Paradoxes of Disconnected Connection

Disentangling ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 295-324
Author(s):  
Paul C. Adams ◽  
Vivie Behrens ◽  
Steven Hoelscher ◽  
Olga Lavrenova ◽  
Heath Robinson ◽  
...  

Normal academic life is a series of gatherings. The COVID-19 outbreak in spring of 2020 disrupted these gatherings and constituted not just a health crisis but also a profound alteration of academic life. Social distancing and quarantine accelerated historic processes of distanciation, as an increasing number of social situations were lifted out of the places in which they would have occurred. Teaching, learning, mentoring, and collaborating continued to “take place” but these newly mediated connections included experiences of disconnection. Auto-ethnography conducted by six academics at various levels during the COVID pandemic explores questions of space, place, pedagogy, and scholarship, comparing and contrasting our varied vantage points on transformations of spatial routines, the learning process, the academic community, and our lives. We show how disconnected connection was experienced differently, by differently-situated social actors, each of whom appropriated certain media according to his or her wants and needs.

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Muttaqin Choiri ◽  
Mutiara Cahyani Fajrin ◽  
Tanti Alfrida Novianti ◽  
Eva Nur Kholidah Putri Ms

Abstrak: Pandemi COVID-19 adalah krisis kesehatan yang sedang menjadi perhatian negara-negara di dunia saat ini. COVID-19 merupakan penyakit yang belum pernah teridentifikasi sebelumnya pada manusia yang disebabkan oleh virus Sars-CoV-2. Menyebarnya COVID-19 di Indonesia menyebabkan Indonesia perlu melakukan pembatasan sosial untuk mencegah meningkatnya jumlah pasien COVID-19. Pembatasan sosial menyebabkan terganggunya beberapa aktivitas di berbagai bidang, terutama di bidang pendidikan. Kajian yang dilakukan dalam penyusunan paper mengacu pada 10 artikel terbaru pada tahun 2020 yang membahas tentang permasalahan yang sedang terjadi saat ini, berkaitan dengan dampak COVID-19 terhadap pembelajaran online menggunakan metode Systematic Literature Review. Proses pengkajian 10 artikel ini diklasifikasi menjadi 3 kelompok sub topik. Berdasarkan kajian yang telah dilakukan, diperoleh hasil pembelajaran online di era pandemi COVID-19 sangat memacu pertumbuhan pembelajaran online yang memudahkan dalam proses belajar mengajar, namun jika dinilai dari perubahan sikap siswa, sistem tersebut lebih menunjukkan sisi negatif, sehingga diperlukan adanya evaluasi terkait pembelajaran online oleh pemerintah Kata kunci: Covid-19, pembelajaran online, Systematic Literature Review(SLR)Abstract: COVID-19 pandemic is a health crisis that currently has been becoming the concern of countries in the world. COVID-19 is a disease that has never been previously identified in humans, which is caused by the Sars-CoV-2 virus. The spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia has made this country need to do social distancing to prevent the increasing number of COVID-19 patients. This social distancing has disrupted several activities in various fields, especially in the field of education. The paper done refers to 10 current articles in 2020 that discuss current problems, with the COVID-19 impact of online learning using Systematic Literature Review method. The review process of these 10 articles was classified into 3 sub-topic groups. Based on the studies that had been carried out, the result of online learning in the COVID-19 pandemic era has greatly accelerated the growth of online learning which eases the teaching and learning process. However, if it is judged by the changes in the students’ attitudes, the system shows more of negative sides. Therefore, there should be an evaluation related to the online learning by the government.Keywords: Covid-19, online learning, Systematic Literature Review (SLR)


Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 1935
Author(s):  
Lilia Muñoz ◽  
Vladimir Villarreal ◽  
Itza Morales ◽  
Joseph Gonzalez ◽  
Mel Nielsen

The article is the product of the study “Development of innovative resources to improve logical-mathematical skills in primary school, through educational robotics”, developed during the 2019 school year in three public schools in the province of Chiriquí, Republic of Panama. The teaching-learning process in students is influenced by aspects inside and outside the classroom, since not all schools have the necessary resources to deliver content or teaching material. The general objective of the project is to design, develop and implement educational robotics to improve logical-mathematical skills aimed at preschool and first grade students in public schools, using programmable educational robots. For this, a set of resources and activities were developed to improve the logical-mathematical skills of the initial stages, in public schools, obtaining significant results. Playful activities favor the teaching-learning process. Considering the analysis of the results made on the data obtained through the applied collection instruments, it can be argued that in general terms the values indicate that the students obtained a favorable level of performance in the different challenges proposed. The project has allowed the academic community to have an application of great value that allows teaching about the conservation of natural sites. The project only covers the area of mathematics in preschool and first grade.


