Staff Reflections on Using E-Assessment Feedback in the Digital Age

2019 ◽  
pp. 386-414
Author(s):  
Akrum Helfaya ◽  
James O'Neill
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Teaching Business ◽  
Assessment Feedback ◽  
Effective Manner ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Business And Management

Assessment and feedback represent two of the key elements that affect students' learning. Using e-assessment with productive and instant e-feedback reduces the gap between current and preferred performance of the new generation of digital students. Action research methodology was used to investigate staff perception of using e-assessment feedback in the teaching and learning process. To achieve this aim, a survey was administered to 48 full-time academics to collect data about their perceptions of using e-assessment and/or e-feedback to assess their students' performance. And then seven semi-structured interviews were conducted with the staff. Findings from staff survey and interviews show that the teaching staff is generally in agreement with the use of and benefits of e-assessment and/or e-feedback in teaching business and management modules. Using technology, therefore, can provide an avenue for innovative assessment and prompt feedback methods that meet the needs of the digital students in the digital age in an efficient and effective manner.

Using Computer-Based Assessment and Feedback

2020 ◽  
pp. 848-878
Author(s):  
Akrum Helfaya ◽  
James O'Neill
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Dynamic System ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Traditional Assessment ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
New Generation

This article describes how assessment and feedback represent two key factors that affect students' learning. Using e-assessment with prompt e-feedback reduces the gap between present and desired performance and is considered to be a reflexive and dynamic system in dealing with the new generation of digital natives. Action research was used to investigate students' perception of using computer-based assessment (CBA) and/or computer-based feedback (CBF) in teaching and learning process. Both semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with 44 UG students to assess their perceptions of using CBA and CBF. Findings show that students are generally agreed on the use of and benefits of CBA and/or CBF in teaching accounting and non-accounting modules. For example, these results reveal that many participants valued working online compared to traditional assessment and appreciated the instant feedback they received. Additionally, technology can provide an avenue for assessment and personalised and comprehensive prompt feedback that diverse and digital students need in the 21st Century Higher Education.

scholarly journals ISSUES OF ICT INTEGRATION IN RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF KAZAKHSTAN

2021 ◽  
pp. 84-93
Author(s):  
A. Kurmangaliyev
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Rural Schools ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Ict Integration ◽  
Information And Communication

The problem with attaining education equality for various categories of the population has been one of the priority topics of social and political studies. Kazakhstan has recently stated the aim to ensure equal access for all participants in the educational process to the best resources and technologies. However, half of all state schools are in rural areas and supporting them is often inadequate in comparison to urban schools. These schools have minimal infrastructure, for example, a lack of proper Internet access and professional development opportunities for teachers. The barriers to information and communication technologies in education seem to be one of the main issues for teaching staff in rural settings. The purpose of this research was to explore the issues of ICT integration in teaching and learning processes among secondary school teachers. This multiple case study explored the experiences of eight instructors from three rural schools through semi-structured interviews, lesson observations, and curriculum analysis. The results reveal evidence of the very poor quality of the Internet in visited rural schools. The findings also demonstrate that teachers often have to use their personal mobile phones at work despite the ban from administration. This, along with the poor technological capability of the schools, negatively affects the educational process in visited schools.

scholarly journals El “desierto digital”: repercusiones de la COVID-19 en la Educación en España y Brasil

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
María Edna Moura Viera ◽  
Maria da Graça Luderitz Hoefel ◽  
José Tomas Réal Collado
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Generational Differences ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Exploratory Investigation ◽  
Psychological Demands

Con la aparición de la COVID-19, la forma de hacer y pensar la educación mediatizada por las tecnologías digitales, surgió con una fuerza repentina y nunca experimentada de la forma en que la vimos ocurrir en el año 2020. Así, la nueva realidad educativa se evidencia en la distancia de los cuerpos y la distancia en los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje, que ha tenido numerosos impactos en la práctica diaria de la educación. Esta investigación busca conocer las percepciones de los profesores/as de educación básica en España y Brasil, sobre las repercusiones de la COVID-19 en la educación. Se trata de una investigación descriptiva-exploratoria, con enfoque cualitativo, que realizó 12 entrevistas semiestructuradas a profesores/as de educación básica de ambos países. Los resultados indican que la incorporación abrupta de tecnologías digitales provocó un gran sufrimiento a los docentes, debido a la falta de formación para ellos, falta de condiciones mínimas de trabajo, aparición de nuevas demandas profesionales y psicológicas, así como diferencias generacionales en las relaciones con las tecnologías. With the emergence of Covid-19, the way of doing and thinking education permeated by digital technologies came up with sudden and never before seen strenght as we experienced in the year of 2020. With it, the new educational reality is highlighted in the distance between the bodies and the distance in teaching and learning processes, which has had numerous impacts in the daily practice of education. This investigation seeks to know the Basic Education professors and lecturers perceptions in Spain and Brasil, about the repercussions of Covid-19 in Education. It is a descriptive-exploratory investigation, with qualitative focus, that performed 12 semi-structured interviews to Basic Education teaching staff from both countries. The results indicate that the abrupt incorporation of digital technologies lead to a great suffering to teachers, on the account of a lack of training, lack of minimum working conditions, emergence of new professional and psychological demands, as well as generational differences in the relationships with the technologies.

