scholarly journals Increasing Effectiveness of Cooperative Extension's Master Gardener Volunteers

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen M. Bauske ◽  
Lelia Kelly ◽  
Kerry Smith ◽  
Lucy Bradley ◽  
Timothy Davis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Master Gardener ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Online Systems ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Telephone Helpline ◽  
Effective Dissemination ◽  
Distance Learning Technologies ◽  
The University ◽  
User Friendly

Extension Master Gardener (EMG) volunteers are key to effective dissemination of horticultural information to the public. The goal of this workshop was to identify techniques to increase the capacity and effectiveness of EMG volunteers. The workshop focused on projects and tools that reduce the administrative burden of managing volunteers, increase the scope of issues that volunteers are prepared to address, and pool volunteer efforts and resources across county lines. Two online systems for managing and reporting EMG volunteer activities were described. Both systems are intuitive, user-friendly, and updated without the assistance of web managers. Regional web-based, advanced training on specific topics was used to expand educational messages of EMG volunteers and eliminate the costs associated with face-to-face training. Presentations were made using distance learning technologies and resources were shared online. Hosting agents tailored hands-on supporting activities to meet local needs. Volunteers expanded extension outreach by answering noncommercial landscape and garden telephone questions. Many of the administrative, logistical, and resource burdens associated with the EMG helpline phone service were overcome by working across county lines, standardizing training, centralizing supporting resources, and clustering volunteers into regional telephone helpline offices. Other projects and tools presented in the workshop focused on the need to affirm and/or foster the volunteers' connection with the university and the outreach mission of Cooperative Extension.

ДОСВІД ВИКОРИСТАННЯ ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ ДИСТАНЦІЙНОГО НАВЧАННЯ В ОСВІТНЬОМУ ПРОСТОРІ ЄВРОПИ ПІД ЧАС ПАНДЕМІЇ COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-74
Author(s):  
M. V. CHURSANOVA ◽  
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F. M. GAREEVA ◽  
D. V. SAVCHENKO ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Education System ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
Distance Learning Technologies ◽  
The University

The paper analyzes up-to-date distance learning technologies used in European education system for ensuring overall organization of the educational process during the COVID-19 pandemic. Quarantine conditions have become a catalyst for development and practical testing of virtual learning tools and innovative pedagogical technologies, and application of the experience with them is a necessity of today and a strategy for the future. The article is focused on distance learning technologies in higher education. Institutions of England, Germany and France are chosen for the study due to their banner quality of educational service, like the University of Oxford, for example. The basis for successful conduct of all types of classes is employment of universities’ own specialized learning platforms. The learning model remains more similar to the traditional one. The main role continues to belong to communication between qualified teachers and students through various interactive web applications, while digital technologies create space for such interaction, filling it with learning materials. Students get access to all educational services using a single password to the university network. At the same time, some learning materials are available with open access, video lectures and podcasts are popular. Unlike other countries, education in Germany is governed by strict principles of information and data protection. In the contrary, in France many courses have been made available on network, and the education system has instantly adapted to work in virtual mode through the developed system of national distance learning platforms and the massive open online courses. The result of effective distance learning organization in Europe during the pandemic is that the introduction of digital technologies and transition to more flexible learning models become the education strategy at the state level, while pedagogy becomes an area of advanced development of information and communication technologies. Key words: distance education, online learning, information and communication technologies, educational platforms, quarantine, COVID-19.

Distance Learning Essentials

2011 ◽  
pp. 248-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor X. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Junior Faculty ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Classroom Learning ◽  
Senior Faculty ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Job Aids ◽  
Distance Learning Technologies ◽  
Networking Technologies

