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Papers by Susana Romero
Ninth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality (TEEM'21), 2021
This paper is part of a research related to the application of educational data mining and proces... more This paper is part of a research related to the application of educational data mining and processes derived from learning and academic analytics. The aim is to identify situations of early dropout risk in undergraduate students and to be able to act proactively through academic tutoring sessions. First-year university students must adapt to a new centre and new teaching methodologies, in numerous cases derived from situations such as the current global pandemic. Therefore, adapting to the new situation and the changes in their study habits that it implies are essential in order to successfully complete and successfully adjust to the course. This article carries out an analytical study of the probability of students dropping out based on various samples collected in the first semester in order to detect at an early stage those students who are likely to have difficulties in passing the course or who could drop out. To corroborate the results, they have been compared with the perception of the tutors of each of the students surveyed in order to be able to act proactively. A prediction was made from the relationship established between the variables studied of the percentage of newly enrolled students who will have no problems in their studies, those who will drop out in the first year and those who have a high probability of dropping out. Tutors will have to carry out an exhaustive monitoring of this entire segment through the application of motivation and support techniques that will enable them to redirect their choices.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2020
WebLab-Deusto is a learning environment used at the University of Deusto as the landing platform ... more WebLab-Deusto is a learning environment used at the University of Deusto as the landing platform to several remote laboratories currently used in high school and university level courses. One of these remote labs is VISIR, a remote electricity kit that can be used in teaching DC and AC circuits. As happens in any openended educational environment, it is difficult to assess the learning effects of this tool. Fortunately the communication between the users and the VISIR remote lab in the WeblabDeusto leaves behind a set of log information that can be analyzed. This contribution presents our current work-in-progress in analyzing these logs for better understanding the learning processes that take place when using this remote lab.
Aprendizaje, Innovación y Cooperación como impulsores del cambio metodológico, 2019
Teaching planning is one of the many competencies that a teacher must develop in order to provide... more Teaching planning is one of the many competencies that a teacher must develop in order to provide quality teaching. At the University of Deusto it is verified through two documents: the program and the learning guide. The preparation of these two instruments requires, not only face-to-face courses, but also up-to-date and easily accessible supporting materials. A "subject for teachers" has been designed, implemented and validated as part of an innovation project and thanks to the use of ICTs that accompanies these face-to-face courses on the institutional platform. The use of the platform itself is not the innovation, but the way in which the Didactic Unit has been designed: following the learning cycle established at the University, and using active methodologies, varied resources and a process of formative evaluation and feedback. This way, not only are teachers trained in contents, but they are also provided with a Unit that serves as an example of what they are asked to do in their own subjects. The results in terms of the follow-up of the phases, the fulfilment of the goals and the impact indicators have been very satisfactory.
?Es posible mejorar la calidad de la ensenanza utilizando Internet? En el trabajo se presentan do... more ?Es posible mejorar la calidad de la ensenanza utilizando Internet? En el trabajo se presentan dos simuladores de computadores basicos utilizando como soporte Internet. Las aplicaciones a presentar confirman las posibilidades que un Internet bien utili
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](Innovaciones docentes en tiempos de pandemia., 2021
Resumen-Motivar al alumno de primer curso de grado, no solo mejora su grado de satisfacción y su ... more Resumen-Motivar al alumno de primer curso de grado, no solo mejora su grado de satisfacción y su rendimiento, sino que puede prevenir el riesgo de abandono temprano de los estudios. En este sentido, para potenciar la motivación se antoja como estrategia importante trabajar las competencias específicas desde un abordaje transversal, menos específico y que permita al alumno vislumbrar las potencialidades de sus estudios y de sus relaciones entre iguales. El presente artículo muestra el resultado de dos actividades transversales realizadas en el primer curso del grado de Estudios en Arquitectura, donde el trabajo en equipo es esencial para su entrega. Los resultados han permitido identificar tanto fortalezas como debilidades de cada práctica gracias a su enfoque mixto (cuantitativo / cualitativo), lo que permitirá un rediseño de las actividades para el siguiente curso. Palabras clave: competencias transversales, trabajo en equipo, innovación pedagógica, estudios mixtos.
IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje
Revista de Investigación Educativa
The evaluation of the quality of university teaching has become for the last decade a topic of ma... more The evaluation of the quality of university teaching has become for the last decade a topic of maximum relevance due to the impact it has on the new approach proposed in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and due to the change in the role that teachers must play. This article presents a pioneering system in the way the quality of teaching is evaluated through a double quality Label: I Design and Planning and II Implementation. The analyses and results presented refer exclusively to the label I applied for ten years. During this time, a total of 1930 teacher reports have been issued and 379 of them have been analysed through a stratified probabilistic sample. The method used was basically quantitative with a qualitative complement. The results show that there has been an improvement in teacher quality linked to a decrease in errors throughout the process analysed. This leads to a debate on the relevance of evaluation as a means of improvement and not exclusively as a summative...
