scholarly journals Lessons Learned from Clinical and Translational Science Faculty and Student Survey as COVID-19 Pandemic Continues to Shift Education Online

2022 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 238212052110732
Author(s):  
Katherine A. Forkner ◽  
Adam W. Wissman ◽  
Ryan C. Jimison ◽  
Kristina B. Nelson ◽  
Ryan E. Wuertz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Virtual Learning Environment ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Course Evaluations ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Translational Science ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Course Offerings

Introduction As the pandemic continues with new variants emerging, faculty and students require support with education's rapid shift to the virtual space. The Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical and Translational Science curriculum team works closely with faculty to support a smooth transition to offering graduate courses in a virtual learning environment. The aim of the present project was to explore faculty and student perceptions of these remote learning strategies to gain an understanding of the innovations required to improve future educational offerings. Methods All faculty and learners involved in nine Clinical and Translational Science courses in spring 2020 were invited to participate in a web-based questionnaire. Quantitative analysis was performed on closed-ended items, including 5-point Likert-scale questions used to assess the range of views. Qualitative free-text responses were independently analyzed for repetitive themes and summarized. Additionally, comparisons of faculty and course evaluations and student grade point averages (GPAs) from the in-person courses and their subsequent virtual course offerings were considered. Results Survey results indicated several positive impacts with moving courses into the virtual environment, including increased accessibility as well as more student-centered education. Learners joining from sites outside of the originating campus were especially grateful for the virtual classroom because they felt newly integrated within classes. Faculty and course evaluations, as well as student GPAs, remained consistent. Conclusion New COVID-19 variants continue to shift education online, and innovative ideas are required to further improve future virtual course offerings. Increased engagement is warranted, both from faculty to incorporate activities designed specifically for a virtual classroom, and from students to increase participation by activating their microphones and webcams. Greater opportunities for global involvement and connectedness arise. Finally, this project advocates for adequate eLearning staffing to support quality online education as the need for pedagogical and technical provision continues.

STUDI ANALISIS DAMPAK PADEMI COVID-19 TERHADAP EKSISTENSI PEMBELAJARAN PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM DI INDONESIA

Edupedia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-53
Author(s):  
Ilzam Dhaifi
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Education Services ◽  
Religious Consciousness ◽  
The Core ◽  
Equal Education ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

The world has been surprised by the emergence of a COVID 19 pandemic, was born in China, and widespread to various countries in the world. In Indonesia, the government issued several policies to break the COVID 19 pandemic chain, which also triggered some pro-cons in the midst of society. One of the policies government takes is the closure of learning access directly at school and moving the learning process from physical class to a virtual classroom or known as online learning. In the economic sector also affects the parents’ financial ability to provide sufficient funds to support the implementation of distance learning applied by the government. The implications of the distance education policy are of course the quality of learning, including the subjects of Islamic religious education, which is essentially aimed at planting knowledge, skills, and religious consciousness to form the character of the students. Online education must certainly be precise, in order to provide equal education services to all students, prepare teachers to master the technology, and seek the core learning of Islamic religious education can still be done well.

scholarly journals A comparison of three interactive examination designs in active learning classrooms for nursing students

BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Ahlstrom ◽  
Christopher Holmberg
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Chi Squared

Abstract Background Despite the advantages of using active learning strategies in nursing education, researchers have rarely investigated how such pedagogic approaches can be used to assess students or how interactive examinations can be modified depending on circumstances of practice (e.g., in online education). Aims The aim was to compare three interactive examination designs, all based on active learning pedagogy, in terms of nursing students’ engagement and preparedness, their learning achievement, and instructional aspects. Methods A comparative research design was used including final-year undergraduate nursing students. All students were enrolled in a quality improvement course at a metropolitan university in Sweden. In this comparative study to evaluate three course layouts, participants (Cohort 1, n = 89; Cohort 2, n = 97; Cohort 3, n = 60) completed different examinations assessing the same course content and learning objectives, after which they evaluated the examinations on a questionnaire in numerical and free-text responses. Chi-squared tests were conducted to compare background variables between the cohorts and Kruskal–Wallis H tests to assess numerical differences in experiences between cohorts. Following the guidelines of the Good Reporting of a Mixed Methods Study (GRAMMS), a sequential mixed-methods analysis was performed on the quantitative findings, and the qualitative findings were used complementary to support the interpretation of the quantitative results. Results The 246 students who completed the questionnaire generally appreciated the interactive examination in active learning classrooms. Among significant differences in the results, Cohort 2 (e.g., conducted the examination on campus) scored highest for overall positive experience and engagement, whereas Cohort 3 (e.g., conducted the examination online) scored the lowest. Students in Cohort 3 generally commended the online examination’s chat function available for use during the examination. Conclusions Interactive examinations for nursing students succeed when they are campus-based, focus on student preparation, and provide the necessary time to be completed.