Time and space no longer separate learners from their instructors. The emergence of distance-learning technologies, especially the Internet and networking technologies connect learners with their instructors. Instructional resources such as training courses, instructional job aids, reference materials, training guides, and lesson plans, as well as teachers, trainers, and other learners that were traditionally available for traditional classroom settings are now attainable via distance-learning technologies by anyone, anywhere, and anytime. As the growth of new information in the digital age accelerates (Gagne, Wager, Golas, & Keller, 2005), the debate revolving around distance-learning essentials has become even more heated among the academic circles. One side of the debate, represented by senior faculty, indicates that distance learning is inferior to traditional classroom learning because it lacks the necessary “face-to-face” interaction. The other side of the debate, representing current researchers and junior faculty, contends that distance learning is no better or no worse than traditional learning, given the fact that distance learning offers both advantages and disadvantages. The same thing is true about traditional classroom learning, which also offers benefits and disadvantages. Regardless of the debate, distance learning is revolutionizing education and training, along with so many other aspects of our lives (Gagne, et al., 2005). Open any job ads for a faculty position and there must be a description requiring a potential faculty member to be able to use distance-learning technologies. Those faculty members who cannot use distance-learning technologies are truly at a disadvantage nowadays.

scholarly journals FEATURES OF THE USE OF DISTANCE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AT THE UNIVERSITY

2021 ◽  
pp. 67-74
Author(s):  
Ирина Геннадьевна Алмазова ◽  
Ирина Владимировна Кондакова ◽  
Наталья Александровна Нехороших
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Distance Learning Technologies ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Подчеркивается необходимость своевременного вычленения и качественного анализа проблем дистанционного обучения, учета предпочтений и интересов обучающихся и преподавателей вуза, консолидации их усилий по преодолению трудностей и решению проблем, связанных с объективными и субъективными ситуациями, особенностями использования технологий дистанционного обучения при организации образовательного процесса в университете. Описаны особенности использования дистанционной формы организации обучения в вузе. Приведены данные, полученные при исследовании (опросе) влияния применения технологий дистанционного обучения на здоровье студентов 1–5-го курсов очной и заочной формы обучения направления подготовки 44.03.05 Педагогическое образование (с двумя профилями подготовки) Института психологии и педагогики Елецкого государственного университета им. И. А. Бунина. The article describes the need for timely identification and qualitative analysis of the problems of distance learning, taking into account the preferences and interests of students and university teachers, consolidating their efforts to overcome difficulties and solve problems related to objective and subjective situations, the peculiarities of using distance learning technologies in the organization of the educational process at the university. In the current situation, burdened by the spread of a new coronavirus acute respiratory infection, which is caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (2019-nCoV), the world education system (including higher education) is forced to turn to distance learning technologies. These technologies allow you to work remotely, maintaining the necessary distance, protecting the health of people (both students, teachers, and employees of higher educational institutions), excluding their close interaction during training, scientific research, in the admission campaign, in extracurricular work, etc. The authors describe the features of using the remote form of organizing training at the university so that it contributes to the maximum saving of students ‘ health, has a positive effect on their physical and mental state; minimizes the viral load in a difficult epidemiological situation; increases and develops digital literacy of students; “opens” new opportunities for remote work for the teaching staff. The article provides the data obtained in the study (survey) of the impact of the use of distance learning technologies on the health of the full-time and part-time students of the 1st – 5th year of studies of the area of training 44.03.05 Pedagogical education (with two training profiles) of the Institute of Psychology and Pedagogy Bunin Yelets State University.

scholarly journals Zoom Technology as an Effective Tool for Distance Learning in Teaching English to Medical Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 457-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Guzacheva
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
English Language ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Educational Resource ◽  
Teaching English ◽  
Distance Learning Technologies ◽  
The University

The paper presents issues associated with the introduction of effective educational technologies to distance learning a foreign language at the university. The review of the author’s use of Zoom technology in medical education is presented. The current problems of introduction of distance learning technologies in teaching English language to medical students are determined. The experience of distance learning for teaching medical students a foreign language by the electronic educational resource Zoom is described.

scholarly journals ENSURING THE QUALITY OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN CONDITIONS OF BLENDED AND DISTANCE LEARNING

2020 ◽  
pp. 7-13
Author(s):  
Svitlana Martynenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Natural Extension ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Education ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Distance Learning Technologies

