Content Curation in E-Learning: A Case of Study with Spanish Engineering Students

Applied Sciences

Francisco José Muñoz-Rodríguez¹  Juan D. Aguilar-Peña¹  Catalina Rus-Casas¹  Dolores Eliche-Quesada²  M. Dolores La Rubia² 

[1] Department Electronics and Automatics Engineering, Campus Las Lagunillas, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain;Department of Chemical Environmental and Materials Engineering, Campus Las Lagunillas, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, Spain;

关键词: evaluation;    content curation;    digital tools;    higher education;    e-learning;    collaborative work;   

DOI  :  10.3390/app12063188

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Over the last decade, e-learning and the use of digital tools have received a great boost in higher education. This paper presents a content curation methodology to assess the acquisition of specific content and soft skills during the attainment of a Degree in Industrial Electronic Engineering at the University of Jaén. In this teaching–learning experience, 101 engineering students were involved in activities with digital tools related to content curation, and four steps were proposed: search, select, sense making, and share. As evaluation tools, a rubric and a questionnaire of the digital tools were proposed. Moreover, a curation index was defined in order to assess the degree of achievement of the content curation. The academic results after using the rubric were better than previous years. The average content curation index obtained was 53.53. Of the four evaluated steps, search and sense making had the lowest scores and, therefore, these steps should be further developed in the future. In addition, the Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin test and Pearson’s correlation were used for analyzing the results of the questionnaires. It was concluded that the experience had a great impact on the skills related to collaborative work, digital information management, and lifelong learning, which are transversal skills at the university level. Thus, the results highlight the great educational potential of content curation.

【 授权许可】

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