scholarly journals BodyWorks: interactive interdisciplinary online teaching tools for biomechanics and physiology teaching

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 715-719
Author(s):  
Jennifer L. B. Martay ◽  
Hugo Martay ◽  
Felipe P. Carpes
Keyword(s):  
Motor Control ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
Teaching Tools ◽  
Online Tools

Remote teaching can be both challenging and motivating. Professors and lecturers have developed innovative strategies to improve students’ education and engage students in synchronous and asynchronous classes. In this Illuminations paper, we describe BodyWorks, online tools to support courses in physiology, motor control, and biomechanics. The tools are interactive and easy to use, have low computer and internet demands, and can be used in many conditions and topics of study. All resources are freely available online in three different languages. We hope our initiative can help professors and students worldwide promote more interactive and engaging motor control and related topics classes for both synchronous and asynchronous formats.

scholarly journals Incorporating Online Tools In Tertiary Education

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 365
Author(s):  
Leon P. Steenkamp ◽  
Riaan J. Rudman
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Learning Preferences ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
South African Context ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Teaching Tools ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
African Context

Students currently studying at tertiary institutions have developed a set of attitudes and aptitudes as a result of growing up in an IT and media-rich environment. These attitudes and aptitudes influence how they learn and in order to be effective, lecturers must adapt to address their learning preferences and use the online teaching tools that these students are familiar with. In a South African context it was found that students spend a significant amount of time in interactive online image-rich environments and are accustomed to this environment. A number of suggestions are made on how to incorporate this in tertiary education.

scholarly journals The functionality of interactive digital platforms in online teaching and learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-125
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Novaković
Keyword(s):  
Online Instruction ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Spring Semester ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Effective Use

This paper looks at the functionality of three interactive digital platforms for creating a virtual environment in online teaching and learning - Hangouts Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams. These platforms have started being widely used during the 2019-nCoV pandemic. On the basis of a review and comparison of their integrated functions and features, as well as of observations made in the course of their parallel use during the spring semester of 2019/20 at the Department of the Serbian language of the Faculty of Philosophy in Niš, the author has established that these platforms have the same general characteristics, while differences exist in the area of integrated functions that can be used by teachers and students. Taking into consideration this segment of the analysis, the author concludes that the interactive digital platforms Zoom and Microsoft Teams are better adapted to the implementation of online instruction than Google's Hangouts Meet, as they enable screen sharing and the following of textual communication, direct sharing of sound by means of a sound card, using a chosen photograph to create an appropriate learning environment, textual communication with one or more participants of the teaching/learning process, special formatting of text in messages, the exchange of teaching/learning materials in real time and for the duration of the call, conducting short surveys within the program, and the recording of each individual lesson. However, the paper also suggests ways of increasing the functionality of all analyzed platforms by using simple add-ons and online tools. By providing a detailed overview of all integrated functions, the paper discusses the methodological implications for their more effective use in online instruction.

scholarly journals Online Education for Undergraduate Health Professional Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Attitudes, Barriers, and Ethical Issues

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suhaib Muflih ◽  
Sawsan Abuhammad ◽  
Reema Karasneh ◽  
Sayer Al-Azzam ◽  
Karem H Alzoubi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Past Experience ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Online Tools

Abstract Background: The online teaching demand has increased tremendously to promote the implementation of online teaching-leaning system to meet the need of students during the outbreaks of emerging infectious disease. This study aims to explore whether the pandemic of COVID-19, which requires universities to rapidly offer online learning, will affect attitudes about online education for undergraduate health sciences students. Also, it investigates the barriers for using online tools. Method: A cross-sectional survey using online social media was used to recruit eligible participants. The data for this study were focused on students’ experiences utilizing an online education method offered by the Jordanian government universities. This study is utilizing newly developed measuring tools that are expected to enable students to evaluate online teaching in terms of their own learning progress. Results: A total of 1,210 participants agreed to complete the online survey questionnaire. The mean score preparedness and attitude toward online education was average. The majority of students agreed that online courses helped assign reading and homework time better than on-campus approach (75.0%) and felt comfortable to actively communicate with my classmates and instructors online. Zoom and eLearning were the most common online platforms utilized by students. The geographic locations, lack of past experience on using online tools, and lack of past experience on using online tools were identified by students as the main barrier to online educations. Conclusions: Although the pandemic of COVID-19 appeared as uncommon catalyst for promoting eLearning, further research is needed to assess whether learners are ready and willing to make greater use of online education to obtain high quality teaching and learning opportunities, which could totally change educators’ and students’ attitudes and impression, and subsequently the general themes of online education.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF ONLINE TEACHING TOOLS FOR OCCASIONAL USE

