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  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,753 Views
17 Pages

Student Perceptions of Formative Assessment and Cooperative Work on a Technical Engineering Course

  • Víctor Revilla-Cuesta,
  • Marta Skaf,
  • Juan Manuel Manso and
  • Vanesa Ortega-López

3 June 2020

Formative Assessment and Cooperative Work (FACW) is a teaching methodology that promotes student learning based on peer support, both in solving problems and identifying the mistakes made through feedback. The perceptions of 49 mechanical engineering...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,981 Views
17 Pages

21 November 2020

COVID-19 highlighted higher education’s resistance to implementing the student-centered and ICT (information and communication technology)-enabled learning practices as incentivized by the Bologna Declaration. ICTs were crucial to keep the stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,327 Views
18 Pages

4 September 2025

Digital portfolios have become an essential assessment tool in project-based and student-centered learning environments. Unfortunately, students exert minimal effort in creating digital portfolios because they find the writing component unchallenging...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,514 Views
19 Pages

21 February 2025

Active student involvement and instruction through experience in everyday contexts are pedagogical approaches suitable to promote inquiry-based learning and improve learners’ cognitive skills. Nevertheless, many university and postgraduate cour...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
12,667 Views
16 Pages

Integration of Physics and Mathematics in STEM Education: Use of Modeling

  • Angeles Dominguez,
  • Jorge De la Garza,
  • Monica Quezada-Espinoza and
  • Genaro Zavala

24 December 2023

Within STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education, integrating real-world problem scenarios is paramount. Within interdisciplinary education, modeling is an approach to fostering student learning and skill development in a stu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,045 Views
16 Pages

11 September 2025

Traditional lecture-based teaching often struggles to foster student engagement, active participation, and deep learning in large-class general education courses. As class sizes grow, students may become passive learners, limiting their ability to de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,508 Views
12 Pages

Analysis of Three Methodological Approaches in the Use of Gamification in Vocational Training

  • Miguel Garcia-Iruela,
  • Raquel Hijón-Neira and
  • Cornelia Connolly

28 July 2021

A reduced interest and low motivation in learning amongst vocational students has become a challenge with many traditional strategies not capable of providing a solution to motivation and encouraging participation in learning. The use of elements of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,677 Views
14 Pages

25 January 2021

The fourth industrial revolution has triggered a notable shift in engineering education, bringing the need to create new professionals. In this context, the active learning approach appears to be more important than ever. Nevertheless, to date quite...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,859 Views
13 Pages

Science teachers continue to face decreased motivation, lower achievement levels, and decreased enrollment in post-secondary science programs. Teachers ask themselves this question: How do I motivate my students to achieve? Student-centered pedagogie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,662 Views
22 Pages

16 November 2022

In the past, the teaching of C programming courses was teacher-centered, and students’ practical ability, innovation ability, independent learning ability, and moral character were not effectively improved. In order to meet the requirements of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,288 Views
25 Pages

Creating IoT-Enriched Learner-Centered Environments in Sports Science Higher Education during the Pandemic

  • Rocsana Bucea-Manea-Țoniș,
  • Luciela Vasile,
  • Rareș Stănescu and
  • Alina Moanță

6 April 2022

In the pandemic context, creating IoT-enriched learner-centered environments was not only a tendency but a requirement for sustainable teaching and learning in universities with sports science programs for theoretical classes and practical activities...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,070 Views
24 Pages

COVID-19 Inspired a STEM-Based Virtual Learning Model for Middle Schools—A Case Study of Qatar

  • Azza Abouhashem,
  • Rana Magdy Abdou,
  • Jolly Bhadra,
  • Nitha Siby,
  • Zubair Ahmad and
  • Noora Jabor Al-Thani

5 March 2021

An unprecedented turn in educational pedagogies due to the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the students’ learning process worldwide. This article describes developing a STEM-based online course during the schools’ closure in the COVID-19...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,267 Views
15 Pages

10 September 2018

Chemistry is considered to be a difficult subject and chemistry education courses are not very popular among many students. Innovations in the curriculum and pedagogy may help to overcome difficulties in learning as well as motivational problems. Par...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,944 Views
38 Pages