Author(s):  
Elena Vela Leiva

El presente artículo se plantea analizar cuáles son las problemáticas afrontadas por los docentes a la hora de comunicarse con las familias y discentes durante el confinamiento en contextos educativos especialmente vulnerables. Para ello, realizaremos un repaso de la teoría, la cual nos permitirá formular las preguntas y objetivos y así, orientar la investigación.Por lo tanto, conoceremos las consecuencias que las TIC han provocado en nuestra sociedad y, centrándonos en el ámbito educativo, podemos observar cómo la brecha educativa y la brecha digital se han agudizado. Por ello, las problemáticas serán presentadas en el contexto de la crisis sanitaria de la COVID-19, con el fin de poder comprender cómo el proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje fue desarrollado de manera online.Para ello, se ha desarrollado un instrumento de investigación con el objetivo de tratar las problemáticas afrontadas y, además tratar las acciones que estos docentes llevaron a cabo. Estos aspectos serán tratados en un contexto vulnerable, ya que el instrumento de investigación será cumplimentado por docentes que ejercían el curso pasado en centros educativos que pertenecían al Plan de Compensación Educativa, con el fin de poder analizar esta situación en los contextos más vulnerables.Por último, en relación a los resultados obtenidos, podemos observar cómo las problemáticas que los docentes han tenido que afrontar, cómo pueden ser la falta de recursos tecnológicos o la escasa implicación familiar, han dificultado gravemente el proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje del alumnado, provocando sentimientos de frustración entre el equipo docente y las familias. Por ello, ante esta situación los docentes han realizado un seguimiento diario del alumnado a través de videoconferencias y han mantenido una comunicación fluida con las familias a través de llamadas telefónicas, debido al escaso uso que las familias y alumnado realizaban de los entornos digitales proporcionados por el centro.   In the present research work a review of the theory is carried out, thanks to which we will know how the current society has changed due to technological advances, thus influencing the current society, which we can affirm that it is an Information Society made up of digital citizens.Therefore, we will know the consequences that ICTs have caused in our society and, focusing on the educational field, we can observe how the educational gap and the digital divide have become more acute. Therefore, the problems will be presented in the context of the health crisis of COVID-19, in order to understand how the teaching-learning process was developed online.For this, a research instrument has been developed in order to address the problems faced and also measure the strategies that these teachers developed. These aspects will be treated in a vulnerable context, since the research instrument will be completed by teachers who exercised last year in educational centres that belonged to the Educational Compensation Plan, in order to be able to analyse this situation in the most vulnerable contexts.Finally, in relation to the results obtained, we can observe how the problems that the teachers have had to face, such as the lack of technological resources or the scarce family involvement, have seriously hampered the teaching-learning process of the students, provoking feelings of frustration between the teaching team and the families. Therefore, in the face of this situation, teachers have carried out daily monitoring of students through videoconferences and have maintained fluid communication with families through telephone calls, due to the scant use that families and students made of the digital environments provided by the centre.


A knowledge based economy is equipped with the weapon of a solution to all its problems even in the time of distress. Hence, with the augmentation of the economies there are announcements of progressive issues which in turn demand for a further augmentation in the sphere of education. India has witnessed a perpetual development in the realm of education, starting from the Vedic era of Gurukul system to the chalk and talk mode of the brick and mortar setup to the ICT enabled digitalized mechanism. The recent pandemic, namely, COVID-19 has unlocked anew demand for a digitally supplemented knowledge space. The contemporary trend tends to replace text books by e-books and resource repositories and the hefty assignments dislodged by the e-assignments which seem to be profoundly advocated by the student fraternity. Invigorated by the online mode of teaching the students band seem to favour this mechanism. The navigation through this digitalized mode of learning necessitates the need for the physical intervention of technologically sound teachers. In this framework the paper envisages to examine the factors which affect the shift from offline to online mode, coupled with analyzing the student body’s reactions while accommodating the teaching learning process during this health crisis.


