The Usability of Mobile Devices in Distance Learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 262-278 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fırat Sarsar ◽  
Tarık Kişla ◽  
Melih Karasu ◽  
Yüksel Deniz Arıkan ◽  
Murat Kılıç
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Communication Techniques ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Effective Use

Thanks to technological developments, distance education helped new techniques and strategies to emerge in the instruction field. However, these developments may cause problems about integration of the interaction between students and instructors. Communication is seen as one of the biggest problems. Instructors' online communications and their attitudes towards this process affect quality of teaching and learning processes. Other factors affecting this process are learning environment and its effective use. This study is designed to incorporate a mixed method with the aim of reflecting instructors' experiences about different communication techniques and learning environments. In scope of this research, the researchers planned a four-week process using the communication that the researchers have been establishing with Ege University Faculty of Education's instructors. The researchers will use different mobile devices and feedback methods for the process.

Augmented Reality

2018 ◽  
pp. 291-309
Author(s):  
Nhu Le ◽  
Hanh Dinh
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Technological Tools ◽  
Language Classrooms

Rapid advancement in technology has altered the way language education is conceptualized and practiced. Technological tools, when effectively integrated with appropriate pedagogical foundations, can enhance the quality of teaching and learning experiences. Augmented reality (AR) has emerged as one of the latest technologies offering a new way to bridge virtual and reality worlds. Due to the widespread proliferation of digital technology, the implementation of AR on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets has become a growing trend in educational settings. Regardless of the advantages that AR technology brings to language classrooms, there have been very few studies exploring the design, evaluation, and applications of AR for educational purposes. Therefore, this chapter aims to (a) introduce AR technology in learning environments, (b) embrace its potentials and foreseeable hindrances to language education, (c) discuss practical and applicable ways to use this merging technology effectively in the classroom, and (d) propose some issues for future research.

EL PENSAMIENTO CRÍTICO EN LA EDUCACIÓN DE POSGRADO: PROPUESTA DE UN MODELO PARA SU INTEGRACIÓN AL PROCESO EDUCATIVO

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Manosalvas Vaca ◽  
Luis Manosalvas Vaca ◽  
Ruth Barba
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Detailed Analysis ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Educación Superior ◽  
Educacion Superior ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
Palabras Clave

La presente investigación, analiza los conceptos más importantes del pensamiento Crítico, así como su importancia y utilidad en los procesos de formación profesional a nivel de Posgrado. Se hace un análisis detallado de los conceptos más ampliamente aceptado y de los factores inmersos en el desarrollo y aplicación de este tipo de pensamiento. Finalmente se propone un modelo que engloba los conceptos y factores analizados y como se interrelacionan entre ellos; el objetivo final es brindar a los docentes y directivos de Instituciones de Educación Superior, una herramienta que posibilite la inclusión de este tipo de pensamiento en sus procesos enseñanza-aprendizaje con el fin último de mejorar la calidad de los procesos de formación. Palabras Clave: Pensamiento Crítico, Educación Superior, Educación ABSTRACT This research analyzes the most important concepts of critical thinking as well as their importance and usefulness for the educational processes at graduate level. A detailed analysis of the most widely accepted concepts and factors involved in the development and application of this kind of thinking has been made. Finally, a model that includes the concepts and analyzed factors and their interrelations is proposed; the ultimate goal is to provide teachers and directors of Institutions in Higher Education, a tool that enables the inclusion of this type of thinking in their teaching and learning processes with the ultimate intention of improving the quality of the training processes. Keywords: Critical thinking, Higher Education, Education Recibido: mayo de 2016Aprobado: septiembre de 2016

scholarly journals To the Issue of Improving Military Students’ Professional Training

2020 ◽  
pp. 44-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
С.А. Молочников ◽  
Е.С. Чернявская ◽  
Л.П. Костикова
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Military Students ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
Efficient Selection ◽  
Selection Of

Качественное образование в военных вузах является залогом высокой обороноспособности нашей страны. В статье рассматриваются важнейшие направления повышения качества профессиональной подготовки курсантов военного вуза. Уделяется особое внимание качественному отбору курсантов, высокому профессионализму профессорско-преподавательского состава, вопросам управления образовательным процессом и мониторингу качества, развитию и совершенствованию образовательной среды военного вуза. Анализируется опыт Рязанского гвардейского высшего воздушно-десантного командного училища (РВВДКУ) по повышению качества профессиональной подготовки будущих офицеров-десантников. Military students’ quality education is a necessary prerequisite for our country’s high defensive potential. The article treats major activities aimed at the improvement of military students’ professional training. The article underlines that it is essential to secure efficient selection of military students, ensure professional competence of professorial staff, secure efficient management of teaching and learning processes, ensure effective quality management, secure efficient development and improvement of learning environments. The article analyzes the experience of improving the quality of novice parachute regiment officers’ professional training at Ryazan Guards Higher Airborne Command School.

Improving the Quality of Online Learning Environments

2017 ◽  
pp. 278-300
Author(s):  
Komar Parveen Khan
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Instructional Design ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Specific Model ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Design Models ◽  
Design For Learning

In spite of the numerous changes in technology in the past decades, designers continue to utilize traditional instructional design models as a foundation for designing teaching and learning materials, which may not be suited for the design and development of online learning environments. A study was conducted to investigate the characteristics of an online-specific design model called Proactive Design for Learning (PD4L) (Sims, 2012; Sims & Jones, 2003) and its ability to address limitations of traditional design models. The study was conducted to examine in what ways the PD4L model would contribute to enhance the quality of online learning. Based on this research, this chapter will be able to provide readers with ideas on the ways the elements of an online specific model can serve as design guidelines, a framework or “a set of guiding principles” (Sims, 2011) for designers and developers to create quality teaching and learning environments.

