scholarly journals PRELIMINARY STUDY ON PRE-UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ READINESS FOR ONLINE TEACHING AND LEARNING AT HOME (PdR): AN ASSESSMENT IN INTERNET ACCESSIBILITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (23) ◽  
pp. 136-146
Author(s):  
Mohd Azrul Abdul Rajak ◽  
Ayu Afiqah Nasrullah ◽  
Suriana Lasaraiya ◽  
Sitty Nur Syafa Bakri
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
University Students ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
At Home

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia, learning and teaching at home (PdR) was implemented to replace face-to-face learning sessions. The readiness of pre-university students in the implementation of PdR helps in delivering a high quality of education. It can be studied through the internet accessibility, learning environment, student economics, suitability of online course content, type of e-learning platform used, and the locality of students. Hence, this preliminary study aims to identify the relationship between internet accessibility toward students’ readiness in PdR. A set of questionnaires was distributed to 344 students to obtain responses related to the type of internet access used, the level of internet speed, and the type of device used for PdR. The results showed that most students access the internet through home WiFi internet (34.3%) and cellular data (33.1%). All students have devices whereas 61.0% of students use a combination of laptops and smartphones for e-learning purposes. The findings for the speed level of the internet to access PdR shows (M = 3.22, SP = 1.269), which is a moderate speed for internet access. Meanwhile, the findings of the study in the level of online connectivity and student availability in PdR show (Mean = 3.74, SP = 1.2006), where it is above the level of low internet bandwidth and high immediacy, and below high bandwidth and low immediacy levels. This preliminary study proves that the quality of internet access affects the readiness of pre-university students in PdR. Factors such as the learning environment, family economy, and weather could also affect the quality of students’ internet access.

scholarly journals The awareness of faculty members at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University of the use of the e-learning platform in light of the outbreak of the COVID 19 virus and their attitudes towards inquiry-based learning: وعي أعضاء هيئة التدريس في جامعة الأمير سطام بن عبد العزيز باستخدام منصة التعلم الإلكتروني في ظل تفشي فيروس COVID 19 واتجاهاتهم نحو التعلم بالاستقصاء

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (46) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hala Khairy Abdel-Ghany El-Gohary
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Inquiry Based Learning ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
E Learning

This study aimed to measure the awareness of faculty members at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University of the use of the e-learning platform in light of the outbreak of the COVID 19 virus and their attitudes towards inquiry-based learning. The researcher used the descriptive approach, semi-experimental, and statistical demographic variables to suit her for the purposes of the study. The study sample consisted of (100) members of the teaching staff of Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, who were chosen in a stratified random manner. The researcher calculated the stability coefficient of the internal consistency of the questionnaire with its four dimensions and calculated the coefficient of internal consistency of the other questionnaire in its three dimensions. The researcher also used the statistical demographic variables prepared by the Deanship of Information Technology at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University during the period of suspension of the study. The most important results of the study were as follows: The degree of awareness of faculty members at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University on the e-learning platform "BlackBoard" on the overall questionnaire was high, with an average score of (3,41) and the attitudes of the faculty members at Prince Sattam University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia towards inquiry-based learning environment were high, with a mean (3.65), because the survey strategy is an educational process that allows students to use survey skills and support self-learning skills that are To satisfy curiosity, organize knowledge and generate ideas. Recommendations: Searching for obstacles and setting appropriate solutions for them to achieve goals and quality in the educational process via the Internet (Blackboard(, and Developing the skills of faculty members and students alike via the Internet (Blackboard). &Emphasizing the professional development of a faculty member via the Internet (BlackBoard). Finally Encouraging online inquiry-based learning environment (Blackboard).

scholarly journals Students’ satisfaction with learning experience in Covid-19 imposed virtual learning environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (29) ◽  
pp. 124-131
Author(s):  
Marijana Prodanović ◽  
Valentina Gavranović
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
University Students ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Virtual Learning Environment ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Students Satisfaction

The organisation of the overall teaching and learning process during the ongoing pandemic has brought to light a complex range of educational aspects which need to be considered while reexamining and reevaluating the quality of teaching practices. The unavoidable criterion relevant for creating a meaningful educational context includes students’ perspectives and thoughts on these aspects of the processes they are active participants of. This paper focuses on university students‘ satisfaction with various aspects of online teaching and learning organisation. It reports on the answers the respondents, students majoring in English, gave to the Students‘ Satisfactory Survey, which consisted of a set of five-point Likert scale and one open-ended questions. The aim of this study is to investigate how satisfied the university students are with the online teaching-learning context – its overall organisation and the quality of lectures organised, delivered and assessed in a virtual environment. The results to a set of closed-ended questions are represented with statistic data and followed by the descriptive narrative, and the answers to the open-ended question are classified according to a common denominator, and subsequently analysed and discussed. The answers analysis shows that the majority of students have a rather positive attitude towards the online learning environment, and it also points to the aspects which can be improved.

