scholarly journals Reconciling university teacher beliefs to create learning designs for LMS environments

Author(s):  
Caroline Steel

<blockquote>Learning management systems (LMS) serve as the primary online technology for student learning in many universities. Although they are only one 'solution', they are often regarded as all encompassing. How university teachers reconcile their beliefs about such technologies with their pedagogical beliefs remains a relatively unexplored area. This study draws on three cases from various disciplines to uncover faculty beliefs about the roles, affordances and limitations of these technologies and how each teacher adapted these to their learning designs within an LMS environment. The overall aim is to reveal the relationship between teacher beliefs and learning designs for web technologies such as LMS. This research contributes to the conceptual understandings that underpin faculty teacher development for technology integration. It provides insightful accounts of the kinds of teacher beliefs that underlie effective learning designs for quite large classes. The resultant stories themselves hold great potential to promote reflection and discourse on the use of technologies in university teaching.</blockquote><p> </p>

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Concepción Elizabeth Marcillo García

El momento que viven las universidades ecuatorianas, se caracteriza por la búsqueda de una mejora significativa en el campo académico, investigativo y de vinculación con la comunidad. La intervención de algunas universidades por parte del CES, ha sido una medida que se constituye en oportunidad para lograr cubrir las expectativas de la sociedad y de las instancias superiores encargadas de velar por el desarrollo de la Academia. Las deficiencias encontradas develaron las causas principales que aquejan a estas comunidades: el pobre desarrollo de la investigación. En este marco, el presente trabajo se constituye en un tema pertinente, al proyectar una propuesta que se sustenta en la necesidad de formación de la docencia universitaria en el ámbito de la investigación. El análisis que se realiza a la propuesta, tiene un enfoque social pensado en función del servicio que presta la Universidad a la colectividad en aras de responder a la sociedad que concomitante al progreso mundial, apuntala su economía en el desarrollo del conocimiento. Considerar una estrategia para el desarrollo de las competencias investigativas en los docentes universitarios, ayudará a fortalecer la función investigativa, consecuentemente, se generará y crearán condiciones que permitan transferir tecnologías tendientes a mejorar las condiciones de vida del sector.  Palabras claves: Docencia universitaria, competencia investigativa, investigación, universidad, estrategia  Social view of the strategy for the formation of the research competence in the university professor    Abstract  The Ecuadorian universities are changing today and that is characterized by the search for a significant improvement in the academic and research fields and the link with the community. The intervention of some universities by the CES has been a measure which constitutes an opportunity to meet the society’s expectations and those of the higher level authorities to ensure the development of the university. The deficiencies found uncovered the main causes affecting these communities: the poor development of research. In this context, the present work constitutes a relevant topic, to project a proposal that is based on the need for training in the field of researching the university teachers. The analysis of the proposal has a social approach, which functions through the service provided by the University to the community in order to respond to the global society concomitant progress that seeks the development of knowledge while developing the world economy. To consider a strategy for the researching competence development in university teachers will help strengthening the researching function. Consequently, it will generate and create conditions for transferring technologies aimed at improving the living conditions of the teachers.  Keywords: University teaching, research competence, research, university, strategy


Author(s):  
А.Н. Лебедев ◽  
О.А. Бурукина

авторы рассматривают консерватизм вузовских образовательных программ в качестве одного из препятствий в подготовке потенциальных преподавателей университетов. Рассмотрены особенности подготовки педагогов высшей школы по направлениям социально-гуманитарного образования. Авторы презентуют результаты анкетирования магистрантов и аспирантов, свидетельствующие о дефиците прикладных знаний респондентов в области современных технологий, таких как Agile. Обоснованы предложения по интенсификации программ повышения квалификации преподавателей, насыщению образовательных программ вопросами применения современных технологий менеджмента. the authors consider the conservatism of university educational programs as one of the obstacles in the preparation of potential university teachers. The article discusses the features of training higher education teachers in the areas of social and humanitarian education. The authors present the results of a survey of undergraduates and graduate students, indicating a lack of applied knowledge of postgraduate and graduate students in the field of modern technologies such as Agile. The article substantiates the proposals on the intensification of teacher development programs, the saturation of educational programs with the application of modern management technologies.


Author(s):  
Zorica Milošević ◽  
Snežana Medić

In this paper we analyzed the path and process of developing ideas and programs for the development of university teachers' competencies, barriers and resistance to such programs that we shared with other universities, but also the successes we have achieved. The paper presents and analyzes the results of the research about university teaching goals of the Belgrade University teachers participating in such a training program, with the results from which it is evident why they are needed and what training programs are needed for university teachers.