Project-Based Learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 161-178
Author(s):  
María Pache-Durán ◽  
Esteban Pérez-Calderón ◽  
Alicia Fernanda Galindo-Manrique
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Quality Of Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Academic Year

This study focuses on the results obtained from the teacher's assessment of Project-Based Learning, a methodological approach that implies a change in the university pedagogical paradigm that affects both the teaching and learning processes. To this end, a study is carried out taking as a sample university teachers during the academic year 2018-2019. Among the results obtained, it is worth mentioning that the teacher considers the Project-Based Learning a methodology that favours in the classroom, constituting a valid alternative to improve the quality of learning in university students.

scholarly journals An Experimental Study of the Use of Design Thinking as a Requirements Elicitation Approach for Mobile Learning Environments

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynara Lira De Carvalho Souza ◽  
Carla Silva
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Requirements Elicitation ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Innovative Solutions ◽  
Thinking Process

Mobile learning (m-learning) is a research field that aims to analyze how mobile devices can contribute to learning. The development of software for mobile devices to support learning is essential for an effective implementation of m-learning or mobile learning environments (MLE). Requirements Engineering processes need to include activities that provoke creativity in the stakeholders to conceive MLEs that actually modify and improve the teaching and learning process. In this context, this paper presents a process for requirements elicitation and documentation of mobile learning environments. This process is based on the concepts of the Design Thinking process that provides a methodology to elicit customer needs, producing simple prototypes that eventually converge to innovative solutions. An experiment was conducted to evaluate if the proposed process contributes to create MLEs that present distinctive and interesting characteristics when compared to existing solutions for a specific problem.

scholarly journals Understanding Teachers’ Integration of Moodle in EFL Classrooms: A Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Yasir Al Yafaei ◽  
Rais Attamimi
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
The Other ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
College Of Technology ◽  
Interpretive Approach ◽  
Working Mechanisms

The study explores the integration and implementation of the Moodle platform at the English Language Center of the Salalah College of Technology. To achieve this purpose, a qualitative, interpretive approach with a case study research design was used to collect the data and to deepen our understanding of the phenomena and how it was constructed in social reality of the school.Two teachers have been chosen to be the interviewees, to give their opinions and views on the topic under study, and the factors affecting both the implementation and integration of the Moodle programme. It was evident from the narratives of the two interviewees that the integration of Moodle was successful, and that it has proven to be a useful tool in the teaching and learning processes of English. In spite of some existing factors that may hinder the working mechanisms of the implementation and integration of Moodle, it may be concluded that this platform could be recommended to be extended to the other skills of the English language that it currently does not support. Following this process will inevitably improve the comprehension and production of the English language and related materials, online and real, respectively.

scholarly journals Innovar con blogs en la enseñanza universitaria presencial

2008 ◽  
pp. a103
Author(s):  
María Isabel Salinas ◽  
Stella María Viticcioli
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
University Education ◽  
Curricular Innovation ◽  
Face To Face

Este artículo pretende describir el potencial de los blogs como herramientas para la innovación curricular en el contexto de la enseñanza universitaria presencial. Asimismo, relata una experiencia de implementación de este recurso en una asignatura y, a través del análisis de sus resultados, precisa las razones por las cuales dicha integración contribuyó a mejorar la calidad de los procesos de enseñanza-aprendizaje implicados. AbstractThis article tries to describe the potential of blogs as tools for curricular innovation in the context of face to face university education. Moreover, it relates an experience of implementation of this resource in a subject and, through the analysis of its results, it points out the reasons for which this integration contributed to improve the quality of the implied teaching and learning processes.

A Socio-Technical Analysis of Factors Affecting the Integration of ICT in Primary and Secondary Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 604-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charoula Angeli ◽  
Nicos Valanides
Keyword(s):  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
The Status ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Integration Of Ict ◽  
Computer Literate ◽  
Effective Use

We live in a world that is constantly impacted by information and communication technology (ICT). ICT is considered an important catalyst and tool for inducing educational reforms and progressively extending and modifying the concept of literacy. With the extensive use of ICT in schools and everyday life, the term computer literate has already been established. Schools are open systems that interact with their environment, and the effective use and integration of technology is directly associated with the role of various socio-technical factors that may impact the integration of ICT in schools. In this chapter, we report on an exploratory study undertaken in Cyprus schools to examine the status of using ICT from the perspective of socio-technical systems. Specifically, teachers’ knowledge of ICT, frequency of using ICT for personal purposes, frequency of using ICT for instructional purposes in different subject matters, attitudes toward ICT, self-confidence in using ICT in teaching and learning, and school climate were examined. The findings provide useful guidance to policymakers for planning, implementing, managing, and evaluating the integration of ICT in schools. Implications for the concept of computer literacy are discussed.

scholarly journals Supervisi Pendidikan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mutiara Nurul Aulia
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
School Staff ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
Educational Supervision

Educational Supervision is a coaching activity planned to help teachers and other school staff carry out work effectively and supervise academic activities in the form of teaching and learning processes, supervision of teachers in teaching, supervision of situations that cause them. The purpose of supervising education is to provide technical assistance and guidance to teachers (and other school staff) so that the personnel are able to improve the quality of their performance, especially in carrying out their tasks, namely carrying out the learning process. The scope of education supervision consists of academic and managerial. The principle consists of scientific, demorative, cooperative, and constructive and creative principles. The role of supervision functions to help, provide support, invite.

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