scholarly journals Remote Learning in Transnational Education: Relationship between Virtual Learning Engagement and Student Academic Performance in BSc Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Pharmacy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Taher Hatahet ◽  
Ahmed A. Raouf Mohamed ◽  
Maryam Malekigorji ◽  
Emma K. Kerry
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Transnational Education ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Behavioural Factors ◽  
Education Delivery ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Remote Learning

The 21st century has seen dramatic changes to education delivery which have widened the scope of transnational education and remote learning via various virtual learning environments (VLEs). Efficient remote teaching activities require students to be engaged with taught materials and academic staff, and for educators to be able to track and improve student engagement. This article describes the generation of a predictive mathematical model for students’ exam performance using VLE engagement indicators and coursework marks together to enable the creation of a model with a correlation coefficient of 0.724. This article examines the relationship of each of these variables with final exam marks, as well as the addition of personal related variable X on the generated model’s accuracy. The generated models show that each variable had a different impact on the prediction of the final exam mark. The results’ analysis suggests that coursework marks and total VLE page views were the major attributes, while personal factors were also found to greatly impact model accuracy. Considering the case of outliers, who were students with low VLE engagement achieving high exam marks, it is proposed that personal factors, such as behavioural factors and study style, also have a significant effect on student academic attainment. The generated model can be used by students to improve self-efficacy by adjusting their study style and by educators to provide early interventions to support disengaged students. This model can be replicated in different remote learning settings and transnational education, and the findings might be insightful for courses with remote learning strategies to investigate the key educational, personal and engagement parameters for students’ overall success.

Using reflection. Mentoring midwifery students in India

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenda Hawley ◽  
Anthony Tuckett
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Constructivist Theory ◽  
Clinical Placements ◽  
Teaching And Learning Strategies ◽  
Global Health Care ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose: This study aims to offer guidance to lecturers and undergraduate midwifery students in using reflective practice and to offer a roadmap for academic staff accompanying undergraduate midwifery students on international clinical placements. Design: Drawing on reflection within the Constructivist Theory, the Gibbs Reflective Cycle (GRC) provides opportunities to review experiences and share new knowledge by working through five stages—feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and action plan. Findings:  The reflections of the midwifery students in this study provide insight into expectations prior to leaving for international placement, practical aspects of what local knowledge is beneficial, necessary teaching and learning strategies and the students’ cultural awareness growth. Implications: The analysis and a reflective approach have wider implications for universities seeking to improve preparations when embarking on an international clinical placement. It can also inform practices that utilise reflection as an impetus to shape midwifery students to be more receptive to global health care issues. 

scholarly journals Factors contributing towards research productivity in higher education

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 203
Author(s):  
Caroline Henry ◽  
Nor Azura Md Ghani ◽  
Umi Marshida Abd Hamid ◽  
Ahmad Naqiyuddin Bakar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Student Perception ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Age Cohort ◽  
Role Of Principal ◽  
Behavioural Factors ◽  
Conducting Research

<span>Research Productivity (RP) is the key element in the establishment of ranking and rating system in the Higher Education (HE) sector. Despite of the many initiatives taken to enliven the research culture among academic staff, there are still constraints and resistance towards conducting research. Therefore, this study attempts to identify the factors affecting RP and develop an appropriate model to determine the RP of an academic staff in Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). In this study, 5 research related indicators were used in the determination of RP. Since the population size of UiTM is large, the primary data was collected by using questionnaire survey and stratified random sampling. The variables that were found to be significant in determining RP of an academic staff were age cohort, highest qualification, cluster and track emphasis. Satisfaction towards annual KPI, UiTM current policy and monthly income were also found to influence the RP of an academic staff. In addition, perceiving the role of principal investigator as a chore and burden and supervising and graduating a PhD student perception as burden and pleasure were also found to be affecting RP. Using these variables, Logistic Regression Model was used to determine the RP of an academic staff in UiTM. In conclusion, personal, environmental and behavioural factors were found to have influence on the RP among academic staff of UiTM. Therefore, generally it is possible to maximize the RP of academic staff by identifying the factors influencing RP followed by strategic management and proper monitoring system.</span>

scholarly journals Turning chemistry education on its head: Design, experience and evaluation of a learning-centred ‘Modern Chemistry’ subject

