TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a Mathematics On-line Project in Engineering Education
AU - Soares, Filomena
AU - Lopes, Ana Paula
AU - Cellmer, Anna
AU - Uukkivi, Anne
AU - Rebollar, Carolina
AU - Varela, Concepcion
AU - Feniser, Cristina
AU - Safiulina, Elena
AU - Bravo, Eugenio
AU - Kelly, Gerald
AU - Bilbao, Javier
AU - Cymerman, Joanna
AU - Brown, Ken
AU - Latõnina, Marina
AU - Labanova, Oksana
AU - Garcia, Olatz
AU - Bocanet, Vlad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Filomena Soares et al., published by De Gruyter.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Embracing tertiary education system represents the beginning of a transition and adjustment period for several students. Most of these have just finished high school where the environment is strictly defined, controlled, stable and attendance is mandatory. Higher Education changes the role of students' responsibility and this can cause stress and difficulty in the transition to self-directed learning and autonomy promotion. The purpose of this paper is to present an Erasmus+ project that brought together six Higher Education Institutions from different European countries and to describe its current stage. This project aims to develop a shared understanding of engineering mathematics at an early stage of tertiary education and to raise awareness of cultural, professional and educational issues. The initial focus of the work is on the partners' mutual interest in active learning, particularly the application of Information and Communication Technology in the field of engineering education. When finalised, the project hopes to provide students with a new authentic engineering mathematics subject which meets their needs. This is also the core reason why the on-line course will be composed using innovative pedagogics and ICT tools, as appropriate pedagogics supports students' procedural, conceptual and application understanding in mathematics and enhances digital competencies, literacy and skills.
AB - Embracing tertiary education system represents the beginning of a transition and adjustment period for several students. Most of these have just finished high school where the environment is strictly defined, controlled, stable and attendance is mandatory. Higher Education changes the role of students' responsibility and this can cause stress and difficulty in the transition to self-directed learning and autonomy promotion. The purpose of this paper is to present an Erasmus+ project that brought together six Higher Education Institutions from different European countries and to describe its current stage. This project aims to develop a shared understanding of engineering mathematics at an early stage of tertiary education and to raise awareness of cultural, professional and educational issues. The initial focus of the work is on the partners' mutual interest in active learning, particularly the application of Information and Communication Technology in the field of engineering education. When finalised, the project hopes to provide students with a new authentic engineering mathematics subject which meets their needs. This is also the core reason why the on-line course will be composed using innovative pedagogics and ICT tools, as appropriate pedagogics supports students' procedural, conceptual and application understanding in mathematics and enhances digital competencies, literacy and skills.
KW - Engineering Education
KW - Mathematics
KW - Multinational Cooperation
KW - Online Learning
KW - Technology Enhanced Learning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85104419168&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1515/edu-2019-0019
DO - 10.1515/edu-2019-0019
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85104419168
SN - 2544-7831
VL - 1
SP - 257
EP - 261
JO - Open Education Studies
JF - Open Education Studies
IS - 1
ER -