scholarly journals Evaluation of a Teaching Assistant Program in Online Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelley N Armstrong ◽  
Kirsten Lupinski ◽  
Michelle M Burcin ◽  
Kimberly Kato ◽  
Marsha Kaufman
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Administrative Support ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Traditional Practice ◽  
Online Student ◽  
Undergraduate Programs

Online student success is determined by several factors, including learning effectiveness, access (academic, technical, and administrative support), faculty satisfaction, and student satisfaction. These factors are part of the Online Learning Consortium’s Pillars of Quality Online Education, which were established to ensure all students are provided a quality education, with high levels of student engagement, instructor feedback and interaction, and experiential learning opportunities. Using Teaching Assistants (TAs) in the virtual classroom is not a traditional practice for most online institutions, but is a strategy that can have a positive impact on these factors. This exploratory research study discusses a TA program that was developed, implemented, and evaluated over 3 years. Fifteen (<em>n</em> = 15) doctoral students were hired to provide teaching support to high-risk courses in the undergraduate programs. Background, recruitment, onboarding, division of course responsibilities, data, and outcomes of the 3-year TA programs are discussed in alignment with the five pillars. Findings suggest the addition of TAs in online education is a potentially useful strategy to improve student learning outcomes, scale, access, and faculty and student satisfaction.

scholarly journals Using 21st Century Technology In Online Business Education

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Silverstone
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
Font Size ◽  
The Future ◽  
National University

<p class="Default" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The challenges for education in the 21<sup><span style="position: relative; top: -4pt; mso-text-raise: 4.0pt;">st </span></sup>century are fundamentally the same as they were in each of the past centuries &ndash; holding on to what is of value while discovering and developing what adds value to both teaching and learning. While the future is difficult to predict, the seeds of the future can be seen in the behaviors of the present. Obviously technology will play an even greater role in future education no matter how much and how quickly technology changes. Of greater importance than technology is the thinking needed for knowing how to use technology for advancing education for both students and instructors. Identifying the shifts in behavior that people are experiencing today provides clues on the practices that will be common tomorrow. Basic changes in education include the following: (1) moving from an instructor-centered paradigm focused on teaching to a learner-centered model focused on learning; (2) shifting from an emphasis on textbooks as a preferred source of knowledge to the use of technology as the primary tool for acquiring information and ideas; (3) advancing from knowledge to know-how exemplified in the differences expected from the cognitive, behaviorist and constructivist approaches to learning; and (4) sharing responsibility for learning through increased interaction and continuous communication between and among all individuals engaged in becoming educated persons. Technology, though it may be the key tool for facilitating these changes, has its limitations as well as its advantages, as any instructor knows when comparing face-to-face classroom lecturing with virtual asynchronous online discussions. Today&rsquo;s students are techno-savvy and may be considered the &ldquo;Wi-Fi Generation.&rdquo; In the School of Business at National University, the second largest not-for-profit university in California, a blended approach to learning has been adopted in the accelerated one-month format used for its online education program. This paper explores the effects of some new technological options which were recently provided to marketing students in order to make their online learning experience more exciting and meaningful. National University&rsquo;s online classes are offered on the eCollege platform. Students interact with each other asynchronously through discussion boards and synchronously in weekly chat sessions. Chat sessions had been offered in a text-based format, but the School of Business has invested in iLinc software which provides Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) capability. In iLinc, students can see and hear each other as well as the instructor in real time. The system allows application sharing, group web-browsing, the display of PowerPoint</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">&reg; </span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">slideshows, voting, and independent group work. Using this technology, the instructor acts as both a discussion moderator and a live lecturer. The traditional text-based chats are no longer used due to the high student acceptance and delight with the iLinc system. Outside of the virtual classroom, the marketing students were tasked to analyze and comment on the content of selected television shows. National University&rsquo;s students are adult learners who grew up passively watching television from an early age. These assignments were designed to get them to think beyond the surface entertainment to the underlying marketing and business messages given in these shows. For example, a graduate advertising class was assigned to comment on the reality show, The Apprentice, while an undergraduate class critiqued the Super Bowl advertisements. In both classes the students were told to look at these programs critically and share their comments with the class. The use of these current mass media presentations, (which afforded live action cases that demonstrated the immediate consequences of managerial actions), was shown to be very powerful. </span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt;">Overall, the students appear to thoroughly enjoy this addition of topical and &ldquo;live&rdquo; learning tools to their online learning experience. While not tested empirically as yet, these new classroom tools seem to increase student comprehension and retention of the course material. </span></span></p>