THE PROCESS OF DIGITALIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Муса Увайсович Ярычев
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Education System ◽  
New Teacher ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Teacher Competencies ◽  
Important Condition ◽  
E Learning

В статье рассматривается вопрос о цифровизации школы, как важном условии повышения качества образования. Организованная при помощи электронных форм среда обучения предоставляет ученикам большую самостоятельность. Необходимым условием совершенствования системы образования выступает создание новых, необходимых для цифровой экономики компетенций педагога. The article considers the issue of school digitalization as an important condition for improving the quality of education. The e-learning environment provides students with greater independence. A necessary condition for improving the education system is the creation of new teacher competencies necessary for the digital economy.

Learning objects management and evaluatio in an e-learning environment

1970 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Rego ◽  
Tiago Moreira ◽  
Francisco José García-Peñalvo
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Group Learning ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Authoring Tools ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Educational Contents

The main aim of the AHKME e-learning platform is to provide a system with adaptive and knowledge management abilities for students and teachers. This system is based on the IMS specifications representing information through metadata, granting semantics to all contents in the platform, giving them meaning. In this platform, metadata is used to satisfy requirements like reusability, interoperability and multipurpose. The system provides authoring tools to define learning methods with adaptive characteristics, and tools to create courses allowing users with different roles, promoting several types of collaborative and group learning. It is also endowed with tools to retrieve, import and evaluate learning objects based on metadata, where students can use quality educational contents fitting their characteristics, and teachers have the possibility of using quality educational contents to structure their courses. The learning objects management and evaluation play an important role in order to get the best results in the teaching/learning process.

scholarly journals Utilizing a Facebook closed group for EFL e-learning environment: Students’ views

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1026-1044
Author(s):  
Martha Nandari Santoso
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Online Class ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Closed Group ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Group A ◽  
Display Quality

This study was conducted out of the researcher’s teaching reflection while teaching English as a foreign language (EFL) online class during the pandemic of COVID-19, a time when face-to-face courses had to be converted to online classes. Her choice of educational tool for her EFL e-learning environment utilized a Facebook closed group. Her experiences in utilizing a Facebook closed group for her EFL e-learning environment and the students’ views were the main topics of this study. Eighteen EFL freshmen participants were selected in this study. The researcher used data from a questionnaire with some closed and open-ended questions. The findings indicated that the students found the Facebook closed group a comfortable, practical, and useful e-learning environment. The students’ familiarity with the interface helped them to immediately focus on the class activities instead of learning how to use the tool. Most students viewed the Facebook closed group as positive for class interactions, creative work, opinions, and express feelings. A few dislike voices were related to the display quality of Facebook, the asynchronous and silent communication on Facebook. Accordingly, utilizing a Facebook closed group might be worth considering for learners who have not been adequately prepared with the technology for joining an online class. 

scholarly journals Comparative Study of Internet Usage Among University Students: A Study of the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (34) ◽  
pp. 134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Akram Hossain ◽  
Md. Habibur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Business Studies ◽  
Versatile Tool ◽  
The University ◽  
The Comparative Study

Internet is a versatile tool used by the students that draws attention of many researchers. But little research has been found regarding the comparative study of internet usage among university students. For this reason, the study surveyed the internet usage among university students coming from Business Studies, Science & Arts disciplines at University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and the overall perceptions towards the internet usage. So we developed a survey questionnaire and collected data on students’ demographics, internet usage behavior and purposes of internet use. Therefore, we distributed 50 questionnaires to each discipline and a total of 150 questionnaires were returned and all were usable. Then we analyzed the obtained data using SPSS. The results show that the percentage of internet usage among the students coming from Business Studies, Science and Arts disciplines is 100%, 92% and 90% respectively. The study recommends that the students coming from Science and Arts background should enhance the internet usage. And the students from all backgrounds should enhance the frequency of internet access per day and invest more on internet usage. The study also recommends that the universities should provide adequate internet facilities and enabling environment for student. This study provides a theoretical and empirical basis for further studies on internet usage of university students.

