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Obada DO, Bako RB, Ahmed AS, Anafi FO, Eberemu AO, Dodoo-Arhin D, Oyedeji AN, Salami KA, Samuel BO, Samuel ET, Obada IB. Teaching bioengineering using a blended online teaching and learning strategy: a new pedagogy for adapting classrooms in developing countries. Educ Inf Technol (Dordr) 2022; 28:4649-4672. [PMID: 36311036 PMCID: PMC9589752 DOI: 10.1007/s10639-022-11330-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Research and academia have been recently affected by the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and physical classrooms and laboratory experiments have been affected significantly due to the recent laboratory closures. This has led to innovative approaches to curb this problem. To address these difficulties in teaching bioengineering related courses that is of significant interest to students of the Faculty of Engineering in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, and of course, useful for engineering-based higher education institutions (HEI), a transitional pedagogy: Communicate, Active, Collaborate, Problem-based Solving, Learning and Assessment (CACPLA), which encompasses blended learning, was developed as a new teaching and learning strategy. In this study, we show that this new strategy can initiate a steady transition from physical classrooms to full online instruction for some subjects in engineering. This method has been trialled as an exercise for a module as part of an envisioned biomedical engineering degree programme which can be integrated with local industries and research institutions in sub-Saharan Africa. The teaching materials and environment were carefully designed and 253 students of third and final year classes participated as the experimental group. Also, the effect of critical thinking, pre-lecture, and post lecture on the overall performance of the students was assessed. Two questionnaires were designed for data collection, (a) for technical questions, (b) for receptiveness. The result of a student survey suggests favourable reception of the teaching methodology, which aided their understanding of the general bioengineering concept as applied to the materials chemistry and mechanical measurements context. It was noticed that 80% of the students indicated that the blended learning method was sufficient in achieving the learning outcomes of the study. The method is envisioned as a useful and sustainable complement to traditional teaching pedagogies and workshops due to the convenience and relatively high accessibility to Zoom and Google Meet Apps which can be readily employed without incurring significant costs.
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- David O. Obada
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Multifunctional Materials Laboratory, Shell Office Complex, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Educational Foundations and Curriculum, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Africa Centre of Excellence on New Pedagogies in Engineering Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Multifunctional Materials Laboratory, Shell Office Complex, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
- Multifunctional Materials Laboratory, Shell Office Complex, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
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- Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Baze University, Abuja, Nigeria
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Feist A, Plummer R, Baird J, Mitchell SJ. Examining Collaborative Processes for Climate Change Adaptation in New Brunswick, Canada. Environ Manage 2020; 65:665-677. [PMID: 32215695 DOI: 10.1007/s00267-020-01284-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Collaboration is a proposed strategy to address super wicked environmental problems, such as climate change. Yet, understanding how it works for climate change adaptation is nascent. This research aims to advance the understanding of this by a cross-case analysis of three cases in New Brunswick, Canada. We sought to illuminate the inner workings of multiparty collaboration in the context of community climate change adaptation; identify important qualities of the process and outcomes from it, and probe their relationships; and, explore how they come about in practice. A questionnaire was sent to individuals involved in cases and key informant interviews were conducted. Results reveal case-specific variations, but more importantly, common qualities and outcomes across the cases. They offer key insight into elements which may be important in collaborative settings. These are informative for influencing the uptake of collaborative strategies in climate change adaptation and offer the opportunity to better understand their functional effectiveness.
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- Alison Feist
- Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Niagara Region, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1, Canada.
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- Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Niagara Region, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1, Canada
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- Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Niagara Region, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1, Canada
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Drivenes K, Haaland VØ, Hauge YL, Vederhus JK, Irgens AC, Solli KK, Regevik H, Falk RS, Tanum L. Discrepancy in Ratings of Shared Decision Making Between Patients and Health Professionals: A Cross Sectional Study in Mental Health Care. Front Psychol 2020; 11:443. [PMID: 32265780 PMCID: PMC7108784 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Background A defined goal in mental health care is to increase the opportunities for patients to more actively participate in their treatment. This goal includes integrating aspects of user empowerment and shared decision-making (SDM) into treatment courses. To achieve this goal, more knowledge is needed about how patients and therapists perceive this integration. Objective To explore patient experiences of SDM, to describe differences between patient and therapist experiences, and to identify patient factors that might reduce SDM experiences for patients compared to the experiences of their therapists. Methods This cross-sectional study included 992 patients that had appointments with 267 therapists at Sørlandet Hospital, Division of Mental Health during a 1-week period. Both patients and therapists completed the CollaboRATE questionnaire, which was used to rate SDM experiences. Patients reported demographic and treatment-related information. Therapists provided clinical information. Results The analysis included 953 patient-therapist responder pairs that completed the CollaboRATE questionnaire. The mean SDM score was 80.7 (SD 20.8) among patients, and 86.6 (SD 12.1) among therapists. Females and patients that did not use medication for mental health disorders reported higher SDM scores than males and patients that used psychiatric medications (83.3 vs. 77.7; p < 0.001 and 82.6 vs. 79.8; p = 0.03, respectively). Patients with diagnoses involving psychotic symptoms reported lower SDM scores than all the other patients (66.8 vs. 82.3; p < 0.001). The probability that a patient would report lower SDM scores than their therapist was highest among patients that received involuntary treatment (OR 3.2, p = 0.02), patients with treatment durations longer than 2.2 years (OR 1.9, p = 0.001), and patients that required day care or in-patient care (OR 3.2, p = 0.01 and OR 3.2, p < 0.001, respectively). Conclusion We showed that both therapists and patients reported good SDM experiences in decisional situations, which indicated that SDM was implemented well. However, the SDM scores reported by in-patients and patients with prolonged or involuntary treatments were significantly lower than scores reported by their therapists. Our findings suggested that it remains a struggle in mental health care to establish a common understanding between patients and therapists in decisional processes regarding treatments for some patient groups.
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- Karin Drivenes
- Sørlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway.,Hospital Pharmacies Enterprise, South Eastern Norway, Oslo, Norway
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- Sørlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway.,Clinical Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Hospital Pharmacies Enterprise, South Eastern Norway, Oslo, Norway
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- Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,Department of R&D in Mental Health, Akershus University Hospital, L renskog, Norway.,OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
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- Sørlandet Hospital, Kristiansand, Norway.,Hospital Pharmacies Enterprise, South Eastern Norway, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Centre for Addiction Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway
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