Online and Distance Education in the Era of Rampant Technological Revolution

2019 ◽  
pp. 237-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan Ucar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Thinking Styles ◽  
Technological Transformation ◽  
Online Distance Education ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Online Distance

Developments in information and communication technologies have reached an all-time high. These improvements have accelerated the transformation of higher education milieus on all sides. Accordingly, higher education institutions have begun to be delineated by these technological developments, activities, and practices. This technoculture era has started a new interaction among communication technologies, teachers, and learners. Herein, transhumanism regards changes in societies through these technological interactions and transformations. The worldwide technological transformation is approximating all societies and cultures to Marshall McLuhan's notion of a global village day by day as a consequence of the technology paradigm. The heydays of the developments in technologies affect all human beings at all points from living, learning, communicating to eating and even thinking styles. Taking these points into account, this chapter will explore how these variables may influence the online distance education milieus in terms of technoculture and transhumanism perspectives.

scholarly journals Athabasca University: Conversion from Traditional Distance Education to Online Courses, Programs and Services

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Davis
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Delivery ◽  
Online Distance Education ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Online Distance ◽  
Undergraduate Programs ◽  
The University

In its 30 years of operation, Athabasca University has witnessed the full impact of the growth of online distance education. Its conversion from mixed media course production and telephone/mail tutoring to a variety of electronic information and communication technologies has been heterogeneous across disciplines and programs. Undergraduate programs in business, computing, and some social science programs have largely led the conversion, and all graduate programs have, since their inception, employed various features of online delivery. The parallel conversion of student services has been equally important to the effectiveness of these processes. The implications of this approach for the quality of offerings, support systems, costing, and the primary mandate of the University (which is to remove barriers, not create them) are discussed.

scholarly journals DISTANCE EDUCATION IN THE PERIOD OF COVID.19 AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF HIGHER EDUCATION TEACHERS IN ALGERIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 229-242
Author(s):  
Mama DAHMANI ◽  
◽  
Meriem DAHMANI ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching Process ◽  
The World ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
As Stress

The teaching process requires a set of principles on which it is based in order to achieve what is necessary, regardless of the methods employed. However, the exceptional situation that the world is currently experiencing following the spread of COVID 19 has imposed profound changes and even upheavals at the level of teaching methods and practices which have transformed in a way. As a result, the majority of teachers also wonders and worries mainly through Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to communicate with the student and transmit information to him. Consequently, several difficulties, concerning the provision of ICT and their mastery, the mode of carrying out this type of teaching, the organization of time ..., had repercussions which impacted the mental health of the teacher. And upset his psycho-sociological balance by causing him a set of psychological disorders such as: stress, anxiety, frustration ... So to what extent the COVID 19 could have affected the mental health of the teacher during his practice of distance education?

scholarly journals A UNESCO e as políticas de formação para o trabalho docente: aproximações entre 1966 e 1996

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jussara Marques de Macedo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Education In Brazil

Objetivamos compreender as políticas de formação para o trabalho docente da UNESCO que, por meio do discurso da educação ao longo da vida, fragmenta e aligeira a formação de professores da educação básica, em nível superior. Isso se dá por meio da educação a distância, possibilitada pelas Tecnologias da Informação e da Comunicação. Tais medidas, não têm sido suficientes para garantir uma formação que contribua para mudar o quadro deplorável da educação básica no Brasil. Concluímos que a alternativa seria a formação para a emancipação humana, com vistas à construção de outra sociabilidade.Palavras-chave: Formação de professores; Política educacional; UNESCO.We aim to understand the education policies for UNESCO teaching work that through the discourse of education throughout life, fragments and lessens the teacher's training of basic education, into higher education. This is done throught distance education, enabled by Information and Communication Technologies. Such guidelines, have not been sufficient to ensure a training which helps to change the deplorable picture of basic education in Brazil. We conclude that the alternative would be the training for human emancipation, in order to build another sociability.Keywords: Teacher's training; Educational policy; UNESCO.

