The Ontology of Next Generation Smart Classrooms

Uskov, Vladimir; Bakken, Jeffrey P.; Pandey, Akshay

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-19875-0_1

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“…The online translation courses lack the physical presence of the learners that sharply affect the physical and even the mental communications between learners and their instructors. As such, the social constructivist theories of learning can address the problems of lack of academic socialisation in the e-learning courses through incorporating teaching strategies that require learners to collaborate, communicate, explore, and reflect (Uskov, Howlett, & Jain, 2015). In this domain, language learning is regarded to be an active and constructive process where learners are able to develop their language skills in relation to the surrounding environment.…”

Section: Analysis and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Implications of Online Translation Courses on Instructors’ Philosophy of Teaching

Ismail¹,

Alsager²,

Omar³

2019

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The paper aims to shed more insights into the impact of online learning on the philosophy of teaching online translation courses. It starts from the premise that online translation courses have peculiar epistemological and pedagogical characteristics which differ from those available in conventional teaching settings. The traditional styles of teaching translation courses have generally focused on linguistic competence and translation and interpreting skills with a little focus on the increasing demands and changing conditions of the translation industry. In spite of the effectiveness of online translation courses in addressing the needs of both translation students and labor market in terms of offering diverse programs and courses including computer-assisted translation tools, subtitling, document management, and localization software, different challenges remain unresolved. These challenges can be attributed to different factors including the lack of a reliable philosophy of teaching that addresses the peculiar epistemological and pedagogical characteristics of online learning. In order to explore the role of philosophy of teaching in the effectiveness and quality of online translation courses, twenty seven online instructors were interviewed about their philosophy of teaching and strategies of addressing the online learning problems and challenges. It is suggested that instructors' unawareness about the peculiar nature of online learning and learners' needs has negative implications on students' achievement and online learning process in general. Online translation instructors are thus recommended to integrate different teaching philosophies in order to improve interaction with students, better understand their needs, and prepare them for the translation industry and labor market.

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Section: Analysis and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Implications of Online Translation Courses on Instructors’ Philosophy of Teaching

Ismail¹,

Alsager²,

Omar³

2019

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“…), and present them for assessment during extracurricular events, such as "I am an Engineer" Innovative Project School and the National student conference "Energy and Enthusiasm of the Youth for Resource Efficient Technologies". EEE students presented their project both on the national level (victories in national student project competitions), and on the international one [2,3]. Basics of resource efficiency.…”

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“…In 2004 TPU launched the Elite Engineering Education learning pathway [1,2] that was developed using the experience of the world's leading universities in engineering education and project management: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (the Bernard M. Gordon program), the University of Toronto (the Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Innovation and Technology in Engineering (ELITE) program), Aalborg University, etc. This paper's goal is to analyze the efficiency of bachelor's training for creative professional activity based on engineering invention through the example of the Elite Engineering Education learning pathway implemented at TPU.…”

Section: Main Partmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…basic degree program pathway with basic curriculum (for students with high level of knowledge of natural sciences and mathematics and abilities not below average); pathway for studying a degree program with Elite Engineering Education (EEE) curriculum (for talented students with high level of knowledge of natural sciences and mathematics and abilities significantly above average) [1,2,5,7]; pathway for studying a degree program with adaptive curriculum (for students with low level of pre-university trallllllg in natural sciences and mathematics that need additional classes).…”

Section: Main Partmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Engineering education is one of the key components of successfully transitioning our country's economy to a whole new level, from raw materials economy to that of high technologies [2,3]. Modern tertiary education should be organized in a way that will allow to produce engineers with highly developed professional competencies, who will be able to comprehensively solve the cutting-edge issues in their industry [4][5][6][7][8].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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