scholarly journals Exploring the Transition to Becoming an Academic: A Comparative Study of Australian Academics With and Without a Doctorate

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Anne Logan ◽  
Edwina Adams ◽  
Doreen Rorrison ◽  
Graham Munro
Keyword(s):  
Staff Development ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Development Models ◽  
Software Analysis ◽  
Point Of Entry ◽  
Practice Experience ◽  
Academic Position ◽  
The Individual

Staff taking up their first academic position come from a range of backgrounds. One key distinction on entry is whether the individual already has a doctorate or attains one later. The transition experiences of staff taking up their first full-time academic position and the effect of entry pathway are under reported. This study aimed to explore these transitions (n=24) and determine whether background influences the experience. Participants were grouped as either with a doctorate (D) or with no doctorate but extensive professional practice experience (ND) at the time of their first full-time academic appointment. Semi-structured interviews by purposive sampling at four Australian universities – regional (n=2), Group of Eight (Go8), research intensive universities (n=1), metropolitan non-Go8 (n=1) – were undertaken. Transcripts were confirmed by participants for accuracy. Manual content analysis was conducted by two independent researchers, followed by Leximancer© software analysis. Findings were grouped into similarities and differences between the two groups. Similarities exist for staff at the point of entry regardless of background and when they entered academia. Key similarities were the pressure of time, feeling overwhelmed and managing the competing demands of the position. Differences exist in the way pressure is felt as a result of the participants’ background. Those from the no doctorate group found a tension between keeping their professional ties and attaining a doctorate while still keeping up with teaching. The group with a doctorate found a greater tension between initiating their research careers and managing their teaching. Staff development premised on the strengths of new staff rather than on their deficits may provide a more positive and supportive model. Staff development models that enhance resources help to buffer demands, thereby creating a more productive and satisfied work environment.

scholarly journals ELT Online Teachers’ Professional Development During the Covid-19 Pandemic Outbreak: Perceptions, Implications and Adaptations

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1161-1170
Author(s):  
Abdullah Al-Bargi
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Online Teachers

As lockdown restrictions were implemented in most countries around the world with the subsequent transition to full-mode online teaching and learning, English language teachers (ELTs) in particular, had to adapt and adopt new teaching strategies. These unexpected changes to the medium or mode of teaching necessitated the provision of efficacious and coherent professional development (PD) training in order to smoothly navigate the transition from full-time (or semi full-time) onsite teaching and learning to full-mode online teaching. This research study, based on sequential explanatory mixed-methods research design, is aimed at exploring the availability and provision of ELT PD opportunities at English Language Institutes (ELIs)/English Language Centers (ELCs), at five major universities in Saudi Arabia and the perception of the ELT teachers on its coherence and adequacy. A total of 307 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) male and female teachers participated in a custom designed 20-item questionnaire on a 5-point Likert scale, as well as ten EFL teachers (6 female and 4 male) taking part in 40-minute semi-structured interviews, to explore their perception and opinions of online PD opportunities. Analysis of results of the gathered data indicated that the majority of the teachers felt that there were adequate online PD opportunities while the structures of these opportunities sufficiently addressed most of their needs. However, some teachers voiced concerns regarding the correlation between contextual, full-mode online teaching and the online PD sessions provided. Implications and recommendations for stake holders as well as for future research are given at the end of this study.

scholarly journals Using Computer-Based Assessment and Feedback

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-71
Author(s):  
Akrum Helfaya ◽  
James O'Neill
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Natives ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Traditional Assessment ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
New Generation

This article describes how assessment and feedback represent two key factors that affect students' learning. Using e-assessment with prompt e-feedback reduces the gap between present and desired performance and is considered to be a reflexive and dynamic system in dealing with the new generation of digital natives. Action research was used to investigate students' perception of using computer-based assessment (CBA) and/or computer-based feedback (CBF) in teaching and learning process. Both semi-structured interviews and focus groups were conducted with 44 UG students to assess their perceptions of using CBA and CBF. Findings show that students are generally agreed on the use of and benefits of CBA and/or CBF in teaching accounting and non-accounting modules. For example, these results reveal that many participants valued working online compared to traditional assessment and appreciated the instant feedback they received. Additionally, technology can provide an avenue for assessment and personalised and comprehensive prompt feedback that diverse and digital students need in the 21st Century Higher Education.

