scholarly journals Maintaining Quality Online: Piloting an Online Language Course for Immigrants in Finland

Languages ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Karttunen ◽  
Juusola
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Educational Discourse ◽  
Preparatory Program ◽  
Information And Communication

Finland’s educational system has aroused the interest of educational researchers worldwide. Teaching and learning with information and communication technologies (ICT) is one of the major methodologies in the present Finnish educational discourse. Feedback and assessment are questions of course design in online learning. This paper discusses and illustrates how to plan an online course for a higher education preparatory program in Finland by using digital methods with a focus on maintaining quality in the processes of feedback and evaluation. This paper also introduces and reflects recently published quality criteria that are recommended to be used in the design of online courses.

Flipping the Classroom to Gain Time

2019 ◽  
pp. 2146-2164
Author(s):  
Paula Peres ◽  
Anabela Mesquita
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Master Model ◽  
Educational Field

This article describes the European project GainTime developed in the educational field. The objectives of the project concern the development of professional and pedagogical competences among teachers and trainers. It intends to enhance learning through the use of Information and Communication Technologies and increase the access to Open Educational Resources (OER) with the aim to combine higher levels of excellence and attractiveness with increased opportunities for all. To attain the objectives, an online course that teaches teachers on how to innovate in their classroom, specially using flipped classroom and games supported on OER, will be developed. The target of the project is secondary education. In order to identify the best practices in Portugal concerning the use of flipped classroom and games as well as creative classroom, a questionnaire was administered and results are presented. Furthermore, the handbook regarding the master model developed as well as the online courses are also presented.

Information and Communication Technologies

2008 ◽  
pp. 1047-1065
Author(s):  
Glenn Finger ◽  
Maret McGlasson ◽  
Paul Finger
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
Learning Stories ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Portfolio Approach

Teaching and learning in the 21st century should be markedly different from earlier times through the design of new teaching and learning environments. Through the presentation of three models of technology-rich learning environments (teacherdirected, learner-centered and mediated), this chapter provides a case study of the design and delivery of a course called Learning with Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) guided by a mediated learner approach, using new approaches to using ICTs and assessment for learning as key course design drivers. That course aims to prepare future teachers who demonstrate strong theoretical and practical understanding of designing and creating effective ICT teaching and learning experiences, and are confident and proficient users of ICTs. We provide an analysis of the implementation of that course through the presentation of the learning stories and reflections of students. Specific discussion is provided about the conceptualization and implementation of an e-portfolio approach to promote deep learning.

Flipping the Classroom to Gain Time

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 36-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Peres ◽  
Anabela Mesquita
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Master Model ◽  
Educational Field

This article describes the European project GainTime developed in the educational field. The objectives of the project concern the development of professional and pedagogical competences among teachers and trainers. It intends to enhance learning through the use of Information and Communication Technologies and increase the access to Open Educational Resources (OER) with the aim to combine higher levels of excellence and attractiveness with increased opportunities for all. To attain the objectives, an online course that teaches teachers on how to innovate in their classroom, specially using flipped classroom and games supported on OER, will be developed. The target of the project is secondary education. In order to identify the best practices in Portugal concerning the use of flipped classroom and games as well as creative classroom, a questionnaire was administered and results are presented. Furthermore, the handbook regarding the master model developed as well as the online courses are also presented.

scholarly journals Digital Teacher for the 21st-century School 4.0

2021 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 02015
Author(s):  
Elena Nikolayevna Fedorova ◽  
Tamara Ivanovna Berezina ◽  
Marina Sergeyevna Moskalenko ◽  
Anna Vladimirovna Tukshumskaya ◽  
Yulia Yevgenyevna Timokhina
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
History Of ◽  
Culture Of Teaching

The article deals with some pedagogical aspects of the digitalization of education. As it is shown in the article, the problem of digital education has been systematically analyzed and discussed for the last two decades by various analysts, researchers, and experts. Most of them consider the transition of education into its digital stage as the greatest turning point in the history of civilization and its culture. At present, teachers are facing quite new educational and pedagogical functions. The idea of a digital teacher as the leader of digital educational activity is in the focus of the analysis presented in the article. Educational platforms, online courses, digital textbooks, etc. influence on the transformation of the educational environment. Education is becoming more personalized. The content of teaching and learning is being changed radically according to its new values, meanings, orientations, as well as educational and pedagogical discourses. It is stressed in the article that teacher’s digital skills and competencies should be identified as the key professional pedagogical skills and competencies for his or her life-long learning, professional development and professional growth due to the challenges of the 21st-century knowledge, information and innovations society and education. To fulfill a system of professional-pedagogical and educational functions more effectively and to guarantee the optimal implementation of information and communication technologies (ICTs), it is quite necessary for teachers to have adequate skills and competencies that characterize his or her digital professional culture of teaching.

Tips Towards Tackling Distance Education Modules

2016 ◽  
pp. 328-342
Author(s):  
Lúcia Pombo ◽  
António Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching Methodologies ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Information And Communication

Current information and communication technologies, including the internet and its services (web 2.0, email, conferences at a distance, etc.) have opened new perspectives in the field of education, by promoting communication and interaction between all participants at a distance. It is not the technology itself that will define the quality of teaching and learning in distance education, but the methodological approach that supports it. This paper aims to propose a methodological framework to implement in distance education modules supported by online pedagogy elements linked to innovative teaching methodologies. Its goal is to bring some contributions to those who are in charge of course design, providing a useful framework to improve active and technology enhanced collaborative learning in similar environments.

