Title: Effects of a collaborative STEM-based orientation approach on senior high-school students' creativity and operacy

Authors: Jintana Wongta; Chanakan Grosseau; Chitphon Yachulawetkunakorn; Chayanuch Watthana; Charoenchai Wongwatkit

Addresses: Engineering Science Classroom, Learning Institute, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand ' Engineering Science Classroom, Learning Institute, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand ' Engineering Science Classroom, Learning Institute, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand ' Engineering Science Classroom, Learning Institute, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand ' School of Information Technology, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand

Abstract: In 21st century, innovation capabilities become essential for the engineering students. To achieve that, creativity and operacy are strongly required and to be promoted throughout the study program. During the school orientation, it is a perfect time frame to not only make them familiar with the new learning context but also provide them a series of programs that help promote their creativity and operacy with new friends. Based on this perspective, this study proposes a novel school orientation approach which integrates the benefits of STEM and collaborative learning through a series of training and group learning processes. Meanwhile, mobile devices and applications are used to facilitate this collaboration. To investigate the effects of this approach on creativity and operacy, the experiment has been conducted during the orientation days with all newcomers. The results finally reveal that the proposed orientation approach could promote students' creativity and operacy in different aspects.

Keywords: mobile learning; collaborative STEM; creativity and operacy; 21st century education; school orientation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMLO.2021.111599

International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation, 2021 Vol.15 No.1, pp.71 - 106

Received: 19 Jul 2019
Accepted: 30 Dec 2019
Published online: 03 Dec 2020 *

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