Learning and Collaboration Technologies: New Challenges and Learning Experiences
Información del libro Microcontroladores PIC: diseño práctico de aplicaciones. Segunda parte : PI... more Información del libro Microcontroladores PIC: diseño práctico de aplicaciones. Segunda parte : PIC 16F87X.
En esta comunicacion se presenta el cambio completo llevado a cabo en la asignatura Arquitectura ... more En esta comunicacion se presenta el cambio completo llevado a cabo en la asignatura Arquitectura de los Computadores, sobre todo en cuanto a metodologias de ensenanza-aprendizaje, para la adaptacion al Espacio Europeo de Educacion Superior. Se presentan asimismo los recursos utilizados y los resultados conseguidos.
Desde la implantacion en las universidades de nuevos procesos de ensenanza-aprendizaje para adapt... more Desde la implantacion en las universidades de nuevos procesos de ensenanza-aprendizaje para adaptarse a las pautas promovidas por la Declaracion de Bolonia, se pasa del docente como poseedor de conocimiento al docente como facilitador del aprendizaje. Los estudiantes deben adquirir competencias y no solo contenidos, y maxime cuando las titulaciones son tecnicas, las competencias practicas se convierten en algo fundamental en las asignaturas. Este nuevo enfoque del contexto experiencial es acompanado de cambios en la evaluacion: esta debe ser continua, evaluando el proceso y no solo el producto final, y con recursos acordes a las competencias que se quieren trabajar y evaluar. En las carreras tecnicas esto se traduce en la utilizacion de laboratorios para cubrir dichas competencias practicas y su evaluacion, con los problemas tecnicos, logisticos y de tiempo que ello conlleva. En este contexto se desarrolla este trabajo de investigacion, dentro de la Facultad de Ingenieria de la Univ...
Sensors
Qualitative research activities, including first-day of class surveys and user experience intervi... more Qualitative research activities, including first-day of class surveys and user experience interviews on completion of a subject were carried out to obtain students’ feedback in order to improve the design of the subject ‘Information Systems’ as a part of a general initiative to enhance ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) engineering programs. Due to the COVID-19 (corona virus disease 2019) pandemic, La Salle URL adopted an Emergency Remote Teaching tactical solution in the second semester of the 2019–2020 academic year, just before implementing a strategic learning approach based on a new Smart Classroom (SC) system deployed in the campus facilities. The latter solution was developed to ensure that both on-campus and off-campus students could effectively follow the course syllabus through the use of new technological devices introduced in classrooms and laboratories, reducing the inherent difficulties of online learning. The results of our findings show: (1) No major co...
Innovaciones docentes en tiempos de pandemia.
Universal Access in the Information Society
This study focuses on a case study developed at a higher education institution, which comprises d... more This study focuses on a case study developed at a higher education institution, which comprises developing a new virtual teaching unit (VTU) aimed at supporting classroom teaching based on usability and accessibility criteria to help increase teaching quality by improving syllabus design. This study seeks to determine the impact of this new VTU on transfer and to assess the quality of its intervention without disregarding project sustainability by selecting the information and communication technologies that were used. After contextualizing and briefly introducing the primary variables of the project, this study describes how good practices have been developed as well as presents the corresponding results and the conclusions. The overall assessment reveals highly satisfactory results, both in terms of impact and intervention, regarding usability, accessibility, transfer, and sustainability.
Sustainability
At the UN Summit in New York 2015 it was agreed that a sustainable development of the planet is e... more At the UN Summit in New York 2015 it was agreed that a sustainable development of the planet is essential to strengthen universal peace in a broader capacity. On that basis, a call was made to all nations to achieve this through the 2030 Agenda. The issue is a complex one, as is evident from its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their interwoven interaction. Engineering plays a leading role in achieving the great majority of the SDGs. For this reason, engineering education should focus its efforts on training engineers to be active agents of sustainability in the world. Our research question is, in fact, how the engineering higher education institutions around the world are deploying the 2030 Agenda. To answer it, we carried out a systematic review of the literature regarding SDGs and engineering schools in the Scopus and Web of Science (WOS) databases. We applied PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses) methodology and, as a result, 22 p...
