Research Article
Using the ThingLink Computer tool to Create a Meaningful Environmental Learning Scenario
@ARTICLE{10.4108/eai.21-2-2022.173457, author={J.A.F.A. Batista and M.M.P. Souza and T.D. Barros and Nishu Gupta and M.J.C.S. Reis}, title={Using the ThingLink Computer tool to Create a Meaningful Environmental Learning Scenario}, journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on Smart Cities}, volume={6}, number={17}, publisher={EAI}, journal_a={SC}, year={2022}, month={2}, keywords={Smart cities, Smart environment, Learning contexts, ThingLink, Computer tools, Spanish as a foreign language}, doi={10.4108/eai.21-2-2022.173457} }- J.A.F.A. Batista
M.M.P. Souza
T.D. Barros
Nishu Gupta
M.J.C.S. Reis
Year: 2022
Using the ThingLink Computer tool to Create a Meaningful Environmental Learning Scenario
SC
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.21-2-2022.173457
Abstract
The primary objective of a smart city is to optimize city functions and promote economic growth, while also improving the quality of life for citizens by using smart technologies and data analysis. Within this context, this article presents a learning scenario which is built with the “ThingLink” computer tool. This learning scenario was applied in an educational context of teaching Spanish as a foreign language. Active methodologies have been used so that students, at their own pace, with the help of the teacher, could not just develop subject-specific skills, but also transversal skills, in a perspective of education for an informed citizenship, interventional and responsible. A significant global improvement of 14.39 % in students’ performance was verified, the number of grades below 50% was greater in the test applied before the completion of the learning activities, and the number of maximum grades was lower in the test applied before the completion of the learning activities.
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