Abstract-This paper presents case studies of two undergraduate learners studying to become primary school teachers. The qualitative analysis focused on their self-regulated learning (SRL) in a highly demanding technology-enhanced university course employing an instruction model that combines flipped classroom and telecollaboration. The study aimed to identify problems they face in each of the three phases of Zimmermanś model of self-regulated learning: forethought, performance and self-reflection. The data was collected using an online questionnaire, self-made screen recordings of students´ work on tasks, snapshots of their use of Trello for work organization and recordings of online Skype meetings. Several problems were found in all the three phases of students´ SRL. The paper presents these problems and discusses possible causes and solutions that can help improve the course that is the context of this study as well as similar technology-enhanced courses.
The book An example of students who can self-assess themselves and work autonomously by Juan Carlos Araujo Portugal centers around the author's empirical research on learner self-assessment and autonomous work. Self-assessment and learner autonomy are described as crucial concepts in technology-enhanced language learning by the author. Using a mixed-methods approach, Portugal delves into the learning process of his own students from an English teacher-researcher perspective. He focuses on exploring the following issues: the accuracy of his students' self-assessment of their English competence (their strengths and weaknesses) in light of their final marks, his students' uptake of the information on their weaknesses (whether they take action to improve them or not), and student perceptions of whether they have become more autonomous learners in the specific technologyenhanced learning setup and how they might have achieved that. Portugal used qualitative methods to investigate his students' ability to self-assess their strengths and weaknesses in English and a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze their learner autonomy manifested in the use of the course wiki. The instruments he used were the student self-assessment reports, the final exam grades,
The paper presents the research of the development process of a unique women’s clothing collection with complex, structural sleeve forms. Using the 2D/3D CAD systems for computer clothing design, 15 models of women’s clothing with structural sleeve forms were constructed and modeled. Textile patterns were also computer-designed, as a preparation for digital printing on cutting parts of a particular clothing models. The computer clothing design included all the segments of the computer 3D prototype development, with the purpose of investigating the possibilities of modeling and 3D simulations of complex sleeve structures, which in the real manufacturing process require additional fixation of cutting parts. The influence of 3D simulation parameters, in correlation with the applied physical and mechanical properties of textile material, was investigated in order to achieve complex 3D forms of simulated clothing models. Color and textile patterns variations of computer-designed 3D models were developed with the purpose of achieving a realistic visualization of the designed clothing collection. Original prototypes were made for two selected models from the collection, with computer-designed textile patterns applied on a model using digital printing technology.
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