Author(s):  
Pawan Kumar Chand ◽  
Rahul Dhiman ◽  
Amit Mittal ◽  
Deepika Jhamb

This study is an attempt to understand the relationship between narcissism and job satisfaction in the context of teachers in a university set-up. Previous research has considered narcissism as a personality disorder and considers it unhealthy for organizations and individuals. In order to understand the construct of narcissism, and how it impacts on job satisfaction, 560 university teachers out of which187 females and 373 males were chosen from public and private higher educational institutions of India. The data was collected by administering a standardized questionnaire and the results were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The findings of the study suggest that extreme narcissism and healthy narcissism lead to a significant increase in job satisfaction.


2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Silvia Maria Nóbrega-Therrien ◽  
Jacques Therrien ◽  
Isabel Maria Sabino de Farias ◽  
Silvina Pimentel Silva

O estudo aprofunda dimensões da gestão pedagógica na docência universitária no campo da saúde,concebendo a pesquisa como princípio educativo na medida em que a aprendizagem à reflexividade crítica. própriaa essa atividade, propicia a consolidação da autonomia profissional do educando. Tendo como suporte teórico-metodológicoa epistemologia da prática docente, a etnometodologia e a ergonomia do trabalho docente configurouo desenvolvimento do objeto de investigação: a prática pedagógica de docentes universitários com atuação empesquisa. A coleta de dados incluiu o estudo inicial dos documentos e a aplicação de questionário aos professoresseguida da observação de docentes, em sala de aula e a realização de entrevistas. As atividades de análise foramdesenvolvidas mediante um roteiro de categorias definidas. Os documentos analisados, enquanto conjunto de dispositivoslegais evidenciaram o reconhecimento do princípio formativo da pesquisa. Por outro lado, dos 164 professoresidentificados nos cinco cursos da área da saúde, somente 81 (49.4%) atuam efetivamente com pesquisa.Os dados coletados confirmaram que as iniciativas identificadas dessa integração são esparsas e frágeis, tantona prática quanto na compreensão conceitual dos professores sobre essa dimensão da docência na formação.Configura-se, contudo, uma tendência em reconhecer sua fundamentação e a utilizá-la como estratégia de ensinoe aprendizagem. De modo transversal, as atividades integradas são mais notórias entre os docentes com inserçãoem programas de iniciação científica, grupos de pesquisa e desenvolvimento de projetos. Professores pesquisadorescom experiência consolidada denotam um modo diferenciado de lecionar e de desenvolver a atitude investigativaem seus alunos.Palavras-chave: Integração ensino-pesquisa. Docência universitária. Gestão pedagógica. Epistemologia daprática. Ensino superior na saúde. RESEARCH AS AN EDUCATIVE PRINCIPLE IN TEACHING AT UNIVERSITY: ateaching and learning territoryAbstract: This study broadens the dimensions of pedagogic management in university teaching in the healthfield, conceiving research as an educative principle, mostly as a learning strategy for critical reflexivity leading toprofessional autonomy of the students. With theoretical and methodological support encountered in epistemologyof practice, ethnomethodology and ergonomics of teachers’ work configured the development of the objective: pedagogicpractice of university teachers with performance in research. Data collection included, in the first phase, thesearch for documents and a questionnaire with the teachers, and in the second phase, observations in the classroomand interviews. The analysis activities were developed with an itinerary of defined categories. The results fromanalyses of documents witnessed the recognition of research as a training principle in the set of legal provisions.Otherwise, among the 164 teachers identified from the five courses in the area of health, only 81 (49.4%) conductresearch. Data showed that the initiatives identified about this integration are sparse and fragile, as much in theteachers’ practice, as from the conceptual comprehension they have on this teaching dimension and his importancein training. It is accurate to say that there is a trend in recognizing its fundaments and using it as a teaching andlearning strategy. The presence of cross-cutting research is more notorious among teachers with insertion in scientificinitiation programs, research groups and the development of projects. Teachers with consolidated experiencedenoted a differentiated method of teaching and developing an investigative posture in their students.Keywords: Teaching-research integration. University teaching. Pedagogic management. Epistemology of practice.Higher education in health. INVESTIGACIÓN COMO PRINCÍPIO EDUCATIVO EN LA DOCENCIA UNIVERSITARIA: territorio de enseñanza y aprendizajeResumen: El estudio profundiza dimensiones de la gestión pedagógica en la enseñanza universitaria en el campode la salud, concibiendo la investigación como principio educativo en la medida en que el aprendizaje de la reflexividadcrítica a esa actividad propicie la autonomía profesional del estudiante. Tiendo como soporte teórico-metodológicola epistemología de la práctica docente, la etnometodología y la ergonomía del trabajo docente configuróel desarrollo del objeto de la investigación: la práctica pedagógica de profesores universitarios con actuación en lainvestigación. La colección de datos incluyó el estudio de los documentos y la aplicación de cuestionarios a los profesoresseguidos por la observación de docentes en aula y la realización de entrevistas. Las actividades de análisisse desarrollaron a través de una guía de categorías definidas. Los documentos analizados, en cuanto conjunto dedispositivos legales evidenciaron el reconocimiento del principio formativo de la investigación. Por otro lado, de los164 profesores identificados en los cinco cursos de la área de la salud, solamente 81 (49.4%) actúan efectivamentecon investigación. Los datos recopilados confirmaron que las iniciativas identificadas de esta integración son escasasy frágiles, tanto en la práctica como en la comprensión conceptual de los profesores sobre la dimensión de laformación docente. Establece, sin embargo, una tendencia a reconocer la investigación como estrategia de apoyoa la enseñanza y aprendizaje. Transversalmente, las actividades integradas son más notables entre los profesorescon inserción en los programas de iniciación científica, grupos de investigación y desarrollo de proyectos. Profesoresinvestigadores con experiencia consolidada demuestran una forma diferente de enseñar y desarrollar unaactitud investigativa en sus alumnos.Palabras clave: Integración enseñanza-investigación. Docencia universitaria. Gestión pedagógica. Epistemologíade la práctica. Enseñanza superior en la salud.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anwar Khan ◽  
Rosman Bin Md Yusoffa ◽  
Kamran Azam

