scholarly journals A proposal of collaborative education for biochemistry and cell biology teaching

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
A. A. Souza-Júnior ◽  
A. P. Silva ◽  
T. A. Silva ◽  
G. P.V. Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Cell Biology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Creative Development ◽  
Biology Teaching ◽  
Video Lectures ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Collaborative Education

INTRODUCTION: Currently students grow up in a world of digital tools that allow you to connect instantly with the world. At the same time, teachers face several challenges to increase student interest and learning efficiency. One such challenge is the pedagogical commitment of the density of biochemistry and cell biology contents, producing a conflict scenario, between meeting content and maintain the class quality. OBJECTIVES: From this perspective, this study aimed to evaluate the learning biochemistry and cell biology contents in high school classes of IFRN, using collaborative and digital tools in the Moodle. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The contents were offered using various tools such as video lectures, forums, questionnaires, portfolios, glossaries and electronic books. Then these tools were evaluated using an electronic form.  In addition to the tools, we evaluated the platform interaction, the performance of activities and the content gamification. RESULTS: The quantitative results revealed directly proportional relationship of the interaction of Moodle with the performance of activities. The content gamification was also assessed positively, with 61% of students considered good, very good or excellent. The best evaluated tools were video lectures, with 31% preference, and questionnaires, with 24%; followed by electronic book, with 10%, and portfolio, with 5.5%. The other tools totaled 30% of the preference. Qualitative results revealed an educational gain of content, because the student lived the experience of teaching and learning collaboratively. In addition, these tools decreased conflicts between content and schedule. CONCLUSION: Thus, the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in a collaborative learning provides relevant results, bringing the reality of the world connected to the classroom. In addition, it assists in defining the content and creative development of a strategy for the construction of the concepts applied to biochemistry and cell biology teaching.

scholarly journals Common Origins of Diverse Misconceptions: Cognitive Principles and the Development of Biology Thinking

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Coley ◽  
Kimberly D. Tanner
Keyword(s):  
Biological Sciences ◽  
Cognitive Psychology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Biology Teaching ◽  
Biological Analysis ◽  
The World ◽  
Cognitive Principles ◽  
Biological Concepts

Many ideas in the biological sciences seem especially difficult to understand, learn, and teach successfully. Our goal in this feature is to explore how these difficulties may stem not from the complexity or opacity of the concepts themselves, but from the fact that they may clash with informal, intuitive, and deeply held ways of understanding the world that have been studied for decades by psychologists. We give a brief overview of the field of developmental cognitive psychology. Then, in each of the following sections, we present a number of common challenges faced by students in the biological sciences. These may be in the form of misconceptions, biases, or simply concepts that are difficult to learn and teach, and they occur at all levels of biological analysis (molecular, cellular, organismal, population, and ecosystem). We then introduce the notion of a cognitive construal and discuss specific examples of how these cognitive principles may explain what makes some misconceptions so alluring and some biological concepts so challenging for undergraduates. We will argue that seemingly unrelated misconceptions may have common origins in a single underlying cognitive construal. These ideas emerge from our own ongoing cross-disciplinary conversation, and we think that expanding this conversation to include other biological scientists and educators, as well as other cognitive scientists, could have significant utility in improving biology teaching and learning.

scholarly journals Thinking in Dewey's Experimentalist Education: The Contribution of the Internet and Digital Tools

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Leonard J. Waks
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Thought Experiment ◽  
Higher Order Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills ◽  
Information And Communication

Purpose —The purpose of this paper is to explain how the introduction of the Internet and digital tools renews and enriches John Dewey's experimentalist model for teaching and learning with particular attention to the place of and resources for higher order thinking. Design/Approach/Methods —The methods include a close exposition of Dewey's classical texts, and a thought experiment introducing ICT elements into Dewey's design diagrams for teaching and learning. Findings —Dewey's model has inherent difficulties, and that digital technologies helps resolve them. Originality/Value —With the Internet and new digital tools, teachers can design new virtual learning spaces and learning activities. Learners can use online information and communication tools to act more effectively using higher-order thinking skills.

scholarly journals Upaya Mendorong Pembelajaran Efektif Masa Pandemi Melalui Pelatihan Inovasi Belajar Berbasis Digital

