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View article: The Facts Behind the Prophecy
The Facts Behind the Prophecy Open
Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently leading an industrial revolution in most aspects of human life, and education is no exception. With the increasing ratio of students to faculty, AI could be an extremely beneficial tool for individ…
View article: Designing Actionable and Interpretable Analytics Indicators for Improving Feedback in AI-Based Systems
Designing Actionable and Interpretable Analytics Indicators for Improving Feedback in AI-Based Systems Open
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View article: WIP: Evaluation of the Third Design Cycle of the Wellbeing Teaching Assistant (WTA): Understanding What Type of Cases are Served Through a Categorization Analysis
WIP: Evaluation of the Third Design Cycle of the Wellbeing Teaching Assistant (WTA): Understanding What Type of Cases are Served Through a Categorization Analysis Open
Well-being is increasingly recognized as a key element to foster within higher education. In this context, our institution—a prominent engineering school in Latin America—has created the Well-being Teaching Assistant (WTA). The WTA is a me…
View article: Enhancing Feedback Uptake and Self-Regulated Learning in Procedural Skills Training
Enhancing Feedback Uptake and Self-Regulated Learning in Procedural Skills Training Open
Remote technology has been widely incorporated into health professions education. For procedural skills training, effective feedback and reflection processes are required. Consequently, supporting a self-regulated learning (SRL) approach w…
View article: Applications of Learning Analytics in Latin America
Applications of Learning Analytics in Latin America Open
Learning analytics (LA) is a key research domain within educational technology. This field harnesses data analysis, unlocking tangible advantages for educators and learners. Despite extensive research, geographical disparities in adoption …
View article: The Mediating Role of Learning Analytics
The Mediating Role of Learning Analytics Open
Researchers in learning analytics have created indicators with learners’ trace data as a proxy for studying learner behaviour in a college course. Student Approaches to Learning (SAL) is one of the theories used to explain these behaviours…
View article: Blended learning in rural K‐12 education: Stakeholder dynamics and recommendations
Blended learning in rural K‐12 education: Stakeholder dynamics and recommendations Open
Background With the growing integration of technology in education, the adoption of blended learning (b‐learning) has gained attention. B‐learning combines traditional classroom teaching with online components, holding potential to enhance…
View article: Work in Progress: A Cross-sectional Survey Study for Understanding and Addressing the Needs of Engineering Students During COVID-19
Work in Progress: A Cross-sectional Survey Study for Understanding and Addressing the Needs of Engineering Students During COVID-19 Open
His research focuses on areas of automated reasoning in Artificial Intelligence; specifically, automated planning, search and knowledge representation.Currently his research focuses on understanding how machine learning techniques can be a…
View article: Redesigning a Cornerstone Course, Lessons Learned from a Pandemic
Redesigning a Cornerstone Course, Lessons Learned from a Pandemic Open
This evidence-based paper describes the process of implementing and evaluating a flipped classroom approach, in conjunction with a project-based learning methodology, in a remote Cornerstone Engineering course and how it was kept in the fa…
View article: The Well-being Teaching Assistant: A Proactive Approach to Caring for Students with Academic and Personal Difficulties in Massive Courses
The Well-being Teaching Assistant: A Proactive Approach to Caring for Students with Academic and Personal Difficulties in Massive Courses Open
Since the covid pandemic, some higher education institutions have promoted a flexible evaluation approach for students who face a variety of problems. Instructors willing to implement such flexibilizations face an important challenge: maki…
View article: Social ties, mental well-being and academic self-regulation. Exploring effects through Structural Equation Modeling.
