Adaptive tutorials to target Threshold Concepts in Mechanics - a community of practice approach

Prusty, GB; Russell, C; Ford, R; Ben-Naim, D; Ho, S; Vrcelj, Z; Marcus, N; McCarthey, TJ; Goldfinch, T; Ojeda, RE; Gardner, AP; Molyneaux, T; Hadgraft, RG

Adaptive tutorials to target Threshold Concepts in Mechanics - a community of practice approach

Prusty, GB Russell, C Ford, R Ben-Naim, D Ho, S Vrcelj, Z Marcus, N McCarthey, TJ Goldfinch, T Ojeda, RE Gardner, AP

Molyneaux, T Hadgraft, RG

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Publisher:: Engineers Australia
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE2011) - Developing Engineers for Social Justice: Community Involvement, Ethics & Sustainability, 2011, pp. 305 - 311
Issue Date:: 2011-01

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dc.contributor.author	Prusty, GB	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Russell, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ford, R	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ben-Naim, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ho, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Vrcelj, Z	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Marcus, N	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McCarthey, TJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Goldfinch, T	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ojeda, RE	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gardner, AP https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2764-591X	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Molyneaux, T	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hadgraft, RG	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Al-Abdeli, YM	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Lindsay, E	en_US
dc.date	2011-12-05	en_US
dc.date.issued	2011-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE2011) - Developing Engineers for Social Justice: Community Involvement, Ethics & Sustainability, 2011, pp. 305 - 311	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780858259980	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/29601
dc.description.abstract	We present our work on introducing Adaptive Tutorials in first and second year mechanics courses in Engineering. Adaptive Tutorials are interactive online modules where an Intelligent Tutoring System adapts the instruction level to learners, based on their individual performance. Through an ALTC-funded project, we formed a community of practice of Engineering Mechanics educators from a range of Australian universities. As a team, we began by identifying Threshold Concepts that if they are not grasped inhibit studentsâ learning before developing a set of Adaptive on-line Tutorials to target them. These Adaptive Tutorials were used by students throughout the first half of 2011, and were found to be both engaging and conducive to learning. In this paper, we present our approach and findings and discuss our strategy of giving educators pedagogical control over such advanced technologically-based instructional methods with the goal of increasing adoption and ultimately improving students learning.	en_US
dc.publisher	Engineers Australia	en_US
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dc.relation.ispartof	AAEE - Annual Conference of Australasian Association for Engineering Education	en_US
dc.title	Adaptive tutorials to target Threshold Concepts in Mechanics - a community of practice approach	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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Abstract:

We present our work on introducing Adaptive Tutorials in first and second year mechanics courses in Engineering. Adaptive Tutorials are interactive online modules where an Intelligent Tutoring System adapts the instruction level to learners, based on their individual performance. Through an ALTC-funded project, we formed a community of practice of Engineering Mechanics educators from a range of Australian universities. As a team, we began by identifying Threshold Concepts that if they are not grasped inhibit studentsâ learning before developing a set of Adaptive on-line Tutorials to target them. These Adaptive Tutorials were used by students throughout the first half of 2011, and were found to be both engaging and conducive to learning. In this paper, we present our approach and findings and discuss our strategy of giving educators pedagogical control over such advanced technologically-based instructional methods with the goal of increasing adoption and ultimately improving students learning.

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