Figure 9: Students' responses regarding their levels of interest, understanding, and enjoyment of learning
with MOT-TEC *shown combined percentage of levels 3 (much) and 4 (very much) in a 1-4 Likert-type
questionnaire
Implementation of MOT-TEC
Last year we developed a second unit in MOT-TEC (based on the first unit template in Moodle PLATFORM)
that combines the skills of scientific explanation and argument with the content in physics - interactions and
forces and content in chemistry, material properties and particulate model of matter as in Figure 1.
Figure 10: Fitted Quiz module in the second unit: explanation and argument skills incorporated within
content in physics and chemistry
Currently MOT-TEC units based on Moodle platform are embedded in 30 schools. Teachers reported that the
MOT-TEC units enabled them to watch students' performance online and to intervene and support their learning
processes accordingly. They also indicated that their students were actively engaged in the visual computerized
activities and showed a high level of interest. The level of students' understanding of the scientific contents was
higher than before.
The MOT-TEC units enrich teacher’s repertoires of pedagogical strategies, consequently leading to the design
of new and improved pedagogies. Teachers indicated that they wanted to implement similar applications in the
future.
MOT-TEC has a unique approach in combining teaching, training and implementing of learning skills with
content in science and technology. These reports have encouraged us to expand our design efforts covering a
variety of contents and skills, where the computerized environment MOT-TEC stands as a framework for
further developing for the following reasons:
Teachers have need and desire for computerized environment such as MOT-TEC for teaching and learning
because of the complication in developing due to lack of resources such as time and money.
It is important to address the diversity of students, to challenge outstanding students and meanwhile provide
good learning skills and knowledge to students with difficulties.
Responding to existing needs in e-learning for short structured and targeted computerized environments that
integrates contents and high-order thinking and learning skills.
Lack of computerized environments that combine applets (as graphics, animation, audio, and video)
with activities which enable a better understanding and learning of complex, abstract and molecular content.