Internet Memes as Reading Controls in a Geometric Road Design Course
Technological development and access are currently leading to changes in the habits of population such as access to information. Short videos and images are used in newspapers, social networks, and university education. Images or internet-meme has been used in several areas of knowledge to improve t...
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Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
2022
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| description | Technological development and access are currently leading to changes in the habits of population such as access to information. Short videos and images are used in newspapers, social networks, and university education. Images or internet-meme has been used in several areas of knowledge to improve the students learning, but not in the road design, which content is hand-delivered traditionally. Therefore, this study aims to show an academic activity using internet memes to analyze a weekly topic before synchronous virtual classes. To do this, four groups of students from the Geometric Road Design course participated. They were asked to review the weekly academic content before the class and prepare an internet meme, and their classmates graded those images. As a result, the memes can be used as reading controls before attending the virtual session. They could also be employed before a face-to-face class. The students agreed with the use of memes but were less enthusiastic about the peer review. Despite this trend, the memes produced in combination with peer review increases the possibility of a student to understand the subject. The groups gave an average score to the course of 8.86/10. They were aware of their self-learning with an average rating of 7.74/10. This article describes the experience of students using internet-memes and evaluates the pros and cons. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-141882022-11-18T19:23:38Z Internet Memes as Reading Controls in a Geometric Road Design Course Internet-memes como controles de lectura en la materia de diseño geométrico de carreteras García-Ramírez, Yasmany Ingeniería vial aprendizaje activo educación a distancia, ilustraciones active learning distance learning illustrations road engineering Technological development and access are currently leading to changes in the habits of population such as access to information. Short videos and images are used in newspapers, social networks, and university education. Images or internet-meme has been used in several areas of knowledge to improve the students learning, but not in the road design, which content is hand-delivered traditionally. Therefore, this study aims to show an academic activity using internet memes to analyze a weekly topic before synchronous virtual classes. To do this, four groups of students from the Geometric Road Design course participated. They were asked to review the weekly academic content before the class and prepare an internet meme, and their classmates graded those images. As a result, the memes can be used as reading controls before attending the virtual session. They could also be employed before a face-to-face class. The students agreed with the use of memes but were less enthusiastic about the peer review. Despite this trend, the memes produced in combination with peer review increases the possibility of a student to understand the subject. The groups gave an average score to the course of 8.86/10. They were aware of their self-learning with an average rating of 7.74/10. This article describes the experience of students using internet-memes and evaluates the pros and cons. En la actualidad, el desarrollo y acceso tecnológico está llevando a cambiar diversos hábitos en población, como, por ejemplo, la forma en cómo se consume la información. Es así, que el uso de videos cortos e imágenes se usan los periódicos, redes sociales hasta alcanzar a la educación universitaria. Esta imagen o internet-meme ha sido usado en varias áreas del conocimiento para mejorar el aprendizaje de sus estudiantes, pero no en el diseño de carreteras, cuyo contenido se suele mantener las clases de forma tradicional. Por lo tanto, este estudio tiene por objetivo presentar una actividad académica que utiliza internet-memes para analizar un tema semanal antes de las clases virtuales síncrona. Para ello, participaron cuatro grupos de estudiantes de la materia de diseño geométrico de carreteras. Ellos debían revisar el contenido antes de la clase y elaborar un internet-meme, que era revisado por pares. Como resultado, los internet-memes pueden ser utilizados para controlar que el estudiante revise el material académico (videos, artículos, etc.), antes de asistir a la clave virtual, incluso se podría utilizar antes de una clase presencial. Los estudiantes estuvieron de acuerdo con el uso de los internet-memes, y en menor proporción con la revisión por pares. A pesar de esta última tendencia, la elaboración en combinación con la revisión por pares aumenta la posibilidad de que estudiante comprenda verdaderamente el tema. Por otro lado, los grupos dieron una valoración promedio del curso de al menos 8,86/10. Los estudiantes fueron conscientes del autoaprendizaje, quienes dieron una calificación promedio de al menos 7,74/10. Este artículo describe la experiencia de los estudiantes con el uso de los internet-memes, evaluando sus pros y contras de su uso. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2022-06-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/14188 10.19053/01211129.v31.n60.2022.14188 Revista Facultad de Ingeniería; Vol. 31 No. 60 (2022): April-June 2022 (Continuous Publication); e14188 Revista Facultad de Ingeniería; Vol. 31 Núm. 60 (2022): Abril-Junio 2022 (Publicación Continua); e14188 2357-5328 0121-1129 eng https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/14188/11956 Copyright (c) 2022 Yasmany García-Ramírez http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Ingeniería vial aprendizaje activo educación a distancia, ilustraciones active learning distance learning illustrations road engineering García-Ramírez, Yasmany Internet Memes as Reading Controls in a Geometric Road Design Course |
| title | Internet Memes as Reading Controls in a Geometric Road Design Course |
| title_alt | Internet-memes como controles de lectura en la materia de diseño geométrico de carreteras |
| title_full | Internet Memes as Reading Controls in a Geometric Road Design Course |
| title_fullStr | Internet Memes as Reading Controls in a Geometric Road Design Course |
| title_full_unstemmed | Internet Memes as Reading Controls in a Geometric Road Design Course |
| title_short | Internet Memes as Reading Controls in a Geometric Road Design Course |
| title_sort | internet memes as reading controls in a geometric road design course |
| topic | Ingeniería vial aprendizaje activo educación a distancia, ilustraciones active learning distance learning illustrations road engineering |
| topic_facet | Ingeniería vial aprendizaje activo educación a distancia, ilustraciones active learning distance learning illustrations road engineering |
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