Social ties, mental well-being and academic self-regulation. Exploring effects through Structural Equation Modeling. Open
A long tradition of studies in both psychology and sociology has shown that social ties have positive effects on mental well-being of both the population in general and in educational contexts in particular. Specifically, researchers argue…
View article: Trustworthy remote assessments: A typology of pedagogical and technological strategies
Trustworthy remote assessments: A typology of pedagogical and technological strategies Open
Background Online learning has grown significantly during the past two decades, and COVID‐19 pandemic has expedited this process. However, previous research has shown how academic dishonesty is more prevalent under these modalities. Theref…
View article: Student Dataset from Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico to Predict Dropout in Higher Education
Student Dataset from Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico to Predict Dropout in Higher Education Open
High dropout rates and delayed completion in higher education are associated with considerable personal and social costs. In Latin America, 50% of students drop out, and only 50% of the remaining ones graduate on time. Therefore, there is …
View article: Building Institutional Capacity for Learning Analytics: Top-Down & Bottom-Up Initiatives
Building Institutional Capacity for Learning Analytics: Top-Down & Bottom-Up Initiatives Open
El desarrollo de capacidades para la incorporación de la analítica de aprendizaje (LA, de sus siglas en Inglés) en las instituciones de educación superior requiere tanto la coordinación de aspectos organizativos como de las infraestructura…
View article: A Protocol to Follow-up with Students in Large-enrollment Courses
A Protocol to Follow-up with Students in Large-enrollment Courses Open
In response to the covid-19 health crisis, many higher education institutions quickly moved to online education. As a result of that sudden switch, students faced unexpected difficulties, such as lack of a good quality internet connection,…
View article: Fostering the use of online learning resources: results of using a mobile collaboration tool based on gamification in a blended course
Fostering the use of online learning resources: results of using a mobile collaboration tool based on gamification in a blended course Open
Over the past years, higher education institutions have been exploring different mechanisms to adapt their learning and teaching practices to increase students’ engagement. One of the proposals has been to reuse Massive Online Open Courses…
View article: Work in Progress: Engaging Engineering Teaching Staff in Continuous Improvement Process
Work in Progress: Engaging Engineering Teaching Staff in Continuous Improvement Process Open
External influences to schools of engineering have resulted in important curriculum changes. Over the two decades, the influence of the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) has driven the introduction of new and revised…
View article: A Methodology to Involve Students in the Evaluation of an Engineering Curriculum in Design, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
A Methodology to Involve Students in the Evaluation of an Engineering Curriculum in Design, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Open
Engineering schools have created courses and concentrations to train students for entrepreneurship and innovation. Although studies have analyzed how students perceive this type of training, few of them have unveiled its influence on behav…
View article: What is Care in Engineering Teaching?
What is Care in Engineering Teaching? Open
The concept of care in teaching has been associated with the development of supportive, personalized relationships between teachers and students, and with the development of an emotionally safe environment inside and outside the classroom.…
View article: Work in Progress: What Makes Courses Demanding in Engineering Education? A Combination of Mixed Methods and Grounded Theory Research
Work in Progress: What Makes Courses Demanding in Engineering Education? A Combination of Mixed Methods and Grounded Theory Research Open
Due to external influences, such as internationalization and technological changes, engineering curricula have incorporated an increasing number of contents and competencies. Future engineers have to demonstrate attainment of a broad range…
View article: Coordinating learning analytics policymaking and implementation at scale
Coordinating learning analytics policymaking and implementation at scale Open
Many Latin‐American institutions recognise the potential of learning analytics (LA). However, the number of actual LA implementations at scale remains limited, notwithstanding considerable effort made to formulate guidelines and frameworks…
View article: Towards learning analytics adoption: A mixed methods study of data‐related practices and policies in Latin American universities
Towards learning analytics adoption: A mixed methods study of data‐related practices and policies in Latin American universities Open
In Latin American universities, Learning Analytics (LA) has been perceived as a promising opportunity to leverage data to meet the needs of a diverse student cohort. Although universities have been collecting educational data for years, th…
View article: Design of a curriculum analytics tool to support continuous improvement processes in higher education
Design of a curriculum analytics tool to support continuous improvement processes in higher education Open
Curriculum analytics (CA) emerged as a sub-field of learning analytics, aiming to use evidence to drive curriculum decision-making and program improvement. However, its overall impact on program outcomes remains unknown. In this context, t…
View article: An overview of the LALA project
An overview of the LALA project Open
The LALA project (“Building Capacity to Use Learning Analytics to Improve Higher Education in Latin America”) is a project that aims at building capacity about the use of data in education for improving education in Latin America. This art…
View article: Does the Revision of ABET Student Outcomes Include the Competencies Required to Succeed in Start-Ups and Entrepreneurial Companies?
Does the Revision of ABET Student Outcomes Include the Competencies Required to Succeed in Start-Ups and Entrepreneurial Companies? Open
The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) recently revised the student outcomes of Criterion 3. Researchers have already share their concerns about how this revision would decouple the acquisition of technical knowledge…