Comparative Analysis of the Effects of Contact and Online Biology Teaching

  • Ines Radanović,
  • Slavica Šimić Šašić and
  • Mirela Sertić Perić

5 August 2025

This study investigates the effectiveness of contact and online biology teaching by assessing student performance and gathering perceptions from students, teachers, and parents. Conducted in autumn 2021 with 3035 students, 124 biology teachers, and 7...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,458 Views
19 Pages

28 November 2023

As a technology-enhanced student-centered learning environment, smart classrooms are becoming increasingly popular in higher education. It is undoubtedly important to understand how seating and motivational factors affect situational engagement and s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
11,035 Views
16 Pages

20 April 2020

This paper aims to quantify the effects of flipped classrooms in higher education by reviewing 43 empirical studies of students’ cognitive, affective, and interpersonal outcomes. The innovative pedagogy of a flipped classroom in higher educatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,135 Views
17 Pages

Augmented Reality in Primary Education: An Active Learning Approach in Mathematics

  • Christina Volioti,
  • Christos Orovas,
  • Theodosios Sapounidis,
  • George Trachanas and
  • Euclid Keramopoulos

16 October 2023

Active learning, a student-centered approach, engages students in the learning process and requires them to solve problems using educational activities that enhance their learning outcomes. Augmented Reality (AR) has revolutionized the field of educa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
422 Views
27 Pages

Student-Faculty Partnerships in Mathematics Undergraduate Coursework

  • Alyssa G. Cavazos,
  • Luis Miguel Fernández,
  • Isabel del Rosario Amaro,
  • Elianna Olivo and
  • Cristina Villalobos

1 February 2026

This study examines how student–faculty partnerships are experienced within undergraduate mathematics coursework at a majority Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Drawing on the Student as Partners (SaP) theoretical framework and using an inter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,615 Views
14 Pages

4 June 2020

This article makes the case that the student-centered learning paradigm that I have aimed to establish at Parchman/Mississippi State Penitentiary as a member of a college-in-prison program represents a prison abolition pedagogy that builds on Martin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
551 Views
22 Pages

17 December 2025

Screencasts, which are screen-capture videos, have been created by teachers delivering instruction or feedback, reflecting a teacher-centered model of learning. Based on the constructivist principle, this study explores an innovative attempt to posit...

  • Review
  • Open Access
690 Views
16 Pages

The rapid expansion of digital education in the 21st century has positioned Virtual Reality Learning Environments (VRLEs) as promising spaces for fostering greater learner autonomy. As immersive technologies become more accessible and pedagogically v...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,526 Views
19 Pages

24 December 2021

The study aims to clarify how transformative education teaching and learning ideas have been incorporated into sustainable development-focused education in Bhutan. Sustainable development is included in various ways in the Educating for Gross Nationa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,926 Views
15 Pages

2 October 2019

The twenty-first century’s society experiences new challenges in being immersed in a new paradigm of the educational system. Higher education institutions should train professionals so that they are able to experience real situations in order to enco...

  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
9,210 Views
21 Pages

Integrating Augmented Reality, Gamification, and Serious Games in Computer Science Education

  • Georgios Lampropoulos,
  • Euclid Keramopoulos,
  • Konstantinos Diamantaras and
  • Georgios Evangelidis

This study aims to evaluate the impact of using augmented reality, gamification, and serious games in computer science education. The study presents the development process of an educational mobile application, describes an experiment that was conduc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,116 Views
20 Pages

17 August 2025

Higher education is increasingly focused on developing competencies beyond traditional academic content. Collaborative learning fosters academic achievement and promotes sustainable educational practices, helping students thrive in a dynamic and inte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,762 Views
20 Pages

Smart classrooms leverage intelligent and mobile technologies to create highly interactive, student-centered environments conducive to personalized learning. However, measuring students’ personalized learning experiences in these technologicall...

  • Article
  • Open Access
793 Views
30 Pages

9 October 2025

This study reports on a Design-Based Research (DBR) project that implemented Project-Based Learning (PjBL) in an undergraduate psychology course on Human Resource Development (HRD). The purpose was to move beyond lecture-based instruction and explore...

