E-exercising in academic courses

David Pundak and Shmaryahu Rozner, the ORT Braude Academic College of Engineering, Karmiel

 

What influence does the introduction of a computerized web-based assignment examiner (CAE) exercise on the learning process in the teaching of the sciences? The article compared the changes in students' opinions on this issue that occurred from the beginning to the end of the course, with those of the faculty members. A questionnaire that examined six parameters to which students were to relate, was distributed in the beginning and the end of five courses. An analysis of the findings found that several faculty members were successful by the end of the course in reducing the gap that had existed between their own opinions and those of the students. An analysis of the manner in which the CAE was employed by these faculty members highlights the successful use of pedagogical methods, which can be implemented in other courses.