DEStech Transactions on Social Science, Education and Human Science 

About: DEStech Transactions on Social Science, Education and Human Science is an academic journal. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Teaching method & Curriculum. It has an ISSN identifier of 2475-0042. It is also open access. Over the lifetime, 3805 publications have been published receiving 3490 citations.

The Role of Interest in Motivation and Learning

Abstract: Interest is exhibited by all people for different reasons, in different situations and in varying degrees. It is not correct to say that students at school are not interested. However, they do, not always have interest for what the school curriculum offers. Research indicates that interest is a significant factor influencing the motivation of students and consequently their learning.

Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives in Information System Courses

Abstract: The new edition of Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives has been promoted for about 15 years. It is valuable for teaching reforms and courses construction. We used Bloom's taxonomy in information system courses. We also used web-based instruction in the courses. The six levels of cognitive process in Bloom’s taxonomy were emphasized in class teaching or on course website. And different assessment methods were selected to suit for Bloom’s taxonomy according to the teaching objectives. Our practices show that it is a good approach to combine class teaching and web-based instruction. Introduction Information system courses are a series of courses in our university. For example, management information system, command information system, decision support system, battlefield information management, etc. They are similar in concept system, content organization and construction methods. We call them information system courses. We can use the same method to carry on teaching reforms in these courses because of their similarities. And now we have built teaching websites to implement web-based instruction. We want to find a way to combine the class teaching and web-based instruction. Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives was promoted in 1956 by B. S. Bloom and his teammates [1]. It has been revised in 2001 by Anderson, L.W. [2] etc. Now it has been used in many fields, especially in foreign language teaching [3, 4] and medical education field [5, 6]. Bloom’s theory is often used to determine teaching objectives, arrange teaching contents and activities, check and assess the teaching results. Through analysis and comparison, we know that the revised Bloom’s taxonomy of educational objectives may be used to reform our teaching contents and activities in information system courses. The Revision Edition of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives The revision edition of Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives divides the educational objectives into two dimensions, such as knowledge dimension and cognitive process dimension [3]. The knowledge dimension contains four main categories. The dimension is used to distinguish what the teachers shall teach and what the students shall know. The cognitive process dimension contains six main categories. The dimension is used to tell the teachers how to teach and show the students how to preserve and deepen their knowledge acquired.

Finding out Reasons for Low Completion in MOOC Environment: An Explicable Approach Using Hybrid Data Mining Methods

Abstract: Because of the worldwide rapid development of MOOC, academic researches and industrial applications of MOOC have become a branch of the major concerns in modern education and information technology fields. This paper focuses on low completion phenomenon in MOOC environment and proposes an explicable approach to find out hidden reasons convincingly. Different from existing works, this approach utilizes data mining methods to make quantitative analysis. It employs learners clustering basing on their study features at first, aiming at discovering inactive learners automatically. These learners are representative of low completion in course study on MOOC platform. Their study behaviors and interactions with website are analyzed with association rules mining in order to explore potential patterns and rules. The extracted rules are used to find out and explain the reasons for low completion in MOOC environment. The experimental result on practical XuetangX platform reveals several strong rules with high support, confidence and lift, which can be regarded as evidence and reference for further explanations of reasons for low completion in MOOC environment.

Business Process Data Flow between Automated and Human Tasks

Abstract: The paper presents models of data flow between tasks in business processes describing work of a modern restricted access administrative office. The presented models are the result of the analytical work performed by the multidisciplinary team of experts. The team was composed of IT specialist, security systems specialists and employees of the secret office. Business process diagrams and data flow diagrams are presented together to emphasize the importance of data in every business process task to be performed - despite the fact if it is an automated or human task.

Innovative Vocational Didactics Aimed at the Preparation of Staff According to Industry 4.0 and Europe 2020

Abstract: The article presents the e-support methods for vocational learning process at three advancement levels, which can be useful for the preparation of staff according to Industry 4.0 concept and Europe 2020 Strategy. The authors present the application of the animation programmes, which are supportive for learning of CNC programming. They compare the way of learning with the use of real panels for the operator, which are the parts of an individual machine and the animation programme. In the article the authors show designed real didactic stands for e-learning process in the virtual laboratory. The architecture of the didactic stands is designed and it is based on the National Qualification Frameworks (NQF), educational requirements and the requirements of the labour market. The didactic stands aim at learning of PLC programming (Programmable Logic Controller) and HMI (Human Machine Interface). With the use of the PC and the Internet, it is possible to steer a real object, to programme research tasks and to verify the correctness of the tasks undertaken. The didactic stands are independent and autonomous, and equipped with the protection driver. The result of the learning process is to gain skills by students, which are strictly linked with the execution of tasks in a real labour environment.