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Gerardo Pedrós Pérez

Bio: Gerardo Pedrós Pérez is an academic researcher from University of Córdoba (Spain). The author has contributed to research in topics: Higher education & Educational technology. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 13 publications receiving 36 citations.

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focused on the students' perspective, especially during the online teaching caused by COVID-19; however, university teachers are often forgotten, having their opinion missing.
Abstract: Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are key to create sustainable higher education institutions (HEIs). Most researchers focused on the students’ perspective, especially during the online teaching caused by COVID-19; however, university teachers are often forgotten, having their opinion missing. This study’s objective was to determine the factors that contribute to the inclusion of ICTs. The research based on a comparative study through an online qualitative survey focused on the inclusion and use of ICTs in two HEIs and two different moments (pre- and post-lockdowns). There were differences regarding country and working experience (p < 0.001), being linked to the ICTs use, evaluation of obstacles, and the role given to ICTs (p < 0.05). The COVID-19 caused modifications of the teachers’ perspectives, including an improvement of the opinion of older teachers regarding the essentialness of ICTs in the teaching process (p < 0.001) and worsening their perception about their ICTs skill (p < 0.05). Additionally, an initial model focused only on the university teachers and their use of ICTs has been proposed. In conclusion, the less experienced university teachers used more ICTs, identified more greatly the problematic factors, and considered more important the ICTs, with the perception of all teachers modified by COVID-19.

26 citations

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TL;DR: The software presented has all the following features: an integrative character, self-evaluation tests, a personalized and active learning process, adaptability to teacher's aims, versatility as a teaching tool, multimedia resources, and simplicity.
Abstract: In this paper, an introduction to the main design features of a computer-aided educational package addressed to students of the final years of Electronic and Computer Engineering is presented. The software includes interrelated tutorial, computer simulations, and test questions in which graphical outputs, hypertexts, and animations are widely used. The package is devoted to the simulation study of electrooptic and acoustooptic theory and devices. It provides instant numerical evaluation and a graphical display of different studies. The software presented in this paper has all the following features: an integrative character, self-evaluation tests, a personalized and active learning process, adaptability to teacher's aims, versatility as a teaching tool, multimedia resources, and simplicity. This study has been completed with final-year students at the Superior Polytechnic School of Cordoba, Spain, with highly favorable results when compared with students who did not use the software

9 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper , a bibliometric analysis was carried out to analyze the impact of gamification on health development in HEIs, highlighting their positive and negative effects, concluding that the experimental studies focused on the teachers' adverse effects are yet to come.
Abstract: Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) are responsible for creating healthy and sustainable environments for students and teachers through diverse educational paradigms such as gamification. In this sense, the Healthy People 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals indicated the imperative to provide inclusive and equitable quality education to promote a healthy environment and life. The principal objective was to analyse the impact of gamification on health development in HEIs, highlighting their positive and negative effects. To achieve such an objective, a bibliometric analysis was carried out. The 257 documents showed no significant increasing trend in the last decade (p > 0.05) related to the pandemic. Most of the publications were conferences (45%), and the few published articles were the documents with more citations (p < 0.001). According to their index in Journal Citation Reports, there were significant differences between the citations of articles published in journals (p < 0.001). The analysis of journal co-citations showed that the leading journals (such as Computers in Human Behavior) had a significant part in the clusters formed (p < 0.001), conditioning also the keywords, especially the term “motivation”. These findings were discussed, concluding that the experimental studies focused on the teachers’ adverse effects are yet to come.

9 citations

Proceedings Article
01 Jan 2010
TL;DR: This work presents a web portal for telematic training in work-related risk prevention: noise at work and machine vibrations, aimed to complement experimental laboratory training, with simulative tools which provide the knowledge and the practical handling of the equipment under the most real conditions possible, thus considerably reducing the number of laboratory hours necessary.
Abstract: This work presents a web portal for telematic training in work-related risk prevention: noise at work and machine vibrations. Training in Work-related Risk Prevention, especially in the area of Industrial Hygiene, has a practical laboratory component, which is fundamental for a correct preparation of prevention technicians so that they can become acquainted with the field equipment that they have to use in risk evaluation, its configuration, principal parts and handling; everything from its calibration to its application in measuring as a function of the job’s conditions, always within the correct methodological application dictated by the national and international norms which regulate these field applications. This signifies important time expenditure for specialist teachers and in field equipment for the users being trained. With virtual laboratories containing the web application developed it is aimed to complement experimental laboratory training, with simulative tools which provide the knowledge and the practical handling of the equipment under the most real conditions possible, thus considerably reducing the number of laboratory hours necessary. It is a matter of having a catalogue of virtual laboratories with a free and easy access, the one in the first stage being specifically that corresponding to noise at work.

