Magnaghi-Delfino, Paola; Norando, Tullia(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-07-02)
[EN] Tug of war is a sport which originated from rituals practiced by ancient populations and now is an organized sport. In this paper we present the project that we proposed to a group of high school students, in order ...
Lang, Johannes; Repp, Holger(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-02)
[EN] While factual knowledge is more and more present in digital format anywhereand anytime, (higher) education needs to extend its scope to supporting thedevelopment of personal skills and competences.The teaching and ...
China’s non-government Higher Education sector has experienced 40 years of growth but has faced a range of problems in recent years. There is an urgent need to think carefully about future directions and approaches that ...
Wolff-Boenisch, Domenik(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-07-26)
[EN] This case study looks at implications of transitioning live to recorded lectures, a subject that has acquired an acute importance given COVID19 and the unexpected need to move lectures online. Over a period of six ...
Gonzalez-Cuevas, Gustavo; Lopez del Hierro, Marta; Martinez, Nieves; Hernando, Maria Asuncion(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-06-26)
[EN] The main objective of this study was to design a new tool to explore the perception of professionally-related ethical values in Health Sciences undergraduate students. For this purpose, 24 conversational interviews, ...
Mascareñas, Óscar(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-07-05)
[EN] Imagine a class with no syllabus, no teacher, no instruction, no method, no homework, no assessments, no grades, no ‘classroom’. What could that be? ‘A Class of Nothing’ is a radical pedagogical concept that stems ...
[EN] Game-based learning refers to the use of game thinking and mechanics to engage and motivate students in the learning process. We applied this innovative concept to complement the theoretical sessions of an introductory ...
Sanchez-Romaguera, Veronica; Phillips, Robert(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-07-02)
[EN] Drawing from several years of experience, this work describes lessons learnt in designing, delivering and assessing two interdisciplinary enterprise units offered undergraduate students from any discipline studing at ...
Papadopoulou, Kassandra; Phillips, Robert(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-07-05)
[EN] A comparison of the effectiveness of two educational activities are carried out; a standard on-curricular postgraduate unit and an off-curricular school activity. The taught area for both is the theme of enterprise ...
Phillips, Robert(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-04-28)
We compared data from an enterprise course aimed at scientists and engineers using the Unit Evaluation Questionnaire, coursework marks and qualitative feedback quotes with the aim of identifying any issues for embedding ...
[EN] Higher Education Institutions are increasingly aware of industry expectations regarding work-ready graduates. Work Integrated learning and co-operative education initiatives are widely acknowledged for improving ...
Rösel, Birgit(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-04-28)
This paper decribes the concept of a course on control theory as a minor subject in the department of electrical engineering at the OTH Regensburg. The basis for a new concept is the idea of contructive alignment. The whole ...
[EN] In order to address the critical thinking and the knowledge of contemporary problems an online forum activity is proposed in this paper. The activity was applied within the World Economy subject in the degree of ...
TeachMeet is an emerging informal professional development event organised by teachers for teachers, commonly described as an unconference. It is a volunteer-led global phenomenon without any established hierarchy. To ...
Jiménez Ramírez, Magdalena(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-10-27)
[EN] The adaptation of Doctoral studies to the European Higher Education Area
has involved a complex regulatory change in Spain, with the aim of
harmonizing this stage of training with European guidelines. Royal ...
Abad, Alida; Rassetto, Maria(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-10-27)
[EN] The aim of this research is to contribute to find new ways of teaching using
the opportunities that Communication and information technology(ICT) give
today. This contribution proposes a teaching strategy that allows ...
Galiana, Laura(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-07-05)
[EN] The aim of this study was to to describe students’ perceptions on problem-based learning (PBL) when applied in a course of Psychometrics. 34 students participated in the course. Activities were conducted in groups of ...
[EN] In Mexico the linking of universities to companies has traditionally being intended to obtain resources and
little attention has been given to its formative dimension. The relation university- companies has been ...
[EN] This paper outlines the experience of evaluating the impact of educational development in Chilean higher education drawing on the example of the Universidad Católica de Temuco. The aim is to demonstrate the importance ...
[EN] RMIT University is Australia’s second largest higher education provider and has a very diverse student body. Taking a holistic approach and capturing the entire student life cycle, the RMIT Belonging Strategy outlines ...