scholarly journals Blended learning design for teaching innovation: university teachers’ perceptions

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-45
Author(s):  
Katia Sannicandro ◽  
Annamaria De Santis ◽  
Claudia Bellini ◽  
Tommaso Minerva
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Teaching Innovation ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Adoption And Implementation ◽  
Digital Environments

Abstract In the Italian university context, almost all universities offer blended degree courses, digital environments and e-learning systems. In many cases, dedicated centres also provide technical support and, less frequently, teaching and methodological support. The development of digital learning environments often does not correspond to the spread of an effective culture of educational innovation in university courses. The research examined the experiences of instructional design among 44 university teachers of blended degree courses at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. The analysis focused on teachers’ level of satisfaction and the processes of teaching innovation linked to the blended methodology, investigating also the possible criticalities and strengths related to the process of (re)design and innovation. The activities of training and design for teachers contributed to the dissemination of good teaching practices and professional development. In line with what emerged from the research on blended learning, it seems necessary to build a framework for the adoption and implementation of ‘blended learning’ strategies at the institutional level, starting from the construction of a concrete agenda setting shared between the actors of the innovation process.

The Appropriation of Wiki in a Higher Blended Learning Course

2010 ◽  
pp. 208-230
Author(s):  
Beatriz Fainholc
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
Student Comprehension ◽  
The Subject ◽  
University Course ◽  
The University ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge Construction

This chapter introduces the description of wiki appropriation. It considers the tool inclusion in an online educational innovation, supported in student and group-centered learning approach, to improve the quality of the blended learning offered. It states that the university course of educational technology, through wiki application as an appropriated methodology, beyond its consideration as a Web 2.0 tool, gives the opportunity to enhance the student protagonism into the deepening of the conceptual field of the subject by a collaborative knowledge construction. The evidence shows that the application worth to develop the learning strategies towards the student comprehension and its social skills in universities contexts. The results shows that the transformation of reactive attitudes into creative ones is a long process of change mediated by emotions and metacognitive work. Both facilitate a change of the students’ focus, perspectives, and mentalities, understandable by the help of collective learning, among diverse variables.

scholarly journals Facilitating Emergency Remote K-12 Teaching in Computing-Enhanced Virtual Learning Environments During COVID-19 Pandemic - Blessing or Curse?

2021 ◽  
pp. 073563312199278
Author(s):  
Tamar Shamir-Inbal ◽  
Ina Blau
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Organizational Challenges ◽  
K 12

This study explored teacher experience in leading Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) in K-12 and conducting blended synchronous and asynchronous instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study’s purpose was to understand the pedagogical, technological, and organizational challenges and benefits of computing-enhanced digital learning environments, and to explore teachers' pedagogical strategies. This study employed a qualitative research paradigm using nation-wide, online samples, which included 133 elementary and secondary school teachers from Hebrew-speaking and Arabic-speaking schools in Israel. Participants were asked to share their perspectives and experiences of ERT through open-ended questions in an online questionnaire. The bottom-up analysis of the data, based on the Grounded Theory approach, yielded 1,822 statements reflecting teachers' perceptions of pedagogical, technological, and organizational challenges (N = 580) and benefits of ERT (N = 827). The analysis also revealed a variety of pedagogical distance learning strategies used by teachers (N = 415). The study raises the need to turn a curse into a blessing by incorporating the experience of remote technology-enhanced learning and online activities into the school agenda on a regular basis. Thus, teachers and students would develop important digital competencies and be prepared for the next emergency event. The implications of our findings for educational theory and practice of educational computing are discussed.

scholarly journals EVALUASI PELAKSANAAN PEMBELAJARAN DARING DI INDONESIA SELAMA MASA PANDEMI COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-113
Author(s):  
Jumardi Budiman
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Learning Mechanisms ◽  
Innovative Learning

