Viktors Gopejenko and
  • Marina Yelis
  • + 1 author

22 July 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an evolving set of technologies used for solving a wide range of applied issues. The core of AI is machine learning (ML)—a complex of algorithms and methods that address the problems of classification, clustering...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,708 Views
19 Pages

This article not only presents a paradigm shift as a methodological model for teaching heritage and social sciences (SSCC), but also offers a methodological foundation for the challenge-based learning (CBL) methodology. We present various educational...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
8,119 Views
34 Pages

This study provides a zoom-out perspective of higher education students’ experiences related to the emergency remote learning (ERL) following the first lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic as captured by a national, in-depth survey administere...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,016 Views
21 Pages

Machine Learning-Assisted Catalysts for Advanced Oxidation Processes: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects

  • Qinghui Yuan,
  • Xiaobei Wang,
  • Dongdong Xu,
  • Hongyan Liu,
  • Hanwen Zhang,
  • Qian Yu,
  • Yanliang Bi and
  • Lixin Li

17 March 2025

Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are recognized as one of the most effective methods in the field of wastewater treatment, and the selection of catalysts in the oxidation process is very important. In the face of the traditional test trial-and-err...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
14,072 Views
19 Pages

1 December 2022

Educational institutes always explore new ways and trends to improve teaching and ensure learning in the classroom, especially at the higher educational level. In this fast-growing, dynamic world, the field of information technology (IT) has made hug...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,919 Views
29 Pages

Transforming the state-of-the-art definition and anatomy of enterprise systems (ESs) seems to some academics and practitioners as an unavoidable destiny. Value depletion lead by early retirement and/or replacement of ESs solutions has been a constant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,197 Views
17 Pages

28 November 2023

Amid the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, this study conducts a rigorous analysis of the online learning landscape within higher education. It scrutinizes the manifold issues that emerged during the era of quarantine restrictions, investiga...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,253 Views
27 Pages

23 June 2025

This study aims to examine the relationship between social media addiction and social skill levels of university students from the perspective of social learning systems, systems thinking and social economy. Furthermore, the objective is to reveal ho...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
18,846 Views
24 Pages

12 October 2024

Recent significant advances in the healthcare industry due to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have been shown to revolutionize healthcare delivery by improving efficiency, accuracy, and patient outcomes. However, these technolo...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
354 Views
40 Pages

Background: Cardiac arrhythmias and ischemia are increasingly problematic worldwide because of their frequency, as well as the economic burden they confer. Methods: This research presents a systematic literature review (SLR), based on the PRISMA 2020...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,074 Views
10 Pages

Challenge-Based Learning in Dental Education

  • Mohammed Zahedul Islam Nizami,
  • Vicky Wenqing Xue,
  • Amy Wai Yee Wong,
  • Ollie Yiru Yu,
  • Conson Yeung and
  • Chun Hung Chu

3 January 2023

Challenge-based learning (CBL) is a novel learning framework for a collaborative and multidisciplinary learning experience. It allows students, teachers, stakeholders, researchers, families, and society to work together to identify and solve real-wor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
10,023 Views
32 Pages

Challenges to Student Interdisciplinary Learning Effectiveness: An Empirical Case Study

  • Cong Xu,
  • Chih-Fu Wu,
  • Dan-Dan Xu,
  • Wen-Qian Lu and
  • Kai-Yi Wang

In order to meet industrial demands, some colleges and universities have offered interdisciplinary programs that integrate design, engineering, and business. However, how many changes these programs have brought to students, and whether students part...

  • Review
  • Open Access
46 Citations
18,020 Views
18 Pages

eLearning Acceptance and Adoption Challenges in Higher Education

  • Shakeel Ahmad,
  • Ahmad Shukri Mohd Noor,
  • Ali A. Alwan,
  • Yonis Gulzar,
  • Wazir Zada Khan and
  • Faheem Ahmad Reegu

4 April 2023

Online learning and technology acceptance has become a highly significant subject in the field of information technology. The challenges of eLearning acceptance and adoption in higher education are complex and multifaceted: it is important to careful...