GAYA BICARA PADA STAF PENGAJAR JURUSAN AKUNTANSI POLITEKNIK NEGERI SEMARANG DI DALAM KEGIATAN PROSES BELAJAR MENGAJAR

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 165
Author(s):  
Pandiya Pandiya Pandiya ◽  
Nurul Hamida Hamida
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Body Language ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Applied Method ◽  
Presentation Method ◽  
Study Support ◽  
Speaking Style

This study aims to determine the extent to which the teaching staff in the Semarang State Polytechnic Accounting Department applies a style of speech; i.e. either oratory, deliberative, consultative, relaxed, or intimate. The data collection is done by questionnaire and class observation. The population of this study consists of teaching staff at the Semarang State Polytechnic Accounting Department. The data is more qualitative, which is more in the form of a description of the characteristics of the respondents and not much related to the numbers. Sampling technique is done by population, namely all teaching staff of Semarang State Polytechnic Accounting Department. Data analysis is carried out by a Likert Scale of 5. The results indicate that Consultative Speech is the style most widely applied by the Teaching Staff of the Semarang State Polytechnic Accounting Department, while the oratoric speaking style is the least practiced style. Extemporan presentation method is the most widely applied method in the activities of the Teaching and Learning Process in the Semarang State Polytechnic Accounting Department, while the impromptu method is the least applied method. The most widely used body language is a smile, while eye flicker is the least applied body language. The distance between the Teaching Staff and Students in the Teaching and Learning Process activities that are most widely applied are groups (125-350 cm), while the least applied distance is intimate (50 cm). The results of this study support the previous research that the use of Body Language greatly affects the success of the Teaching and Learning process.

Meeting the Needs of Gifted Learners Who Just Don’t ‘Fit’: Parent Perspectives

2019 ◽  
pp. 6-16
Author(s):  
Nadine Ballam ◽  
Anne Sturgess
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Gifted Education ◽  
Support Staff ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Parent Perspectives ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Gifted Learners ◽  
Initial Cohort ◽  
Data Informed

In February 2018, a full-time provider of gifted education opened in New Zealand with its initial cohort of children. This provider catered for learners from ages 1-15 years who did not ‘fit’ in mainstream education settings. This paper reports on a research project that focused on the effectiveness of the learning approach at this school in its inaugural year. Two sources of data informed this research, including semi-structured interviews with parents and learning and support staff, and an analysis of documents related to the philosophy, curriculum, and learning approach. This paper reports on benefits and limitations of the learning approach identified by the parent participants in the study.

scholarly journals Attitudes of nursing faculty members toward technology and e-learning in Lebanon

BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rona Nsouli ◽  
Dimitrios Vlachopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Nursing Faculty ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Nursing Curricula ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Nursing Faculty Members

Abstract Background Our transition to an “information society” means that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become integral to our lives. ICT has also become an essential aspect of medical institutions and healthcare settings. Healthcare professionals, especially nurses are required to use ICT in their daily work. In Lebanon, however, due to political factors, many universities have not introduced technology or any form of ICT in their curricula. Institutions of higher education do use technology in various ways, however, successful incorporation of ICT in education requires acceptance by instructors who are expected to use ICT in teaching practices. Although international findings reveal that ICT should be used in nursing education, some faculty members experience difficulty integrating it. Method A mixed methodological research approach was used to investigate the attitudes of nursing teaching staff toward the use of ICT in nursing education. Results Our findings revealed three categories of faculty with differing attitudes to the use of ICT in teaching and learning: pioneers, faculty members who have developed positive attitudes toward ICT usage; followers, faculty members with neutral attitudes; and resisters, faculty members with negative attitudes. Conclusions Identification of the nursing faculty members’ attitude toward ICT and the challenges faced by them contributes to the integration of ICT into nursing curricula and further development of educational practices.

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