SCALE_UP – an active learning cases modelling at Kaunas UAS
Journal Title: Economics&Education - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
The article reviews SCALE-UP (The Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment Undergraduate Programs) active learning environment and Cloud Computing technologies Enabled Active Learning know-how, the main requirements for a SCALE-UP type classroom and educational model. Transfer of this good practice of equipping two SCALE-UP classes at Kaunas University of Applied Sciences is discussed. This article presents the modelling case for Software Engineering, Data Management Technology, Business Economics and Management Courses. Each of those courses consists of lectures and practical activities. Three phases are underlined for each topic: 1) the problem based learning; 2) practical activities by tutoring; 3) collaborative learning. The lectures and practical work are combined and executed as a whole in the frame of SCALE-UP study plan and an active learning scenario. The classroom is equipped with a virtual workplace, cloud computing services, open resources on the Internet, e-libraries and subscribed databases. The study results considering the assessment of collaborative learning outcomes and the use of cloud computing technologies are discussed.
Authors and Affiliations
Dalė Lukšaitė, Jūratė Lukšaitė, Gintarė Jurkševičiūtė
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP286301
- DOI -
- Views 151
- Downloads 0
Assessment of the special physical and the specific technical preparedness of basketball players
The purpose of this study is to optimize the training process of the best basketball players (16-years-old) from the national team – cadets of Bulgaria, through analysis and evaluation of their special physical fitness a...
Creative thinking in the system of modern management
According to the widely believed, the central part in world crisis and post-crisis processes certainly belongs to a market economy. This paper deals with the main consequences of the extensive development of the manageme...
Assessment of the global banking system financial stability
Theoretical analysis of the global banking system concept is made. The principal factors of its financial stability are marked. Closeness and direction of relation are determined, and the quantitative estimate of princip...
The use of modern information and communication technologies by Ukrainian enterprises-producers of domestic boilers
Information and communicative environment in which every enterprise works today, creates new information tasks for the management. Their solution is possible when adapting information management to new conditions. For th...
The management of the improvement of entrepreneurship education
The rapid development of information technology leads to important changes in society life. A new society structure is formed, the values are changing, including changes in the labor market situation and in the attitude...