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- Survey on student stress during blended learning due to the COVID-19 pandemicPublication . Silvestre, Cláudia; Meireles, AnaThis study aims to analyze the effect of blended learning on psychological distress among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. This work is part of an ongoing study, begun in the spring semester, which revealed that most students have adapted well to online learning. However, they felt exhausted and stated the hard work involved as a negative point, as well as, the lack of meaningful social interactions. Although timidly, the media has been warning about students mental health. So, in order to identify our student mental well-being, an online survey, based on burnout scale, was conducted. This study provided a better understanding of how blended learning influences students mental health. It also helped us adapt our teaching activities for this new reality, promoting teamwork and oral presentations.
- Learning statistics using infographics: A powerful tool to engage communication students in learning activitiesPublication . Silvestre, Cláudia; Meireles, AnaWe live in an information-driven society, where statistics play an important role. So, it is very important to promote statistical literacy, since they are not just consumers but also producers of statistical news. That is a big challenge due to the fact that our communication students do not have a great interest in statistics. To engage our students and motivate them to learn, we use infographics which are a visual tool to help understanding a concept or data set, and communicating it clearly and effectively by using visual elements. Our experience reveals that analysing and creating infographics based on real data, can be a powerful motivator for students to learn and improve their statistical skills.
- O poder da infografia o ensino da EstatísticaPublication . Silvestre, Cláudia; Meireles, AnaO reconhecimento do papel da estatística e a sua presença constante nos meios de comunicação conduz-nos a um grande desafio – a formação. Para que a população em geral possa compreender a informação que lhes é apresentada e decidir se esta está a ser usada de forma verdadeira ou falsa (fake news) é importante que se invista na formação e que se promova o desenvolvimento do pensamento crítico nesta área. (Gal, 2005; Helenius & Mikkela, 2011 e Sušec et al, 2014). Nesse sentido é crucial que a estatística seja uma componente ativa na formação dos profissionais de comunicação para que estes possam tomar mais partido da informação numérica e comunicá-la de forma eficiente. Também é necessário que os professores tenham uma atitude diferente quanto ao ensino da estatística (Silvestre e Meireles, 2017). Neste trabalho pretendemos apresentar as infografias como um instrumento eficiente para se retirar informação útil de dados numéricos e comunicá-los de forma apelativa e percetível, tendo por base infografias realizadas por alunos de comunicação na unidade curricular Estatística. Pela nossa experiência, apercebemo-nos que os alunos conseguem compreender os conceitos básicos de estatística, desenvolvem pensamento crítico e sentem-se mais motivados em aula.
- Learning statistics using infographics: A powerful tool to engage communication students in learning activitiesPublication . Silvestre, Cláudia; Meireles, AnaWe live in an information-driven society, where statistics play an important role, and are used in many different fields, for instance, business, political, advertising or social activities. Furthermore, statistics have been used to help decision makers develop informed policies that impact millions of people. Consequently, they constantly appear in news on social media, which leads us to a great challenge – promoting statistical literacy. Communication students are not only consumers, they will also be producers of statistical news. So, they need to be able to search, read, critique and communicate statistical information accurately. That is a big challenge for us, as teachers, since our communication students do not have a great interest in these subjects. In addition to this, some of them do not feel at ease with numbers. We have been developing a project in order to keep our students engaged in class activities and motivate them to learn statistics based on social media news, mostly about COVID-19 pandemic. This project has been carried out in three phases. In the first one, in order to develop critical sense and become aware of possibility about biased or incorrect information, students analyze statistical information available on social media, including data sources and their validity. Infographics as a form of reporting statistical data is the second phase, in which students explore other ways of visualizing and communicating data. Occasionally they may improve the way statistical information is communicated. After these two phases students should be able to make and discuss their own infographics avoiding most common errors. The advantages/benefits of this project can be summarized as follows: (1) Identification of the best data source according to their goal; (2) Choice of statistical methods to report data properly; (3) Communication of data in an accurate way and candy eye manner; (4) Promotion of class debate; (5) Development of critical thinking.