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What is Significant Learning

The Formation of Intellectual Capital and Its Ability to Transform Higher Education Institutions and the Knowledge Society
The subject of learning is the one who relates previous experiences, the object, and the new material to incorporate it into his mental structures; it occurs first in an isolated way until it is integrated into a structure and complex thought patterns.
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Development of Competences Through the PBL and the Use of Technology
María Elena Zepeda Hurtado (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico), Yarzabal Coronel Nashielly (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico), and Pérez Benítez Alma Alicia (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8461-2.ch009
Abstract
The objective of this chapter is to present a case study in the National Polytechnic Institute, which is focused on two aspects: 1) to know what kind of educational practices are implemented in the classroom and how ICTs are used and 2) to analyze the impact of project-based learning (PBL) in the Oral and Written Expression Learning Unit I to know what competences such as creative thinking, improving motivation, and meaningful learning are developed, as well as the use of ICT for research, analysis, experimentation, simulation, and socialization, in such a way that, during the application of the PBL methodology in conjunction with ICT, skills that are required throughout life are developed, both in academic, scientific, and occupational fields.
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The New Trends and Applications in E-Learning Environments and E-Technologies
Which can be related, in a non-arbitrary and substantial way (not verbatim), to what the student already knows.
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Intentional Connection: Learning-Based Course Design
Designing learning activities in which students deeply connect with course outcomes to produce transformative and lifelong learning and application of content.
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Contemporary Theories of Learning and Pedagogical Approaches for All Students to Achieve Success
Dee Fink (2003) created a taxonomy of significant learning that believes in the importance of prior knowledge, understands that learning is goal-directed, and realizes that learners have emotional needs that should be considered when designing learning experiences.
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