In modern conditions of reforming the system of higher education, the introduction of time-based blended and distance learning, the mission of higher education is to ensure the efficiency and quality of university education. Therefore, the problem of using blended and distance learning technologies becomes relevant, which, taking into account the peculiarities of the conduct, should ensure the quality of educational services for students. Blended learning is defined as a hybrid of traditional face-to-face and online learning so that instruction occurs both in the classroom and online, and where the online component becomes a natural extension of traditional classroom learning. The article highlights the peculiarities of the introduction of mixed and distance learning at the university, analyzes and clarifies the essence and content of the concepts of « blended learning», «distance learning», identifies the main approaches, methodical principles underlying the organization of the educational process, the priority tasks and advantages of the introduced forms of education are singled out, the tendencies of their development are outlined, in particular in modern conditions. The methods, organizational forms and means used during blended and distance learning are described, specific examples of their introduction at Kyiv International University are given, as well as the schematic structure of the methodical system of the proposed forms of education that ensure the quality of university education. It is proved that blended and distance learning solves the problems of individualization, intensification and optimization of education, is the most effective evolution of the traditional model of learning7

scholarly journals Online Learning Equals Traditional Classroom Training for Master Gardeners

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen J. Jeannette ◽  
Mary Hockenberry Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Online Training ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
University Of Minnesota ◽  
Master Gardener ◽  
Online Learners ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Classroom Training ◽  
The University ◽  
Core Course

The effectiveness of Internet or online training was compared to traditional classroom training in the Master Gardener Core Course/Horticulture 1003 at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul. Overall horticultural knowledge was significantly greater for both groups in posttest results, and there was no significant difference in horticultural knowledge between the two groups. Online learners did not perceive the lack of instructor face-to-face interaction to be as important as did classroom participants. Online learners also placed a greater value on flexibility of class time and no commuting. Both groups spent approximately 75 hours on the class. However, 20% of classroom participants' time was commuting. Online training was an effective method for teaching Master Gardeners in this study.

scholarly journals CONDITIONS FOR ORGANIZATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AT THE UNIVERSITY USING E-LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES

2021 ◽  
pp. 19-27
Author(s):  
Ирина Геннадьевна Алмазова ◽  
Галина Александровна Корякина ◽  
Светлана Николаевна Числова
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Distant Learning ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Distance Learning Technologies ◽  
The University

Анализируется проблема разработки, характеристики и реализации важного условия организации образовательного процесса в университете с применением технологий дистанционного обучения, связанного с созданием в университете качественной цифровой образовательной среды, развития технической инфраструктуры и повышения квалификации вузовских преподавателей с целью эффективного использования ими технологий дистанционного обучения в процессах цифровой трансформации высшей школы. Причем такое условие анализируется не только с позиции повышения эффективности организации исследуемого процесса, но и с позиции обеспечения деятельности вуза, отвечающей требованиям мировых стандартов, что чрезвычайно важно в формате реализуемой государственной программы Российской Федерации «Развитие образования» на 2018–2025 гг. Приводятся данные опроса студентов и преподавателей университета, освещающие результаты измерения уровня эффективности реализации проверяемого условия организации образовательного процесса в университете с применением технологий дистанционного обучения. The materials of this publication analyze the problem of development, characteristics and implementation of an important condition for the organization of the educational process at the university with the use of distance learning technologies, associated with the creation of a high-quality digital educational environment, the development of technical infrastructure and advanced training of university teachers in order to effectively use distance learning technologies in the processes of digital transformation of higher education. And a certain condition is analyzed not only from the perspective of improving the efficiency of the organization of the process under study, but the operations of the University that meets the requirements of world standards, which is extremely important in the format of the State program of the Russian Federation “Development of education” for 2018–2025. The results of study of the levels of effectiveness of the implementation of the conditions are tested and and the data of the questionnaire survey of students and teachers are provided. The article describes the terms “distant education” and “distant learning”. The synonymy of their meanings and the peculiarities of their use in the context of the characteristics of a special way of implementing the educational process at the university are noted. The features of the implementation of the selected condition that took place in 2020 are noted: flexibility in taking into account the time frame of classes and in choosing an individual pace of training; modularity; the use of various types of communication; wide coverage of the audience of students.

