Elmer Irene

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What is the acceptable response rate of a tracer study?

In a Graduate tracer study, it is impossible to have a 100% retrieval rate or response rate because some alumni either they are busy with their work or simply ignoring the task of answering a...

03 March 2018 1,494 0 View

Is there anyone who experimented on using mobile apps from playstore or google in the classroom? If so, what are the ups and downs?

Free Mobile apps are numerous and I think that they can be useful in the teaching and learning process. However, if one will not consider necessary precautions, odds are that the effort will be...

02 February 2016 854 0 View

Can you measure the depth of a body of water by throwing a stone in it?

One student asked me that it is possible to measure the depth of a body of water by throwing a stone in it and wait for the bubbles to surface. The time it takes after you saw the bubbles is...

05 May 2014 9,225 1 View

What is the role of university in preparing our students to global challenges?

Globalization is already at hand. Through internet revolution the definition of geographic distance or location has undergone compression and even "annihilation". Question is, how prepared our...

02 February 2014 1,125 4 View

In your research, what are the factors of learning difficulties in chemistry?

As a teacher, we often encounter learning gaps on the part of our students. We associate these gaps to the students' lack of motivation, difficulty of the content (due to its abstract nature...

01 January 2014 3,259 15 View

How to start collaborative research?

In the academy we are urged to conduct collaborative research and form linkages through research with other institutes. Do you also engage in collaborative research? How did you start? What are...

01 January 2014 7,482 14 View

Where is education leading to? Or what if its only concern is for one to be free from ignorance and know what's in the rest of the world?

The goal of education is to educate a person to develop his knowledge, attitudes and skills so he can use it to become a better person, worthy and functional member of the society. The learning...

08 August 2013 7,069 3 View

Is there a standard instrument/method to assess the effect of blended learning (or ICT in general) on a person?

I am wondering if there is anyone out there who has tried to assess the effects of using technology vs conventional method or what particular ICT method and what was measured through the use of...

07 July 2013 6,087 16 View

Is Education really the way of the poor to escape poverty?

More than 1B people are living below the poverty line. Education as measured through literacy rate is higher than that number. But even developed countries with 99% literacy rate have people who...

07 July 2013 5,997 23 View