ABSTRAKPandemi covid-19 membuat sistem pembelajaran di Indonesia yang berlangsung secara klasikal berubah menjadi pembelajaran dalam jaringan (daring). Tujuan penelitian ini yakni mengevaluasi pelaksanaan pembelajaran daring di Indonesia pada masa pandemi covid-19. Metode penelitian menggunakan studi kepustakaan dengan sumber data berupa artikel ilmiah yang membahas tentang pelaksanaan pembelajaran daring selama masa pandemi covid-19. Teknik analisis data menggunakan analisa kualitatif yakni reduksi data, penyajian data dan verifikasi/ penarikan kesimpulan. Temuan dalam penelitian ini bahwa mekanisme pembelajaran daring memiliki dampak positif berupa kemandirian siswa dalam belajar, peningkatan aktivitas mencari sumber belajar dan inovasi gaya belajar. Dampak negatif pembelajaran daring berupa rasa jenuh dan penurunan minat belajar akibat kegagalan siswa dan guru dalam mengatasi kendala seperti sarana penunjang yang tidak memadai, ketiadaan kuota internet dan sinyal internet yang buruk. Tantangan yang dihadapi oleh siswa dan guru selama pembelajaran daring yakni ketersediaan sarana penunjang, strategi pembelajaran yang inovatif dan sinergi ntara komponen pendidikan. Pembelajaran daring berpeluang untuk terus dilaksanakan dengan system blended learning guna menciptakan ekosistem pembelajaran digital yang efektif dan efisien.Kata Kunci: Evaluasi, pembelajaran, dalam jaringan, pandemi covid-19 ABSTRACTPandemic covid-19 makes the learning system in Indonesia that takes place classically turned into online learning. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the implementation of online learning in Indonesia during the Covid-19 pandemic. The research method uses library research with data sources in the form of scientific articles that discuss the implementation of online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic. The data analysis technique uses qualitative analysis, namely data reduction, data presentation and verification / conclusion. The findings in this study are that online learning mechanisms have a positive impact in the form of student’s independence in learning, increased activity to find learning resources and innovation in learning styles. The negative impact of online learning is in the form of boredom and decreased interest in learning due to the failure of students and teachers to overcome obstacles such as inadequate supporting facilities, absence of internet quota and poor internet signal. The challenges faced by students and teachers during online learning are the availability of supporting facilities, innovative learning strategies and synergy between education components. Online learning has the opportunity to continue to be implemented with a blended learning system to create an effective and efficient digital learning ecosystemKeywords: Evaluation, learning, online, the covid-19 pandemic

scholarly journals Blended Learning Voice: Students’ Perceptions Of Mid Transitioning Into Digital Needs Of Academic Reading

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilies Youlia Friatin ◽  
Etika Rachmawati ◽  
Ratnawati Ratnawati
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Classroom Practices ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Academic Reading ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Voice Students

Blended learning is one of the e- learnings to be concerned its improvement and it can not be apart from the digital learning practices. Moreover, the application of blended learning itself is such of educational innovation in the 21st century era not only in Indonesian setting but also in the worldwide spread. In fact, the deployement of blended learning which is covered by e-learning in Indonesia is not good enough in higher education setting. The present study investigated students’ perception of applying it in an academic reading class as  part of demand in digital era. The descriptive study was employed to analyze the students’ questionnaire toward the application of blended learning during classroom practices with the 30 participants took part in the research. The students’ positive responses and interpretation from students revealed of implementation of it though some troubles occured during teaching and learning process. From the result of the data, it indicates that blended learning can be one of the educators’ choices of classroom practices in order to improve the quality of higher education and it provides  innovation of education in digital era. The study  provides the limitations and pedagogical suggetions.