scholarly journals Quality of distance learning: analysis of contradictions and prospects for development

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-39
Author(s):  
Aleksandr Kumohin ◽  
Aleksandr Antonovskiy
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Cognitive Activity ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Organizational Skills ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Distance Learning Technologies ◽  
And Control

The article reviews the scientific literature on the quality of distance learning. The forced temporary transfer of the educational process to a distance form is considered as an unplanned event to assess the quality of education, which allows us to assess the effectiveness of the management system in education for all participants in educational relations, as well as to determine the directions of modernization and development of the education system as a whole. The use of digital technologies in the educational process helps the teacher to more fully build interaction with students, improve their methodological and organizational skills and competencies, use visual formats for presenting various information, which, in turn, contributes to the development of cognitive activity of schoolchildren and students. Educational interaction in the framework of distance learning has a special specificity and special qualities that place increased demands on the professional competence and pedagogical qualifications of teachers, as well as on the personal and professional competencies of all subjects of the distance educational process. Distance learning now allows interaction between the trainers and trainees, but not fully appropriate to ensure the achievement of learning objectives, learning content of the subject and control assessment of knowledge, skills, competencies. Distance learning technologies should complement (and this is their significant functionality and potential), and not replace the already established traditional face-to-face forms of educational interaction, models and methods of teaching.

scholarly journals Comparative features of distance learning in regional universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 112-125
Author(s):  
S. T. Kokhan ◽  
N. I. Vinogradova ◽  
Yu. V. Sarudeykina
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Focused Attention ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Regional Universities ◽  
Distance Learning Technologies ◽  
Real Challenge

The global online transition has become a real challenge to the traditional form of education, which has prompted universities to reconsider the system of providing education services. The authors conducted a sociological study based on the investigation of the relationships of the academic teaching staff, their assessment of the effectiveness of the measures taken by the universities in organizing the transition to a distance learning (DL) format of education. Lecturers of regional universities of Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia took part in the study. The results of the study made it possible to identify the most organized and optimistic category of lecturers of Mongolian universities and focused attention on the main problems in the implementation of DL at all universities. The normalization of the epidemiological situation in the future, the restoration of the economic level of development of each country will enable the universities to define their approaches to the use of distance learning technologies (DLT) and their role in the traditional face-to-face education system in accordance with the needs of the students and the peculiarities of social life.

INTRA CORPORATE MODEL OF DEVELOPING COMPETENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY TEACHER IN THE FIELD OF DESIGNGING ELECTRONIC EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

2019 ◽  
pp. 5-15
Author(s):  
E. N. Gorutko ◽  
E. V. Dyrdina
Keyword(s):  
Educational Institution ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Teacher Competence ◽  
Individual Counseling ◽  
Ict Competence ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Distance Learning Technologies ◽  
The University ◽  
Corporate Model

The article discusses the theoretical and practical aspects of the development of teacher competence in designing electronic educational resources (EER), due to the need to use e-learning and distance learning technologies in modern educational institutions. The article reviews scientific and pedagogical researches on the subject and analyzes the structure of the teacher ICT competence. The authors summarize the findings of researchers, define the need to improve the skills of teachers in the field of ICT and develop the models for teachers’ upgrading. They generate the structure of ICT competence of a teacher in the field of developing EER. The modern classifications of EER are considered, the stages in the creating EER are defined. The relationship between the development of teacher competence in designing EER and the emergence of new learning models, such as blended learning and e-learning, has been revealed. An intra corporate model of developing competence of university teacher in the field of designing EER, based on the goals and aims of a particular educational institution, is presented. Stages of model’s implementation are defined. The article describes the experience of the development and testing of a set of activities such as organization of advanced training courses registering e-learning resources in the university electronic resources fund, conducting an EER competition, conducting training seminars and individual counseling aimed at developing teacher competence in the field of EER design.

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