Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) enhancement Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) enhancement

across borders: Is it achievable?across borders: Is it achievable?

Dr S. D. Sivasubramaniam, Dr C. Thode and Prof F Lopez Dr S. D. Sivasubramaniam, Dr C. Thode and Prof F Lopez

School of Science and Technology, NTU and Institute of School of Science and Technology, NTU and Institute of

Biomedicine, University of Leon, SpainBiomedicine, University of Leon, Spain

20 April 2023

Objectives: - PAL with academic Objectives: - PAL with academic feedbackfeedback

• Enhance PAL amongst students from different countries.

• Support the process via academic feedback

• Assess the “learning process”; NOT the “acquired knowledge”

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“A collaborative approach in which pairs of students interact to enhance their learning process”

Peer-assisted Learning (PAL)Peer-assisted Learning (PAL)

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The ChallengeThe Challenge• Inter-university PAL beyond boarders.

• Collaboration between UG and PG students.

• Collaborative marking and feedback.

MethodologyMethodologyStudents are groups

With presentation titles

PAL activity via Google-Share

Academic feedback through out the

process

Presentation via Skype

Assessment of the learning enhancement

Obtaining student feedback about the

activity

Feedback for Inter-university PALFeedback for Inter-university PAL

Spanish Students

Feedback for Inter-university PALFeedback for Inter-university PAL

NTU Students

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Performance Comparison – NTU students

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Positive comments:

My partner rarely engaged with the activity.

We should have been given the choice to

select our partners

I learnt a lot about my subject via this activity.

I really enjoyed the collaboration with Spanish students; we both learnt a lot

Collaborative with UK students was fun!

Academic experience

• Time consuming!

• The experience was enjoyable!

• Rewarding to see the improvement!

Concluding remarks•Inter-university PAL can successfully be used to enhance interactive preparation and scientific communication.

•It significantly improves the confidence of students in presenting in front of a multi-lingual audience.

•Overall, the student opinion strongly supported this activity.