Authors:
Chukwuka Victor Obionwu
1
;
Maximilian Karl
2
;
David Broneske
3
;
Anja Hawlitschek
1
;
Paul Blockhaus
1
and
Gunter Saake
1
Affiliations:
1
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
;
2
Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
;
3
German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies, Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Keyword(s):
Knowledge Transfer, Skill Acquisition, Interaction Analysis, Collaborative Platforms, Study Engagement, Social Behavior, Team Assessment Strategy.
Abstract:
The increased demand in today’s work environment for individuals with diverse skill sets, fast skill acquisition, and ability to collaborate is as a consequence of the rapidly evolving technological environments. Thus, institutes of higher learning have increasingly adopted e-learning platforms, owing that one of the defining aspects of these platforms is the capacity to facilitate collaborative engagement. This adoption has resulted in curriculum changes, and the development of tools and further specialized platforms that are focused on the acquisition and transfer of particular soft, and hard skill sets. One such specialized platform is Teams platform of SQLValidator, a web-based interactive environment for learning, practicing, and acquisition of collaborative problem-solving skills by way of projects centered around the Structured Query Language. In this paper, we give insight into our platform, and the strategy we adopted to ensure the acquisition of SQL, and collaborative skill
s. To assess its effectiveness, we monitored the activity and performance of our students on an SQL based collaborative project. Our evaluation indicates that our strategy not only gave us practical insight into the student level of SQL skill acquisition, and interaction, which is important for instructors, but is also proved effective in facilitating the acquisition, and transfer of teamwork ethics and collaborative problem-solving skill among students.
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