Desarrollo De Competencias Y Creditos Transferibles Experiencia Multidisciplinar En El Contexto Universitario 2007 Isbn 978 84 271 2887 3 Pags 181 196, 2007
Ninth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality (TEEM'21), 2021
This paper is part of a research related to the application of educational data mining and proces... more This paper is part of a research related to the application of educational data mining and processes derived from learning and academic analytics. The aim is to identify situations of early dropout risk in undergraduate students and to be able to act proactively through academic tutoring sessions. First-year university students must adapt to a new centre and new teaching methodologies, in numerous cases derived from situations such as the current global pandemic. Therefore, adapting to the new situation and the changes in their study habits that it implies are essential in order to successfully complete and successfully adjust to the course. This article carries out an analytical study of the probability of students dropping out based on various samples collected in the first semester in order to detect at an early stage those students who are likely to have difficulties in passing the course or who could drop out. To corroborate the results, they have been compared with the perception of the tutors of each of the students surveyed in order to be able to act proactively. A prediction was made from the relationship established between the variables studied of the percentage of newly enrolled students who will have no problems in their studies, those who will drop out in the first year and those who have a high probability of dropping out. Tutors will have to carry out an exhaustive monitoring of this entire segment through the application of motivation and support techniques that will enable them to redirect their choices.
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2020
WebLab-Deusto is a learning environment used at the University of Deusto as the landing platform ... more WebLab-Deusto is a learning environment used at the University of Deusto as the landing platform to several remote laboratories currently used in high school and university level courses. One of these remote labs is VISIR, a remote electricity kit that can be used in teaching DC and AC circuits. As happens in any openended educational environment, it is difficult to assess the learning effects of this tool. Fortunately the communication between the users and the VISIR remote lab in the WeblabDeusto leaves behind a set of log information that can be analyzed. This contribution presents our current work-in-progress in analyzing these logs for better understanding the learning processes that take place when using this remote lab.
Aprendizaje, Innovación y Cooperación como impulsores del cambio metodológico, 2019
Teaching planning is one of the many competencies that a teacher must develop in order to provide... more Teaching planning is one of the many competencies that a teacher must develop in order to provide quality teaching. At the University of Deusto it is verified through two documents: the program and the learning guide. The preparation of these two instruments requires, not only face-to-face courses, but also up-to-date and easily accessible supporting materials. A "subject for teachers" has been designed, implemented and validated as part of an innovation project and thanks to the use of ICTs that accompanies these face-to-face courses on the institutional platform. The use of the platform itself is not the innovation, but the way in which the Didactic Unit has been designed: following the learning cycle established at the University, and using active methodologies, varied resources and a process of formative evaluation and feedback. This way, not only are teachers trained in contents, but they are also provided with a Unit that serves as an example of what they are asked to do in their own subjects. The results in terms of the follow-up of the phases, the fulfilment of the goals and the impact indicators have been very satisfactory.
?Es posible mejorar la calidad de la ensenanza utilizando Internet? En el trabajo se presentan do... more ?Es posible mejorar la calidad de la ensenanza utilizando Internet? En el trabajo se presentan dos simuladores de computadores basicos utilizando como soporte Internet. Las aplicaciones a presentar confirman las posibilidades que un Internet bien utili
Innovaciones docentes en tiempos de pandemia., 2021
Resumen-Motivar al alumno de primer curso de grado, no solo mejora su grado de satisfacción y su ... more Resumen-Motivar al alumno de primer curso de grado, no solo mejora su grado de satisfacción y su rendimiento, sino que puede prevenir el riesgo de abandono temprano de los estudios. En este sentido, para potenciar la motivación se antoja como estrategia importante trabajar las competencias específicas desde un abordaje transversal, menos específico y que permita al alumno vislumbrar las potencialidades de sus estudios y de sus relaciones entre iguales. El presente artículo muestra el resultado de dos actividades transversales realizadas en el primer curso del grado de Estudios en Arquitectura, donde el trabajo en equipo es esencial para su entrega. Los resultados han permitido identificar tanto fortalezas como debilidades de cada práctica gracias a su enfoque mixto (cuantitativo / cualitativo), lo que permitirá un rediseño de las actividades para el siguiente curso. Palabras clave: competencias transversales, trabajo en equipo, innovación pedagógica, estudios mixtos.
IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje
Revista de Investigación Educativa
The evaluation of the quality of university teaching has become for the last decade a topic of ma... more The evaluation of the quality of university teaching has become for the last decade a topic of maximum relevance due to the impact it has on the new approach proposed in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and due to the change in the role that teachers must play. This article presents a pioneering system in the way the quality of teaching is evaluated through a double quality Label: I Design and Planning and II Implementation. The analyses and results presented refer exclusively to the label I applied for ten years. During this time, a total of 1930 teacher reports have been issued and 379 of them have been analysed through a stratified probabilistic sample. The method used was basically quantitative with a qualitative complement. The results show that there has been an improvement in teacher quality linked to a decrease in errors throughout the process analysed. This leads to a debate on the relevance of evaluation as a means of improvement and not exclusively as a summative...
