Olle Bälter, Richard Glassey, Andreas Jemstedt and Daniel Bosk AbstractWe have evaluated a new pedagogical approach, pure question-based learning, or rather, a modern, digitized version of a really old approach: the Socratic method of learning. The pedagogical approach was evaluated and improved using a design-based research methodology. An online course was developed with pure question-based … Continue reading “New Publication: Pure Question-Based Learning”
Bälter, O., Kann, V., Mutimukwe, C. & Malmström, H. (2023). English-medium instruction and impact on academic performance: a randomized control study. Applied Linguistics Review. https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2022-0093 Open access athttps://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/applirev-2022-0093/html#APA AbstractStakeholders and researchers in higher education have long debated the consequences of English-medium instruction (EMI); a key assumption of EMI is that student’s academic learning through English … Continue reading “New publication: English-medium instruction and impact on academic performance: a randomized control study”
A randomized control study performed at KTH with assistance from Chalmers has finally answered the question on how the teaching language affects the students’ learning, and it is not looking good for teaching Swedish students in English: https://www.chalmers.se/en/current/news/worse-results-and-more-drop-outs-when-teaching-is-in-english,c3834271/
Olga presented Cultural differences in Students’ Privacy Concerns in LA across Germany, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and the US. Former TEL group member Chantal presented Online proctoring systems in higher education: Understanding stakeholders’ privacy perceptions and responsibilities with Olga as one of the co-authors. Olle held a workshop on developed together with Ric who cheered on … Continue reading “TEL group at NLASI 23 in Oulu, Finland”
The Swedish Institute announced the happy news today. For more information on the OneLearns project, see this link.
