The Impact of COVID-19 on E-learning: Advantages and Challenges

The article discusses the automation of the creation and use of e-learning programs. The impact of automating the learning of a large number of users on the effectiveness of the introduction of a new software product is analyzed. The methods and algorithms that increase the efficiency of creating electronic training programs on example of the author’s automated system “Tutor Builder” are described. The results of experimental verification of the automated system are provided.

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Are e-learning Webinars the future of medical education? An exploratory study of a disruptive innovation in the COVID-19 era

Cardiology in the Young ◽

10.1017/s1047951120004503 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Colin J. McMahon ◽

Justin T. Tretter ◽

Theresa Faulkner ◽

R. Krishna Kumar ◽

Andrew N. Redington ◽

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Keyword(s):

Deep Learning ◽

Carbon Footprint ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Survey Design ◽

Hybrid Approach ◽

Disruptive Innovation ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

E Learning ◽

The Impact

Abstract Objective: This study investigated the impact of the Webinar on deep human learning of CHD. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional survey design study used an open and closed-ended questionnaire to assess the impact of the Webinar on deep learning of topical areas within the management of the post-operative tetralogy of Fallot patients. This was a quantitative research methodology using descriptive statistical analyses with a sequential explanatory design. Results: One thousand-three-hundred and seventy-four participants from 100 countries on 6 continents joined the Webinar, 557 (40%) of whom completed the questionnaire. Over 70% of participants reported that they “agreed” or “strongly agreed” that the Webinar format promoted deep learning for each of the topics compared to other standard learning methods (textbook and journal learning). Two-thirds expressed a preference for attending a Webinar rather than an international conference. Over 80% of participants highlighted significant barriers to attending conferences including cost (79%), distance to travel (49%), time commitment (51%), and family commitments (35%). Strengths of the Webinar included expertise, concise high-quality presentations often discussing contentious issues, and the platform quality. The main weakness was a limited time for questions. Just over 53% expressed a concern for the carbon footprint involved in attending conferences and preferred to attend a Webinar. Conclusion: E-learning Webinars represent a disruptive innovation, which promotes deep learning, greater multidisciplinary participation, and greater attendee satisfaction with fewer barriers to participation. Although Webinars will never fully replace conferences, a hybrid approach may reduce the need for conferencing, reduce carbon footprint. and promote a “sustainable academia”.

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The Impact of Narrative Feedback, E-Learning Modules and Realistic Video and the Reduction of Misconception

Education Sciences ◽

10.3390/educsci11040158 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 158

Author(s):

Abdul Halim ◽

Elmi Mahzum ◽

Muhammad Yacob ◽

Irwandi Irwandi ◽

Lilia Halim

Keyword(s):

Biology Education ◽

Free Fall ◽

Percentage Reduction ◽

Significant Treatment ◽

Learning Modules ◽

Physics Courses ◽

Learning Platform ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

E Learning ◽

The Impact

Physics learning in universities utilized the Moodle-based e-learning media as an online learning platform. However, the effectiveness of remediating misconception using online media has not been widely researched. Therefore, this study was set to determine the level of misconception percentage reduction through the use of narrative feedback, the e-learning modules, and realistic video. The study was a quantitative approach with a quasi-experimental method involving 281 students who were taking basic physics courses in the Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology Education. The data collection used a three-tier diagnostic test based on e-learning at the beginning of the activity and after the treatment (posttest). The results of the data analysis with descriptive statistics show that the most significant treatment in reducing misconception percentage on the topic of free-fall motion was in the following order: narrative feedback, e-learning modules and realistic video. The misconception percentage reduction in the sub-concept of accelerated free- fall was effective for all types of the treatments.