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-194
Author(s):  
Ingo Koeper ◽  
◽  
Joe Shapter ◽  
Vanessa North ◽  
Don Houston ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Chemistry Education ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Initial Assessment ◽  
First Year ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Final Exam

In science courses in general, but especially in first year chemistry classes, the amount of content that is delivered is often overwhelming and too complex for the student to easily cope with. Students not only have to gain knowledge in a variety of different field, they also have to learn new laboratory skills and analytical techniques. Additionally, there is an issue with more and more information being available to everybody through the internet, while our education often still focusses on delivering that knowledge, rather than exploring ways how students can be guided to understanding and using the knowledge provided. There have been different approaches on how to make ‘dry’ scientific concepts more interesting and how enhance student engagement, ranging from problem-based learning approaches, case studies or flipped classroom models. We have recently turned a fairly classic first year chemistry course on its head. In the new structure, students are gaining knowledge and understanding purely through the completion of a range of challenges. We have removed all lectures, tutorials and the final exam, and all interaction with the student happens in the laboratory. Throughout the semester, students attempt to complete a range of challenges, both theoretical and practical, find relevant information, propose approaches to solving the challenges, and discuss these and subsequent outcomes with academic staff. In order to analyse the design, we have conducted structured interviews with students from 2016-2018. Initial assessment of the data suggests a high level of engagement of the students, paired with a better preparation of students for their subsequent studies. Students enjoyed having the freedom to choose and design their own experiments. Additionally, students improved significantly in non-content related aspects such as timemanagement, organisation, planning and self-learning, with notable impact on their learning in higher years.

scholarly journals The establishment of Irkutsk Fire-Technical School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of USSR: historical-pedagogical retrospective

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vasil'ev
Keyword(s):  
Academic Staff ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Technical School ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Formative Stage ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Internal Affairs ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Academic Personnel

The subject of this research is the process of establishment of Irkutsk Fire-Technical School during the 1960&rsquo;s &ndash; 1970&rsquo;s and its professional-pedagogical transformation in the later period of 1990&rsquo;s. The article covers in the details the question of historical-pedagogical peculiarities in recruitment of the faculty staff of the school with academic personnel at the initial stage. The author explores the question of professional skills of the temporary and permanent academic staff in realization of training, marching drill and combat activities. In the course of this research the author determines and analyzes the factors that influenced the establishment and development Irkutsk Fire-Technical School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of USSR during the 1960&rsquo;s &ndash; 1970&rsquo;; as well as peculiarities of pedagogical activity in the formative stage of the educational institution. The article examines the relationship of the cadets and staff members of the school with the service branches. The presented research is relevant for broad audience, since the establishment and development of departmental institution of system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of USSR in the territory of Baikalia during the 1960&rsquo;s became a milestone event for education system of the entire Siberian Region.

Faculty's Examination of Virtual Learning Strategies to Communicate With Students

2017 ◽  
pp. 42-60
Author(s):  
Cassandra Louise Sligh Conway ◽  
Yvonne Sims ◽  
Audrey McCrary Quarles ◽  
Diane M. Burnette ◽  
Stanley Melton Harris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Virtual Learning Environments ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Future Directions

Faculty's examination of virtual learning strategies to communicate with students is essential. Virtual learning is an innovative way to work with student s in higher education. The purpose of this effort is as follows: a) note strategies that can enhance the communication process with students and faculty during the virtual learning process; b) provide a review of contemporary research on virtual learning and activities; c) provide narratives from faculty in higher education that provide virtual learning environments and effective communication strategies to students. Authors from multiple disciplines provide their perceptions of virtual learning and some challenges or experiences in implementing activities to communicate with students in higher education. Their perception of using this type of learning with students is shared and common themes are discussed. In all efforts, there is a discussion of the benefits, purpose, and implications of this type of learning. Recommendations, strategies and future directions are presented.

