Higher education institution: Distance learning and modern communicative opportunities

2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iryna Grytsenko ◽  
Nataliia Borysenko ◽  
Nataliia Sydorenko ◽  
Viktoriya Vashchuk ◽  
Iia Valuieva
2021 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 01053
Author(s):  
Ana Vale ◽  
Nazaré Coimbra ◽  
Alcina Martins ◽  
José Oliveira

Research background: At the beginning of the year 2020, there was a shift in strategies and instruments in a short period of time, to respond to a situation of impossibility of face-to-face teaching. Thus, it is essential to reflect on an educational challenge, whose impacts continue on a global scale. Purpose of the article: The present article aims to analyse how the pandemic situation has been influencing education and learning in Higher Education. Methods: Having as context a higher education institution located in the municipality of Porto, a case study was developed that analysed teaching and learning methodologies applied throughout the 2019/20 academic year. For this research, a qualitative methodology was used, with semi-structured interviews with five teachers and opinion essays from nine students, with fourteen participants. The analysis was carried out using the Nvivo software, triangulating the perceptions of the two groups of interviewees. Findings & Value added: The results allow us to conclude that the participants are aware that collaborative work and the use of appropriate technological resources were essential to ensure teaching and distance learning, including the evaluation process, despite mandatory confinement. Globally, the perceptions of the emergence of a new educational paradigm are confirmed, based on the massive use of technological resources, which propelled the innovation of the teaching and learning process. Nevertheless, both groups recognize that distance learning impoverishes the fundamental interpersonal dynamics in Higher Education.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Proscovia Namubiru Ssentamu ◽  
Dick Ng’ambi ◽  
Emily Bagarukayo ◽  
Rehema Baguma ◽  
Harriet Mutambo Nabushawo ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amalia Iilonga ◽  
Amalia Iilonga ◽  
Daniel Opotamutale Ashipala ◽  
Nestor Tomas

Online learning remains one of the most powerful enablers and accelerators for realising higher education studies by enhancing teaching by means of innovative technologies and pedagogies. However, the success rate of students studying through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) remains very low. Therefore, institutions of higher learning in Namibia should continuously establish and assess the challenges affecting the students who opt to study via distance mode to devise strategies required to address such challenges. The objective of this study was to understand the challenges experienced by students studying through ODL at Higher Education Institution (HEI) in Namibia and establish the challenges they face. A qualitative, phenomenological, explorative, descriptive and contextual research strategy was employed in this study to explore and describe challenges experienced by students’ studying through ODL at HEI’ satellite campus in Namibia. A purposive sampling was utilised in the selection of participants. Data were collected from participants using semi-structured interviews with nine participants. Three themes were identified, namely, the reasons why students chose to study through ODL programme, challenges experienced by students studying through ODL and mechanisms for improvement. The findings of this study call for well-articulated plans and actions to address the challenges faced by students studying in the distance e-learning mode. The study recommended that both Lecturers and ODL programme Administrators should undergo refresher training on distance education annually to ensure that they are aware and can address the challenges faced by their students.


Author(s):  
Oleksii Mukoviz ◽  
Nataliia Ihnatenko ◽  
Oksana Kovtun

The article deals with various distance learning management system for pedagogical higher education institution. The most prominent distance learning management systems are mostly focused on: Moodle, WebCT, BlackBoard, eFront, Claroline, Metacoon, SharePoint LMS and Virtual University. Having analyzed the best platforms for creating of distance learning system in pedagogical higher education institution, it is stated that Moodle is leading according to the number of users. Moodle platform is a software suite for creating distance learning courses and websites that works with open source IMS and SCORM. As a result of the analysis and comparisons of the abovementioned platforms, based on pedagogical, didactic, organizational, technical, financial distance learning features, the distance learning management system in State Higher Educational Institution «Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Hryhorii Skovoroda State Pedagogical University» on the basis of Moodle platform is developed. The platform works in different web browsers. There are no special requirements for hardware and operating system. Moodle platform can be installed on any server with any operating system using arbitrary databases. The platform is free for users. Moodle distance learning management system consists of 35 modules: Chat module, Task module, Forum module, Log module, Test module, Resource module, Research module, Seminar module and so on. Moodle distance learning management system enables distance learning in higher education at an affordable innovation level, creates a calendar of learning process events, creates formal algorithms for the teacher's activity in the educational process, thereby achieving a high level of interactivity and achievement of the required level of quality, skills.


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