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-172
Author(s):  
Zailani Surya Marpaung ◽  
Slamet Widodo ◽  
Nurmah Semil ◽  
Mardianto Mardianto
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Community Activities ◽  
The World ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Innovative Learning ◽  
Information And Communication

Abstract: Pandemic Covid-19 has had a direct impact on the world of education. The limitation of the crowd in community activities in public places causes the world of education to maximize the use of information and communication technology as a medium for distance learning or online. This encourages educators/ teachers to formulate alternatives for distance learning media by adapting them according to the conditions of available facilities and infrastructure, and mastering the use of a number of digital platforms that can be used as alternative learning media. This digital-based learning innovation training activity aims to introduce and assist the use of several digital learning media in one of the schools, namely SMK Lingua Prima Indralaya. Assessment of the success of the training held was carried out through a pretest and post-test. Assistance is carried out so that teachers understand and gain insight in formulating innovative learning methods in the implementation of the distance or online teaching and learning process. In this training, introduction and assistance were carried out related to the use of audio podcasts, maximizing the function of social media and also designing materials with attractive and innovative PowerPoint templates.Keywords: digital based learning; effective learning; pandemic period  Abstrak: Pandemi Covid-19 telah berdampak secara langsung terhadap dunia pendidikan. Dibatasinya kerumunan dalam aktivitas masyarakat ditempat umum menyebabkan dunia pendidikan harus memaksimalkan penggunaan teknologi informasi dan komunikasi sebagai media pembelajaran jarak jauh atau daring. Hal ini mendorong tenaga pendidik / guru harus merumuskan alternatif-alternatif media pembelajaran jarak jauh dengan cara mengadaptasinya sesuai dengan kondisi sarana dan prasarana yang tersedia, serta menguasai penggunaan sejumlah platform digital yang dapat digunakan sebagai media pembelajaran alternatif. Kegiatan pelatihan inovasi belajar berbasis digital ini bertujuan untuk melakukan pengenalan dan pendampingan penggunaan beberapa media pembelajaran digital di salah satu sekolah, yakni SMK Lingua Prima Indralaya. Penilaian terhadap keberhasilan pelatihan yang diselenggarakan ini dilakukan melalui pretest dan post-test. Pendampingan dilakukan agar para guru memahami dan menambah wawasan dalam merumuskan metode pembelajaran yang inovatif dalam pelaksanaan proses belajar mengajar jarak jauh atau daring. Pada pelatihan ini dilakukan pengenalan dan pendampingan terkait penggunaan podcast audio, memaksimalkan fungsi media sosial dan juga merancang materi dengan template powerpoint yang menarik dan inovatif.Kata Kunci: masa pandemi; pembelajaran berbasis digital; pembelajaran efektif

Using Clips in the Language Classroom

RELC Journal ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 003368822110261
Author(s):  
Bing Mei ◽  
Shuo Huang ◽  
Qian Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Foreign Language Teaching ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Immediate Feedback ◽  
Language Classroom ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Technology Review

With the exponential growth of information and communication technology, many digital tools that can provide immediate feedback on pronunciation have been developed in recent years. Among them, one recent noteworthy tool is Clips, which is capable of creating fun videos with automatically generated captions. This technology review provides an overview of its features and discusses how they can benefit foreign language teaching and learning.

scholarly journals PEMANFAATAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN UNTUK PENINGKATAN KUALITAS BELAJAR SISWA

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
M. Miftah
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Computer Network ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Instructional Media ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Visual Style ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Media