University teaching is universally known for its stressful nature. The university teachers are exposed to various stressors at work as a result of which their working performance is affected. The current study has conceptually reviewed the different factors of Job Stress among university teachers in Pakistan by using non-systematic narrative review technique. Following review of existing literature, the findings of current study revealed nine potential factors as determinants of Job Stress among university teachers in Pakistan. These factors were related to both intra and extra organizational environments of universities in Pakistan. This study concludes that university teaching is a stressful profession in Pakistan. The problem of Job Stress should be managed both at individual and institutional levels. Individually the academic staff members should get awareness about causes and consequences of Job Stress. At institutional level the management of universities should provide Stress free conducive environment, so that university teachers could be saved from the devastating effects of Job Stress. 


Seminar.net ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Löfström ◽  
Anne Nevgi

The aim of the article is to increase the understanding of how university teachers think about pedagogy in web-based teaching. The orientation to pedagogy that teachers have in their instruction is evident from their thoughts about student learning. The focus of this study is on the pedagogy that the teachers displayed in their collegial interaction during a web-based staff training course. The objective of this course was to enhance the teachers’ pedagogical skills in their web-based teaching. The qualitative data consisting of the teachers’ web-based discussions provides insight into their conceptions of what constitutes good teaching and learning. These conceptions can be understood in light of the theoretical model of meaningful learning (Jonassen, 1995). Furthermore, deepening a teacher’s understanding by taking the learner’s position appears to be a powerful tool in understanding the prerequisites for the successful use of information and communication technology (ICT) in teaching. The results show that teachers were more focused on how to facilitate student collaboration in their web-based teaching and less on how to contextualise the content or how to facilitate the transferability of the content taught into other contexts and situations. The teachers’ own experiences of what it means to be a learner in a web-based environment may be an essential learning experience through which they realise that when teaching in web-based environments, it is necessary that every choice they make be justifiable in terms of pedagogy.


Spanish universities are attempting to offer a more flexible and higher- quality education that is adapted to new social demands. As a result, they are offering a series of technological resources in both university management, as well as, in teaching and research - developments which are encouraged by the educational convergence process, occurring within the European Higher Education Area. In this article, we analyze how a group of university teachers seeks to promote an experience of active collaboration and open education amongst their students through the creation of a Wikipedia site. The goal was to promote a different, more flexible teaching system, where both the teacher and the students break away from their classic roles. This experience was started in order to achieve the following results: 1) motivate learning, 2) encourage active-collaborative learning 3) create a dictionary of the terms related to political science that helps to explain key concepts to students and the public, and 3) improve the quality of education. Despite facing certain obstacles, the results were positive: the students became committed to this practice, learned to collaborate in groups, and solved problems by interacting with their classes; their interest in subjects was increased, and useful tools for other people were created. Moreover, the teachers introduced new pedagogical methods in their classes and made learning relate to their students in a different way. In short, the results show that the use of wiki is effective in improving university teaching.


2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-94
Author(s):  
Gordon Tait ◽  
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Jo Lampert ◽  
Nan Bahr ◽  
Pepita Bennett ◽  
...  

This paper addresses the ways in which humour is used by university academics to shape teaching personas. Based upon the work of Mauss and Foucault, and employing semi-structured, in-depth interviews with a range of university teachers, this research suggests that most tertiary teachers deliberately fashion various kinds of teaching persona, which they then perform in lectures and tutorials. The use of humour is widely seen as an important component within this form of self-shaping, as it fits within dominant frameworks of expectation regarding contemporary models of “edutainment”. This research demonstrates that a wide range of practices of the self—including physical, verbal, and relational elements—are employed by academics as part of shaping various humorous teaching personas. Some boundaries exist limiting the use of these pedagogic characters; for example, arguments about natural ability with humour prefigure who is most likely to deploy humour as a practice of professional selfformation. Also, professional concerns regarding seniority and job security are also factored into decision-making regarding those humorous personas likely to be considered appropriate within particular tertiary teaching contexts.


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