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dc.creatorSeters,Janneke van
dc.creatorOssevoort,Miriam
dc.creatorGoedhart,Martin
dc.creatorTramper,Johannes
dc.date2011-03-01
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-03T12:44:49Z
dc.date.available2019-05-03T12:44:49Z
dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-34582011000200001
dc.identifier.urihttp://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/85190
dc.descriptionThis paper describes the development and benefits of an adaptive digital module on cell growth to tackle the problem of educating a heterogeneous group of students at the beginning of an undergraduate course on process engineering. Aim of the digital module is to provide students with the minimal level of knowledge on cell growth kinetics they need to comprehend the content knowledge of the subsequent lectures and pass the exam. The module was organised to offer the subject matter in a differentiated manner, so that students could follow different learning paths. Two student groups were investigated, one consisting of students who had received their prior education abroad and one of students that had not. Exam scores, questionnaires, and logged user data of the two student groups were analysed to discover whether the digital module had the intended effect. The results indicate that students did indeed follow different learning paths. Also, the differences in exam scores between the two student groups that was present before the introduction of the digital module was found to have decreased afterwards. In general, students appreciated the use of the material regardless of their prior education. We therefore conclude that the use of adaptive digital learning material is a possible way to solve the problem of differences in prior education of students entering a course.
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherPontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceElectronic Journal of Biotechnology v.14 n.2 2011
dc.subjectadaptive digital learning material
dc.subjectbioreactor design
dc.subjectbiotechnology
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectintelligent tutoring system
dc.subjectintelligent Web-based educational system
dc.titleAccommodating the difference in students' prior knowledge of cell growth kinetics


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