Motivational Active Learning in Blended and Virtual Learning Scenarios

2018 ◽  
pp. 935-957
Author(s):  
Johanna Pirker ◽  
Maria Riffnaller-Schiefer ◽  
Lisa Maria Tomes ◽  
Christian Gütl
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Engagement Strategies ◽  
Active And Collaborative Learning ◽  
Learning Success ◽  
Learning Scenarios

The way people learn has changed over the last years. New pedagogical theories show that engaging and active learning approaches are particularly successful in improving conceptual understanding and enhancing the students' learning success and motivation. The Motivational Active Learning approach combines engagement strategies based on active and collaborative learning models with gamification. While many active learning models rely on in-class setups and active and personal interactions between students and between instructors, MAL was designed to integrate active learning in different settings. Our research project focuses on enhanced learning strategies with MAL in different computer-supported scenarios. This chapter outlines the potential of the pedagogical model MAL (Motivational Active Learning) in the context of blended and virtual learning scenarios; it also summarizes relevant literature and discusses implications and future work.

How knowledge sharing leads to innovative work behaviour

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Van Dong Phung ◽  
Igor Hawryszkiewycz ◽  
Daniel Chandran
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Content Type

Purpose Studies have examined the influence of knowledge-sharing factors on attitudes and intentions to share knowledge; thus, there is a need to add to the limited research to examine individuals’ actual knowledge-sharing behaviour (KSB). Drawing upon the social cognitive theory (SCT) and transformational leadership, this study aims to develop a new research model which modifies the standard SCT model and augments it with other theories to examine academics’ KSBs. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaire surveys based on literature and pilot study were conducted with 785 academic staff from four Vietnamese public universities. This study applied structural equation modelling to test the proposed research model and hypotheses. Findings The findings show that environmental factors (subjective norms, trust) and personal factors (knowledge self-efficacy, enjoyment in helping others) had positive impacts on KSB; KSB had a strongly positive effect on innovative behaviour; and transformational leadership positively moderated the effects of subjective norms, trust and knowledge self-efficacy on KSB. Interestingly, psychological ownership of knowledge was found to have insignificant associations with KSB. Practical implications The study findings can be used by university leaders, academic staff and researchers in other similar contexts. Originality/value Until now, to the best of the researchers’ knowledge, no studies have applied SCT as a primary lens, in which transformational leadership positioned in a focal behaviour also affected KSB, to investigate research on KSB in organisations, especially in institutions of higher education.

scholarly journals A Comparison of Interteaching and the Learning Pathway in a Community Health Undergraduate Course

2020 ◽  
pp. 237337992090280
Author(s):  
Jonathan A. Schulz ◽  
Vincent T. Francisco
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Community Health ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Future Health ◽  
Final Exam ◽  
Course Objectives ◽  
Active Learning Strategies ◽  
Self Instruction

Health promotion undergraduate courses frequently use active learning strategies in an attempt to ensure that future health professionals are prepared to improve population health outcomes. One teaching method with limited research in health promotion courses at the undergraduate level is interteaching (IT). IT is based on behavior analytic techniques and uses paired discussion and student-informed clarifying lectures to teach course objectives. A number of studies suggest that IT is more effective than traditional teaching methods (i.e., lecture). However, research is needed to compare IT with other active learning strategies (i.e., strategies that foster critical thinking by engaging students in analysis, synthesis, and evaluation through discussion and active student responding) and in new subject areas. The present study compared IT with an active learning strategy known as the Learning Pathway (LP) in an undergraduate community health education/promotion planning course. The LP uses group work and guided self-instruction to help students address a societal issue of their choice. Results indicate that students performed slightly higher on multiple-choice quizzes during the IT condition and correctly answered more fill-in-the-blank midterm and final exam questions related to content covered in the IT condition. However, students indicated that they preferred the LP teaching method. Although further research is needed to investigate active learning strategies that are most effective on various outcomes in health promotion courses, this study suggests that IT may be more effective than the LP on teaching course objectives as measured by quiz scores.