Challenges Posed by Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for South African Higher Education Institutions

10.28945/2679 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
ME Herselman ◽  
HR Hay
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Revolutionary Change ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Teaching Learning

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are the major driving forces of globalised and knowledge-based societies of a new world era. They will have a profound impact on teaching and learning for two decades to come. The revolutionary change which is taking place in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), has dramatic effects on the way universities carry out their functions of teaching, learning and research, particularly on the creation, dissemination and application of knowledge. These developments pose unprecedented challenges to higher education institutions (HEIs) in developing countries particular in South Africa as South Africa is viewed as the leading country on the continent.

scholarly journals The Higher Education Sustainability before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Spanish and Ecuadorian Case

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6363
Author(s):  
Johanna Andrea Espinosa-Navarro ◽  
Manuel Vaquero-Abellán ◽  
Alberto-Jesús Perea-Moreno ◽  
Gerardo Pedrós-Pérez ◽  
Pilar Aparicio-Martínez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Qualitative Survey ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Older Teachers ◽  
Teachers Perspectives ◽  
The University

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are key to create sustainable higher education institutions (HEIs). Most researchers focused on the students’ perspective, especially during the online teaching caused by COVID-19; however, university teachers are often forgotten, having their opinion missing. This study’s objective was to determine the factors that contribute to the inclusion of ICTs. The research based on a comparative study through an online qualitative survey focused on the inclusion and use of ICTs in two HEIs and two different moments (pre-and post-lockdowns). There were differences regarding country and working experience (p < 0.001), being linked to the ICTs use, evaluation of obstacles, and the role given to ICTs (p < 0.05). The COVID-19 caused modifications of the teachers’ perspectives, including an improvement of the opinion of older teachers regarding the essentialness of ICTs in the teaching process (p < 0.001) and worsening their perception about their ICTs skill (p < 0.05). Additionally, an initial model focused only on the university teachers and their use of ICTs has been proposed. In conclusion, the less experienced university teachers used more ICTs, identified more greatly the problematic factors, and considered more important the ICTs, with the perception of all teachers modified by COVID-19.

ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF TEACHING AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN MALAYSIA THROUGH THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

2012 ◽  
Vol 02 (04) ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
Anantha Raj A. Arokiasamy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Geographically Distributed ◽  
Breaking Time

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in higher education for imparting easily accessible, affordable and quality higher education leading to the uplift of Malaysia. The focus of the paper is on the benefits that ICT integration in education can provide, right from breaking time and distance barriers to facilitating collaboration and knowledge sharing among geographically distributed students. ICT increases the flexibility of delivery of education so that learners can access knowledge anytime and anywhere. It can influence the way students are taught and how they learn as now the processes are learner driven and not by teachers. This in turn would better prepare the learners for lifelong learning as well as to contribute to the industry. We will also analyze if ICT does indeed improve or hinder the quality of learning among higher education students. This paper reports on the changing trends in use of ICTs for instruction in higher education institutions (HEIs) and discusses a mini-case study of how ICTs are being used by lecturers in one university in Malaysia.

scholarly journals Didactic opportunities and conditions of application of technology WebQuest as a didactic form in professional training of students

2019 ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
I. V. Abramova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Main Component ◽  
State Educational

The article is devoted to the methodological problem of the use of information and communication technologies in the system of higher education. The formation of new models of educational activities with the wide use of information and communication technologies is the main component of the modernization of education. In addition, modern higher education is faced with the task of training students in accordance with federal state educational standards. The task requires the search for new technologies for the organization of educational activities. One of these technologies is the WebQuest technology, which can be aimed at solving the problem of effective professional training of students. As a solution to this problem, didactic possibilities and conditions for using the WebQuest technology have been identified and described.

scholarly journals Organization of methodological work with young teachers in higher education institutions with specific educational conditions

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 342-347
Author(s):  
Yuliia Korotkova ◽  
Victoriia Romashenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Pedagogical Skills ◽  
Education School ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Educational Conditions ◽  
Young Teachers

The article deals with the problem of improving of methodological work with teachers of higher education institutions with specific educational conditions, experience of pedagogical activity of which does not exceed three years. The experience of organizing of methodological work with young teachers in the Donetsk Law Institute of the Ministry of internal affairs of Ukraine in the School for improving pedagogical skills is highlighted. In particular, it is noted that training at the School is carried out by organizing, practical and seminar classes with a total volume of 120 hours. The standard plan consists of three content modules: «Theory and practice of teaching and upbringing in higher education school», «Information and communication technologies in education», «Psychological aspects of teaching».

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