  • Article
  • Open Access
881 Views
18 Pages

Transforming Digital Signal and Image Processing Education: An AI-Driven Approach to Pedagogical Advancements

  • Dipali Bansal,
  • Rashima Mahajan,
  • Priyanka Bansal,
  • Neha Chaudhary,
  • Vimlesh,
  • Himani,
  • Lorenzo Luchesini and
  • Shabana Urooj

1 December 2025

This paper explores the history of evolving teaching techniques in Digital Signal and Image Processing (DSIP) education with a focus on integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to close the continuing gap between theory and practice. Since DSIP...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,690 Views
17 Pages

A Distinctive Method of Online Interactive Learning in STEM Education

  • Azza Abouhashem,
  • Rana Magdy Abdou,
  • Jolly Bhadra,
  • Malavika Santhosh,
  • Zubair Ahmad and
  • Noora Jabor Al-Thani

16 December 2021

A breakthrough that has occurred in recent years is the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has affected various sectors of society, including the educational sector. It has prevented students from performing group-oriented hands-on activities and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,891 Views
21 Pages

14 July 2025

Digital transformation has profoundly impacted engineering education, demanding new pedagogical approaches that ensure effective and sustainable learning. Educational psychology plays a fundamental role in strategically integrating educational techno...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,868 Views
23 Pages

Collaborative Learning Supported by Blockchain Technology as a Model for Improving the Educational Process

  • Goran Bjelobaba,
  • Ana Savić,
  • Teodora Tošić,
  • Ivana Stefanović and
  • Bojan Kocić

8 March 2023

After COVID-19, new accreditation standards include the need for developing better learning and teaching environments. This will be supported and connected with digitization, entrepreneurship, social inclusion, and a circular economy. The orientation...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,855 Views
9 Pages

Use of Powtoon as a Technology-Based Creative Learning Medium: A Systematic Literature Review

  • Aneu Nurjanah,
  • Dewi Susilawati,
  • Jihan Munawafi Yusup and
  • Agus Hendriyanto

3 September 2025

The integration of digital technology into education has significantly shifted traditional teaching methods toward more interactive and student-centered learning. This literature review investigates the use of Powtoon, a web-based animation platform,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,297 Views
25 Pages

A Game-Based Learning Approach in Digital Design Course to Enhance Students’ Competency

  • Chrysoula Velaora,
  • Ioannis Dimos,
  • Sofia Tsagiopoulou and
  • Athanasios Kakarountas

31 March 2022

Digital Design is a laboratory course, and the educator must focus on the students’ need to know why they study the theory and mainly on the transition from knowledge-based learning to competency-based learning. This study consists of five surv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,258 Views
22 Pages

4 January 2025

This article explores the evolution of constructionism as an educational framework, tracing its relevance and transformation across three pivotal eras: the advent of personal computing, the networked society, and the current era of generative AI. Roo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
79 Citations
11,124 Views
21 Pages

17 April 2019

One of the concerns in our time is the need to integrate economic, social and environmental aspects, which is known as sustainable development. The role of higher education is essential for providing future professionals with the necessary profiles t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
255 Views
25 Pages

19 January 2026

The rapid expansion of private universities in the past a few decades has created a unique sector in Chinese higher education system. Unlike public research-oriented institutions, Chinese private universities are tuition-dependent, resource-constrain...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,093 Views
16 Pages

Best Practices for Sustainable Inter-Institutional Hybrid Learning at CHARM European University

  • Daniel Griffin,
  • Silvia Gallagher,
  • Vanessa Vigano,
  • Dimitra Mousa,
  • Sanne Van Vugt,
  • Alex Lodder and
  • Jake Rowan Byrne

10 November 2022

CHARM European University offers an inter-institutional Master’s (MSc) in Global Challenges for Sustainability across five European university campuses using innovative, challenge-based, transdisciplinary, and student-centered pedagogies. Howev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,770 Views
14 Pages

20 January 2022

Problem-solving abilities, creative and critical thinking, communication skills, and teamwork are now recognized as fundamental determinants of professional success, especially in vocational professions, such as veterinary science. Tertiary education...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
468 Views
22 Pages