scholarly journals A Contribution to the Hellenic Open University: Evaluation of the pedagogical practices and the use of ICT on distance education

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerasimos Koustourakis ◽  
Chris Panagiotakopoulos ◽  
Dimitris Vergidis
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Open University ◽  
Learning Modules ◽  
Program Of Study ◽  
University Evaluation ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Education Delivery

This study examines a) the methods used to structure the pedagogy necessary to underpin distance education delivery used by the Hellenic Open University (HOU); b) the adoption of pedagogical and epistemological conceptual systems HOU uses for the development of its pedagogical practices; and c) the role of information and communication technology (ICT), and the degree of ICTs incorporation into distance education delivery at HOU. This study shows that: a) in terms of providing rigorous course contents, strong framing exists between HOU’s various learning modules; b) in terms of pedagogical practices, there is a strong hierarchical relationship and framing between HOU’s academic staff and tutors, while conversely, framing is weaker between its tutors and students; c) in terms of ICT usage HOU, in general, uses technology for administration, while conversely, and depending on the program of study, it currently only has limited use for student learning.

درجـة توظيـف استراتيجيـات التعلـم الذكـي في مدراس التعليم العام الحكومية

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-78
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
English Language ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Gaza Strip ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
Educational Strategies ◽  
Smart Learning ◽  
Language Technology ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Gaza Strip

يهدف هذا البحث إلى التعرف على مستوى درجة توظيف استراتيجيات التعلم الذكي في مدراس التعليم العام الحكومية من وجهة نظر المعلمين، وكذلك الكشف عن الفروق في درجة توظيفها؛ تبعاً لمتغير تخصص المعلم: (رياضيات، علوم، لغة عربية، إنجليزي، تكنولوجيا، اجتماعيات)، بالإضافة إلى جنس المعلم: (ذكر، أنثى). واتبع الباحثان المنهج الوصفي التحليلي لمناسبته لمتغيرات البحث، وقد تكونت عينة البحث من (152) معلماً ومعلمة من العاملين في وزارة التربية والتعليم العالي الفلسطينية (قطاع غزة)، حيث طبقت عليهم أداة البحث وهي (استبانة)، والتي اشتملت على الاستراتيجيات التعليمية الإلكترونية المستخدمة في التعلم الذكي وعددها (23) استراتيجية، وتوصلت نتائج البحث إلى أن مستوى درجة توظيف استراتيجيات التعلم الذكي في مدراس التعليم العام الحكومية من وجهة نظر المعلمين كانت نسبتها (%52.162) وهي نسبة ضعيفة. بالإضافة إلى أنه لا يوجد فروق دالة إحصائية في مستوى توظيف استراتيجيات التعلم الذكي في مدراس التعليم العام الحكومية تعزى لمتغير جنس المعلم وتخصصه. The research aims at recognizing the degree of employing smart learning strategies at the governmental schools , according to the views of the academic staff. It also aims at revealing the differences of employing them pursuant to the variable of the teacher specialization ( Math, Science, Arabic Language, English Language, Technology, Social Studies), in addition to the gender of the teacher (Male/Female).Both of the researcher followed the descriptive analytical approach for its conformity with the research variables. The sample of the research consisted of (152) teacher employed by the Palestinian ministry of higher education in the Gaza Strip, A questionnaire was applied on them including electronic educational strategies used in the smart learning that amount to (23) strategy. The research finds that the degree of employing smart learning strategies in the government-run schools , amounts to (52.162%) which is a low rate. Besides, there are no statistical significant differences in employing the strategies of the smart learning at the government-run schools attribute to the gender of the teacher and his/her specialization.

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