Teaching Basic Ideas in Logic Using E-learning Tools

Peter Ohrstrom; Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen; Steinar Thorvaldsen; Thomas Ploug

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Teaching Basic Ideas in Logic Using E-learning Tools

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@ARTICLE{10.4108/eai.20-6-2017.152744,
    author={Peter Ohrstrom and Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen and Steinar Thorvaldsen and Thomas Ploug},
    title={Teaching Basic Ideas in Logic Using E-learning Tools},
    journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning},
    volume={4},
    number={13},
    publisher={EAI},
    journal_a={EL},
    year={2017},
    month={6},
    keywords={Syllogistics, argumentation, learning analytics, logical proofs, deduction, gamified quizzing, logic teaching.},
    doi={10.4108/eai.20-6-2017.152744}
}

Peter Ohrstrom
Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen
Steinar Thorvaldsen
Thomas Ploug
Year: 2017
Teaching Basic Ideas in Logic Using E-learning Tools
EL
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-6-2017.152744

Peter Ohrstrom¹^,*, Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen¹, Steinar Thorvaldsen², Thomas Ploug¹

1: Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Rendsburggade14, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark
2: Department of Education, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway

*Contact email: poe@hum.aau.dk

Abstract

This paper is a study of various e-learning strategies for teaching basic ideas in logic. The focus is mainly on syllogistic validity and deduction. It is a continuation of earlier studies involving practical experiments with students of Communication using the Syllog system, which makes it possible to develop e-learning tools and to do learning analytics based on log-data. The aim of the present paper is to investigate whether the Syllog e-learning tools can be helpful in logic teaching in order to obtain a better understanding of logic and argumentation in general and syllogisms in particular. Four versions of a course in basic logic involving different teaching methods will be compared. Both short- and longterm effects are discussed.

Keywords: Syllogistics, argumentation, learning analytics, logical proofs, deduction, gamified quizzing, logic teaching.

Received: 15th Jan 2017
Accepted: 13th Apr 2017
Published: 21st Jun 2017
Publisher: EAI

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.20-6-2017.152744

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