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Replicating Anatomical Teaching Specimens using 3D Modelling Embedded within a Multimodal E-Learning Course: A Pre/Post Study Exploring the Impact on Medical Education during COVID-19 (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.30533 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Chelsea Stunden ◽

Sima Zakani ◽

Avery Martin ◽

Shreya Moodley ◽

John Jacob

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Learning Outcomes ◽

Test Scores ◽

Student Attitudes ◽

Congenital Heart ◽

Secondary Outcome ◽

First Year ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

E Learning ◽

The Impact

BACKGROUND The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had significant effects on anatomy education. During the pandemic, students have had no access to cadavers, which has been the principal way of learning anatomy. We created and tested a customized congenital heart disease e-learning course for medical students that contained interactive 3D models of anonymized pediatric congenital heart defects. OBJECTIVE To assess if a multimodal e-learning course contributed to learning outcomes in a cohort of first year undergraduate medical students study congenital heart diseases. Secondarily, we assess student attitudes and experiences associated with multimodal e-learning. METHODS The pre/post study design involved 290 first year undergraduate medical students. Recruitment was conducted through the course instructors. Data were collected before using the course and after using the course. The primary outcome was knowledge acquisition (test scores). The secondary outcome included attitudes and experiences, as well as time to complete the modules, and browser metadata. RESULTS A total of 141 students were included in the final analysis (N=141). Students’ knowledge significantly improved by an average of 44.6% when using the course (SD 1.73, Z = -10.287, p < 0.001). 88.26% of students were highly motivated to learn with the course and 93.5% of students reported positive experiences with the course. There was a strong correlation between attitudes and experiences, which was statistically significant (rs = 0.687, p<0.001, N = 122). There were no relationships found between change test scores and attitudes or experiences (p>0.05). Students most frequently completed the e-learning course with Chrome (77.3%), and on Apple MacOS (61.0%) or Windows 10 (36.9%). Most students had devices with high-definition screens (83.0%). Most students (58.9%) completed the course in under 3 hours. CONCLUSIONS Multi-modal e-learning could be a viable solution to improving learning outcomes and experiences for undergraduate medical students, who do not have access to cadavers. Future research should focus on validating long-term learning outcomes. CLINICALTRIAL n/a

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The Impact of Cloud Computing Technologies in E-learning

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) ◽

10.3991/ijet.v8is1.2344 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 8 (S1) ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Hosam Farouk El-Sofany

Keyword(s):

Cloud Computing ◽

Computing Technologies ◽

E Learning ◽

The Impact

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Problems and potentialities of e-Learning for regular undergraduate courses in emergency medicine

Revista Brasileira de Educação Médica ◽

10.1590/s0100-55022010000300016 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 34 (3) ◽

pp. 452-458 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

William Rafaelo Schlinkert ◽

Sandro Scarpelini ◽

Antonio Pazin-Filho

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Multiple Choice ◽

First Aid ◽

Student Knowledge ◽

Multiple Choice Tests ◽

Reading Material ◽

Learning Techniques ◽

Choice Tests ◽

E Learning ◽

The Impact

BACKGROUND: E-learning techniques are spreading at great speed in medicine, raising concerns about the impact of adopting them. Websites especially designed to host courses are becoming more common. There is a lack of evidence that these systems could enhance student knowledge acquisition. GOAL: To evaluate the impact of using dedicated-website tools over cognition of medical students exposed to a first-aid course. METHODS: Prospective study of 184 medical students exposed to a twenty-hour first-aid course. We generated a dedicated-website with several sections (lectures, additional reading material, video and multiple choice exercises). We constructed variables expressing the student's access to each section. The evaluation was composed of fifty multiple-choice tests, based on clinical problems. We used multiple linear regression to adjust for potential confounders. RESULTS: There was no association of website intensity of exposure and the outcome - beta-coeficient 0.27 (95%CI - 0.454 - 1.004). These findings were not altered after adjustment for potential confounders - 0.165 (95%CI -0.628 - 0.960). CONCLUSION: A dedicated website with passive and active capabilities for aiding in person learning had not shown association with a better outcome.

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The IPTEACES E-Learning Framework: Success Indicators, the Impact on Student Social Demographic Characteristics and the Assessment of Effectiveness

Towards Learning and Instruction in Web 3.0 ◽

10.1007/978-1-4614-1539-8_10 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 151-169 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nuno Pena ◽

Pedro Isaias

Keyword(s):

Demographic Characteristics ◽

Learning Framework ◽

Success Indicators ◽

E Learning ◽

Social Demographic ◽

The Impact

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Neither the frying pan nor the fire: In search of a balanced authentic e-learning design through an educational design research process

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning ◽

10.19173/irrodl.v15i2.1705 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Hanna Teräs ◽