scholarly journals MOOCs as Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-12
Author(s):  
Kamarudin Hussin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Disruptive Innovation ◽  
Virtual Learning Environment ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Access To Higher Education ◽  
E Learning

The advancement of technology in higher education is always perceived as a valuable innovation that create better impact to the society. The advent of the Internet for instance, has magnificently created important features in learning environment globally. Higher education community optimizes the Internet as an essential resource, communication platforms and dynamic tools in their core teaching-learning, research, consultation activities, entertainment and many others. Moreover, innovations such as mobile technology has successfully broadened access to the Internet and related online services and facilities. Higher education institutions as the hub for technology development and innovation have invested in virtual learning environment to support current needs of global population. Related to this fact, e- learning modules and contents are offered across universities, and interested learners in public communities are benefited by this opportunity. Educators and experts in higher education institutions are delivering their knowledge, discoveries and expertise via e-learning platforms and other supported technology. Equally important, e-learning has successfully expanded opportunities for lifelong and flexible learning, and offered a solution for practical issues and increasing student numbers. As a matter of fact, e-learning has been proposed as a promising way out for many complex issues such asfunding constraints, increasing demand and access to higher education while improving quality and high impact educational provisions in many countries. While addressing these issues, higher education administrators, educators, researchers and policy makers have developed responses in various frameworks. Initiatives such as Competency-Based Online Programs, development of open source materials, flipped classroom and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have contributed towards reducing cost of higher education as well as increasing access to higher education. MOOCs technology has proven its capability to reach massive audienceof about 30,000 students at a time. Across the globe, MOOCs offer free access to online course lectures, self- paced lessons, readings, problem sets, blogs, discussion boards, peer assessment and even online discussion group platforms for global students (Leon and Price, 2016). In 2017, MOOCs offered more than 9,400 courses with more than 500 MOOC based credentials according to data gathered by Class Central. Excitingly, MOOC platforms have recorded more than 81 million learners to date (Class Central, 2017).  

The Value of Postgraduate Students Opinions in the Quality Management of Academic E-Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-194
Author(s):  
Grażyna Rembielak ◽  
Renata Marciniak
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Special Obligation ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University

Abstract The quality of online education is of interest to universities around the world. Only high quality and cyclical evaluation are the conditions for obtaining students’ satisfaction with this form of education. In the pandemic era, digital dissemination and open education have become a special obligation of academic education. This paper aims to present the opinions of postgraduate students on the quality of e-learning forced by the Covid-19 pandemic. The study was conducted using an online survey questionnaire sent to all 173 MBA and Executive MBA (EMBA) students studying during the pandemic era in Poland's leading Business School, 40% of whom returned completed valid surveys. Students assessed aspects of e-learning such as teaching materials, communication with lecturers, the attractiveness of online classes, networking, strategies, and criteria for evaluating didactic activities, e-learning platform, and support received from the university. The results showed that although most examined aspects are perceived very well or well by the students, there is always some space for improvement. Despite the fact that the study was conducted on a small sample of students, their opinions obtained during the survey provide valuable information to universities about the quality of postgraduate e-learning from its main actors, that is, students. Based on this, the paper presents clear recommendations to universities on how the quality of online education could be managed and improved.

Bringing AI to E-Learning

2012 ◽  
pp. 126-138
Author(s):  
K. Giotopoulos ◽  
C. Alexakos ◽  
G. Beligiannis ◽  
A. Stefani
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Computational Intelligence ◽  
Intelligent Agents ◽  
Student Model ◽  
Basic Part ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Front End ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Autonomous Component

This paper presents a newly developed student model agent, which is the basic part of an e-learning environment that incorporates Intelligent Agents and Computational Intelligence Techniques. The e-learning environment consists of three parts, the E-learning platform Front-End, the Student Questioner Reasoning and the Student Model Agent. The basic aim of this contribution is to describe in detail the agent’s architecture and the innovative features it provides to the e-learning environment through its utilization as an autonomous component. Several basic processes and techniques are facilitated through the agent in order to provide intelligence to the e-learning environment.

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