scholarly journals Perceived barriers for distance teaching in higher education during the COVID-19 crisis: “I never did a video before”

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Juan-José Boté-Vericad
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Qualitative Survey ◽  
Traditional Teaching Methods ◽  
Analyse Data ◽  
The University ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education

The purpose of this paper is to analyse barriers that a selected group of professors at the University of Barcelona faced due to the COVID-19 restrictions, their perceptions of the current situation, and the potential for long-term adoption of new teaching methods that emerged from this situation. It remains unclear whether these professors will return to traditional teaching methods as soon as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, or whether they will adopt digital teaching elements in the future. The group of professors sought technical help during the first weeks of online teaching. This research uses a qualitative approach through a self-administered qualitative survey. We analyse data using open-ended questions about barriers they faced in creating educational content via video. Answers were coded and analysed using thematic analysis with an inductive approach. We identified two overarching themes: educational material delivery and professors and distance teaching. Findings indicate that professors lacked digital skills as well as a lack of knowledge of emergency remote teaching. There were differences in their perceptions of teaching methodologies. The results are discussed in relation to research from other countries about the use of videos for teaching before and during the COVID-19 crisis.

scholarly journals Zum Einfluss affektiver Faktoren auf den frühen Fremdsprachenerwerb im Elementarbereich durch den narrativen Ansatz

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-68
Author(s):  
Mariusz Jakosz
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Internal Motivation ◽  
Traditional Teaching Methods ◽  
Language Courses ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The article presents the impact of emotions on teaching children foreign languages. To this end, the results of a research project carried out under the auspices of the Institute of German Philology at the University of Silesia in Katowice are discussed. The project consisted in providing language courses at three kindergartens and one primary school. During those courses, German was taught as a foreign language using the storytelling approach. The project results led to the conclusion that, unlike traditional teaching methods, which are based on very limited input and intensive imitation, the teaching method used creates much more favourable conditions for the activation of innate language acquiring processes and takes the level of the children’s cognitive development into account to a larger degree. The objectives of the evaluation were – among other things – to determine how the storytelling approach affects children’s attitudes to a foreign language, whether it arouses their internal motivation for acquiring a foreign language, whether it contributes to building their confidence, and whether it stimulates their imagination and creativity.

scholarly journals High-Fidelity Simulation Improves Long-Term Knowledge of Clinical Swallow Evaluation

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 673-686
Author(s):  
Rebecca S. Bartlett ◽  
Savannah Bruecker ◽  
Bobby Eccleston
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Simulation Training ◽  
Treatment Plan ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Traditional Teaching Methods

Purpose Clinical swallow evaluation (CSE) is a critical skill that speech-language pathologists who manage swallowing impairment must learn. The objective of this mixed-methods study was to determine if using a human patient simulator (HPS) to train speech-language pathology graduate students in CSE improved knowledge, preparedness, and anxiety as compared to traditional instruction alone. Method This was a controlled trial with repeated measures. Participants included graduate students from two cohorts who were enrolled in a swallowing disorders course in consecutive academic years ( n = 50). Students in the experimental group participated in a simulation experience in which they performed a CSE on an HPS, generated a treatment plan, and communicated in real time with the HPS, the patient's wife, and a nurse. Quantitative results included quizzes that measured short- and long-term CSE knowledge, and qualitative findings included written feedback from instructors and students. Results Students who participated in simulation training had significantly higher long-term quiz accuracy than the control group, but their short-term quiz scores did not differ. Student ratings of preparedness and anxiety did not differ between the two groups. Many students reported that they appreciated practicing the use of patient-friendly language and preferred clinical simulation over traditional teaching methods. Facilitators reported that simulation increased student engagement and critical thinking skills more than traditional teaching methods. Conclusions CSE simulation provided objective and subjective advantages over traditional teaching methods. Recommendations from students and instructors for improving the CSE simulation training are reported.

scholarly journals THE DESIGN OF MIXED TEACHING MODE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION UNDER THE BACKGROUND OF INTERNET

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nataliya Stoyanets ◽  
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Hejun Zhao ◽  
Guohou Li ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Course Evaluation ◽  
Teaching Model ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Teaching Mode ◽  
Teaching Goals ◽  
Traditional Teaching Methods

This article objectively analyzes the main problems of distance education in vocational education under the current Internet background, and gives solutions to these main problems. By setting teaching goals scientifically and reasonably, adopting a mixed teaching model, designing a perfect teaching process and formulating a scientific course evaluation method, Internet distance teaching will achieve better teaching effects to make up for the shortcomings of traditional teaching methods.

scholarly journals Role of 3D printing technology in paediatric teaching and training: a systematic review

