scholarly journals Enhancement of prosthetics and orthotics learning and teaching through e-Learning technology and methodology

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Wong ◽  
E. D. Lemaire ◽  
A. K. L. Leung ◽  
M. F. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Training ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Interactive Approach ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Qualitative Feedback ◽  
E Learning ◽  
On Line ◽  
Demonstration Video ◽  
The University

A Write-Once Publish-Everywhere model was used to create and deliver on-line clinical training and education for undergraduate prosthetics and orthotics students. This project consisted of three phases: developing multimedia learning and teaching tools, integrating these tools into the curriculum (combination of e-Leaming and live practical sessions), and evaluating the outcomes. Video-based multimedia contents were captured and integrated with graphic, audio and text into a PowerPoint presentation software format. The web-based content was integrated into the WebCT platform for course management. Questionnaires were used to obtain student feedback on this e-Learning approach. Results were compared within the prosthetics and orthotics (P&O) programme, with other Health Sciences programmes, and overall with the University. P&O student responses were significantly higher than other groups for career relevance and problem solving. Qualitative feedback indicated that students appreciated the easy access, integrated and interactive approach of the text materials, concise PowerPoint presentation, demonstration video and the online case discussion via the WebCT platform. Educators appreciated the ability easily to maintain contents and publish the modules across multiple media without recreating the contents.

Computer-assisted learning in undergraduate psychiatry (CAL-PSYCH): evaluation of a pilot programme

2003 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 84-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allys Guerandel ◽  
Kevin Malone ◽  
Patrick Felle
Keyword(s):  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Attendance Rates ◽  
Computer Assisted Learning ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Feedback Questionnaire ◽  
E Learning ◽  
On Line ◽  
The University

AbstractObjectives: To introduce and evaluate a computer assisted learning programme in undergraduate psychiatry (CAL-PSYCH).Methods: An interactive e-learning environment was created within the University College Dublin portal to assist students in acquiring the necessary skills in undergraduate psychiatry. The pilot phase consisted of providing their lectures on-line on the interactive site. Data were gathered from the last group of students in 2001 (pre-CAL-PSYCH) and the first group of students using CAL-PSYCH in 2002. We included assessment of percentage of students accessing the site, attendance rates at face-to-face lectures and tutorials, and also a feedback questionnaire from students who accessed the site.Results: All responders had used CAL-PSYCH. Students gave higher ratings for quality and interactivity of lectures compared with the pre-CAL-PSYCH curriculum. Students also expressed enthusiasm about CAL-PSYCH and encouraged us to develop it further.Conclusions: Computer-assisted learning environments such as CAL-PSYCH provide the opportunity to bring modern e-learning techniques to medical education, and may provide a new model for life-long learning in medicine.

Media Streaming for Technological Innovation in Higher Education

2014 ◽  
pp. 691-712
Author(s):  
Moradeke Olaniyan ◽  
Deryn Graham
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Media Streaming ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Streaming Technology ◽  
The University

Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) can be slow in responding to technological innovation. Streaming technology offers a competitive advantage to a HEI if appropriately adopted and integrated with the marketing strategy compared to the Push-Pull strategy: when all available technological innovation is used to push educational options to the market and the potential people pull from the market. This chapter briefly describes the concepts of e-learning and media streaming, and their relationship to HEIs. The intangible business benefits of using media streaming to enhance teaching and learning in HEIs are explored through a literature review and small sample survey. The case study of a UK university is used to represent a HEI; e-learning technology is already in use within the university, considering the integration of media streaming technology into new or existing learning technologies. The hardware and software requirements are briefly examined, and possible business concerns and risks are identified with recommendations.

Promoting Greater Interactivity and Participative Learning through Collaborative and Virtual Learning Space

2017 ◽  
pp. 125-139
Author(s):  
Chee Leong Lim ◽  
Siew Fun Tang
Keyword(s):  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Learning Space ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Participative Learning ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The University

With the implementation of various innovations and transformative learning and teaching practices, Taylor's University continues to serve as the torchbearer in the sphere of private tertiary education in Malaysia. Since 2012, Taylor's University has embarked on an ambitious journey to re-define student learning for better academic outcomes. The effective use of LMS (Learning Management System) or better known as TIMeS (Taylor's Integrated Moodle e-learning System) @ Taylor's University has yielded highly engaging learning opportunities for students to learn at anytime and anywhere. It is Taylor's University's aim to be in the cutting edge of technology and to implement the finest learning design for its students as the university realizes that learning space plays an important role in producing work-ready graduates.

