scholarly journals Exploring the challenges and opportunities towards optimal breastfeeding in Ethiopia: a formative qualitative study

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kidane Tadesse Gebremariam ◽  
Oksana Zelenko ◽  
Znabu Hadush ◽  
Afework Mulugeta ◽  
Danielle Gallegos
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

Perceived Challenges and Opportunities of Digital Games

2021 ◽  
pp. 237-256
Author(s):  
Khalifa Alshaya ◽  
Pamela Beck
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Digital Games ◽  
The Other ◽  
Teaching Philosophy ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
And Training ◽  
Support Time ◽  
Pedagogical Challenge

This qualitative study explored the perceived challenges ELL teachers encounter when using and implementing digital games as educational tools. Six ELL teachers were interviewed, and a phenomenological lens was used to analyze the data. The synthesis of textural and structural meanings and essences as a last step of phenomenological data analysis lead to two major findings of ELL teachers' experiences with digital games: logistical and pedagogical. The findings indicate that there is a lack of resources, support, time, and overwhelming choices that characterize the logistical challenges. On the other hand, ELL teachers teaching philosophy, curriculum, and training highlights the pedagogical challenge of incorporating digital games.

scholarly journals “I Am More Productive in the Library Because It’s Quiet”: Commuter Students in the College Library

2015 ◽  
Vol 76 (7) ◽  
pp. 899-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Regalado ◽  
Maura A. Smale
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Commuter Students ◽  
Environmental Features ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Baccalaureate Colleges ◽  
The City ◽  
College Library

This article discusses commuter students’ experiences with the academic library, drawn from a qualitative study at the City University of New York. Undergraduates at six community and baccalaureate colleges were interviewed to explore how they fit schoolwork into their days, and the challenges and opportunities they encountered. Students identified physical and environmental features that informed their ability to successfully engage in academic work in the library. They valued the library as a distraction-free place for academic work, in contrast to the constraints they experienced in other places—including in their homes and on the commute.

scholarly journals Perspectives of Canadian Distance Educators on the Move to Online Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 28-40
Author(s):  
Cindy Ives ◽  
Pamela Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Visionary Leadership ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Early Adopters ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Distance Educators

Our qualitative study explored transition in seven Canadian universities—early providers of distance education that transitioned to online learning between 2002 and 2017. We interviewed 16 individuals who were involved in the design, planning, or implementation of online learning. Participants reported their universities experienced significant impacts on organizational structure and roles. Many saw an increased focus on learning and teaching. Access, revenue generation, and technology were identified as drivers of online learning; traditional learning and teaching practices were shifting; challenges experienced included resistance to change and lack of dedicated resources; and effective, visionary leadership was seen to be critically important. We propose that the roots of today’s challenges and opportunities in online learning may be found in the experiences of distance educators who were early adopters. 

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