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Kulkarni, Uday
- Tool Based Learning: A Classroom Guide for Information Retrieval
Authors
1 B.V.B. College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli, IN
Source
Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Vol 29, No Spl Iss (2016), Pagination:Abstract
Students today have instant access to information through technology and the web, and they are able to manage their own acquisition of knowledge through informal learning, As a result, traditional teaching and learning methods are becoming less effective at engaging students and motivating them to achieve the desired goals. Today's students are presented with content-centric assignments that meet standards but lack a real-world context and opportunities for active participation. So a step was initiated to enhance the student learning by introducing tool based learning methodology, which provides the platform for better understanding of real world problems and able to develop deeper knowledge of the subject they are studying.
In this paper we discuss how we carried out the process of tool based learning approach for information retrieval(IR) course, This methodology looks at building a prototype for information retrieval applications which confine to recommendations, classifications or clustering based technics and using web as a medium for building up good interactive user friendly applications. This TBL provides a flavour of combining different technics of IR, where students need to have active participation; the overall results show the better performance in their thinking and problem solving skills. The semester end results reveal that they have achieved a good understanding of the concepts, techniques and tools that were used in the course to develop prototype applications.
Keywords
TBL, IR, Prototype, Program Outcomes.
- Enquiry Based Approach for Enhanced Learning in DBA Laboratory: A Case Study
Authors
1 Dept of ISE, BVBCET, IN
Source
Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Vol 29, No 2 (2015), Pagination: 77-82Abstract
This case study of categorized laboratory is basically to explore the effectiveness of structured enquiry in database application laboratory to encourage inquiry for the undergraduate students of Information Science & engg department. Enquiry based learning approaches enhance student's learning as compared to the conventional method. In enquiry based approach all the experiments are classified into four categories such as demonstration, exercise, structured enquiry and open ended experiment. During the year 2012-13 and 2013-14 batches, students are compared with respect to their exam score, understanding of concepts, analyzing and implementing the studied concepts, database design and the nature of problem statement given in the laboratory.
All the batches are given with different set of unique problem statements to avoid plagiarism and that really encouraged the students to study DBMS subject in depth, and also stimulated them to choose data mining and information retrieval subject, data engineering theme to build the capstone projects in their higher semesters.
This enquiry-based laboratory conduction has enhanced the students learning skills, stimulated to acquire content knowledge, problem solving skills, asking questions, and coming up with alternate design approaches for given problem. The results of this two years study give us a clear differentiation that inquiry based approach is better for students to acquire in depth knowledge and problem solving skills as compared to traditional approach where there was no categorization of lab experiments.