  • Article
  • Open Access
115 Citations
14,491 Views
15 Pages

15 May 2020

Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) is an innovative teaching methodology that engages students to resolve real-world challenges while applying the knowledge they acquired during their professional training. This article describes the results of the imple...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,081 Views
20 Pages

25 March 2019

As important situational factors in the workplace, challenge stressors play an important role in stimulating employee creativity. This study used self-efficacy and emotional exhaustion as intervening processes to delve into the impact of promotion an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,226 Views
11 Pages

SIAM—Colombia MMC: A Challenge-Based Math Modeling Learning Strategy

  • Rafael Alberto Méndez-Romero,
  • Diana H. Bueno-Carreño,
  • Carlos Díez-Fonnegra and
  • Johan Manuel Redondo

3 July 2021

The math modeling challenge CoSIAM is a competition based on interdisciplinary collaborative work challenges. This research seeks to demonstrate the value of this type of challenge-based competition as a learning strategy outside the classroom. Based...

  • Review
  • Open Access
75 Citations
15,121 Views
12 Pages

Entrepreneurship Education: The Effects of Challenge-Based Learning on the Entrepreneurial Mindset of University Students

  • Alessandra Colombelli,
  • Shiva Loccisano,
  • Andrea Panelli,
  • Orazio Antonino Maria Pennisi and
  • Francesco Serraino

16 January 2022

The aim of this paper is to investigate the implications of Challenge-Based Learning programs on entrepreneurial skills, and on the mindset and intentions of university students, through a quantitative approach. Resorting to an original database, we...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,641 Views
22 Pages

Effectiveness of Challenge-Based Learning in Undergraduate Engineering Programs from Competencies and Gender Perspectives

  • Gilberto Huesca,
  • Adriana Rodríguez-Rosales,
  • Vianney Lara-Prieto,
  • Maria Ileana Ruiz-Cantisani and
  • Joaquín Acevedo

29 February 2024

Active learning strategies are widely studied, but perspective on their effectiveness in complete undergraduate studies or about their contribution to closing the gender gap are still required. Challenge-based learning has been around for more than a...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
16 Citations
16,243 Views
20 Pages

Systematic Review: Revisiting Challenge-Based Learning Teaching Practices in Higher Education

  • Marisol Galdames-Calderón,
  • Anni Stavnskær Pedersen and
  • David Rodriguez-Gomez

13 September 2024

In recent years, Higher Education institutions have reviewed learning and teaching methodologies to align competencies with evolving socioeconomic scenarios. Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) has emerged as a key method for developing competencies and s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,290 Views
10 Pages

Nursing education has recently adopted challenge-based learning (CBL) to enhance nursing students’ competency in the 21st-century healthcare environment. Previous studies have not yet fully explored nursing students’ perceptions of CBL. This descript...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
7,366 Views
20 Pages

23 April 2021

In this article, we aim to identify and explore possibilities and challenges of academic interdisciplinary capacities and ethos. The objective is that this knowledge could be used both in future interdisciplinary research projects and in educational...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,038 Views
15 Pages

Understanding the Complex Role of Coaches in Transdisciplinary Challenge-Based Learning

  • Adele Selma Ferrario,
  • Gemma O’Sullivan,
  • Helena Josefina Maria Pennings and
  • Daniela C. F. Salvatori

22 August 2025

Transdisciplinary challenge-based learning (T-CBL) has emerged as a transformative educational approach in life sciences and sustainability education, promoting the development of students as change agents. T-CBL engages learners from diverse discipl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,626 Views
25 Pages

A Challenge-Based Learning Intensive Course for Competency Development in Undergraduate Engineering Students: Case Study on UAVs

  • Luis C. Félix-Herrán,
  • Carlos Izaguirre-Espinosa,
  • Vicente Parra-Vega,
  • Anand Sánchez-Orta,
  • Victor H. Benitez and
  • Jorge de-J. Lozoya-Santos

Accelerated advances in science and technology drive the need for professionals with flexible problem-solving abilities towards a collaborative working environment. The advances pose a challenge to educational institutions about how to develop learni...

