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Fostering Student’s Engagement and Active Learning in Neuroscience Education

  • Pablo Ruisoto
  • Juan A. JuanesEmail author
Education & Training
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  1. Technological Innovations in Biomedical Training and Practice (TEEM 2018)

Abstract

Neurophobia is a term coined to describe university students’ fear of neuroscience, which negatively affect learning. The implementation of new technologies in higher education, such as new response systems, provide an opportunity to improve neurosciences learning and teaching by engaging students. However, most response systems rely on student devices such as clickers. The aim of this study is to illustrate the application of a new digital application for collection of real-time formative assessment data in higher education. Results of this study support the utility paper-based response cards to foster engagement and active learning in higher education, even with complex neuroscience topics, providing real-time formative assessment data without the need for student devices.

Keywords

Active learning Technology-based education Higher education Classroom response system 
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Notes

Compliance with Ethical Standards

All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Verbal informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

Conflict of Interest

All authors, Pablo Ruisoto and Juan A Juanes, declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Visual Med Systems Research GroupUniversity of SalamancaSalamancaSpain
  2. 2.Faculty of MedicineUniversity of SalamancaSalamancaSpain

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