Effective Learning Through Moodle Management, Social Media, and Peer-Guided Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 89-108
Author(s):  
Mohd Muttaqin Mohd Adnan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Problem Statement ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Guided Learning ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Future Leaders ◽  
The Way

The old method of teacher-centric learning has been criticized as a less effective method of teaching and learning. Academics have been implementing newer and better initiatives that are more student-centric, which has proven to be more meaningful and effective in delivering the knowledge needed for students to grow and obtain the necessary skills to be future leaders. However, through self-observation and feedback from students, the author noticed that some subjects are still using the old methods in delivering the subject to the students. The problem statement here is that there are still subjects taught today that are teacher-centric, which might not be suitable to develop students as future leaders. The author argues that a good educator should focus in creating a healthy self-guided learning environment. Several initiatives were made by the author to change the way of teaching and learning. By analyzing the previous performance and gathering students' feedback, the outcome of the initiatives has been successful in ensuring students have better learning experiences.

Traditional to Hybrid

2014 ◽  
pp. 387-411
Author(s):  
Rowena Li
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Hybrid Learning ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
Hybrid Learning Environment

Drawn from first-hand teaching and learning experiences, this chapter seeks to explore social media tools and their unique features in adapting traditional face-to-face courses to the hybrid learning environment. It examines the transformed roles of instructors and students, as well as their changing pedagogical, social, and psychological needs. It also demonstrates how social media can be used to meet the challenges of both hybrid and online instruction in higher education. This chapter provides faculty, administrators, and practitioners a better understanding of the roles of the instructors and students in a hybrid setting and also offers guidance to instructors on how to involve social media tools in a hybrid learning environment to enhance students' learning experiences.

Traditional to Hybrid

2013 ◽  
pp. 65-90
Author(s):  
Rowena Li
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Hybrid Learning ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
Hybrid Learning Environment

Drawn from first-hand teaching and learning experiences, this chapter seeks to explore social media tools and their unique features in adapting traditional face-to-face courses to the hybrid learning environment. It examines the transformed roles of instructors and students, as well as their changing pedagogical, social, and psychological needs. It also demonstrates how social media can be used to meet the challenges of both hybrid and online instruction in higher education. This chapter provides faculty, administrators, and practitioners a better understanding of the roles of the instructors and students in a hybrid setting and also offers guidance to instructors on how to involve social media tools in a hybrid learning environment to enhance students’ learning experiences.

Building a Culture of Ethical, Comparable, Authentic Assessment

2019 ◽  
pp. 463-481
Author(s):  
Andrew Reid ◽  
Julie Ballantyne
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Authentic Assessment ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Music Educators ◽  
System Level ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
School Based ◽  
The Subject

In an ideal world, assessment should be synonymous with effective learning and reflect the intricacies of the subject area. It should also be aligned with the ideals of education: to provide equitable opportunities for all students to achieve and to allow both appropriate differentiation for varied contexts and students and comparability across various contexts and students. This challenge is made more difficult in circumstances in which the contexts are highly heterogeneous, for example in the state of Queensland, Australia. Assessment in music challenges schooling systems in unique ways because teaching and learning in music are often naturally differentiated and diverse, yet assessment often calls for standardization. While each student and teacher has individual, evolving musical pathways in life, the syllabus and the system require consistency and uniformity. The challenge, then, is to provide diverse, equitable, and quality opportunities for all children to learn and achieve to the best of their abilities. This chapter discusses the designing and implementation of large-scale curriculum as experienced in secondary schools in Queensland, Australia. The experiences detailed explore the possibilities offered through externally moderated school-based assessment. Also discussed is the centrality of system-level clarity of purpose, principles and processes, and the provision of supportive networks and mechanisms to foster autonomy for a diverse range of music educators and contexts. Implications for education systems that desire diversity, equity, and quality are discussed, and the conclusion provokes further conceptualization and action on behalf of students, teachers, and the subject area of music.

Teaching and Learning activities that promote effective learning of Research Methodology among Psychology students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minu Mathews
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Psychology Students ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Student Perspective ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Psychology Courses ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Analyse Data ◽  
High Level

BackgroundCreating a conducive environment for learning cultivates engaged and independent learners, allowing for high-level learning (Warren, 2004). When assessing the diverse Psychology courses that exist, the evaluation of Research Methods (RM) teaching and its associated pedagogies is high on the agenda of college based Higher Education (Burton & Schonfield, 2011). ObjectiveThis study aimed at exploring what range of teaching and learning activities (TLA’s) promote effective learning of RM among Psychology students. Additionally, it aimed to understand, from a student perspective, what ‘effective learning’ meant in the context of RM. MethodA mixed methods approach comprising of both surveys as well as focus groups was conducted with undergraduate Psychology students. Thematic analysis and basic frequencies were used to analyse data. Results Results demonstrated that both student and teacher-led activities were beneficial and worked complementarily for students in their understanding of the subject whilst serving different purposes. Practical labs and class exercises were the top activities highlighted (student-led) followed by lectures and flow chart concept checks (teacher-led). Furthermore, ‘effective learning’ encapsulated not just a long-term knowledge acquisition of concepts but the ability to apply one’s knowledge to the wider context. Conclusion and teaching implication Findings are in line with the Conception of Learning which has a nested hierarchy consisting of both surface learning elements and deep learning (Marton,Dall’Alba & Beaty, 1993). RM has been identified as a difficult subject to teach as well for students to learn (Gray et al., 2015) and as a result this study teases apart some of the most beneficial techniques from a student perspective to be considered when designing the structure and delivery of RM courses.