ICT (Information and Communication Technology) has tremendous potential to help teachers and students in successful learning. Implementation of ICT-based learning, schools need to do a needs analysis, preparation of the necessary requirements, design models of learning and development. Making it easier for teachers in the use of media in teaching. The importance of instructional media for the education system is to support teaching and learning with the Internet media, computer network, or standalone computer. The success is determined by the ability of learning in a variety of things including: efforts to use the media in a learning activity as resources for learning. The process of utilization of instructional media is a decision taken by the learner (teacher) which is based on the design or the lesson plan. Therefore, the principle of utilization needs to be linked to the needs and characteristics of students. These characteristics with respect to the visual style, auditory, and kinestetika students. By utilizing computer-aided media is expected to increase student interest, so that more teachers on how to optimize the role of the teacher as a facilitator, modiator, motivator, supervisor, and evaluator AbstrakTIK (Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi) memiliki potensi yang amat besar untuk membantu guru dan siswa dalam keberhasilan pembelajaran . Implementasi pembelajaran berbasis TIK, sekolah perlu melakukan analisis kebutuhan, penyiapan kebutuhan yang diperlukan, perancangan model pembelajaran serta pengembangannya. Sehingga mempermudah guru dalam memanfaatkan media dalam pembelajaran. Pentingnya media pembelajaran bagi sistem pendidikan adalah untuk mendukung belajar mengajar dengan media Internet, jaringan komputer, maupun komputer standalone. Keberhasilan pembelajaran ditentukan oleh kemampuan dalam berbagai hal diantaranya: upaya memanfaatkan media dalam aktivitas pembelajaran sebagai sumber-sumber untuk belajar. Proses pemanfaatan media pembelajaran merupakan suatu keputusan yang diambil oleh pembelajar (guru) yang didasarkan pada desain atau rancangan pembelajaran. Oleh sebab itu, prinsip pemanfaatan perlu dikaitkan dengan kebutuhan dan karakteristik siswa. Karakteristik ini berkenaan dengan gaya visual, auditorial, dan kinestetika siswa. Dengan memanfaatkan media berbantuan komputer diharapkan dapat meningkatkan minat belajar siswa, sehingga guru lebih pada bagaimana mengoptimalisasikan peran guru sebagai fasilitator, modiator, motivator, supervisor, dan evaluator

scholarly journals Teacher Perceptions of Information and Communication Technologies in a Secondary School in Samoa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Farita Tepora Afamasaga-Wright
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Teacher Perceptions ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Support Teacher

<p>This study explored teacher perceptions of information and communication technologies in one secondary school in Samoa, in order to gain insight into recent government initiatives to introduce computers and other ICTs in schools. Phenomenology as an approach was deemed appropriate to the focus of this research in that it provided the framework for an in-depth exploration of how teachers view themselves within a particular event in the development of education in Samoa: the integration of ICTs in schools. Underpinning this study were assumptions about the nature of knowledge as being socially constructed as well as contextually situated. The research sought understanding of the phenomenon from the perspective of one group of participants. Data was gathered using lengthy semi-structured interviews in the Samoan language which were then translated into English for the purpose of data analysis. Significant findings include: lack of clarity amongst teachers regarding ICT in education policies, government rationale and strategies to achieve policy; teacher rationale for the introduction of ICT in schools included improvement of teaching and learning, student future employment and improved student access to technology. Teacher perceptions of ICT were mostly positive noting that its use contributed to higher levels of student interest, engagement, independent learning and motivation. As well, ICTs were mainly used to support teacher-centred pedagogies and contributed to the efficiency of teacher preparation. While teachers were keen to use ICTs in their classes, they were hindered by lack of ICT skills and insufficient pedagogical knowledge. Teachers perceived several obstacles to effective integration of ICTs in classrooms, which included: insufficient student and teacher access to computers; timetabling restrictions; a user pays system; maintenance and running costs; student plagiarism from the web and access to inappropriate sites as well as inadequate teacher professional development for the use of ICTs. ii</p>

scholarly journals PEMANFAATAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN UNTUK PENINGKATAN KUALITAS BELAJAR SISWA

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
M. Miftah
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Computer Network ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Instructional Media ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Visual Style ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Media

ICT (Information and Communication Technology) has tremendous potential to help teachers and students in successful learning. Implementation of ICT-based learning, schools need to do a needs analysis, preparation of the necessary requirements, design models of learning and development. Making it easier for teachers in the use of media in teaching. The importance of instructional media for the education system is to support teaching and learning with the Internet media, computer network, or standalone computer. The success is determined by the ability of learning in a variety of things including: efforts to use the media in a learning activity as resources for learning. The process of utilization of instructional media is a decision taken by the learner (teacher) which is based on the design or the lesson plan. Therefore, the principle of utilization needs to be linked to the needs and characteristics of students. These characteristics with respect to the visual style, auditory, and kinestetika students. By utilizing computer-aided media is expected to increase student interest, so that more teachers on how to optimize the role of the teacher as a facilitator, modiator, motivator, supervisor, and evaluator AbstrakTIK (Teknologi Informasi dan Komunikasi) memiliki potensi yang amat besar untuk membantu guru dan siswa dalam keberhasilan pembelajaran . Implementasi pembelajaran berbasis TIK, sekolah perlu melakukan analisis kebutuhan, penyiapan kebutuhan yang diperlukan, perancangan model pembelajaran serta pengembangannya. Sehingga mempermudah guru dalam memanfaatkan media dalam pembelajaran. Pentingnya media pembelajaran bagi sistem pendidikan adalah untuk mendukung belajar mengajar dengan media Internet, jaringan komputer, maupun komputer standalone. Keberhasilan pembelajaran ditentukan oleh kemampuan dalam berbagai hal diantaranya: upaya memanfaatkan media dalam aktivitas pembelajaran sebagai sumber-sumber untuk belajar. Proses pemanfaatan media pembelajaran merupakan suatu keputusan yang diambil oleh pembelajar (guru) yang didasarkan pada desain atau rancangan pembelajaran. Oleh sebab itu, prinsip pemanfaatan perlu dikaitkan dengan kebutuhan dan karakteristik siswa. Karakteristik ini berkenaan dengan gaya visual, auditorial, dan kinestetika siswa. Dengan memanfaatkan media berbantuan komputer diharapkan dapat meningkatkan minat belajar siswa, sehingga guru lebih pada bagaimana mengoptimalisasikan peran guru sebagai fasilitator, modiator, motivator, supervisor, dan evaluator

Finding a Silver Lining in the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022 ◽  
pp. 267-288
Author(s):  
Tatia Johnson ◽  
Maka Eradze ◽  
M. Nutsa Kobakhidze
Keyword(s):  
Educational Technology ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Teaching Online ◽  
Observer Perspective ◽  
The World ◽  
Participant Observer ◽  
Silver Lining

The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented shift towards educational technology around the world. Teachers began exploring digital tools, which contributed to their professional development. This ethnographic research studied a teacher online Facebook community in Georgia from a participant-observer perspective to understand its social interactions and discussions, using both qualitative insights collected through observation, and quantitative data using various digital tools. The chapter attempts to find a silver lining in the middle of the pandemic: it argues that the adaptation to educational technology during the pandemic gave teachers new opportunities to explore teaching online. Peer-led teaching and learning, sharing experiences, and best practices appeared to be productive. This chapter contributes to understanding the Georgian context during the early waves of the pandemic, and can serve as a unit of comparison with similar online communities elsewhere.

scholarly journals EFEKTIFITAS MEDIA SOSIAL TERHADAP PERPUSTAKAAN SEBAGAI PENYEBARAN INFORMASI SERTA INTENSITAS KOMUNIKASI PADA PEMUSTAKA (Studi di Perpustakaan STAIN Kudus)

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Yuyun Widayanti ◽  
Santoso Santoso
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Information Gathering ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Information Preservation ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication

<p align="center"><strong>Abstrak</strong></p><p><strong>Penerapan teknologi informasi di </strong>perpustakaan sebagai perangkat kerja yang memberikan pelayanan, penyebaran informasi dan komunikasi untuk mendukung kegiatan belajar mengajar di Perguruan Tinggi seharusnya lebih terbuka dan memberikan respon lebih cepat melalui media social,  <strong>alasannya sederhana dengan teknologi informasi maka akan lebih mudah </strong>pemberian layanan penyebaran informasi dan komunikasi pada pemustaka. Tetapi memerlukan ketrampilan dan keahlian khusus terhadap pustakawan, seperti kemampuan mengolah, menyeleksi, mengupload informasi sesuai dengan karakteristik media sosial dalam berinteraktif dengan pemustaka.</p><p>Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa efektifitas media sosial terhadap perpustakaan sebagai penyebaran informasi serta intensitas komunikasi pada pemustaka <strong>saat ini sudah menjadi ukuran untuk mengetahui tingkat kemajuan perpustakaan, sekarang tidak lagi pada gemerlapnya gedung yang dipakai, banyaknya antrian pemustaka, banyaknya loker ataupun rak buku, tetapi semakin cangih dan otomatis maka semakin maju perpustakaan tersebut.</strong> Di era globalisasi ini kemajuan teknologi informasi dan komunikasi yang begitu cepat hingga ekstremnya tak terkendali dan arusnya tanpa batas menunjukkan pengaruh yang luar biasa dalam dunia pendidikan, terutama perkembangan di dunia perpustakaan sehingga merubah hampir sebagian besar tugas-tugas dan layanan di perpustakaan mulai dari penyeleksian, pengadaan, pengorganisasian, penyimpanan, pemeliharaan sampai kepada pelayanan penyebaran informasi, pengumpulan informasi, pelestarian informasi, pengelolaan informasi dan pemanfaatan informasi dalam memenuhi kebutuhan pemustaka untuk mencari informasi agar <strong>lebih mudah, cepat dan tepat mendapatkannya.</strong><strong></strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Kata Kunci: Media </strong><strong>Sosial,</strong><strong> Perpustakaan, Informasi dan Komunikasi</strong><strong>.</strong></p><pre><strong> </strong></pre><pre><strong>Abstract</strong></pre><pre> </pre><pre>Implementation of information technology in the library as a tool that provides services, information dissemination and communication to support teaching and learning activities in Higher Education. It should be more open and provide faster response through social media, Information technology will be easier delivery of information dissemination services and Communication on the user. But it is special skills and expertise to librarians, such as processing the ability, selecting, uploading information the characteristics of social media in interacting with user required.</pre><pre>The result of this study indicate that the effectiveness of social media to the library as the dissemination of information and the intensity of communication in the current libraries has become a measure to determine the level of library progress, no more in the sparkling buildings used, the number of queues user or the number of lockers and bookshelves. But it’s more Sophisticated and automatic so the more advanced the library. In globalization era, the information technology processing and very quickly communication, extreme uncontrollable and unlimited flow shows tremendous influence in the world of education. It seems the development of the library world, which transforms most of the tasks and services in libraries. It’s  selection, procurement, organizing, storage, maintenance to information dissemination services, information gathering, information preservation, information management and utilization of information in meeting  needs of users to find information to make it easier, faster and more accurate.</pre><p> </p><p><strong><em>Keywords</em>: Social Media, Library, Information and Communication.</strong></p><p> </p>

scholarly journals Teacher Perceptions of Information and Communication Technologies in a Secondary School in Samoa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Farita Tepora Afamasaga-Wright
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Teacher Perceptions ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Support Teacher

<p>This study explored teacher perceptions of information and communication technologies in one secondary school in Samoa, in order to gain insight into recent government initiatives to introduce computers and other ICTs in schools. Phenomenology as an approach was deemed appropriate to the focus of this research in that it provided the framework for an in-depth exploration of how teachers view themselves within a particular event in the development of education in Samoa: the integration of ICTs in schools. Underpinning this study were assumptions about the nature of knowledge as being socially constructed as well as contextually situated. The research sought understanding of the phenomenon from the perspective of one group of participants. Data was gathered using lengthy semi-structured interviews in the Samoan language which were then translated into English for the purpose of data analysis. Significant findings include: lack of clarity amongst teachers regarding ICT in education policies, government rationale and strategies to achieve policy; teacher rationale for the introduction of ICT in schools included improvement of teaching and learning, student future employment and improved student access to technology. Teacher perceptions of ICT were mostly positive noting that its use contributed to higher levels of student interest, engagement, independent learning and motivation. As well, ICTs were mainly used to support teacher-centred pedagogies and contributed to the efficiency of teacher preparation. While teachers were keen to use ICTs in their classes, they were hindered by lack of ICT skills and insufficient pedagogical knowledge. Teachers perceived several obstacles to effective integration of ICTs in classrooms, which included: insufficient student and teacher access to computers; timetabling restrictions; a user pays system; maintenance and running costs; student plagiarism from the web and access to inappropriate sites as well as inadequate teacher professional development for the use of ICTs. ii</p>

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