Is virtual classroom a window into future during COVID-19? A comparative study of undergraduate and postgraduate university students in India

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Virtual Learning Environment ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
The Impact ◽  
One Way Anova

Education in today’s epidemic time is possible only through virtual learning platforms. COVID-19 has changed the mode of learning and shown the power of learning in virtual mode. In this paper a self-designed questionnaire on virtual learning was developed to analyse the impact of virtual learning on undergraduate and postgraduate university students. The self-developed questionnaire containing 25 items is tested for validity and reliability. 25 items are further segregated into 5 factors using exploratory factor analysis. These five factors are: Virtual Learning Environment; Virtual Learning and Health Related Issues; Virtual Learning and Interpersonal Issues; Virtual Learning and Technological Issues; Virtual Learning Deliverables. To have the comparative study of undergraduate and postgraduate students for the use of virtual learning platforms, one-way ANOVA is implemented. One-way ANOVA is implemented for each factor and it was found that virtual learning effectiveness increases when students move from Under graduation (UG) to Post Graduation (PG) in India.

Pedagogy of Authenticity in the Online Learning Environment

2019 ◽  
pp. 214-229
Author(s):  
Olga R. Dietlin ◽  
Jeremy S. Loomis ◽  
Jenny Preffer
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Student Interaction ◽  
Course Content ◽  
The Core ◽  
Unconditional Positive Regard ◽  
Excellent Teachers ◽  
Core Condition ◽  
Authentic Care

Genuineness, or authenticity, has long been established as the core attribute of excellent teachers. To reach their diverse learners, caring educators build genuine connections. Congruence has been described as the core condition for a meaningful learning and restorative growth, along with unconditional positive regard and empathetic understanding. While ample research has been generated on effectiveness in online education, few studies have focused on the notion and transferability of genuineness in the virtual classroom. This chapter presents a review of the interdisciplinary literature on authenticity, explores its link to diversity, and discusses the ways of cultivating authenticity online. It explores how faculty integrate the holistic self into course content, the virtual environment, and student interaction, and concludes with a review of best practices in course design and facilitation that convey authentic care for students online.

Deconstructing the Politics of Identity and Representation in Cyberspace

2011 ◽  
pp. 395-407
Author(s):  
Mustafa Yunus Eryaman
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Politics Of Identity ◽  
Racial Identities ◽  
Ideal Speech Situation ◽  
Online Spaces ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Political Realm ◽  
Speech Situation

The term cyberspace has come to represent the virtual space in which people surf the Web, send and receive email, chat with strangers, or instant message their friends. As people’s lives become increasingly entangled with these technologies, understanding how gender, sexual, and racial identities are negotiated in online spaces becomes important to understanding the Internet as a social and political space. To uncover how individuals make sense of race, class, sexual, and gender identities in cyberspace, this chapter explores how they construct and reproduce cyberspace as a social and political realm. Specifically, drawing on Habermas’ theory of ideal speech situation (1988) and Bakhtin’s notion of heteroglossia (1973, 1984), the analysis deconstructs how race, class, and gender are performed in cyberspace and how corresponding inequalities are created and upheld in this space. It also explores the ways in which online education might help individuals to actively disrupt social, racial, and gender inequalities in both their online and offline communities.

