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Effective Use of E-Learning for Improving Students’ Skills

Effective Use of E-Learning for Improving Students’ Skills

Lorenzo Salas-Morera, Antonio J. Cubero-Atienza, María Dolores Redel-Macías, Antonio Arauzo-Azofra, Laura García-Hernández
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781609608842|ISBN10: 1609608844|EISBN13: 9781609608859
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-884-2.ch014
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Salas-Morera, Lorenzo, et al. "Effective Use of E-Learning for Improving Students’ Skills." Higher Education Institutions and Learning Management Systems: Adoption and Standardization, edited by Rosalina Babo and Ana Azevedo, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 292-314. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-884-2.ch014

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Salas-Morera, L., Cubero-Atienza, A. J., Redel-Macías, M. D., Arauzo-Azofra, A., & García-Hernández, L. (2012). Effective Use of E-Learning for Improving Students’ Skills. In R. Babo & A. Azevedo (Eds.), Higher Education Institutions and Learning Management Systems: Adoption and Standardization (pp. 292-314). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-884-2.ch014

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Salas-Morera, Lorenzo, et al. "Effective Use of E-Learning for Improving Students’ Skills." In Higher Education Institutions and Learning Management Systems: Adoption and Standardization, edited by Rosalina Babo and Ana Azevedo, 292-314. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-884-2.ch014

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Abstract

The educational system promoted by the European higher education area advocates the introduction of new teaching methodologies in order to improve students’ skills as well as their knowledge in the subject areas they are studying. In response to this, new teaching strategies were implemented in Industrial Engineering and Software Engineering degree courses. The main goal of the project was to improve students’ skills in areas including problem-solving, information management, group working and the acquisition of writing and speaking skills, by means of e-learning tools. In addition to implementing the new strategies, a set of assessments including surveys, forum activity analyses and group tutorial evaluations were also carried out. The combined use of these techniques proved a very useful way of improving the students’ general skills and knowledge, especially in terms of design methods and organisation and planning ability and in general academical performance.

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