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Evaluating Multimedia Enhanced Teaching at the Department of
Informatics, TEI of Athens
C. Skourlas, P. Belsis, E. Galiotou,
Department of Informatics,
TEI of Athens
21/6/2006 Tempus Meeting 2
Multimedia Enhanced Teaching: A challenge in modern academic
education schemes
• Need for improvement of traditional teaching methods
• “Poor” educational content
• Teacher availability
• Draw the interest of the student
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The Constructivist view
• The learner at the “center”
• Principles:
— Provide experience and encourage self-awareness of the knowledge construction process.
—Provide multiple perspectives, multiple modes of representation, realistic context
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Identifying the Learner
Age First Enrollment date Semester Prerequisite modules and Examination marks Class Other degrees and / or training Experience
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Methodological Framework
• Feasibility study• Planning• Requirement analysis• Preliminary Design • Prototyping
• Detailed Design• Production• Evaluation and
Feedback• Quality control • Documentation
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A complex COntent–INstruction, TUtor–LEarner Centered Approach (Requirement
Analysis)
• Tutor and Learner centered tasks
Understanding the learner
Goals of the title production
Detailed learning objectives
• Content and Instruction centered tasks
Content DescriptionOutline of topics and
subtopics Design and sequencing
content of the product
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Instructional strategy
• Co-op Learning
• Demonstration
• Description
• Discovery
• Problem Solving
• Simulation
• Evaluation
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Data Bases and Applications
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Information Retrieval and Special Issues in Data Bases
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Parallel Algorithms
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Internet Programming
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Evaluation
• With respect to the general teaching process (Data Bases Ι and Data Bases ΙΙ : project assignments)
• Questionnaire: Part of the Multimedia Title
• Results of the evaluation process for the Title “Data Bases and Applications”
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Questionnaires
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Questionnaires (totalnumber)
Questionnaires filled "No answer"
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UTILITY
Evaluate the Utility of the title with respect to the project assigned to you
13%
28%
49%
9% 1%
Excellent
Very good
Good
Fair
Poor
Excellent 9Very good 19Good 33Fair 6Poor 1Total 68
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Evaluate the utility of the special issues section including the multimedia material
15%
30%
31%
21%
3%
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Fair
Poor
Excellent 10Very Good 21Good 21Fair 14Poor 2Total 68
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General Opinion on the UTILITY of theTITLE
General Opinion on UTILITY
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19
33
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10
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14
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0
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15
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25
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35
Evaluate the utility ofthe title with respect tothe project assigned toyou
Evaluate the utility ofthe special topicssection including themultimedia material
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Evaluate the conveniece of the navigation procedure, the retrieval procedure and the use of the choice menu
16%
34%28%
21%1%
Excellent
Very Good
Good
Fair
Poor
Excellent 11Very Good 23Good 19Fair 14Poor 1Total 68
USABILITY
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The topics addressed in the CD are presented in a simple and comprehensive way
10%
34%
43%
10%3%
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Agree 7Agree 23Neutral 29Disagree 7Strongly Disagree 2Total 68
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General Satisfaction from the usability of the software
10%
28%
49%
10%3%
Very Satisfied
Satisfied
Neutral
Dissatisfied
Very Dissatisfied
Very Satisfied 7Satisfied 19Neutral 33Dissatisfied 7Very Dissatisfied 2Total 68
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General overview of the Software Usability
11
23
19
14
1
7
23
29
7
2
7
19
33
7
2
0
5
10
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Evaluate the convenience ofthe navigation procedure,the retrieval procedure andthe use of the choice menu
The topics addressed inthe CD are presented in asimple and comprehensiveway
General Satisfaction fromthe usability of the software
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The content of the title meets the course needs
19%
59%
18%
1%
3%
Strongly agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Agree 13Agree 40Neutral 12Disagree 1Strongly Disagree 2Total 68
TITLE CONTENT
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The special topics section is useful to the comprehension of the theory
15%
56%
16%
6%7%
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strogly Disagree
Strongly Agree 10Agree 38Neutral 11Disagree 4Strongly Disagree 5Total 68
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Should a Terminological Dictionary be included in the Title?
59%28%
13%
Yes
No
No answer
Yes 40No 19No answer 9Total 68
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General overview
13
40
12
1 2
10
38
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The title content meets thecourse needs
The special topics sectionis useful to thecomprehension of thetheory
General overview of the TITLECONTENT
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What is your degree of satisfaction in general from the quality and the quantity of the title content
9%
67%
6%
1%
4% 13%Very Satisfied
Satisfied
Dissatisfied
Very Dissatisfied
No opinion
No answer
GENERAL OPINION ON THEMULTIMEDIA TITLE
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Conclusions