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Levi Alves Gusmao de Faria ◽  
Josue Labaki Silva
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching Tools

scholarly journals THE CONE OF EXPERIENCE IN TEACHING MATHEMATICS SYNCHRONOUSLY AND ASYNCHRONOUSLY

InterConf ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 218-226
Author(s):  
Diana Bîclea
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Teaching Mathematics ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
School Subject ◽  
Teaching Online ◽  
Teaching Tools

Teaching online is a new challenge for every single teacher. Mathematics in particular remains the school subject that requires special teaching tools. This article describes Edgar Dale’s «Cone of experience» and Bruner’s learning approaches for synchronous and asynchronous teaching in Mathematics. It also describes the most important tools that can be used for online teaching in a combination of both formats, asynchronous and synchronous. These teaching methods are described not only in terms of digital tools, but also in terms of Jerome Bruner’s theories on information processing.

scholarly journals Joining the DOTS: A collaborative approach to online teacher training

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Ursula Stickler ◽  
Pauline Ernest ◽  
Martina Emke ◽  
Aline Germain-Rutherford ◽  
Regine Hampel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Online Teacher ◽  
Collaborative Platform ◽  
Online Teacher Training ◽  
Selection Of

<p>Developing Online Teaching Skills (DOTS) is one of 20 “Empowering language professionals” projects currently funded by the Council of Europe's European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML). Its principal aim is to develop an online platform for delivering teacher training at a distance. Once completed, this collaborative platform will contain a range of modular activities for self-training via a selection of interactive CMC tools. This paper describes the participative process involved in developing this platform and in creating bite-size introductory activities to online tools for language teaching based on the input of online learning experts and users from 25 European countries.</p>

scholarly journals Distance Learning Challenges in Translation Teaching: Mediation Competence Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 258 ◽  
pp. 07078
Author(s):  
Lyudmila Enbaeva ◽  
Nina Plastinina
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Information Transfer ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Communicative Competence ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Competence Development ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
Teaching Tools ◽  
Learning Challenges ◽  
Text Simplification

In recent years the COVID pandemic has influenced education significantly. The pace of digital transformation is very fast and requires a change of mindset. Translators or cross-language mediators have to work at the focal point of various information transfer processes. We think that a digital mindset of a future translator can be created by re-contextualising classroom communication reality with online teaching tools that will ensure synchronous and asynchronous studies. The challenges of online resources variety can be responded to by classifying them according to L2 communicative competence and translation competence structural components. Thus the choice of sources can be narrowed down according to specific teaching objectives. The research proposes a classification of online resources for mediation competence development which is a communicative competence component according to CEFR. Classification categories include online teaching tools that can help develop (1) skills of mediating concepts, texts, communication; (2) strategies of explaining new concepts and strategies of text simplification. The classification is used to work out a few sample activities for an L2 course within translation curriculum. It is assumed that the classification and sample activities will help teachers be more flexible facing distance learning challenges in translation teaching.

Online Teaching Tools for Optometrist Professionals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alionte Cristian- Gabriel ◽  
Rizescu Dana ◽  
Rizescu Ciprian-Ion
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching Tools

Effectiveness of Undergraduate-Generated Animations: Increasing Comprehension and Engagement for Neuroscience Majors and Non-Majors

2021 ◽  
pp. 009862832110230
Author(s):  
Catherine L. Reed ◽  
Emilia Hagen ◽  
Cindy M. Bukach ◽  
Jane W. Couperus
Keyword(s):  
Target Audience ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Neural Signals ◽  
Educational Tools ◽  
Teaching Tools ◽  
Complex Processes ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Teaching Implications

Background: Animations of scientific concepts may improve comprehension by explaining and visualizing the steps of complex processes, but unless they engage student interest in meaningful ways, their effectiveness as teaching tools is limited. We achieve this through a novel approach to animation design that includes the target audience (undergraduates) so that the resultant animations align with their learner characteristics. Objective: This case study investigated whether undergraduate-generated animations were more effective educational tools than informationally equivalent text-and-illustration presentations and whether learners’ background influenced the relative benefits of animations. Method: Incorporating feedback from faculty and undergraduates, we created animations and text-plus-illustration content to explain how neural signals are generated and measured by scalp electrodes. Neuroscience majors and non-majors were presented with either animations or static presentations followed by comprehension and engagement assessments. Results: Both groups showed comprehension and engagement benefits for animations. Although majors showed better overall comprehension, animations improved comprehension for non-majors over static presentations. Conclusion: When educational content is directed for a target audience, animations can be more effective teaching tools for a broader student audience. Teaching Implications: The relevance of online tools for remote instruction makes animations, developed for and by undergraduates, important tools for effectively introducing difficult content.

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