Applying and Evaluating Engagement and Application-Based Learning and Education (ENABLE): A Student-Centered Learning Pedagogy for the Course Database Management System

Abstract

Ahmedabad University has evolved a framework “ENABLE.” Through ENABLE, concepts are taught from the context of real world. Industry projects are assigned to groups of students where they get engaged in real scenarios. Theoretical concepts are introduced as and when needed during the project implementation. Faculty serve as facilitators rather than teachers. Grasping and understanding complex concepts become much easier through ENABLE. Students are evaluated continuously through quizzes, presentations, class participation, assignments, peer feedback, and so on. In this article, the detailed implementation of ENABLE for the course Database Management System has been described.

Advances in database systems education: Methods, tools, curricula, and way forward

“…Most of the students study in the institutes with the aim of only clearing the exams with the help of theoretical knowledge and very few students want to have practical experience (Wang & Chen, 2014;Zheng & Dong, 2011). To reduce the gap between the theory and its implementation, authors have proposed teaching methods to develop the student's interest in the real-world projects (Naik & Gajjar, 2021;Svahnberg et al, 2008;Taipalus et al, 2018). Moreover, Juxiang and Zhihong (2012) have proposed that the teaching organization starts from application (2008) explained that in particular conditions, there is a possibility to use students as subjects for experimental studies in DSE and influencing them by providing responses that are in line with industrial practice.…”