Constructing a Proactive Learning System Based on Structural Tension

• Main Authors: Kun-Hong Du, 杜昆鴻
• Other Authors: 鍾興臺
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/94775337354168153359

碩士 === 淡江大學 === 資訊工程學系碩士班 === 97 === This research proposes a new approach to proactive learning based on structural tension and can be effectively carried out in the course-taking process. Two kinds of tension are created -- BasReq and AdvReq. BasReq is the basic requirement in which students are asked to keep up with teacher’s progress every week. AdvReq is the advanced requirement in which students are asked to keep improving everyday about those relevant to their needs in order to enhance their learning, and ultimately achieving happy learning in their mindsets. Students need to submit their BasReq and AdvReq every week to show what they have improved. Based on these BasReqs and AdvReqs, a teacher can dynamically adjust his/her teaching strategy and course materials to keep appropriate tension in order to help students keep improve themselves. Our experiments began on four classes, about 300 students, in the spring semester of 2009, using Excel for BasReq and AdvReq in Moodle’s platform. At the end of the semester, we conducted a survey anonymously and want to see how much improvement students have been made in the whole semester. The results show that four classes all have significant improvement on both BasReq and AdvReq. However, it created tremendous load for the teacher in the whole process. This initiates our development of a system that not only can lesson teacher’s load but also can facilitate both teacher and student needs. A prototype system is thus constructed using Google Web Toolkit in cooperation with Moodle.