1) Dr. Jingjing Lin conducted a pre-experiment of the CLEAR (Connect curriculum to reality via creation-based learning) pedagogy among 17 STEM students in an online course about Creative Commons licensing. 2) Results showed that the CLEAR-designed course was effective in improving students' understanding of the topic. Student demographics like gender, education level, and nationality influenced their grades and engagement levels. 3) Students provided positive feedback and most felt that the creation assignment was valuable and boosted their learning, though some found it time-consuming. Overall, the creation-based learning approach proved effective in improving learning outcomes and student engagement.

1. IT活用教育センター Center for IT-based
Connect curriculum to reality via creation-based
learning: The pre-experiment of the CLEAR
pedagogy among STEM students
Dr. Jingjing Lin
Center for IT-based Education
Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
lin.jingjing.qc@tut.jp
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2. IT活用教育センター Center for IT-based
Two-stage research
Theoretical framework
• Lin, J. (2021). The CLEAR
Framework to Implement Active
Learning in STEM
Education, 2021 IEEE
International Conference on
Engineering, Technology &
Education (TALE), pp. 01-05, doi:
10.1109/TALE52509.2021.967870
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• The CLEAR model
Empirical exploration
• Lin, J. (2022). Connect curriculum
to reality via creation-based
learning: The pre-experiment of
the CLEAR pedagogy among
STEM students, 2022 The
International Symposium on
Advances in Technology
Education (ISATE), 2022.
• The pre-experiment
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3. IT活用教育センター Center for IT-based
CLEAR model and pilot course
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4. IT活用教育センター Center for IT-based
Virtual learning space
Moodle (version: 3.10.9+) and the Mahara (version: 21.10.1)
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5. IT活用教育センター Center for IT-based
Research questions
• RQ1: Is the CLEAR-designed course effective in
improving students’ understanding of the topic?
• RQ2: How do demographics differentiate grades and
engagement level among students?
• RQ3: What are the students’ feedbacks on taking the
CLEAR-designed course?
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6. IT活用教育センター Center for IT-based
Methodology
• Pre-experiment (one-group
pre-test-post-test)
– Online course: Creative
Commons (CC) Licencing:
Create, Distribute, and Use
Internet Content
– 17 undergraduate and
postgraduate students at the
Toyohashi University of
Technology
12.6% female student ratio at TUT.
* Detailed distribution of 13 non-Japanese nationality among students: five Malaysian, two Egyptian, one Indian, one Pakistani, one Mongolian, one Tanzanian, one Chinese, and one Afghan
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7. IT活用教育センター Center for IT-based
Results and discussion
• Topical
knowledge
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Results and discussion
• Demographic
profile’s influence on
grades
– Nationality,
gender, education
level,
specialization
Bar chart of grades by nationality, gender, education group, and specialization
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Results and discussion
• Demographic profile’s
influence on
engagement
– Nationality, gender,
education level,
specialization
• Activities are more
engaging than
materials.
• Most students paid little
attention to the
extended learning
content. Bar chart of engagement logs by nationality, gender, education group, and specialization
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Results and discussion
• All participants agreed that
the course was a success.
• 94% loved the experience.
• The creation assignment was
the most time-consuming
activity in the course; 71%
felt that it was simple to
complete it; 94% considered
it valuable and boosted their
learning in the course.
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Conclusion
• Creation-based learning approach was proven effective in improving
learning results and engaging learners.
• Learners were satisfied with the creation-based learning experience.
• Student profiles that were female, had a higher level of education, or
had greater digital literacy seemed to benefit more from the creation-
based learning experience.
• More studies are needed to validate the CLEAR model’s effectiveness
on learning performance, engagement, and course satisfaction.
• STEM subjects, bigger sample size, and true experiment design should
be used in further studies.
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12. IT活用教育センター Center for IT-based
Q&A
Connect curriculum to reality via creation-based learning:
The pre-experiment of the CLEAR pedagogy among STEM
students
Dr. Jingjing Lin
Center for IT-based Education
Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
lin.jingjing.qc@tut.jp
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