Jan Herrington

Keyword(s):

Professional Development ◽

Design Research ◽

Development Program ◽

Research Process ◽

Learning Program ◽

Educational Design ◽

Educational Design Research ◽

E Learning ◽

Teaching Faculty ◽

The Impact

Teaching in higher education in the 21st century can be a demanding and complex role and academic educators around the globe are dealing with questions related to change. This paper describes a new type of a professional development program for teaching faculty, using a pedagogical model based on the principles of authentic e-learning. The program was developed with the help of an iterative educational design research process and rapid prototyping based on on-going research and redesign. This paper describes how the findings of the evaluations guided the design process and how the impact of the measures taken was in turn researched, in order to eventually identify and refine design principles for an authentic e-learning program for international teaching faculty professional development.

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Pengaruh Personal Attitude dan E-learning terhadap Minat Berwirausaha pada Era Pandemi Covid-19

Jurnal Maksipreneur Manajemen Koperasi dan Entrepreneurship ◽

10.30588/jmp.v11i1.782 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 90

Author(s):

Shita Lusi Wardhani ◽

Manggar Wulan Kusuma

Keyword(s):

Online Learning ◽

Online Survey ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Least Square ◽

Business Practices ◽

Community Activities ◽

Personal Attitude ◽

Offline Learning ◽

E Learning ◽

The Impact

The Covid-19 outbreak and the enactment of restrictions on community activities have had many impacts, one of which is the change in teaching methods from offline learning or face-to-face activities to online learning or distance learning. These changes can affect the learning process, especially subjects related to business practices, such as entrepreneurship. In online learning, several factors contribute to the successful delivery of online courses. However, little is known about the impact of these factors on Indonesian students' interest in entrepreneurship. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the effect of personal attitude and e-learning on interest in entrepreneurship in the Covid-19 pandemic era. Data was collected through an online survey of 190 students who were taking entrepreneurship courses at selected universities in Yogyakarta. Data collected through online surveys were analyzed using Smart Partial Least Square (SmartPLS) 3.0. The results of this study found that interest in entrepreneurship is significantly influenced by personal attitude and e-learning. This study also found that perceived learning was not able to moderate the effect of e-learning on entrepreneurial interest.

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E-Learning in Dental Schools in the Times of COVID-19: A Review and Analysis of an Educational Resource in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Odovtos - International Journal of Dental Sciences ◽

10.15517/ijds.2020.41813 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 207-224

Author(s):

Daniel Chavarría-Bolaños ◽

Adrián Gómez-Fernández ◽

Carmen Dittel-Jiménez ◽

Mauricio Montero-Aguilar

Keyword(s):

Learning Strategies ◽

Learning Experience ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Teachers And Students ◽

Academic Courses ◽

E Learning ◽

The Times ◽

Teaching Learning ◽

Dental Schools ◽

The Impact

While countries are facing different stages in their COVID-19 infection rates, worldwide there are millions of students affected by universities’ facilities closures due to the pandemic. Some institutions have enforced strategies to transfer some courses to a virtual modality, but many Dental Schools have been challenged to deal with a situation which requires emergency measures to continue the academic course in the middle of lock-downs and social distancing measures. Despite the fact that the number of online academic programs available, especially graduate programs, has increased in diverse modalities, this pandemic forced e-learning processes to develop abruptly. The likelihood of using e-learning strategies in dentistry was substantiated in the scientific literature and an overview of these opportunities is presented. Additionally, the experience of the University of Costa Rica Faculty of Dentistry is presented, as it was evident that some of the key elements in a e-learning environment needed a quick enhancement and initiation of some processes was required. First, it was necessary to categorize the academic courses depending on their virtualization's possibility (curricula analysis and classification), to better understand the extent of the impact and the work needed to contain, as far as the possibilities allowed, negative consequences on students learning process. Second, teachers needed further training in the application of virtual strategies which they hadn’t used before. do Third, an evaluation of the students’ conditions and needs was conducted in a form of a survey. Finally, teachers and students activated the available virtual platforms. For many Dental Schools, this virtualization process is an ongoing progress although it was abruptly imposed, but this moment indeed represents an enormous opportunity to move forward and get immerse in the virtualization environment as a teaching/learning experience.

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