AIM 2004 Conference
Education for IM MSc engineer
in the 21th century
Item: Learning Methodologies
prof. Marco Garetti
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale – Politecnico di Milano (IT)
Warsaw – 04/09/2004
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Teaching & learning
Teaching is about ..
Promoting Understanding
i.e.
Facilitating Learning
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From data … to wisdom
Context
indipendence
wisdom
knowledge
understanding
principles
understanding
patterns
information
understanding
relations
data
Understanding
Source: http://www.outsights.com/systems/kmgmt/kmgmt.htm
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Teaching fundamentals
Teaching
style
Teaching
methodology
Content
Source: R. Vaccani, 2001
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Learning & emotion
Learning is closely related to effort and pleasure
Effort
Learning
Pleasure
What is hard or pleasant goes deep in our mind !
As a consequence, teaching must find a good
balance between effort and pleasure
Source: R. Vaccani, 2001
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Learning & emotion
Positive
emotion
Intensity
Negative
emotion
Ecstasy
Very high
Phobia
Pleasure
High
Fear
Motivation
Medium
Defence
Curiosity
Low
Vigilance
Indifference
Very low
Indifference
Source: R. Vaccani, 2001
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Teaching & knowledge
Type of knowledge
delivered
Knowledge useful for …
delivery
Understanding
Reasoning
Decision
Logics
(principles)
Methodology
Technique
Source: R. Vaccani, 2001
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Framework 1: Teaching Quality
TEACHING
METHODOLOGY
Lecture
CLASSROOM
Size
Case studies
Experimental
Learning
Composition
Background
Business Games
Pro-activity
Teaching Style
Multimedia
e-Learning
Games
Collaboration
technologies
TECHNOLOGY
SUPPORT
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TEACHING
QUALITY
Leadership
Emotional
Involvement
TEACHER
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Teaching style
• “Vertical” style:
Ex cathedra style,
good for logics and principles
• “Horizontal” style:
More familiar, calling for contribution,
good for case studies, discussion
Source: R. Vaccani, 2001
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Framework 1: Teaching Quality
TEACHING
METHODOLOGY
Lecture
CLASSROOM
Size
Case studies
Experimental
Learning
Composition
Background
Business Games
Pro-activity
Teaching Style
Multimedia
e-Learning
Games
Collaboration
technologies
TECHNOLOGY
SUPPORT
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TEACHING
QUALITY
Leadership
Emotional
Involvement
TEACHER
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Games & gaming
Simulation games promote systemic thinking and
learning …they provide for the participants
possibilities to understand their own work actions and
roles in a broader organizational context
Workshop on games in production management,
Aalborg, 1994
J.O.Riis, R.Smeds, R.Van Landeghem: Games in
Operations Management, Ghent, Belgium. IFIP, 2000
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Framework 1: Teaching Quality
TEACHING
METHODOLOGY
Lecture
CLASSROOM
Size
Case studies
Experimental
Learning
Composition
Background
Business Games
Pro-activity
Teaching Style
Multimedia
e-Learning
Games
Collaboration
technologies
TECHNOLOGY
SUPPORT
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TEACHING
QUALITY
Leadership
Emotional
Involvement
TEACHER
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Experimental learning
Prof. Riitta Smeds, University
of Helsinky
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Framework 1: Teaching Quality
TEACHING
METHODOLOGY
Lecture
CLASSROOM
Size
Case studies
Experimental
Learning
Composition
Background
Business Games
Pro-activity
Teaching Style
Multimedia
e-Learning
Games
Collaboration
technologies
TECHNOLOGY
SUPPORT
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TEACHING
QUALITY
Leadership
Emotional
Involvement
TEACHER
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E_learning: “key” design elements
1) Easiness of use
2) Integration of “on-line” and “face-to-face” learning
approaches
3) Support of different educational styles
4) Provision of integrated services
5) Flexible assembly of learning contents
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An e-learning platform: VIMIMS home page
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Integrated services
• Communication services:
- blackboard / agenda
• Interaction services:
- chat / forum / user home-page
• Evaluation services:
- self-assessment / examinations
• Administration services:
- course management
- edit course / edit quiz
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Analogy with a real Institute
• In analogy with a real Institute, an e-learning platform may be
divided in various sections:
- Lecture Theatres (used by registered teachers,
by students and by content providers)
- Content provider section (used by registered
teachers and by content providers)
- Laboratory (used by registered teachers, by
students, by lab-students and by content providers)
- Library (free)
- Virtual Tours (used by registered teachers, by
students and by content providers)
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Access to VIMIMS
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VIMIMS Lectures Theatre
User name
Access
mode
User desk section
Directory
General services
of courses
for
communication
and interaction
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Access to a course (1)
Directory
of course
contents &
Course
lab tools
home-page
Communication
& interaction
services
Administration
services
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Access to a course (2)
Learning
objects
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Course administration services
Selection of
services to
be allocated
Editing of
course homepage
to a course
List/edit course‘s
teachers/tutors
Manual
student
Display/modify/
registration
enter data on
students attending
a course
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Content Provider Workshop
Create a new
course
Directory
of learning
objects
Use of the
Web editor
Learning
object
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Instant web Editor
The web
Using the
editor
web editor
screen
to create
new pages
Editing
functions
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E-learning
Advantages
Drawbacks
- Asyncronous
learning
- Distance learning
- Unlimited classroom
- Easiness of
communication
- ….
- Large effort for
implementation
- Personal contact is
important
- ….
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Framework 2: Teaching changes
GLOBALISATION
Students from
different
Countries
CONTINUOUS
LEARNING
Longlife
Education
Mixture of
cultures
Training
CHANGES in
TEACHING
English Language
More Graphics
and visual aids
COMMUNICATION
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Sharing of
Knowledge objects
Multi - university
courses
COLLABORATION
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