A New Methodology to Construct a Database of World University Exams

[EN] How can we improve the homogenization of university education around the world? This is the central question of our research. In order to answer it, we focus on the classic tool used to evaluate students: exams. The aim of our paper is to establish a methodology with which to construct a database of world university exams by academic field. The database would be available to professors and students worldwide, and both categories could use it to contrast their level in a certain subject. In this sense, our proposal aims to achieve two objectives: 1) to maximize the effectiveness of exams as a measurement of students´ knowledge; 2) to use exams as a tool to homogenize education within universities in a certain academic field.Pinar-Pérez, JM.; Fernandez-Moya, M.; Cuadros-Solas, P.; Salvador, C.; Morales-Arsenal, R. (2021). A New Methodology to Construct a Database of World University Exams. En Proceedings INNODOCT/20. International Conference on Innovation, Documentation and Education. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 89-94. https://doi.org/10.4995/INN2020.2020.11822OCS899

Mitigating deficiencies of generation Z through new educational methodologies in a business statistic course

[EN] Nowadays, most of the students in first course at University are from the socalled Generation Z. Since a young age, these students have been used digital technology such as internet, mobile phones, tablets and laptops developing certain skills. But a large majority of these students have some deficiencies such as low knowledge of mathematics, scarce levels of motivation, concentration or logical reasoning and little patience (they want to understand everything quickly). These characteristics must be improved being a hard work to do by teachers. New educational methodologies are being adapted taking into account these digital skills and mitigating the deficiencies observed in some students. This paper presents an analysis of the impact of using new methodological techniques in a business statistics course. The work focuses on the problem of increase the student´s motivation through the use of new digital tools such as video-lessons, screencasts and flipped classroom combined with neuroeducation techniques. Our hypothesis is mitigating the deficiencies of students through increasing their motivation. A multiple linear regression model to a set of students is carried out. Empirical results show, in general, that females take advantage of this methodology implemented better than males. Moreover, students with “good” performance reach better outputs (higher final score and a deeper knowledge of the subject) if additional methodological tools are implemented in the traditional class. While, there is not improvement for “bad” students.Pinar-Pérez, JM.; Morales-Arsenal, R.; Fernandez-Moya, M.; Cuadros-Solas, P.; Salvador, C. (2021). Mitigating deficiencies of generation Z through new educational methodologies in a business statistic course. En Proceedings INNODOCT/20. International Conference on Innovation, Documentation and Education. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 81-88. https://doi.org/10.4995/INN2020.2020.11821OCS818

A hibrid approach in first course of statistics

At the moment an intense debate is taking place on the form in which we teach in the classrooms in the different educational levels facing two conceptions: the traditional one against the innovative one. The debate about what and how to teach takes on special relevance when we teach quantitative subjects in careers with a nonquantitative profile such as Business Administration degree and with academic curricula that have gone from five to four years. Additionally, we must also add that the current student arrive at university with new psycho-social characteristics make the traditional tools available to us obsolete, this inevitably means that we have to adapt to the new framework. For this, we propose a design of the classes based on a combination of: 1) a set of traditional strategies and materials, 2) a set of multimedia tools 3) a set of learning techniques based on the concepts of neuroscience (neuroeducation) and finally 4) the implementation of flipped classroom. The empirical results show: with regard to students: 1) better average grade, 2) lower variability grades and professors received better general assessments at the end of the course about thedynamics of the class

The impact of COVID-19 on teaching in statistics and operations research in higher education

This study analyzed the current situation of education in the context of the pandemic caused by COVID-19. The worldwide health emergency situation has caused the confinement of people and with it, the closure of centers and the transfer of face-to-face education to online education. Faced with these facts, teachers have had to adapt at a dizzying pace not only to new methodological approaches, but also to their own confinement, presenting high levels of stress. The purpose of this study is to offer a proposal that optimizes the work of education professionals in the current context of a pandemic through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) under the novel approach of the contributions of neuroeducation in the field of managing emotions and motivational processes, contributing to meaningful learning in students. The symbiosis of ICT and neuroeducation can make a great contribution to the paradigm shift that is taking place today.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft