scholarly journals Effective Use Of Group Projects In Online Learning

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 121-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Ekblaw
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Cognitive Learning ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Group Projects ◽  
Face To Face Instruction ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Creative Construction

Group projects have long been used in face-to-face instruction to improve cognitive learning among its students.  Group projects not only provide practical experience and allow students to practice the concepts they have learned, but also teach the students creative construction and group dynamics.  As important as group projects have proven in conventional learning, they are rarely used in online education courses.  This paper examines the foundations of effectively using group projects, and then demonstrates how to integrate them into online learning courses.

Online Learning and Deaf Students

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie W. Cawthon ◽  
Jessica I. Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Asynchronous Communication ◽  
Deaf Students ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Face To Face Instruction ◽  
And Function ◽  
Role And Function

Recent advances in online education platforms have the potential to increase access and equity for deaf students. This chapter examines what we know about accessibility in online learning for deaf individuals. Online learning is broad in its reach, including instruction that parallels or is in addition to traditional face-to-face instruction. Discussions about the future of online learning are situated in a larger context of the importance of direct communication for deaf learners, the use of video platforms for dialog, and the role and function of media as a flexible, empowering, and constructed space for learning in multiple language modalities. Yet the capacity of online education to deliver on its potential requires careful attention to the way the education environment is designed. This chapter provides historical and conceptual context for accessibility; summarizes research on critical issues, including captioning, synchronous and asynchronous communication, and accommodations; and offers recommendations for further investigation.

scholarly journals Peluang Dan Tantangan Pembelajaran Daring Pada Masa Pandemi Covid-19 Dalam Perspektif Mahasiswa

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 929
Author(s):  
Riyanto Wujarso ◽  
Saprudin Saprudin
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
World Order ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Online Lectures ◽  
The Government ◽  
Face To Face Instruction ◽  
Better Than

The almost two-year-long Covid-19 epidemic has altered the world order. This illness affects many spheres of life, including education. The government has a policy of restricting activities that involve direct human interaction. Learning that was previously conducted face-to-face in schools and on campuses is now conducted remotely, or through what is commonly referred to as online learning. This is done specifically to prevent and reduce the spread of the Covid-19 virus. The purpose of this study is to determine the advantages and disadvantages of online learning from the perspective of students. The study employed descriptive quantitative techniques on a sample of 253 STIE Jayakarta Jakarta students. The findings indicated that the majority of students attended online lectures from their homes, with the majority residing in Jabodetabek. Online education makes it easier to comprehend information and learning materials because the majority of these students are millennials who are already familiar with technology. However, the results of this study indicated that the majority of students believed that online learning was no better than offline or face-to-face instruction.

K-12 Online Education

2014 ◽  
pp. 385-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne Journell ◽  
Ben McFadyen ◽  
Marva S. Miller ◽  
Kathryn Kujawski Brown
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Diverse Learning ◽  
Face To Face Instruction ◽  
K 12

It is growing increasingly evident that online learning is the future of K-12 education, both in the United States and the rest of the industrialized world. Improved technology, coupled with the perceived cost-effectiveness of online education, has resulted in growing numbers of states and K-12 school districts embracing “anytime, anywhere” education. Research on K-12 online education, however, has not kept up with its growth. This chapter explores three structural issues that are currently limiting online learning from being a viable alternative to K-12 face-to-face instruction in the United States: inadequate training of online K-12 teachers, issues related to accessibility for students with diverse learning needs, and the importance of structuring courses in a way that responds to the diverse backgrounds of K-12 students. Although this chapter is framed from an American perspective, largely because the vast majority of K-12 online learning occurs in the United States, future research on these issues is essential to K-12 online education in any context.

scholarly journals A Review on Transition from Face-to-Face to Online Learning During COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 449-454
Author(s):  
Veena G ◽  
Kavya N ◽  
Puneeth B M
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Indian Education ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Teaching Online ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Practice Framework ◽  
Effective Use

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, Online-learning has become a necessary feature in all educational establishments such as schools, colleges and universities. The educations sector in India is deeply affected by this. To fight back the disruption and damage, educational institutes across the country embraced the digital mode of education as a solution to fill the void left by classroom teaching. Online education is conducted in two ways. The first is through the use of recorded classes, which, when opened out to public, are referred to as Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs). The second one is via live online classes conducted as webinars, or zoom sessions. This review has identified five important strategies that could be incorporated into a best practice framework for online education.1) As e-learning becomes the "new normal", the authorities have been taking steps to make digitisation of education accessible and affordable for all. 2) Training in educational technologies and their effective use should be available to faculty and students who need it.3)The Indian education system has to transit to online learning without creating a digital divide, the Centre and state governments must raise the spending on education.