scholarly journals Integrating andragogical philosophy with Indigenous teaching and learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 135050762097252
Author(s):  
Annette Gainsford ◽  
Michelle Evans
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Business Acumen ◽  
Indigenous Entrepreneurs ◽  
Learning Principles ◽  
Evidence Based Model ◽  
Education Business

Recent Australian research has identified that the success of an Indigenous business greatly relies on the business acumen of its owner. Whilst business education offered through Business Schools is seemingly open to all, Indigenous Australian participation in these educational offerings have been low. In contrast the number of Indigenous businesses emerging in Australia over the past decade is building a demand for Indigenous specific business education offerings. The MURRA Indigenous Business Master Class at Melbourne Business School is such an example of an Indigenous business education program. We discuss how this program implements an andragogical philosophy into the Indigenous teaching and learning approach of business education to take into consideration an individual’s cultural and business knowledge to contextualise business learning. This paper identifies a framework of andragogy principles that contributes to the learning environment for Indigenous entrepreneurs. We identify four key learning principles and offer an evidence based model to progress business education. Through well designed Indigenous business education, business education can provide Indigenous entrepreneurs with an effective learning environment that integrates their cultural identity, highlights Indigenous knowledges and allows for the development of skills to support self-determination practices.

scholarly journals Teaching and Learning English as a Foreign Language

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Thara Mahmoud Ali Al-oglah
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Public Pedagogy ◽  
Specific Language ◽  
The Way ◽  
Learning English

The teaching and learning of a specific language whether it's considered foreign or second, has changed throughoutthe years. It began to transfer from a setting where the teacher was the basic and the role model into a setting wherethe learner would become the center or the focus. If we take in consideration all of these findings, methods, andapproaches, in addition to the experiences which were created and further emphasized in an environment wherelearning will take place. Then this language would be used anywhere to create a sense of engagement. Particularly, incertain tasks which are of communicative nature while focusing on the interactive aspect. There had been a change inthe way foreign languages came to be taught. That is, from the way the foreign language would be specified to acertain approach where we would calculate the competence and the performance of a learner. This has led to a shiftfrom the tutor being the figure of authority, the specialized person, and the role model into the facilitator where hewould guide students in the learning process to bring about change. The enhancements of today's time tend to focuson social media in addition to the current research being carried out. Moreover, public pedagogy is also veryimportant and always creates a path towards constructing, bettering and increasing the level of competence of thelearner when acquiring a specific language.

Bringing Web 2.0 into the Learning Environment

2013 ◽  
pp. 109-118
Author(s):  
Saman Shahryari Monfared ◽  
Peyman Ajabi-Naeini ◽  
Drew Parker
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Asynchronous Learning ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Continuous Learning ◽  
The Web ◽  
The Way

Social Networking, or the so-called Web 2.0 phenomenon, is changing the way we use the Internet. In turn, the way we use the Internet is changing the way we work, learn, communicate, and research. This chapter outlines a series of issues, tools, techniques, and pedagogy that may lie behind the process to bring social media into a learning environment. It then concludes with a four-year experience bringing these concepts into a senior undergraduate seminar, and offers observations and conclusions about the efficacy of our approach. Social networking has brought the Web into a conversation. Similarly, the chasm between synchronous and asynchronous learning is closing as the classroom becomes one part of a larger, continuous learning experience.

scholarly journals الأسس لإعداد وتأليف مواد تعليم اللغة العربية

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Falahun Ni'am
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Student Feedback ◽  
Teaching Materials ◽  
Survey System ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Learning Issues ◽  
The Way

The basics for preparing teaching materials are very important. The very first thing to consider when you are planning a learning experience is what exactly you intend your students to learn. Onsider the approach you would like students to take to their learning in your subject (The way in which you intend student to learn will, in many respects, dictate how you teach). Plan to evaluate your teaching and the subject regularly. Regular evaluation will enable you to improve the quality of the course and your teaching. This can be done by keeping a journal of activities and changes you would like to make (and the reasons for them!), by having other teachers 'sit in' on some classes, by asking the students what they have understood to be most important in each session, by having a focus group of students discuss important teaching and learning issues, and by using the Student Feedback Survey system.

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