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. e001050
Author(s):  
Ashar Asif ◽  
Elgin Lee ◽  
Massimo Caputo ◽  
Giovanni Biglino ◽  
Andrew Ian Underwood Shearn
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
3D Printing ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Patient Specific ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Traditional Teaching Methods

BackgroundIn the UK, undergraduate paediatric training is brief, resulting in trainees with a lower paediatric knowledge base compared with other aspects of medicine. With congenital conditions being successfully treated at childhood, adult clinicians encounter and will need to understand these complex pathologies. Patient-specific 3D printed (3DP) models have been used in clinical training, especially for rarer, complex conditions. We perform a systematic review to evaluate the evidence base in using 3DP models to train paediatricians, surgeons, medical students and nurses.MethodsOnline databases PubMed, Web of Science and Embase were searched between January 2010 and April 2020 using search terms relevant to “paediatrics”, “education”, “training” and “3D printing”. Participants were medical students, postgraduate trainees or clinical staff. Comparative studies (patient-specific 3DP models vs traditional teaching methods) and non-comparative studies were included. Outcomes gauged objective and subjective measures: test scores, time taken to complete tasks, self-reported confidence and personal preferences on 3DP models. If reported, the cost of and time taken to produce the models were noted.ResultsFrom 587 results, 15 studies fit the criteria of the review protocol, with 5/15 being randomised controlled studies and 10/15 focussing on cardiovascular conditions. Participants using 3DP models demonstrated improved test scores and faster times to complete procedures and identify anatomical landmarks compared with traditional teaching methods (2D diagrams, lectures, videos and supervised clinical events). User feedback was positive, reporting greater user self-confidence in understanding concepts with users wishing for integrated use of 3DP in regular teaching. Four studies reported the costs and times of production, which varied depending on model complexity and printer. 3DP models were cheaper than ‘off-the-shelf’ models available on the market and had the benefit of using real-world pathologies. These mostly non-randomised and single-centred studies did not address bias or report long-term or clinically translatable outcomes.Conclusions3DP models were associated with greater user satisfaction and good short-term educational outcomes, with low-quality evidence. Multicentred, randomised studies with long-term follow-up and clinically assessed outcomes are needed to fully assess their benefits in this setting.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42020179656.

scholarly journals Emergency Teaching–Learning Methods (ETLM) during COVID-19: Lessons Learned from Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 579
Author(s):  
Ruchira Gangahagedara ◽  
Muditha Karunarathna ◽  
Wasantha Athukorala ◽  
Shyamantha Subasinghe ◽  
Prabath Ekanayake
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Distant Learning ◽  
Traditional Teaching Methods ◽  
Peripheral Areas ◽  
Teaching Learning

Sri Lanka’s education system was suddenly shifted from classroom-based free education to online-based distance learning as an emergency teaching and learning method (ETLM) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. This study examines how various stakeholders used online-based distant learning as an ETLM, and highlights the lessons learned from such a transition in Sri Lanka through a case study of the Kandy education zone (KEZ), in response to the country’s COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. We obtained the data through a questionnaire survey from 19 schools in KEZ, selecting the teachers, students, and parents as a survey sample. The findings revealed that nearly 64.7% of teachers used social media for the teaching–learning process (TLP), 27.9% used standard online teaching platforms, and only 7.4% used traditional teaching methods during the pandemic lockdown. Additionally, 36.5% of teachers and 41.2% of students favored the WhatsApp mobile application for the TLP, while others preferred other applications. However, during the COVID-19 lockdown, most of the less privileged schools in the peripheral areas of the KEZ adopted traditional teaching methods (TTM). The extent of the gap in ETLM adaptation and the driving factors that led to observable discrepancies between privileged and non-privileged schools, even in the urban settings of the KEZ, are also discussed in this study. These findings are significant in terms of educational policy making and management. Overall, this research contributes to understanding the ETLM adaptation of the KEZ by proposing policy directions that policymakers and other higher education authorities in the country should consider in an emergency.

scholarly journals 8. Possible Approaches to the Concept of Collaborative Teaching in the “Music Analysis” Course. Benefits and Challenges

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-83
Author(s):  
Gabriela Vlahopol
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Music Analysis ◽  
Collaborative Teaching ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
University Environment ◽  
Traditional Teaching Methods ◽  
Practical Performance ◽  
The University

Abstract The concept of Collaborative Teaching is one of the innovative approaches to learning, which has changed the view of traditional teaching methods by involving two or more teachers in training a single group. The process involves a variety of flexible teaching methods that meet the learning needs of all students, while developing their communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity skills. Artistic education in the university environment contains two main biases, theoretical and practical (performance), which are divergent in the way of manifestation and collaboration between teachers. The applicability of the concept of Co-Teaching in performance is relatively intuitive, with a sporadic concretisation and no visible results in students' evolution. As regards the theoretical part of the musicians, the collaboration in the teaching process could be an important tool for correlating the information obtained at different disciplines in different fields (harmony, counterpoint, music history, folklore, aesthetics, stylistics, music theory, music analysis, etc.), but also to actively acknowledge the importance of a complex vision on the formation of a complete musician.

