Back to the Education Future—Deep Online Learning Opportunities

2020 ◽  
pp. 219-224
Author(s):  
James Flynn ◽  
Stephen McKenzie ◽  
Jennifer Chung
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Opportunities

Using Webquests to Create Online Learning Opportunities in Physical Education

2004 ◽  
Vol 75 (8) ◽  
pp. 41-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne L. Woods ◽  
Jane M. Shimon ◽  
Grace Goc Karp ◽  
Karla Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Learning Opportunities

How to gamify?: Example scenarios for participation in synchronous online learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 254-266
Author(s):  
Ünal Çakiroğlu ◽  
Servet Kiliç
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Online Learners ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Synchronous Learning ◽  
Synchronous Learning Environments ◽  
Synchronous Online Learning ◽  
Synchronous Online

Participation in synchronous online learning is an increasing need for students’ learning outcomes. Teachers generally cannot be sure about the fact that students who are seen in the participation lists are really following the online tasks. Recent studies have shown that gamification can be an effective way to support learners’ participation in the tasks. This study intended to suggest sample scenarios in line with using gamification elements in online learning environments. Two basic scenarios were developed considering the properties of online learners’ characteristics and gamification elements. First scenario giving learning responsibilities to the learners includes a puzzle activity. Second scenario presents a block-building activity including the leaderboards. The suggested model includes some new ways of using awards, reputation, badges, levels, and leader boards to provide an attractive learning environment. It is hoped that suggested scenarios can provide learning opportunities via increasing participation in synchronous learning environments.

Instructional Strategies for Teaching in Synchronous Online Learning Environments (SOLE)

2010 ◽  
pp. 103-118
Author(s):  
Marshall G. Jones ◽  
Stephen W. Harmon
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Google Docs ◽  
Time Interaction ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
The Web ◽  
Synchronous Online

This chapter deals centrally with one emerging aspect of Web 2.0 for education, that of the increasing demand forreal time and near real-time interaction among users. Whereas most online learning has, to date, taken place in an asynchronous format, there is a growing need for an ability to provide learning opportunities in a synchronoussetting. This chapter discusses synchronous online learningenvironments (SOLEs) and the affordances they present forteaching and learning. Particularly it focuses on a capability of these environments known as ancillary communications. It discusses ancillary communications as an intentionalinstructional strategy and presents guidelines for its implementation. And, in the spirit of Web 2.0, this chapter was written using the Web 2.0 application Google Docs.

Anonymous Online Learning in Korea and Integrating Anonymous Learning Elements

2021 ◽  
pp. 984-1000
Author(s):  
Alan Cromlish
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Specific Teaching ◽  
Collaborative Learning Opportunities ◽  
Learning Issues

This paper explores anonymous online learning as a tool to overcome specific teaching and learning issues within Korean post-secondary institutions. The chapter utilizes a survey of a small group of ESL students at a single Korean university to better understand student preferences and opinions about non-traditional learning options and opportunities in Korea. While many students in Korea have not been exposed to online learning, the students surveyed expressed interest in learning online and they were especially interested in collaborative learning opportunities. As more online classes and online learning opportunities start to become available in South Korea, this study explores anonymous online learning as an effective tool to overcome some significant and distinct teaching and learning challenges at Korean post-secondary institutions. The anonymous online learning suggestions and approaches in the paper can be implemented within fully online courses and blended classes but they can also be used as stand-alone online components of traditional face to face and ESL courses.

Practical Guidelines for Creating Online Courses in K-12 Education

2016 ◽  
pp. 507-529
Author(s):  
Wayne Journell
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
University Students ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Online Pedagogy ◽  
Practical Guidelines ◽  
Formally Trained ◽  
K 12

Online learning is the future of K-12 education. However, few online K-12 instructors have been formally trained in online pedagogy. This chapter describes best practices in creating online courses for K-12 students. Many aspects of online learning are the same regardless of the age of the students taking the courses, but adolescents often experience online instruction differently than university students or adult learners. Although far from comprehensive, this chapter describes basic guidelines and offers recommendations for K-12 educators wishing to create engaging online learning opportunities for their students.

scholarly journals The Taxonomy of Opportunities to Learn (TxOTL): a tool for understanding the learning potential and substance of interactions in faculty (online) learning community meetings

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra C. Lau ◽  
Makenna Martin ◽  
Adriana Corrales ◽  
Chandra Turpen ◽  
Fred Goldberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Opportunities To Learn ◽  
Faculty Professional Development ◽  
Online Learning Community ◽  
Faculty Learning Community ◽  
Faculty Learning

Abstract Background While many research-based instructional strategies in STEM have been developed, faculty need support in implementing and sustaining use of these strategies. A number of STEM faculty professional development programs aim to provide such pedagogical support, and it is necessary to understand the activity and learning process for faculty in these settings. In this paper, a taxonomy for describing the learning opportunities in faculty (online) learning community meetings is presented. Faculty learning communities, meeting either in-person or (increasingly) online, are a common form of professional development. They aim to develop the pedagogical and reflective skills of participants through regular meetings centered on conversations about teaching and learning. Results The tool presented in this paper, the Taxonomy of Opportunities to Learn (TxOTL), provides a structured approach to making sense of the dynamic interactions that occur during faculty learning community meetings. The origins and development of the TxOTL are described, followed by a detailed presentation of the constructs that make up the TxOTL: communicative approach used in a conversation, the concepts developed, and the meeting segment category. The TxOTL characterizes the learning opportunities presented by a faculty learning community conversation through describing the content of the conversation as well as how participants engage in the conversation. Examples of the tool in use are provided through an application to a faculty online learning community serving instructors of a physical science curriculum. A visual representation used to compactly display the results of applying the taxonomy to a meeting is detailed as well. These examples serve to illustrate the types of claims the TxOTL facilitates. Conclusions The TxOTL allows one to examine learning opportunities available to a faculty learning community group, analyze concept development present in their conversations, track change over time in a given group, and identify patterns between meeting segment categories and communicative approaches. It is useful for researchers as well as facilitators of these STEM faculty professional development groups. The taxonomy is most applicable to faculty (online) learning communities, with limited use for workshops and K-12 professional development contexts.

Critical Humanism and Online Learning

2019 ◽  
pp. 66-78
Author(s):  
Arturo Rodriguez ◽  
Matthew David Smith ◽  
Kevin Russel Magill
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Critical Consciousness ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Discussion Boards ◽  
Online Delivery

This chapter is an attempt to personalize online education. Across the writing, the authors use discussion boards, a means of inquiry, to offer students a space where shared experiences might foster deeper connections to subject matter. The concern for learning is how to design instruction to encourage critical learning opportunities in online environments for all students. A departure from traditional online delivery of instruction, they considered how to plan teaching to support student critical thinking in the expression of their ideas. Throughout this chapter, they discuss how critical theory/pedagogy informed practice in promoting self-awareness and critical consciousness among students.

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