scholarly journals Faculty’s and Students’ Perceptions of Online Learning During COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zakaryia Almahasees ◽  
Khaled Mohsen ◽  
Mohammad Omar Amin
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Data Privacy ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Learning Challenges ◽  
Face To Face Learning ◽  
Method Of Instruction ◽  
Self Learning

COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted teaching in a vriety of institutions. It has tested the readiness of academic institutions to deal with such abrupt crisis. Online learning has become the main method of instruction during the pandemic in Jordan. After 4 months of online education, two online surveys were distributed to investigate faculty’s and Students’ perception of the learning process that took place over that period of time with no face to face education. In this regard, the study aimed to identify both faculty’s and students’ perceptions of online learning, utilizing two surveys one distributed to 50 faculty members and another 280 students were selected randomly to explore the effectiveness, challenges, and advantages of online education in Jordan. The analysis showed that the common online platforms in Jordan were Zoom, Microsoft Teams offering online interactive classes, and WhatsApp in communication with students outside the class. The study found that both faculty and students agreed that online education is useful during the current pandemic. At the same time, its efficacy is less effective than face-to-face learning and teaching. Faculty and students indicated that online learning challenges lie in adapting to online education, especially for deaf and hard of hearing students, lack of interaction and motivation, technical and Internet issues, data privacy, and security. They also agreed on the advantages of online learning. The benefits were mainly self-learning, low costs, convenience, and flexibility. Even though online learning works as a temporary alternative due to COVID-19, it could not substitute face-to-face learning. The study recommends that blended learning would help in providing a rigorous learning environment.

The Challenges Faced by Pharm.D Students in Online Learning due to Covid-19 Pandemic and its Impact on their Mental Health in the Northern Border Region of Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 2819-2822
Author(s):  
Anwar A Alshammari ◽  
Abdulrahman M Alshammari ◽  
Nawaf M. Alotaibi ◽  
MD Ali Mujtaba ◽  
MD Tauquir Alam
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Pharmacy Education ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Northern Border ◽  
Teaching Learning

Objective: The purpose of the survey was to gather information from students on their learning preferences prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, barriers to online education during the pandemic, and the mental and psychological effects of COVID-19 on students. Method: Applying Google Forms, a cross-sectional pharmacy student-targeted online questionnaire designed to develop. In order to ensure that only pharmacy students responded, an introductory opening inquiry of the program name used to select out non-pharmacy students. Following that, these few demographic questions are asked to the participant's present institution and program year in which the participants currently in. Results: A total 260 pharmacy students received the survey, out of total 186 replies were received from professional pharmacy students, resulting in a response rate of around 71.5%. Almost half of the students (94%) chose traditional face-to-face training, while 32.8% preferred a combination of online and face-to-face instruction, and only 16.7% liked online instruction alone. The difficulties to online education during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak show that, Issues with in-person communication (23.7%), pandemic-related anxiety and stress (22%), time management (19.9%), experience in online education (16.7%). The majority of respondents (87%) intended to incorporate online knowledge gained during the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak into their teaching/learning techniques. During the COVID-19 epidemic, we discovered that practically all students were plagued by symptoms of sadness, anxiety, tension, and poor sleep quality, with the majority suffering from significant depression (31.2 %). Conclusion: This study concludes that most of the students are in favor of incorporation and applications of online learning experiences in teaching/learning practices garnered during pandemic. Furthermore, the majority of students had changed their behavior as a result of coronavirus, while nearly half of those polled experiencing an increase in anxiety and tension. Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic, online learning, mental health, Pharm.D students, Pharmacy education, face to face learning.

The Effectiveness of Online and Blended Learning: A Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Literature

2013 ◽  
Vol 115 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Means ◽  
Yukie Toyama ◽  
Robert Murphy ◽  
Marianne Baki
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Classroom Instruction ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Learning Conditions ◽  
Face To Face Instruction

Background/Context Earlier research on various forms of distance learning concluded that these technologies do not differ significantly from regular classroom instruction in terms of learning outcomes. Now that web-based learning has emerged as a major trend in both K–12 and higher education, the relative efficacy of online and face-to-face instruction needs to be revisited. The increased capabilities of web-based applications and collaboration technologies and the rise of blended learning models combining web-based and face-to-face classroom instruction have raised expectations for the effectiveness of online learning. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study This meta-analysis was designed to produce a statistical synthesis of studies contrasting learning outcomes for either fully online or blended learning conditions with those of face-to-face classroom instruction. Population/Participants/Subjects The types of learners in the meta-analysis studies were about evenly split between students in college or earlier years of education and learners in graduate programs or professional training. The average learner age in a study ranged from 13 to 44. Intervention/Program/Practice The meta-analysis was conducted on 50 effects found in 45 studies contrasting a fully or partially online condition with a fully face-to-face instructional condition. Length of instruction varied across studies and exceeded one month in the majority of them. Research Design The meta-analysis corpus consisted of (1) experimental studies using random assignment and (2) quasi-experiments with statistical control for preexisting group differences. An effect size was calculated or estimated for each contrast, and average effect sizes were computed for fully online learning and for blended learning. A coding scheme was applied to classify each study in terms of a set of conditions, practices, and methodological variables. Findings/Results The meta-analysis found that, on average, students in online learning conditions performed modestly better than those receiving face-to-face instruction. The advantage over face-to-face classes was significant in those studies contrasting blended learning with traditional face-to-face instruction but not in those studies contrasting purely online with face-to-face conditions. Conclusions/Recommendations Studies using blended learning also tended to involve additional learning time, instructional resources, and course elements that encourage interactions among learners. This confounding leaves open the possibility that one or all of these other practice variables contributed to the particularly positive outcomes for blended learning. Further research and development on different blended learning models is warranted. Experimental research testing design principles for blending online and face-to-face instruction for different kinds of learners is needed.

