scholarly journals Digital Learning in Russian Higher Education: What Are Lecturers Attitude and Fears Toward Online Courses Adoption?

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (13) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Russian Higher Education

Teaching Generation Z Students in the Technology-Driven World

2019 ◽  
pp. 52-66
Author(s):  
Muhammad Haseeb
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Professional Development ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Faculty Professional Development ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Generation Z ◽  
Traditional Courses

Today, higher education is experiencing significant changes in its recruitment, retention, graduation, and accreditation. Faculty professional development is considered a key for the success of Generation Z students. As a result, faculty are interested to modify their teaching environment. More and more faculty are flipping their traditional courses and offering either hybrid or online courses. Blended learning means that students receive instruction in both face-to-face and online environments. Embedded within the concept is an assumption that blended teaching environments also give students some control over the pace, flow, or focus of their learning activities. Also, blended learning prepares students for full online courses. Research indicates that empowering students to have organization in their education leads to many positive outcomes, including that students do better in inequality of access situations, are able to personalize their learning and achieve regardless of ability, and build dispositional skills, such as executive functioning, perseverance, self-awareness, and tolerance for uncertainty, that many believe are necessary to thrive in current and future societies. This chapter explains current practices and the potential of digital learning initiatives to teach Generation Z in the technology-driven world.

scholarly journals Digital readiness and its effects on higher education students’ socio-emotional perceptions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marion Händel ◽  
Melanie Stephan ◽  
Michaela Gläser-Zikuda ◽  
Bärbel Kopp ◽  
Svenja Bedenlier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Emotional Experiences ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Cluster Membership ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Emotional Loneliness

The COVID-19 pandemic had a strong impact on higher education in 2020. Worldwide, universities developed and implemented online courses for distance learning within a relatively short amount of time. The current study investigated how ready students were for this exceptional situation and how their readiness for digital learning influenced their socio-emotional experiences. N = 1,826 students from across all institutional faculties of a German comprehensive university took part in the online survey immediately before the semester began. Results indicate that, on average, higher education students seem to be ready for digital learning. A k-means cluster analysis revealed two groups of students that significantly differed with respect to their readiness for digital learning (in terms of technological equipment, prior experiences with e-learning, and skills for digital learning). Finally, students’ socio-emotional experiences, that is, their perceived stress, their work-life-balance as well as social and emotional loneliness significantly differed due to their cluster membership. Hence, the study points to the need to support higher education students in successfully coping with the challenges of emergency remote studying.

A Case Study on Web-based Learning Environment Evaluation in Higher Education: Learner Perspectives in a Private University in Malaysia.

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-33
Author(s):  
Zarina Che Imbi ◽  
Tse-Kian Neo ◽  
Mai Neo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Private University ◽  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Based Learning ◽  
Kirkpatrick’S Model

In the era of digital learning, multimedia-based classroom has been commonly used in higher education including Malaysian higher education institutions. A case study has been performed to evaluate web-based learning using Level 1 to 3 of Kirkpatrick's model in a multi-disciplinary course at Multimedia University, Malaysia. In this study, mixed method research was employed in which triangulation was performed from multiple sources of data collection to give deeper understanding. Students perceived that learning with multimedia was enjoyable. They were also motivated in learning and engaged through the use of web module as multimedia was perceived to motivate them and make learning fun. Students showed significant improvements in their knowledge based on the pre-test and post-test results on learning evaluation. Students were perceived to transfer the learning from web-based learning into the learning outcome. The systematic evaluation can provide the feedback that educators and institution as a whole need to improve the learning environment and programme quality. This study contributes to the research field by adding another perspective in evaluations of web-based learning. It also provides empirical evidence on student perspectives, learning and behaviour in a private university. It demonstrated that the Kirkpatrick's model is useful as an evaluation tool to be used in higher education.

READINESS OF RUSSIAN HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHERS TO WORK IN EDUCATIONAL INCLUSION SETTING

2020 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-45
Author(s):  
.D. Kalugina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Survey Research ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Maturity Level ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
General Attitude ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Teaching Community ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
Educational Inclusion

the article deals with the problem of implementing inclusive education in Russianuniversities . Despite the fact that education (training?) for people with disabilities has been implemented at all levels of Russianeducationfor several years, the general attitude to it is ambiguous, as well as the attitudeof the teaching community. The author has conducted a social survey research trying to estimate University teachers’ readiness to work with groups where such students study. The research has revealed insufficient motivational and technological maturity level. Following this, the author providesrecommendations for overcoming these challenges.

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