Adaptive tutorials to target threshold concepts in mechanics : a community of practice approach

Gangadhara B. Prusty; Carol Russell; Robin Ford; Dror Ben-Naim; Shaowei Ho; Zora Vrcelj; Nadine Marcus; Timothy McCarthy; Tom Goldfinch; Roberto Ojeda; Anne Gardner; Tom Molyneaux; Roger Hadgraft

Adaptive tutorials to target threshold concepts in mechanics : a community of practice approach

Gangadhara B. Prusty, Carol Russell, Robin Ford, Dror Ben-Naim, Shaowei Ho, Zora Vrcelj, Nadine Marcus, Timothy McCarthy, Tom Goldfinch, Roberto Ojeda, Anne Gardner, Tom Molyneaux, Roger Hadgraft

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

![CDATA[We present our work on introducing Adaptive Tutorials in first and second year mechanics courses in Engineering. Adaptive Tutorials are interactive online modules where an Intelligent Tutoring System adapts the instruction level to learners, based on their individual performance. Through an ALTC-funded project, we formed a community of practice of Engineering Mechanics educators from a range of Australian universities. As a team, we began by identifying Threshold Concepts that if they are not grasped inhibit students’ learning before developing a set of Adaptive on-line Tutorials to target them. These Adaptive Tutorials were used by students throughout the first half of 2011, and were found to be both engaging and conducive to learning. In this paper, we present our approach and findings and discuss our strategy of giving educators pedagogical control over such advanced technologically-based instructional methods with the goal of increasing adoption and ultimately improving students learning.]]

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education: Developing Engineers for Social Justice: Community Involvement, Ethics & Sustainability: 5-7 December 2011, Fremantle, Western Australia
Publisher	Engineers Australia
Pages	305-311
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9780858259980
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	Australasian Association for Engineering Education. Conference - Duration: 5 Dec 2011 → …

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Conference	Australasian Association for Engineering Education. Conference
Period	5/12/11 → …

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mechanics
study and teaching (higher)
computer-assisted instruction

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Prusty, G. B., Russell, C., Ford, R., Ben-Naim, D., Ho, S., Vrcelj, Z., Marcus, N., McCarthy, T., Goldfinch, T., Ojeda, R., Gardner, A., Molyneaux, T., & Hadgraft, R. (2011). Adaptive tutorials to target threshold concepts in mechanics : a community of practice approach. In Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education: Developing Engineers for Social Justice: Community Involvement, Ethics & Sustainability: 5-7 December 2011, Fremantle, Western Australia (pp. 305-311). Engineers Australia.

Prusty, Gangadhara B. ; Russell, Carol ; Ford, Robin et al. / Adaptive tutorials to target threshold concepts in mechanics : a community of practice approach. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education: Developing Engineers for Social Justice: Community Involvement, Ethics & Sustainability: 5-7 December 2011, Fremantle, Western Australia. Engineers Australia, 2011. pp. 305-311

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Adaptive tutorials to target threshold concepts in mechanics : a community of practice approach. / Prusty, Gangadhara B.; Russell, Carol; Ford, Robin et al.
Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education: Developing Engineers for Social Justice: Community Involvement, Ethics & Sustainability: 5-7 December 2011, Fremantle, Western Australia. Engineers Australia, 2011. p. 305-311.

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper › peer-review

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