scholarly journals A survey on dental students’ perception regarding online learning during COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreea Kui ◽  
Anca Labunet Jiglau ◽  
Andrea Chisnoiu ◽  
Marius Negucioiu ◽  
Silvia Balhuc ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Online Lectures ◽  
Traditional Teaching Methods ◽  
Traditional Lectures ◽  
Online Activities

Background and aims. This study aimed to assess the students’ opinion about the efficiency of online teaching and also about the methods and features to be implemented even after this pandemic period would pass. Methods. A questionnaire was formulated in order to evaluate the students’ perception about the teaching methods used by the Faculty of Dentistry, which was distributed through email. Results. The answers of 208 students were analyzed. There were 157 women and 51 men, 119 were from Cluj County, while 89 were from other Romanian counties; 102 of the students were in the 4th year of study, while 62 were still in the preclinical years (1st, 2nd, 3rd), and the rest of 44 of the subjects, were in the 5th or 6th year of study. 85.8% of the respondents were satisfied with the traditional lectures, 51.7% considered that online lectures were more useful than the traditional. 187 (88.6%) of the students were satisfied with the traditional practical activities, while 37 (16.1%) believed that online activities were more useful to them, 111 (52.6%), believed that they were able to communicate better with the teacher during the online lectures. Conclusions. Overall positive responses were reported regarding the acceptability and usability of online learning. The students viewed online learning helpful as a supplement to their learning rather than a replacement for traditional teaching methods.

scholarly journals Literature Review on the Factors Affecting Teaching Effectiveness of Undergraduate Engineering Programmes

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-24
Author(s):  
Shuib Sahudin
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Course Characteristics ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
The Past ◽  
Traditional Teaching Methods ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education

A great deal has been written, over the past three decades, on what constitutes effective teaching in higher education. Teaching effectiveness has been a key concern for universities since it pertains to the achievements of skills required for the competitive job market. The current practice of teaching the engineering fundamental non-culminating courses in undergraduate engineering programmes is through traditional teaching methods. This literature review aims to identify the factors that influence teaching effectiveness of undergraduate engineering programmes. The literature reviewed indicates that researchers have identified lecturers’ ability, course characteristics and teaching methods & material as pertinent measurements of Teaching Effectiveness.

scholarly journals Cognitive and motivational effectiveness of an interdisciplinary case method experiment at the University of Stuttgart

1982 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 136-135
Author(s):  
Karl-Friedrich Ackermann
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
University Education ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Case Method ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Business World ◽  
Traditional Teaching Methods ◽  
The University

An experiment on the value of the case study method was carried out at the University of Stuttgart in the Federal Republic of Germany, to ascertain whether the case study method was superior to the traditional teaching methods, especially with a view to increasing requests that university education should be more practice-related. The main deficiencies of traditional business teaching methods are indicated, as well as the perceived satisfaction and importance of the basic needs as seen by a number of students. In the experiment five business administration and five engineering students were used, while a large business firm and some of its sub-contractors gave feedback from the business world itself. Towards the end of the experiment the students' opinions on the value of the case method compared with traditional teaching methods was obtained by means of anonymous questionnaires. They rated the case study method as substantially superior with regard to increasing knowledge, and to improving both technical and inter-personal competence. The same conclusions were drawn as to the affective area of learning, including increased and better satisfied intrinsic motivation to achieve, and to cooperate in small task groups.

scholarly journals Methods of Scientific Thinking in Experimental Teaching of Chemistry

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 38-48
Author(s):  
Ayzhan Serikbayeva ◽  
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Marzhan Kalmakhanova ◽  
Elmira Abdulova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Scientific Thinking ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Teaching Chemistry ◽  
Experimental Teaching ◽  
Traditional Teaching Methods ◽  
The University

In order to adapt the requirements for the education of targeted highly qualified talents in the 21st century, it is necessary to develop students ' ability to think scientifically and innovate in teaching. Chemistry is based on experiments, and experiments play an important role in the search for knowledge, mastering the methods of studying science, experiencing the learning process, and developing students ' ability to think scientifically. In this paper, we have described the importance of scientific thinking methods in teaching at the University. How to cultivate students ' methods of scientific thinking, mainly introduced the course of inorganic and analytical chemistry. Stimulate students 'interest in learning, train students' scientific thinking, and make students master the methods of scientific experimentation and the learning experience process by reforming traditional teaching methods and content can effectively improve the efficiency and quality of students learning.

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