Information and Communication Technologies

2011 ◽  
pp. 81-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn Finger ◽  
Maret McGlasson ◽  
Paul Finger
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
Learning Stories ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Portfolio Approach

Teaching and learning in the 21st century should be markedly different from earlier times through the design of new teaching and learning environments. Through the presentation of three models of technology-rich learning environments (teacher-directed, learner-centered and mediated), this chapter provides a case study of the design and delivery of a course called Learning with Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) guided by a mediated learner approach, using new approaches to using ICTs and assessment for learning as key course design drivers. That course aims to prepare future teachers who demonstrate strong theoretical and practical understanding of designing and creating effective ICT teaching and learning experiences, and are confident and proficient users of ICTs. We provide an analysis of the implementation of that course through the presentation of the learning stories and reflections of students. Specific discussion is provided about the conceptualization and implementation of an e-portfolio approach to promote deep learning.

scholarly journals METHODOLOGY OF MOOC CREATION ON WIKI-PORTAL

2018 ◽  
pp. 52-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nataliia Morze ◽  
Liliia Varchenko-Trotsenko ◽  
Anastasiia Tiutiunnyk ◽  
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◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Technical Developments ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Information And Communication

The use of information and communication technologies contributes to the development and reorganization of the information environment of modern society, in particular, the educational sphere. The modern education system is in a stage of global changes worldwide, it focuses on the all-round development of the person, prepares for life in open information space, provides training during the life, formation of tolerant worldview. There is an interaction of various social, economic and technical developments in education in a global context. Open education plays an important role in the authorization to education for everybody and in overcoming the difficulties created by constantly changing circumstances in education. Therefore many modern types of research are focused on the identification of features of the use of mass open online courses (MOOC). It is one of the current trends in the field of open distance learning. This article investigates the most important questions concerning MOOC. The international experience of courses development and training at the MOOC platforms have been analyzed. Wiki-portal which allows creating an open online course, participation in which can be accepted by a large number of users was chosen among various platforms for the creation of mass open online courses by Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University.

scholarly journals Leadership for Education in a Digital Age

2021 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 02014
Author(s):  
Svetlana Ivanovna Fedorova ◽  
Yulia Sergeyevna Krylova ◽  
Antonina Yuryevna Nesterova ◽  
Viktoria Sergeyevna Plotnikova ◽  
Galina Mikhailovna Yanushkina
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Sustainability Initiatives ◽  
Start Ups

The article deals with some pedagogical aspects of the digitalization of education. The idea of a digital teacher as the leader of digital educational activity is in the focus of the theoretical analysis presented in the article. It is noted that knowledge and information, together with sustainability initiatives, organizational and technological innovations, start-ups, next-practice platforms, smart solutions, systems, technologies and instruments, etc., have become the present-day key drivers of innovative educational platforms, online courses, digital textbooks, etc. influence on the transformation of the educational environment. Education is becoming more personalized. The content of teaching and learning is being changed radically according to its new values, meanings, orientations, as well as educational and pedagogical discourses. It is stressed in the article that teacher’s digital skills and competencies should be identified as the key professional pedagogical skills and competencies for his or her life-long learning, professional development and professional growth due to the challenges of the 21st-century knowledge, information and innovations society and education. As it is stated in the article, to fulfill a system of professional-pedagogical and educational functions more effectively and to guarantee the optimal implementation of information and communication technologies. It is quite necessary for teachers to have adequate skills and competencies that characterize his or her digital professional culture of teaching.

Whatsapp Messenger as a Mobile Media to Learn Writing for EFL Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Linda ◽  
Ida Ri'aeni
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
First Grade ◽  
English Department ◽  
Instructional Media ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Efl Writing ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Efl Students

Abstract   The objective of this research is to find out the use of Whatsapp Messenger as a mobile media to learn writing in EFL classes.Several researchers have attempted to prove applicability of mobile learning as modern ways of teaching and learning (Naismith, 2004:115). Moreover, applying portable technologies have been demanded by most of the modern learners who oftentimes are forced to study anywhere, and anytime, for example, at work, in the bus or at weekends (Evans, 2008:115).The research was motivated by the students’ difficulties in writing. The sample of this research was three classes of first grade students of English Department of Unswagati. The instrument of this research was questionnaire sheet. Data from questionnaire sheet was analyzed based on the frequency students’ answers and then was calculated and interpreted into percentages. The result shows WhatsApp Messenger attracts the students interest and also the students have positive responses towards the using ofWhatsAppMessenger. In applying WhatsApp group, the writer concluded that, learning using WhatsApp group has effective to develop their creativity in writing skill. On the other hand, the result from the questionnaire sheet indicated that almost of students is active in learning to writing recount text. Students can learn out of the classroom. Beside WhatsApp can be used privately, it can be used for students’ education. The students can use their gadget positively for their ability in learning English. The students can improve their knowledge in learning ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies). Keyword: WhatsApp Messenger,EFL writing, Instructional Media, ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies).

MANAGING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES APPLICATIONS IN THE LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN K’RONG PAC DISTRICT, DAK LAK PROVINCE IN THE CONTEXT OF TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION 4.0

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pham Van Truong
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Software Management ◽  
Active Teaching ◽  
Application Management ◽  
Local Practices ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Lower Secondary Schools

The author analyze deeply management status of information and communication technologies (ICTs) application in teaching at the lower secondary schools in Krong Pac District, Dak Lak province today on the back: management status of building and using multimedia classrooms; management status of using teaching software; management status of desining and using active teaching and learning (ATL) lesson plans with using ICTs; management status of using ICTs in the examination and evaluation learning outcomes of pupils from that author proposed 6 application management solutions for ICTs in the lower secondary schools in Krong Pac district, Dak Lak province in the context of technological revolution 4.0 fit the circumstances of local practices.

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