Engaging a Workbench Dialectic Inquiry Model in an Online Master's Degree Program

2019 ◽  
pp. 279-301
Author(s):  
Henry Gillow-Wiles ◽  
Margaret L. Niess
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Interaction Structure ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Student Community ◽  
The World

This cross-case descriptive study suggests a model for designing online courses that supports TPACK development through communities of inquiry. Borrowing from the world of science research literature, a workbench dialectic inquiry model was engaged in designing a small group-large group dynamic. Mimicking scientists at the workbench, the participants formed relationships in small groups to develop ideas about TPACK, presented their ideas to the larger, whole-class group, then returned to the small groups to integrate feedback. This dynamic group interaction structure provided the participants with the space to develop their TPACK thinking in ways that supported the transition to cognitive discourse. Analysis of the forum postings revealed the complexity of the participant interaction and suggested that facilitating student community engagement supported the development of their TPACK. Course design details are provided. Further research directions might include applying the workbench dialectic inquiry model in other educational contexts and with larger student populations.

scholarly journals 9. Quality Matters: A Faculty-Centred Program to Assure Quality in Online Course Design

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kay Shattuck
Keyword(s):  
Review Process ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Quality Assurance Program ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Design Standards ◽  
Online Course Design ◽  
Quality Matters

One of the dilemmas faced by today’s faculty is assuring quality in online courses. As one solution to that dilemma, Quality Matters (QM), a program of MarylandOnline, built a rubric of design standards informed by existing research literature and best practices. The rubric was implemented within a faculty-centred, peer review process in which colleagues share their expertise to facilitate course design improvements and to achieve an established level of quality in online course design. This article will describe the basic tenets and processes of QM as an inter-institutional quality assurance program for online learning.

Learner Perceptions of Online Courses

2011 ◽  
pp. 1340-1345
Author(s):  
Marc R. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Course Design ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Stage Model ◽  
Design Quality ◽  
Student Focus ◽  
Learner Perceptions

The debate about learner perceptions of online courses can be divided roughly into two spheres: those that argue that learner perceptions are influenced mainly by instructor quality, and those that argue that learner perceptions are more affected by course design quality (Ortiz-Rodríguez, Telg, Irani, Roberts & Rhoades, 2005). These divergent views may mirror a shift in research literature away from an instructor focus and toward a student focus – labeled as either a learner, learning, or engagement focus (Ennis-Cole & Lawhorn, 2004; Palloff & Pratt, 2007, and Rice, 2006). This also reflects emerging research (e.g., Jackson, 2007, Palloff & Pratt, 2007, and Wilson, 2007) which indicates that the instructor’s role is changing from being the sole expert responsible for designing, developing, and teaching the class – the “sage on the stage” model – toward a team-based approach where the instructor assists in designing a course with a team and acts as a facilitator for the learners – the “guide on the side” model.

scholarly journals Course developers as students: a designer perspective of the experience of learning online

2004 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iain McAlpine ◽  
Tony Koppi ◽  
Elaine Pearson ◽  
Jan McLean
Keyword(s):  
Direct Evidence ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Online Study ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Learner Perspective ◽  
User Perspectives

Academic developers of online courses may not have experienced this mode of learning and teaching from the learner perspective. This article makes a comparison between suggestions for online course design from research literature and user perspectives from a focus group, responses to questions on the most and least effective aspects of online study and lasting impressions, and from reflective diaries kept by two of the authors while they were engaged in study from online courses. This direct evidence is used to highlight key issues in the literature from the viewpoint of the learner.DOI: 10.1080/0968776042000216200

Administrasi sarana dan prasarana

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melia sri devi
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Data Reduction ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Educational Facilities ◽  
The World

Abstract — In the world of education,lthere are several components of educationthat are very instrumental in supportinglearning activities both directly andindirectly. One of the most importantcomponents is educational facilities andinfrastruncture. Administration ofeducational facilities and infrastructure isa very supportive thing for achieving thegoals of education. The teaching andlearning process will be more succesful ifeducational facilities and infrastucture areadequate. Education infrastructure andfacilities must always be complete. Thegovernment must always strive tocontinuously aquip aducational facilitiesand infrastructure for all levels and levelsof education. this article aims to determinethe administration of educational facilitiesand infrastructure in Indonesia along withthe obstacles faced and the efforts taken toovercome these obstacles. This research isa descriptive study with a qualitativeapproach. Data collection is done by themethod of observation, interviews anddocumentation. The data analysistechnique in this study is an interactiveanalysis consisting of data reduction, datapresentation and conclusion drawing.Check the validity of the data using sourcetriangulation and method triangulation.

scholarly journals Factors Influencing Students’ Behavior and Attitude Towards Online Education during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7469
Author(s):  
Gratiela Dana Boca
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Online Assessment ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
The World

