NDLI: Benefiting from electronically blurred boundaries between students and academics in problem based learning

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Malik, M.
Copyright Year	2009
Description	Author affiliation: University of Portsmouth, UK (Malik, M.)
Abstract	This work highlights the difficulties faced by students and academics in constructivist approaches to Problem Based Learning. Here the learners are required to work in groups, which may occasionally have ‘free-riders’ or ‘passenger’ students. Spotting these ‘free-riders’ tends to be difficult, making fair assessment impossible. Using effective communication tutors can engage students better and avoid ‘free-rider’ behaviour. As shown here, this is best achieved through cognitive congruence. However, doing this in person is a resource intensive task. Instead e-logs were used as it helped identify ‘passenger’ students and provided individual contributions. Most students surveyed agreed that the e-logs afforded individual guidance. Also, as e-logs were weighted more than the group assignments, it motivated students to contribute to own and eventually group work. The author draws inspiration from the ancient Indian ‘Gurukul’ system of education. Also presented here, are the similarities and dissimilarities of the ‘Gurukul’ system with the constructivist approaches of today. Both qualitative and quantitative data was collected and analysed for this study (N =40). We show how electronic tools blurred the boundaries, creating an e-Gurukul system to benefit students and academics alike. Finally, the e-Gurukul approach is evaluated for individual engagement, group participation and knowledge creation.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	6
File Size	373749
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424447152
ISSN	01905848
DOI	10.1109/FIE.2009.5350857
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-10-18
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Education Switches Communication effectiveness Time factors Guidelines Humans Counting circuits Gurukul Free-riders McMaster Approach Problems in Problem Based Learning
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Computer Science Applications Software

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
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