Aspects of e-Learning in a University

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Manning ◽  
Lily Wong ◽  
Arthur Tatnall
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
On Line ◽  
Adoption Decisions ◽  
The University ◽  
On Line Learning

Most universities make use of e-learning facilities to manage and deliver on-line learning. Many universities have adopted an approach to teaching and the delivery of course content that combines traditional face-to-face delivery with online teaching resources: a blended learning approach. Many factors act to determine how online learning is adopted, accepted, and the balance between online and face-to-face delivery is formed. In this paper, the authors suggest that educational technology adoption decisions are made at three levels: strategic decisions are made by the university to implement a particular package, and then individual academics made adoption decisions regarding those aspects of the package they will use in their teaching and how they will use them. They also make a decision on the balance they will have between on-line and face-to-face teaching. This article questions how decisions are made to adopt one e-learning package rather than another. The authors then examine how individual academics relate to this technology once it is adopted and make use of it to deliver some or all of their teaching and determine the appropriate blend.

scholarly journals Enhance, Extend, Empower: Understanding Faculty Use of E-Learning Technologies

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicki Squires ◽  
Nancy Turner ◽  
Sandra Bassendowski ◽  
Jay Wilson ◽  
Susan Bens
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Postsecondary Institutions ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Student Access ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University

There has been scant nation-wide assessment of institutional use of learning technology in Canada (Grant, 2016) and where assessment has been done of student access to e-resources, considerable variability within and across institutions has been reported (Kaznowska, Rogers, & Usher, 2011). With a broad goal of improved and increased use of learning technologies, one university wanted to explore the use of e-learning technologies across campus. The purpose of this study was to identify instructors' needs and aspirations with respect to how learning technologies at the university could be designed, implemented, and supported. The 3E framework of Enhance, Extend, Empower, proposed by Smyth, Burce, Fotheringham, & Mainka (2011), was useful in examining the underlying purposes of using e-learning technologies. For this qualitative study, the research team engaged 32 instructors in individual interviews or in focus groups to discuss how they currently use e-learning technologies, how they hope to advance their uses of these technologies, and their perceived barriers or enablers to implementation. The study has implications for practice and policy at postsecondary institutions; additionally, this study suggests possibilities for further research into the scholarship of teaching and learning in the context of e-learning technologies.

scholarly journals ANNOTATIONS IN E-LEARNING

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3852-3859
Author(s):  
Anjali Jindia ◽  
Sonal Chawla
Keyword(s):  
Word Processing ◽  
Electronic Publishing ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Web Based Learning ◽  
E Learning ◽  
On Line ◽  
Electronic Annotation

Web-based learning has become an important way to enhance learning and teaching, offering many learning opportunities. A limitation of current Web-based learning is the restricted ability of students to personalize and annotate the learning materials. Providing personalized tools and analyzing some types of learning behavior, such as students’ annotation, has attracted attention as a means to enhance Web-based learning. There has been a sharp increase in the volume and quality of electronic publishing on the web in the past few years. Many research journals are going on-line. The advantages of pelectronic publishing are obvious and enormous: instantaneous access to archives, paperless media and fast document search to name a few. However, annotation of documents in electronic form has been surprisingly underdeveloped. Existing word processing software offers some tools for electronic document annotation. But as of today, these annotation features are so modest and limited, that they lose out to the convenient common practice of working with paper versions of documents [1]. The results of a surveys conducted came as no surprise: the absolute majority of researchers and students prefer to print out an electronic paper before reading and annotating it. Our claim is that electronic annotations can not only be as convenient as their paper counterparts, but they are superior in terms of the additional advanced capabilities they can offer. This claim makes the basis of our Annotation Technology (AT). AT is a set of principles that form a foundation for development of advanced and successful electronic annotation systems.