  • Article
  • Open Access
682 Views
20 Pages

1 October 2025

Proportional reasoning is a crosscutting concept identified as necessary for student success in upper-level mathematics as well as science, technology, and engineering. Research on middle-grade mathematics learning shows that students tend to develop...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
7,331 Views
17 Pages

The Impact of a Challenge-Based Learning Experience in Physical Education on Students’ Motivation and Engagement

  • Luis Simón-Chico,
  • Alba González-Peño,
  • Ernesto Hernández-Cuadrado and
  • Evelia Franco

The present study investigated how challenge-based learning (CBL) in physical education (PE) may affect students’ basic psychological needs (BPNs), motivational regulations, engagement, and learning in comparison with a traditional teaching (TT...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,552 Views
17 Pages

9 January 2023

Elucidating protein–ligand interaction is crucial for studying the function of proteins and compounds in an organism and critical for drug discovery and design. The problem of protein–ligand interaction is traditionally tackled by molecular docking a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
9,267 Views
12 Pages

6 February 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many challenges that resulted from the suspension of face-to-face classes. Some of these challenges involved the problems associated with remote learning. One problem with this approach to learning is that it can be d...

  • Review
  • Open Access
165 Citations
12,715 Views
29 Pages

9 September 2021

Recent advances in Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and the reduction in the cost of sensors have encouraged the development of smart environments, such as smart homes. Smart homes can offer home assistance services to improve the quality of lif...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
8,990 Views
17 Pages

e-Learning Challenges in STEM Education

  • María Magdalena Saldívar-Almorejo,
  • Luis Armando Flores-Herrera,
  • Raúl Rivera-Blas,
  • Paola Andrea Niño-Suárez,
  • Emmanuel Zenén Rivera-Blas and
  • Nayeli Rodríguez-Contreras

13 December 2024

This work reviews the key challenges surrounding teaching Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics subjects known as STEM. The research has uncovered a significant gap between traditional teaching styles and the need to develop and adapt to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,168 Views
14 Pages

30 April 2025

Despite the emphasis on consumption and production patterns in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), plastic pollution remains inadequately addressed. This research contributes to the limited literature on sustainable consumption and disposal of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,561 Views
19 Pages

Application of Machine Learning Classifiers for Mode Choice Modeling for Movement-Challenged Persons

  • Md Musfiqur Rahman Bhuiya,
  • Md Musleh Uddin Hasan,
  • David J. Keellings and
  • Hossain Mohiuddin

In this study, we aimed to evaluate the performance of various machine learning (ML) classifiers to predict mode choice of movement-challenged persons (MCPs) based on data collected through a questionnaire survey of 384 respondents in Dhaka, Banglade...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,391 Views
16 Pages

A Personalized Assistance System for the Location and Efficient Evacuation in Case of Emergency: TECuidamos, a Challenge-Based Learning Derived Project Designed to Save Lives

  • Edgar López-Caudana,
  • Sergio Ruiz,
  • Aaron Calixto,
  • Brandon Nájera,
  • Diego Castro,
  • Diego Romero,
  • José Luna,
  • Vincent Vargas,
  • Iván Legorreta and
  • Jorge Membrillo-Hernández
  • + 1 author

20 April 2022

The uncertainty of the occurrence of a disaster is greater in places such as Mexico City, a city with one of the largest seismic activities in the world. This leads to a growing need for the population to be better educated in the application of secu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
60 Citations
9,836 Views
14 Pages

13 June 2013

Education for sustainability (EfS) poses new challenges to higher education as it necessitates various shifts: from teacher- to learner-centered pedagogies, from input- to output-orientation and from a focus on content to problem-solving and process...

  • Review
  • Open Access
263 Citations
18,944 Views
29 Pages

Federated Learning in Smart City Sensing: Challenges and Opportunities

  • Ji Chu Jiang,
  • Burak Kantarci,
  • Sema Oktug and
  • Tolga Soyata

31 October 2020

Smart Cities sensing is an emerging paradigm to facilitate the transition into smart city services. The advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the widespread use of mobile devices with computing and sensing capabilities has motivated applications...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
19 Citations
13,063 Views
14 Pages

21 December 2021

Cooperative learning (CL) is a teaching and learning pedagogy that has been used widely in school but there is limited information on instructors’ perceptions of CL nor observations of how CL is implemented in higher education settings. In this...

  • Article
  • Open Access
227 Citations
51,450 Views
27 Pages

Reinforcement Learning in Robotics: Applications and Real-World Challenges

  • Petar Kormushev,
  • Sylvain Calinon and
  • Darwin G. Caldwell

5 July 2013

In robotics, the ultimate goal of reinforcement learning is to endow robots with the ability to learn, improve, adapt and reproduce tasks with dynamically changing constraints based on exploration and autonomous learning. We give a summary of the sta...

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