Active Learning for an Online Composition Classroom: Blogging As an Enhancement of Online Curriculum

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga A. Pilkington
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Presentation Of Self ◽  
Online Delivery ◽  
Composition Students ◽  
Online Curriculum ◽  
Strong Point ◽  
Learning Techniques

Active learning and online education have become important aspects of knowledge delivery. Nevertheless, little research exists on how active learning techniques can be implemented in an online environment. Deliberate equivalence of methods and materials for onsite and online delivery mechanisms is often seen as a strong point in favor of a particular program. Online environment, however, demands adjustments. Blogging is one way to implement active learning techniques in a virtual classroom. The case study that involved 25 college composition students demonstrates that blogging overcomes the asynchronous nature of online classes and results in improved attitudes toward writing as it shows real-world application of the skills acquired in a classroom and makes students see writing as presentation of self.

Design da Sala de Aula Virtual para o Novo Perfil do Aluno de EaD

EAD em FOCO ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Teobaldo Gabriel de Souza Junior ◽  
Golbery de Oliveira Chagas Aguiar Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Virtual Learning Environment ◽  
Virtual Classrooms ◽  
Research Education ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
Federal Institute ◽  
Para Determinar ◽  
Education Science

A presente pesquisa expõe uma análise a respeito de como as diversas manifestações do design podem influenciar no desempenho dos alunos da Educação a Distância e como estes discentes percebem a disposição dos conteúdos nas salas de aulas virtuais. Na execução deste trabalho, a evasão também foi evidenciada, de modo que não se poderia deixar de investigá-la. Com isso, o objetivo do estudo foi estabelecer uma relação direta entre o design da sala de aula e o nível satisfatório de aceitabilidade/interesse/motivação com o ambiente virtual de aprendizagem. Obviamente que essas variáveis estão ligadas diretamente a causas de evasão. Sendo assim, constatou-se que a disposição dos conteúdos e a forma como as salas de aulas virtuais são postas influenciam no interesse pelas disciplinas e, consequentemente, podem alterar as estatísticas de evasão. Como pressuposto metodológico para a execução da investigação, foi realizada uma revisão bibliográfica em conjunto com a aplicação de questionário eletrônico, direcionado para os diversos atores da modalidade: educandos, professores, coordenadores e tutores do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia da Paraíba. Assim, concluiu-se que existem muitas variáveis para determinar a permanência ou a evasão nos cursos a distância, todavia, o arranjo da plataforma e das salas virtuais são de suma importância para auxiliar no êxito do alunado em geral. Palavras-chave: design e evasão, novo aluno da EaD, sala de aula virtual. Virtual Classroom Design for the New Profile of Distance Learning StudentAbstractThe proposed research analyzes how the design showing may reflect in the performance of distance learning student and how those students perceive the content arrangement in the virtual classrooms. During this research education dropout was highlighted, demanding special attention. Thus, the objective of the study was to establish a direct relationship between the design of the classroom and the satisfactory level of acceptability/interest/motivation with the virtual learning environment. Obviously, these variables are directly linked to causes of evasion. This way, it was verified that the content arrangement and the way the virtual classrooms are disposed influence the interest for the subjects and consequently reflects in the dropout statistics. As methodological assumption for this research it was carried out a bibliographic review and an electronic survey with the involved parts: students, professors, coordinators, and tutors in the Federal institute of education, science and technology of Paraiba state. Thus, the research showed the existence of several factors to determine the stay or dropout of a student in a distance learning course. However, the course organization and the virtual classroom arrangement are essential for the student success. Keywords: design and dropout, new distance learning student, virtual classroom

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