Learning and Collaboration Technologies: New Challenges and Learning Experiences
Información del libro Microcontroladores PIC: diseño práctico de aplicaciones. Segunda parte : PI... more Información del libro Microcontroladores PIC: diseño práctico de aplicaciones. Segunda parte : PIC 16F87X.
En esta comunicacion se presenta el cambio completo llevado a cabo en la asignatura Arquitectura ... more En esta comunicacion se presenta el cambio completo llevado a cabo en la asignatura Arquitectura de los Computadores, sobre todo en cuanto a metodologias de ensenanza-aprendizaje, para la adaptacion al Espacio Europeo de Educacion Superior. Se presentan asimismo los recursos utilizados y los resultados conseguidos.
Desde la implantacion en las universidades de nuevos procesos de ensenanza-aprendizaje para adapt... more Desde la implantacion en las universidades de nuevos procesos de ensenanza-aprendizaje para adaptarse a las pautas promovidas por la Declaracion de Bolonia, se pasa del docente como poseedor de conocimiento al docente como facilitador del aprendizaje. Los estudiantes deben adquirir competencias y no solo contenidos, y maxime cuando las titulaciones son tecnicas, las competencias practicas se convierten en algo fundamental en las asignaturas. Este nuevo enfoque del contexto experiencial es acompanado de cambios en la evaluacion: esta debe ser continua, evaluando el proceso y no solo el producto final, y con recursos acordes a las competencias que se quieren trabajar y evaluar. En las carreras tecnicas esto se traduce en la utilizacion de laboratorios para cubrir dichas competencias practicas y su evaluacion, con los problemas tecnicos, logisticos y de tiempo que ello conlleva. En este contexto se desarrolla este trabajo de investigacion, dentro de la Facultad de Ingenieria de la Univ...
Sensors
Qualitative research activities, including first-day of class surveys and user experience intervi... more Qualitative research activities, including first-day of class surveys and user experience interviews on completion of a subject were carried out to obtain students’ feedback in order to improve the design of the subject ‘Information Systems’ as a part of a general initiative to enhance ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) engineering programs. Due to the COVID-19 (corona virus disease 2019) pandemic, La Salle URL adopted an Emergency Remote Teaching tactical solution in the second semester of the 2019–2020 academic year, just before implementing a strategic learning approach based on a new Smart Classroom (SC) system deployed in the campus facilities. The latter solution was developed to ensure that both on-campus and off-campus students could effectively follow the course syllabus through the use of new technological devices introduced in classrooms and laboratories, reducing the inherent difficulties of online learning. The results of our findings show: (1) No major co...
Innovaciones docentes en tiempos de pandemia.
Universal Access in the Information Society
This study focuses on a case study developed at a higher education institution, which comprises d... more This study focuses on a case study developed at a higher education institution, which comprises developing a new virtual teaching unit (VTU) aimed at supporting classroom teaching based on usability and accessibility criteria to help increase teaching quality by improving syllabus design. This study seeks to determine the impact of this new VTU on transfer and to assess the quality of its intervention without disregarding project sustainability by selecting the information and communication technologies that were used. After contextualizing and briefly introducing the primary variables of the project, this study describes how good practices have been developed as well as presents the corresponding results and the conclusions. The overall assessment reveals highly satisfactory results, both in terms of impact and intervention, regarding usability, accessibility, transfer, and sustainability.
Sustainability
At the UN Summit in New York 2015 it was agreed that a sustainable development of the planet is e... more At the UN Summit in New York 2015 it was agreed that a sustainable development of the planet is essential to strengthen universal peace in a broader capacity. On that basis, a call was made to all nations to achieve this through the 2030 Agenda. The issue is a complex one, as is evident from its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their interwoven interaction. Engineering plays a leading role in achieving the great majority of the SDGs. For this reason, engineering education should focus its efforts on training engineers to be active agents of sustainability in the world. Our research question is, in fact, how the engineering higher education institutions around the world are deploying the 2030 Agenda. To answer it, we carried out a systematic review of the literature regarding SDGs and engineering schools in the Scopus and Web of Science (WOS) databases. We applied PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses) methodology and, as a result, 22 p...
Desarrollo De Competencias Y Creditos Transferibles Experiencia Multidisciplinar En El Contexto Universitario 2007 Isbn 978 84 271 2887 3 Pags 181 196, 2007