Packaging design: learning through fictional cases or real cases? Comparative study of student performance over 8 academic years

Comunicació presentada a EDULEARN2019, 11th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (July 1-3, 2019, Palma, Mallorca, Spain).In the practical subjects of the Degrees in Industrial Design students usually apply theoretical knowledge to solve complex cases, but in many occasions these cases are only fictional. However, it is also possible to provide students with cases that respond to real needs, and on many occasions it is the companies that propose them through contests. Numerous experiences endorse the Competition-Based Learning (CBL) as a working methodology that improves the motivation of the students. But it is worth asking to what extent this motivation achieves a significant improvement in student performance. This paper hypothesizes that the performance of industrial design students is higher when they work to solve real cases than when they have to solve fictional cases. To demonstrate it, the average grades obtained during 8 academic years in a subject related to packaging are compared. Between 2011 and 2014, students were presented with a fictional case in which it was necessary to solve a specific need for a new type of packaging. Between 2015 and 2018 a similar exercise was planned, but based on real cases proposed by companies in the sector. In both cases, the exercise was planned during the central weeks of the semester, the students were given a similar period of time to develop them (around 4 weeks), and they were evaluated according to similar criteria. The results of this study show that the orientation of the exercises towards real cases through participation in contests seems to have a slight positive influence on student performance (+3.25%), so it is possible to demonstrate that the incorporation of CBL as a teaching methodology is generally positive for design students, given that it improves both their motivation and the quality of their proposals and has a positive impact on their performance

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Los notarios apostólicos de Granada a través de las legislaciones civil y eclesial

El estudio de cualquier Institución debe partir, necesariamente, de las normas legales que la han configurado en el tiempo. Por ello, el estudio del origen del notariado apostólico del arzobispado de Granada debe iniciarse con los estudios de los antecedentes más remotos para ver su génesis y evolución, pasando por las características intrínsecas que constituyen la estructura eclesial granadina y su evolución a lo largo del siglo XVI. Este estudio lo hacemos a través de tres aspectos diferentes: las normas emanadas de la Cancillería real, las generadas por la vaticana y sus aplicaciones directas al arzobispado de Granada.The study of any Institution must necessarily begin with the study of its legal situation over time. For this reason, to study the Apostolic Notaries of the Archbishopric of Granada we must begin by looking at its remotest past in order to appreciate its genesis and evolution, and we must also look at the intrinsic characteristics that constitute the structure of the Church in Granada and its evolution throughout the 16th century. This study is undertaken from three perspectives: the regulations published by the Royal Chancellery, those published by the Vatican Chancellery and their direct application to the Archbishopric of Granada.the study of any Insti- The study of any Institution must necessarily begin with the study of its legal situation over time. For this reason, to study the Apostolic Notaries of the Archbishopric of Granada we must begin by looking at its remotest past in order to appreciate its genesis and evolution, and we must also look at the intrinsic characteristics that constitute the structure of the Church in Granada and its evolution throughout the 16th century. This study is undertaken from three perspectives: the regulations published by the Royal Chancellery, those published by the Vatican Chancellery and their direct application to the Archbishopric of Granada