Structural ambidexterity in higher education: excellence education as a testing ground for educational innovations

Gamification is a training model that encourages the inclusion of active methodologies into learning environments. The objective of this study is to analyze the effects of a gamified experience through virtual and face-to-face escape rooms as well as to determine the generated levels of fun, absorption, creative thinking, mastery, activation, absence of negative effects and student grades. A descriptive and correlational experimental design has been used. In total, 105 Spanish university students participated. The data was collected using a scale validated in the Spanish context called Gameful Experience in Gamification (GAMEX). The results reveal significant variability according to the training environment. In face-to-face environments, students’ fun and activation were promoted, generating pleasant entertainment experiences. In virtual environments, influence, autonomy, creativity, and exploration by students increased. Similarly, these environments shared high levels of spatio-temporal absorption and an absence of negative effects. Regarding the ratings, no statistically significant results that confirm their effectiveness depending on the environment were determined, but good scores were obtained. It is concluded that the choice of the gamified environment will depend on the dimensions and the goals that the teacher intends to achieve during the learning process.

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“…Nowadays, education faces a process of methodological transformation (Kolster, 2021). This situation is mainly due to various factors.…”

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Comparing Gamification Models in Higher Education Using Face-to-Face and Virtual Escape Rooms

Sánchez

Λαμπρόπουλος

Belmonte

2022

J. New Approaches Educ. Res.

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“…Various studies have focused on emotional intelligence and perceived organizational support, but studies focusing on the perspective of ambidextrous behavior and organizational ambidexterity are very scarce [69]. This research indicates that ambidexterity in higher education in the Indian context is not yet completely inferred.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Teaching is no exception among these, and it has a philanthropic reason [3,5]. Good human resource practices must also be used to enhance the ambidexterity of organization [53,69]. As a result, further research must observe something more akin to contextual ambidexterity, in which individuals navigate the social dimensions involved in both exploration and exploitation simultaneously [69].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Good human resource practices must also be used to enhance the ambidexterity of organization [53,69]. As a result, further research must observe something more akin to contextual ambidexterity, in which individuals navigate the social dimensions involved in both exploration and exploitation simultaneously [69]. This is especially true for teachers involved in both regular and excellence education [1,11].…”

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“…Several innovations made in the field of higher education can be examined through structural ambidexterity. The exploratory function is supported by the organizational structure [69].…”

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Antecedents of Emotional Intelligence: Perceived Organizational Support Impact on Ambidextrous Behavior of Standalone Business School Faculty

Gopinath¹,

Nawaz

Gajenderan

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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The present study was designed to examine the significance of emotional intelligence (EI), perceived organizational support (POS), and its impact on organizational ambidexterity of faculty members working with standalone business schools in southern India. The study argues that the moderating effect of emotional intelligence (EI) is significant in the association between perceived organizational support and two antecedents of organizational ambidexterity of faculty members. The research on institutional exploration and exploitation ambidexterity variants highlights vital ways to realize organizational ambidexterity. Very few researchers have investigated organizational ambidexterity in the higher education sector, and no research is available on standalone business school faculty members. The study proposes a novel research framework, and the findings reveal that perceived organizational support is highly influencing two antecedents of organizational ambidexterity. The research also observes a slight moderating effect of emotional intelligence between the association of perceived organizational support and organizational ambidexterity and the positive relationship identified among emotional intelligence, perceived organizational support and organizational ambidexterity.

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Escape rooms technology as a way of teaching mathematics to secondary school students

Alabdulaziz

2023

Educ Inf Technol

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The aim of this study is to determine whether Escape Rooms can be used as an active methodological approach for the purpose of teaching mathematics. The research adapted a quantitative approach via an experimental design. Two different study groups were established, the first of which comprised the control group who were taught using conventional training methods, and the second consisted of the experimental group, who were taught using a novel approach incorporating an Escape Room activity. The participants included 80 students who were all attending secondary school within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The findings revealed how the activity involving the Escape Room led to a significant enhancement in the student’s motivation, achievement and autonomy. The conclusion can be drawn that using an Escape Room in mathematics teaching can enhance learning achievement, anxiety, motivation and autonomy, with students’ negative attitudes regarding mathematics learning considered as an important variable, particularly with respect to autonomy and motivation. Hence, Escape Rooms can potentially be more effective than conventional methods for teaching mathematics.

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Structural ambidexterity in higher education: excellence education as a testing ground for educational innovations

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Comparing Gamification Models in Higher Education Using Face-to-Face and Virtual Escape Rooms

Comparing Gamification Models in Higher Education Using Face-to-Face and Virtual Escape Rooms

Antecedents of Emotional Intelligence: Perceived Organizational Support Impact on Ambidextrous Behavior of Standalone Business School Faculty

Escape rooms technology as a way of teaching mathematics to secondary school students

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