Author(s):  
Sarahi Rubio-Tinajero ◽  
Jazmín Zapata-Contreras

<p>The UAT postgraduate students have had diverse academic and research problems due to the COVID-19 contingency. However, their commitment to comply with requirements is latent, while quickly adapting to the health crisis. The in-person restrictions have forced them to develop self-taught abilities, to look for solutions to research problems and to always stay updated in the use of digital technologies. Remote lessons have been a challenge for students and teachers due to technical problems that limit the efficiency of the teaching-learning process. Information is not passed onto the students and the objectives of the courses are only achieved halfway. Universities and the CONACYT have kept the graduation requirements in due time and form. However, requirements should be modified to be consistent with the severe limitations imposed by remote work, external to institutions. Grant holders have been the most affected.</p>


2020 ◽  
pp. 44-46
Author(s):  
Tasneem Ahmad

We are living in troubles times. The covid -19 pandemic appeared as a global health crisis that has caused huge mental and physical health challenges. . When covid-19 was declared a pandemic, no one imagined the changes it would bring. The covid-19 situation has actually changed the normal life. Pandemic is a triggering event, with which the people could not cope. Specific population groups have been affected by COVID-19 in different ways. The lockdown and social distancing norms have badly affected the level of mental health of secondary level students. Pandemic situation introduced new norms in domain of educational activities. These new norms have affected the way of teaching and learning in negative ways and become the immediate source of mental illness. In the present paper, author tried to point out the source of mental health in teaching learning activities during lockdown and social distancing situation.


2020 ◽  
pp. 254-267
Author(s):  
Alessandra Priore

The system of relationships and emotions that develop in the teaching-learning process define the complexity of teachers' education and pose the challenge of bringing out the emotional and affective culture that guides school life. Several studies on teaching practices highlight the tendency to refer to technical aspectsas a key dimension of professionalism, rather than on relational and emotional dimensions that can promote the relationship with student. The creative and unprecedented reconfiguration of professional practice is configured as the outcome of a reflexive process of subjective construction and de-construction of the profession and its development.The paper proposes a reflective training experience, which involved 76 teachers, focused on emotional and relational dimensions on teaching and based on the use of the narrative-autobiographical instruments (diary, narrative, metaphor). The results achieved in the monitoring phase show that the training offered an opportunity to reflect on oneself and one's personal and professional experience, starting from the use of alternative perspectives and interpretations than those that are already in use


2019 ◽  
pp. 3121-334
Author(s):  
Carmen Palumbo ◽  
Antinea Ambretti ◽  
Giovanna Ferraioli

Over the past few decades, the adoption of an inclusive approach to education&nbsp;has stimulated a reflection on the educational value of body and movement&nbsp;within teaching-learning process in order to break down all barriers to learning&nbsp;and promote the full participation of young people to school activities. Indeed,body and movement represent an important didactic "medium" for developing&nbsp;individualized and personalized learning paths that take into account the&nbsp;specific needs and characteristics of students thus contributing to their global&nbsp;and harmonious development.


2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-37
Author(s):  
Aam Alamsyah

This article highlights attitudinal analysis which can be used to predict the students’ accomplishment in their study. Analyzing the learners’ attitudes can possibly improve the validity of evaluation which is generally conducted by both lecturers and administrators either during the recruitment or in the teaching/learning process. Besides, this attempt can also be used to predict the students’ potential accomplishment when learning in IPDN. Attitude, which is commonly defined as a behavioral tendency to act in certain patterns, is very important to be analyzed in order to allow the lecturers to have more objective description of the students’ behavior and their potential accomplishment. If this thoroughly applied, attitudinal analysis will not only allow the lecturers and other related staffs to evaluate the good quality candidates, but also allow them to assess the students’ potential success. In line with the continuously increasing demand of the society toward the officials who have more integrity, analyzing attitudes can help select those having good quality, more integrity, and being more prepared in serving the society.


2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 57-59
Author(s):  
R. Kalaiselvi R. Kalaiselvi ◽  
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Dr. A. Palanisamy Dr. A. Palanisamy ◽  
Dr. A R. Saravanakumar Dr. A R. Saravanakumar

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