Differences in Perception of Teaching Leadership between Teachers and Students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ḥafṣa Azalea Azra
Keyword(s):  
Effective Teaching ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Goal Theory ◽  
College Teachers ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Perceptions Of Teaching ◽  
Teaching Leadership

Objective: This paper aims to reveal differences in students’ and teachers’ perception of the latter’s teaching leadership and discusses the characteristics of effective teaching leadership. Method: The current study investigates students’ and teachers’ perceptions of teaching leadership through questionnaires, divides their perceptive differences into three categories, and compiles interview outlines based on Baker’s Path-Goal theory. These three categories of teachers were selected, resulting in a sample of twenty-five college teachers from China’s coastal area, who were then interviewed in depth. Results: College teachers and students had different perceptions of teaching leaderships, with the most common being students having low evaluations and teachers having high self-evaluations. Six main characteristics of effective teaching leadership of university teachers are summarized from the coding analysis of interview results.

scholarly journals Russian University Teachers’ Perceptions of Scientometrics

Publications ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Andrei V. Grinëv ◽  
Daria S. Bylieva ◽  
Victoria V. Lobatyuk
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
The Past ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
Russian Universities

This article is devoted to the attitude of Russian university teachers toward scientometrics and its indicators, which have been imposed on them by university administrations and the state since 2012. In addition to substantiating the problem’s urgency, the article contains a brief critical outline of the main scientometric parameters and their application in practice in Russia. To evaluate this, 283 people from leading universities in Russia (included in Program 5-100) were questioned. As the study showed, faculties of Russian universities understand the specifics of scientometrics, relate to it relatively positively, and over the past years have been able to adapt to the new requirements of the administration regarding implementing scientometric tasks and standards. The higher the position and scholarly qualification of a respondent, the more complete the knowledge about scientometrics. Scholars in the humanities know and relate comparatively better to scientometrics than representatives of technical and general scientific specialties.

scholarly journals Knowledge Spirals in Higher Education Teaching Innovation

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 16-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ángel Fidalgo-Blanco ◽  
María Luisa Sein-Echaluce ◽  
Francisco J. García-Peñalvo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
System Development ◽  
Educational Innovation ◽  
Knowledge Management System ◽  
Teaching Innovation ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Organisational Knowledge ◽  
Individual Knowledge

A R&I&i process for a knowledge management system development is presented. It transforms different institutions experiences into organisational knowledge applicable to an entire sector, the higher education one specifically. The knowledge management system allows classifying, organising, distributing and facilitating the application of the knowledge generated by the faculty. A study, with more than 1000 system users, reflects that the system helps to the faculty in the way they perform educational innovation activities. The supported model integrates both Nonaka's epistemological and ontological spirals. This allows defining ontologies and used them in order to transform the individual knowledge into organisational one. The knowledge management system encapsulates complex logic expressions and ontologies management, making easy for the users obtaining successful results that may organise in their own way, becoming a powerful knowledge management process that combines epistemological and ontological knowledge spirals to convert individual experiences in educational innovation into organisational knowledge in the higher education sector.

scholarly journals Percepciones de los docentes acerca de la incorporación de las aulas virtuales en la enseñanza / Teachers' perceptions about the incorporation of virtual classrooms in teaching

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Fabiana Yañez ◽  
Raquel Rodríguez ◽  
Stella M Briones
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Virtual Classrooms ◽  
Teachers Perceptions

Esta presentación se enmarca en el Proyecto de Investigación “MOODLE y Blended- Learning: un análisis de aulas virtuales en contextos universitarios”1, orientado a investigar las propuestas de blended–learning de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud (en el período 2010- 2011). Es un estudio descriptivo basado en la observación de tales aulas virtuales, con la finalidad de analizar y categorizar la totalidad de aulas virtuales, de grado y de posgrado, y seleccionar algunos casos significativos, para indagar en profundidad las dimensiones de análisis planteadas en esta investigación. Se propone también realizar encuestas semiestructuradas en línea, a docentes y tutores y a alumno/as de asignaturas/cursos virtuales, y entrevistas cualitativas presenciales y en línea a autoridades y personal del área informática y a docentes de aulas virtuales seleccionadas como casos significativos. A fin de favorecer la validez interna de la investigación se proponen procesos de triangulación  de técnicas, de sujetos y de investigadores.   

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