Supporting Educational Administration via Emergent Technologies: A Case Study for a Faculty of Engineering in Foreign Languages

  • Beatrice-Iuliana Uta,
  • Maria-Iuliana Dascalu,
  • Ana-Maria Neagu,
  • Raluca Ioana Guica and
  • Iulia-Elena Teodorescu

25 December 2025

Although emerging technologies are increasingly adopted in teaching and learning, their potential to enhance educational administration remains underexplored. In particular, few studies examine how conversational agents, virtual reality (VR), and rob...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
7,660 Views
24 Pages

Automated Assessment in Programming Courses: A Case Study during the COVID-19 Era

  • Enrique Barra,
  • Sonsoles López-Pernas,
  • Álvaro Alonso,
  • Juan Fernando Sánchez-Rada,
  • Aldo Gordillo and
  • Juan Quemada

10 September 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic imposed in many countries, in the short term, the interruption of face-to-face teaching activities and, in the medium term, the existence of a ‘new normal’, in which teaching methods should be able to switch from fac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,073 Views
17 Pages

This narrative inquiry explores a vibrant classroom knowledge community in a Chinese normal university. By examining the teacher’s interactions, we analyze the community’s development through three perspectives: (1) the author’s nar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
988 Views
19 Pages

13 September 2025

Recent policy initiatives, such as the Ministry of Education of China’s guidelines on student sleep management, together with international empirical studies on daytime rest, highlight that appropriate opportunities for midday rest can support...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,795 Views
35 Pages

A persistent challenge in training future philology educators is engaging students in deep textual analysis across historical periods—especially in large classes where limited resources, feedback, and assessment tools hinder the teaching of com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
680 Views
19 Pages

Building Skills in Infection Prevention Through Simulation: Insights from Nursing Students in Brazil and Peru

  • Luciene Muniz Braga,
  • Pedro Paulo do Prado-Junior,
  • Andréia Guerra Siman,
  • Talita Prado Simão Miranda,
  • Mara Rúbia Maciel Cardoso do Prado,
  • Luana Vieira Toledo,
  • Rodrigo Siqueira-Batista,
  • Andréia Patrícia Gomes,
  • Yanet Castro Vargas and
  • Teresa Neves
  • + 33 authors

6 January 2026

Background/Objectives: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) require specific skills in nursing education, yet their curricular integration often remains fragmented, limiting the consolidation of knowledge and safe clinical practice. This study aim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,365 Views
19 Pages

10 February 2025

Active methodologies emphasize student participation, autonomy, and skill development, offering an innovative approach to education. However, their implementation in Spain faces challenges, including limited teacher training, resource shortages, inst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,610 Views
20 Pages

Higher education in tourism plays a pivotal role in the development of the tourism sector in Portugal—one of the country’s most vital economic pillars. In recent years, there has been growing interest in the adoption of innovative teachin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,884 Views
28 Pages

30 May 2025

This pilot study explores the use of Virtual Reality (VR) to enhance perceived thermal comfort (TC) within educational settings, where physical modifications to classrooms are often limited. As sustainability becomes a priority in building design, VR...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,345 Views
15 Pages

Cooperative Approaches and Academic Motivation towards Enhancing Pre-Service Teachers’ Achievement

  • Dolors Cañabate,
  • Maria Eugènia Gras,
  • Teresa Serra and
  • Jordi Colomer

3 November 2021

This paper describes a quantitative study that explores both the degree of preservice teachers’ (PSTs) motivation and achievement, and the dimensions of need-supportive teaching, when PSTs were involved in designing and implementing contextualized ph...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,554 Views
23 Pages

25 October 2024

Augmented Reality (AR) can enhance student-centered lab work by bridging the spatial and temporal split between virtual information and observed real-world phenomena. While the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning and the Cognitive Load Theory sug...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,805 Views
13 Pages

6 December 2023

In the modern day, educational demands necessitate student-centered instructional approaches at all levels of educational institutions. Through the integration of digital technology, these frameworks incorporate up-to-date teaching methods, encourage...

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