THE PERCEPTIONS OF FEMALES STUDENTS AT A NEW UNIVERSITY IN SAUDI ARABIA TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA AS E-LEARNING TOOLS TO SUPPORT LEARNING

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 77-83
Author(s):  
Omar Abdullah Alshehri
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
The University ◽  
Study Participants

This paper examines the perspectives of female's students at a new university in Saudi Arabia to use social media as e-learning tools to support their learning. It also aims to investigate their current usage of these tools and the benefits behind using these tools for learning. Another aim of this study is to examine the difficulties that females' students face when they use social media tools in their learning process. The study participants comprised 23 Saudi females' students at a new university and surveyed was used to collect data for this study. The results indicate that female students are using social media tools and their opinions largely coincide regarding the benefits of and barriers to social media usage. The study recommends that future research on the usage of social media tools for learning and teaching be extended to include a wider demographic base at the same or a different university to further explore the extent to which these tools used for learning. The study provides insights that may help decision-makers at the university to recognise the extent to which females use and integrate social media tools to facilitate the educational process.

Aspects of e-Learning in a University

2012 ◽  
pp. 219-229
Author(s):  
Karen Manning ◽  
Lily Wong ◽  
Arthur Tatnall
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Teaching Resources ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
On Line ◽  
Adoption Decisions ◽  
The University ◽  
On Line Learning

Most universities make use of e-learning facilities to manage and deliver on-line learning. Many universities have adopted an approach to teaching and the delivery of course content that combines traditional face-to-face delivery with online teaching resources: a blended learning approach. Many factors act to determine how online learning is adopted, accepted, and the balance between online and face-to-face delivery is formed. In this paper, the authors suggest that educational technology adoption decisions are made at three levels: strategic decisions are made by the university to implement a particular package, and then individual academics made adoption decisions regarding those aspects of the package they will use in their teaching and how they will use them. They also make a decision on the balance they will have between on-line and face-to-face teaching. This article questions how decisions are made to adopt one e-learning package rather than another. The authors then examine how individual academics relate to this technology once it is adopted and make use of it to deliver some or all of their teaching and determine the appropriate blend.

scholarly journals Developing a university-wide academic integrity E-learning tutorial: a Canadian case

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyle Benson ◽  
Kristin Rodier ◽  
Rickard Enström ◽  
Evandro Bocatto
Keyword(s):  
Academic Integrity ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Academic Misconduct ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Qualitative Feedback ◽  
Post Test ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Education Tool ◽  
The University

Abstract Academic integrity has become a significant point of concern in the post-secondary landscape, and many institutions are now exploring ways on how to implement academic integrity training for students. This paper delineates the development of an Academic Integrity E-Learning (AIE-L) tutorial at MacEwan University, Canada. In its first incarnation, the AIE-L tutorial was intended as an education tool for students who had been found to violate the University’s Academic Integrity Policy. However, in a discourse of the academic integrity process, the University reimagined it from only emphasising the increased understanding and strengthened commitment of students found to have committed academic misconduct to a proactive focus with education for all students. The purpose of the present paper is three-fold: first, describe the development of the AIE-L tutorial as an experiential case study; second, improve the content of the AIE-L tutorial through students’ quantitative and qualitative feedback; third, calibrate the pre and post-test questions for content validity for a forthcoming large-scale measurement of the AIE-L tutorial effectiveness.

scholarly journals Acceptance, Effectiveness and Relationship of Blended Learning Implementation Among Lecturers in Polytechnic Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Hasni Bin Mahmood ◽  
Saupi Bin Mohamed Noor
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Academic Departments ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
E Learning ◽  
High Level ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

Blended learning is one of the key pedagogical approaches being used in Higher Education Institutions in Malaysia. The latest e-learning technology has obvious potential in making polytechnics more competitive at the same time capable in producing good quality graduates and ready to compete in educational services globally. The main objective of this study is to identify the level of acceptance and impact of Blended Learning among lecturers in Polytechnic Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin. Relative and non-dependent variable factors were used to test whether the lecturers' acceptance factor determines the level of implementation of this blended learning. A survey was conducted by using a set of questionnaire to collect quantitative data involving 270 respondents representing several academic departments in the Polytechnic of Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin (PSMZA). The data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20.0 software to obtain percentage values, frequency and mean scores. A pilot study found that the Alpha Cronbach's alpha was 0.933 and it showed a high level of reliability for the items tested. The scope of this study focuses on the level of acceptance and impact of Blended Learning only. Overall, respondents positively accept Blended Learning as part of learning and teaching process.

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