A Student Workload Estimator Tool: Rethinking Modular Credit

This paper aims to develop a Student Workload Estimator tool for University students. Traditionally, modular credit has been used as a student workload indicator at a purely time-based stage. This needs rethinking keeping in view the changing educational settings. The paper presents a basic student...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Lai, Liwen, Wadhwa, Bimlesh
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/145634
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/145634
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Higher Education
Learning
Educational systems
Teaching
Data Collection
Modular Credit
Objective Workload
Subjective Workload
Workload Estimator
Student Workload Model
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Sumario:This paper aims to develop a Student Workload Estimator tool for University students. Traditionally, modular credit has been used as a student workload indicator at a purely time-based stage. This needs rethinking keeping in view the changing educational settings. The paper presents a basic student workload model built to assess student workload in a more realistic and detailed manner taking into consideration objective factors as well as subjective factors for personalized model. It presents a mechanism for data collection of course workload as well as of the students’ subjective perceptions for the workload estimator. The outcomes are expected to provide more insights than only estimated weekly working hours indicated by modular credit, thus allowing students to make more informed decisions for a suitable academic path and to help reduce the course dropping rate. Deliverables of the work include a data collection tool and a workload estimator tool.