Blended Learning by Gamification in a Second-Year Introductory Engineering Design Course

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alyona Sharunova ◽  
Ahmed Ead ◽  
Christopher Robson ◽  
Misha Afaq ◽  
Pierre Mertiny
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Engineering Design ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Face To Face Instruction

With the rapid development of engineering and new demands of contemporary employers, post-secondary institutions have to adapt, improve and enhance engineering curricula to ensure that recent graduates possess appropriate levels of technical and professional skills and multilateral abilities for a successful start in industry. As industrial technologies, tools, and processes evolve, so must teaching methodologies and approaches, which significantly changes the structure of engineering courses. To ensure that students not only master technical knowledge but also develop their professional, interpersonal, cognitive and computer skills, engineering curricula have begun to shift from a classic instruction format to a blended learning format. Blended learning, the strategy of combining regular face-to-face instruction with online learning and/or other out-of-class-activities, is increasingly used in post-secondary education and disciplines and can take different forms depending on the course needs and desired learning outcomes. This paper reviews the recent implementation of blended learning in the form of gamification of a second-year introductory engineering design course using a commercial online learning platform. The reasoning, methodology, process and the results of student surveys before and after the online game are discussed along with suggested improvements.

scholarly journals REMODELED SOCIO-CULTURAL AND ACADEMIC E-LEARNING

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Khadija Qamar ◽  
Faiza Kiran
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Digital Native ◽  
Digital Immigrants ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The World ◽  
Giant Leap ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Face To Face Instruction ◽  
Medical Colleges

Panacea erupted by COVID-19 outbreak has transformed our personal and political perspectives, on priorities and mode of lives, around the world. On March 11, 2020, WHO declaring it as a pandemic followed by nation wide smart lockdown and implementation of social distancing, has remodeled our sociocultural and academic norms.To our interest, it has encouraged medical colleges of our country to take a giant leap from a traditional face-to-face instruction to online learning. Though sudden, massive, and unplanned transition it might be, this not only changed mode of curricular delivery, but uncovered opportunity of grooming ourselves to Millennial expectations. Initially, our digital recluse faculty had to learn basics of computer to become digital refugees. Later, they successfully adapted themselves as digital immigrants to teach a digital native generation!

scholarly journals Online Distance Learning Amidst Covid-19 Pandemic Among University Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
Muhammad Faizal Samat ◽  
Nur Amalina Awang ◽  
Siti Nor Adawiah Hussin ◽  
Farahiyah Akmal Mat Nawi
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Intrinsic Value ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Performance Expectancy ◽  
Effort Expectancy ◽  
Online Distance Learning ◽  
Online Distance ◽  
Effective Use

World Health Organization declared the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) outbreak, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 to be a pandemic on March 12, 2020. In response to that, Malaysia has announced movement control order effective on March 18, 2020, leading to the near-total closures of education center. University closures impact not only students, lecturers, and families, but have far-reaching economic and societal consequences. In response to that, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) has introduced the use of online distance learning and open educational applications and platforms that lecturers can use to reach learners remotely and limit the disruption of education. Even though UiTM has already adopted the integrated face-to-face and online learning approach in the classroom since many years ago, however, the commencement of solely using online learning platform, in the absence of face-to-face meetings is challenging. In addition, it is also crucial to note that the previous study on the determinants of the intention and effective use of online distance learning is scarce. Thus, this study seeks to identify the significant relationship between the intention and the effective use of an ODL among the students. Findings from this study reveals that four out of five determinants (performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating condition and intrinsic value) found to be significantly relationship with the behavioral intention of the students to use online distance learning. Behavioral intention also was found to be significant with use behavior. Although the intrinsic values (new determinants) has contributed to the theory, it is recommended that the same study will be carry out to the entire of education center, either public or private.   Keywords: Performance Expectancy, Effort Expectancy, Social Influence, Facilitating Condition, Intrinsic Value, Behavior

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