Open AccessACTIVE LEARNING IN A SECOND YEAR SURVEYING COURSE
Author(s) -
Elena Rangelova,
Sheng Lun Cao
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
proceedings of the ... ceea conference
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2371-5243
DOI - 10.24908/pceea.vi0.13823
Subject(s) - geomatics , constructive , active learning (machine learning) , psychomotor learning , mathematics education , class (philosophy) , process (computing) , computer science , cognition , psychology , artificial intelligence , geography , cartography , neuroscience , operating system
As a course that develops both cognitive and psychomotor skills of geomatics engineering students, the second-year surveying course at the University of Calgary has been re-designed to include more active, constructive and interactive learning experiences. Classroom activities have been designed around the idea that a balance between the four levels of learning in the ICAP (interactive-constructive-active-passive) framework should be achieved. Passive learning is acceptable because it provides students with time to accumulate knowledge and overcome their initial uncertainty in the surveying classroom. Eventually, their learning undergoes transformation most notably during the interactive team-based field labs.
An observation protocol has been designed, which, in addition to mapping student learning, assesses the teaching and learning environment and specifically its student cognitive and behavioural engagement aspects. The provisional results in winter 2019 confirmed that the geomatics engineering students were more engaged in the learning process as the time spent practicing active and constructive learning accounted for 78% of the class time in three observed lectures.