Universities around the world have faced a new pandemic, forcing the closure of campuses that are now conducting educational activities on online platforms. The paper presents a survey about students behavior and attitudes towards online education in the pandemic period from the Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania. A group of 300 students participated. The questionnaire was structured in four parts to determine student’s individual characteristics, student’s needs, students’ knowledge in using virtual platforms and students’ quality preferences for online education. The students said that online education in a pandemic situation is beneficial for 78% of them. A total of 41.7% percent of students appreciated the teachers’ teaching skills and the quality of online courses since the beginning of the pandemic, and 18.7% percent of the students appreciated the additional online materials for study to support their education. However, students found online education stressful, but preferred online assessment for evaluation. This pandemic has led to the new stage of Education 4.0, online education, and the need to harmonize methods of education with the requirements of new generations.

scholarly journals Grammar writing for a grammar-reading audience

2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Noonan
Keyword(s):  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Endangered Languages ◽  
The World ◽  
The Many ◽  
User Friendly

Thousands of languages are currently in danger of extinction without having been adequately documented by linguists. This fact represents a tragedy for communities in which endangered languages are spoken, for linguistics as a discipline and for all of humanity. One major role of the field of linguistics is to describe languages accurately and thoroughly for the benefit of all concerned. This paper presents the results of an informal survey of major users of grammatical descriptions and gives lists of dos and don’ts for those contemplating a descriptive study of one of the many endangered languages of the world. Concrete suggestions are provided that will help grammar writers produce user-friendly, thorough and useful grammatical descriptions.

scholarly journals MOOCS As A Method Of Distance Education In The Arab World – A Review Paper

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raniah Samir Adham ◽  
Karsten Oster Lundqvist
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Developed World

Abstract Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in the Arab World are still in their infancy. Many Arab countries are now starting to launch their MOOC platforms; however, there are only a few who have actually implemented such systems. This paper will explore online learning, in particular the rise of MOOCs around the world and their impact on the Arab World. The purpose of this paper is to give a true picture of the development of the first MOOC platforms in the Arab World. It will analyse in detail the concept, definitions, background, and types of MOOCs (xMOOCs and cMOOCs), as well as the main MOOCs platform in the Western and Arab worlds, and a timeline of the development of MOOCs. It will then observe the status of MOOCs in the developed world, opportunities in the Middle East, and the influence of Western MOOCs on the Arab world, from many perspectives, e.g. educational, religious, cultural and social.

Emergency remote education and smart working at three European higher education institutions

2022 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Remote Education ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The World ◽  
Administrative Procedures ◽  
European Higher Education ◽  
Smart Working

Due to the threat posed by COVID-19, many colleges and universities around the world opted to switch to online courses and smart working to keep their students, professors, and staff safe during the pandemic emergency. Face-to-face classes, including labs and workshops, have been canceled and substituted with online activities. New administrative procedures have also been established to support the emergency remote education. This article analyzes these changes in light of the experiences of three higher education institutions in different countries, namely Latvia, Poland, and Italy. From this analysis, some aspects have emerged that have stimulated a deeper reflection on the use of digital technology in higher education. .

scholarly journals A Brief Study of Principles and Conditions of Certain Authorities of Religious Minorities in Iran’s Law

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
Abdossaeid Badiei Khorsand ◽  
Farhad Parvin
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Ethnic Background ◽  
Religious Minorities ◽  
Civil Action ◽  
The World

<p>There is hardly a country or a government in the world which all its citizens are of the same race or ethnic background, speak the same language or follow the same religion. Indeed, there is one majority in most countries in the world which have the same history, culture, language, religion and nationality. Besides, there are some small groups in those countries that have their own ethnical, lingual and religious characteristics called minorities. The religious minorities which are part of each society are citizens of that society and as a result, they have the rights and promises like other citizens in the same society. Religious minorities have always been given special attention in holy Sharia of Islam and they have lived next to Muslims during centuries and, consequently, they have had rights and promises. One of the privileges given to the religious minorities is their legal independence for taking civil action by religious minorities. Such issue has been considered by legislator in different laws in Iran. So that it necessitates an analysis of its principles and conditions for taking civil actions concerning the approved laws in legal system of Iran. The present paper aims at shedding some lights on the same subject. </p>

scholarly journals Practices suggested in social media for birth plans

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victória Prates Pasqualotto ◽  
Mariene Jaeger Riffel ◽  
Virgínia Leismann Moretto
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
World Health ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
The World ◽  
Means Of Transmission ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
E Mail

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe and analyze the practices suggested in social media for the elaboration of Birth Plans, available on Blogs/Sites and not included in the WHO recommendations. Method: Qualitative, exploratory, descriptive study with thematic analysis. A total of 41 e-mail addresses were selected for analysis among the 200 web addresses previously identified between March and July 2016. Three web addresses were in Portugal and the others in Brazil. Results: 48 practices not included in the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) were identified. Conclusion: Blogs/Websites, as means of transmission, circulation and production of knowledge, enable the horizontal expression of values, encourage women to plan the events considered important for their deliveries and put childbirth decisions on the hands of women, which has caused controversy in the discourse of humanization of childbirth.

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