5 citations

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13 May 2008
TL;DR: In this paper, the importance of "Letters to the Editor" in the building up of scientific knowledge and its application to science teaching is demonstrated, and some classroom work strategies based on the use of "letters to the editor" are proposed to encourage students to develop appropriate ideas on the real construction of science and scientific knowledge.
Abstract: In this article, we have demonstrated the importance of «Letters to the Editor» in the building up of scientific knowledge and its application to Science teaching. The state of the Letters to the Editor section has been analyzed in the sphere of journals published in Spain comprising the following topics: the dissemination of science and technology, the dissemination of culture, and research. We propose some classroom work strategies based on the use of «Letters to the Editor», which are directed towards encouraging students to develop appropriate ideas on the real construction of science and scientific knowledge. Finally, we have revealed the scant presence of a «Letters to the Editor» section in a considerable percentage of the journals consulted.

5 citations


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TL;DR: Active learning has gained growing political, instructional, and research interest as mentioned in this paper and the learning outcomes related to it have been mostly positive, but the measurement methods are not without problems, and justification (theoretical or empirical) for the use of active learning was seldomly reported.
Abstract: Active learning has gained growing political, instructional, and research interest. However, the definitions of active learning are wide. The learning outcomes related to it have been mostly positive but the measurement methods are not without problems. This review provides an overview of active learning, especially in the context of engineering higher education, by answering two research questions: (1) How is the concept of active learning defined and justified in engineering higher education research? (2) What are the learning outcomes connected to active learning and how is learning measured in engineering higher education research? Sixty-six empirical articles were analyzed inductively with qualitative content analysis. The analysis showed that active learning was defined in various ways, and in some articles, it was not defined at all. In addition, justification (theoretical or empirical) for the use of active learning was seldomly reported. Finally, the indicators used to measure the impact of active learning on students’ learning outcomes were mostly based on students’ self-report data and focused on course specific development in subject-related knowledge. More thorough descriptions and theoretical justifications, as well as the consideration of learning outcomes with appropriate research methods, could reinforce the transparency of empirical interventions and the application of active learning.

93 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the relationship entre controversialias sociocientifica and literatura didactica, así as si it is possible to use them in the context of escolar education.
Abstract: Las controversias sociocientificas surgen y nos rodean en los temas mas actuales y emergentes de nuestra sociedad: transgenicos, homeopatia, impacto de las telefonias, etc. Por eso creemos importante exponer en que consiste una controversia sociocientifica, estudiar la relacion entre las tematicas de controversias que aparecen en prensa y en la literatura didactica asi como si es posible el uso de estas controversias en el contexto escolar. La imagen consensuada con la que suelen aparecer las noticias cientificas en los medios de comunicacion va a dificultar su utilizacion en el aula. Del analisis documental de la literatura didactica, hemos podido seleccionar actividades que utilizan controversias y que pueden ser usadas como modelo para utilizar las controversias en el aula de ciencias y desarrollar distintas finalidades en el alumnado: alfabetizacion cientifica, pensamiento critico, fomento de la cultura cientifica, etc.

37 citations

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TL;DR: An interactive learning environment for teaching and learning information and communication theory and related courses that integrates several modules to meet the students’ different learning styles and can be used as a standalone application or as an applet from within any web browser.
Abstract: Background:Interactive learning tools are emerging as effective educational materials in the area of computer science and engineering. It is a research domain that is rapidly expanding because of its positive impacts on motivating and improving students’ performance during the learning process.Material and methods:Taking into account the learning style index and learning preferences of engineering learners, the work uses software engineering techniques to develop the interactive learning environment. It also uses Java Technology in the implantation part.Results:This paper introduces an interactive learning environment for teaching and learning information and communication theory and related courses. The environment integrates several modules to meet the students’ different learning styles. It contains a movie-like module, an animated hypertext introductory module that fully explains the fundamental concepts of information and communication theory. Besides those important learning modules, it also contains a self-assessment module that contains a set of interactive tests and examinations.Conclusions:Learners can use the environment as a standalone application or as an applet from within any web browser. Some evaluation experiments comparative analyses of the results were performed to measure the performance of our environment in the classroom.

26 citations