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In-service teachers’ self-perceptions of digital competence and OER use as determined by a xMOOC training course
(Elsevier, 2017-09)
Digital Competence (DC) is considered a driver for educational innovation since its immediate result is the production of new digital media resources for teaching such as Open Educational Resources (OER). This study aims ...
Spreading academic entrepreneurship: Made in Mexico
(Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, 2017-07)
This work presents REPITA (Research-Ecosystem-People-Intellectual Property-Transfer-Alignment), a prescriptive and repeatable model for successful technology-based academic entrepreneurship, synthesized from research of ...
Effects of Substrate Salinity and Nutrient Levels on Physiological Response, Yield, and Fruit Quality of Habanero Pepper
(American Society for Horticultural Sciences, 2014-06)
Although habanero peppers (Capsicum chinense, Jacq.) are highly appreciated as a result of their organoleptic and pungency properties, the crop faces edaphic stresses throughout Mexico. A study was conducted to determine ...
Guest Editorial Preface: Educational Innovation with a Multicultural Perspective
(IGI Global, 2015-03)
TEEM (Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality) Conference has the aim to deal with cur - rent complex problems regarding the Knowledge Society from a technological-based multicultural approach. This event ...
Impelling research productivity and impact through collaboration: a scientometric case study of knowledge management
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2017-07-11)
A case study for impelling university research productivity and impact through collaboration is presented. Scientometric results support the hypothesis that a knowledge management model increased research collaboration and ...
Strategy Based Instruction Facilitated by Technologies to Enhance Reading Comprehension
(Academy Publications, 2016-07)
This study was set to determine the level of reading comprehension achievement for university students when instructed cognitive and metacognitive strategies in a learning environment mediated by technologies. Accordingly, ...
Gamification in MOOCs: Engagement application test in energy sustainability courses
(IEEE, 2019-04)
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have triggered a sudden change in the educational scene. Its characteristics of being free, heterogeneous, multi-thematic, and fostering lifelong learning have completely changed the ...
Modifying the test of understanding graphs in kinematics
(The American Physical Society, 2017-08-31)
In this article, we present several modifications to the Test of Understanding Graphs in Kinematics. The most significant changes are (i) the addition and removal of items to achieve parallelism in the objectives (dimensions) ...
Test of understanding graphs in calculus: Test of students' interpretation of calculus graphs
(2017-01-01)
Studies show that students, within the context of mathematics and science, have difficulties understanding the concepts of the derivative as the slope and the concept of the antiderivative as the area under the curve. In ...
Student engagement as predictor of xMOOC completion: An analysis from five courses on energy sustainability
(2019)
MOOC are characterized as being courses to which a large number of students enroll, but only a
small fraction completes them. An understanding of students' engagement construct is essential
to minimize dropout rates. ...