Constructivism in 21st Century Online Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 730-743
Author(s):  
Kathaleen Reid-Martinez ◽  
Linda D. Grooms
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Constructivist Approach ◽  
Online Pedagogy ◽  
Online Distance Education ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Online Distance ◽  
Military Communities

Augmenting communication in and among those in the academic, business, and military communities, the exponential advancement of science and technology has availed vast amounts of information to virtually millions of people around the globe. In conjunction with this knowledge explosion has been a growing concern for the democratization of the learning process, with constructivism driving much of the educational agenda, most particularly in areas such as online distance education. This chapter examines the resurgence of the constructivist approach to teaching and learning, its convergence with rapidly changing technological advances, and its relationship to future trends in online pedagogy and andragogy.

Online Learning Propelled by Constructivism

2019 ◽  
pp. 444-456
Author(s):  
Kathaleen Reid-Martinez ◽  
Linda D. Grooms
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Constructivist Approach ◽  
Online Pedagogy ◽  
Online Distance Education ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Online Distance ◽  
Military Communities

Augmenting communication in and among those in the academic, business, and military communities, the exponential advancement of science and technology has availed vast amounts of information to virtually millions of people around the globe. In conjunction with this knowledge explosion has been a growing concern for the democratization of the learning process, with constructivism driving much of the educational agenda, most particularly in online distance education. This chapter examines the resurgence of the constructivist approach to teaching and learning, its convergence with rapidly changing technological advances, and its relationship to future trends in online pedagogy.

Constructivism in Online Distance Education

2011 ◽  
pp. 701-707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathaleen Reid-Martinez ◽  
Linda D. Grooms ◽  
Mihai C. Bocarnea
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Constructivist Approach ◽  
Online Distance Education ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Online Distance ◽  
Military Communities

The past two decades have ushered in a very pronounced gravitation toward a constructivist approach to teaching and learning in all realms of society and most particularly in the online distance education environment. Augmenting communication in and among those in the academic, business, and military communities, the exponential advancement of science and technology has availed vast amounts of information to virtually millions of people around the globe. In conjunction with this knowledge explosion has been a growing concern for the democratization of the learning process, with constructivism driving much of the educational agenda. This article examines the resurgence of this approach to teaching and learning, its convergence with rapidly changing technological advances, and how it forecasts future trends in online pedagogy.

scholarly journals Student Self-Responsibility in the Indonesian Distance Education System

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Daudi Lazarus
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Independent Study ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Online Distance Education ◽  
Online Distance ◽  
Distance Education System

An ongoing concern in the distance education system in Indonesia is students’ lack of commitment to ‘independent study’. The purpose of this paper is to review conceptual frameworks that could empower Indonesian students to accept responsibility for their learning at a level to address the learning challenges of distance education.  The review shows that to meet quality and equity expectations in online distance education, independent study modes should promote students’ self-responsibility based primarily on both autonomy and capability.  The findings have the potential to add new perspective to education through supporting teaching and learning approaches in an online distance education class to enhance self-responsibility.  The paper suggests that students would take more control of independent learning if they accepted primary responsibility to determine their learning needs, resources, activities and outcomes.  To do this they need to view themselves as active agents with power to take independent choices that can result in creating their own approaches to resolve their learning limitation.

scholarly journals Trust in Pandemic-Induced Online Learning: Competitive Advantage of Closure and Reputation

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 193
Author(s):  
Janet M Arnado ◽  
Ronaldo F Jabal ◽  
Mary Rose Jean Andrada Poa ◽  
Teofilo C Viray
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Distance Education ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Social Reputation ◽  
Online Distance Learning ◽  
Online Distance

As a response to the Philippine government’s prolonged community quarantine measure to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, educational institutions have shifted their mode of teaching and learning towards distance education despite resistance from various sectors. This paper examines the ways an educational provider taps elements of its social capital such as closure and reputation, to establish enforceable trust from clients and their network to enroll in online learning; in addition, it explores the factors that clients consider in deciding to enroll their children in online distance learning. This study is informed by James Coleman’s and Ronald Burt’s conceptions of closure, trust, and reputation. It employs a case study approach, focusing on a Philippine Catholic parochial high school. Results show that closure is demonstrated through the school’s dense social network with parents, students, and the community through the Catholic church. Closure and the school’s intergenerational and social reputation facilitate the creation of trust, which increased senior high school enrolment, contrary to the pattern of private schools closing down due to insufficient enrolment. This study contributes to the literature in online distance education, by focusing on aspects of the social structure that function as resources for people and organizations to achieve their interests.

Windows into Teaching and Learning

2013 ◽  
pp. 454-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina L. Heafner ◽  
Michelle Plaisance
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Colleges Of Education ◽  
Clinical Experiences ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Online Distance Education ◽  
School Based ◽  
Online Distance

Windows into Teaching and Learning (WiTL), a project conceived and actualized by authors situated in a large urban university in the southeastern region of the United States, captures the nuisance of online learning as a method for transforming school-based clinical experiences in teacher preparation programs. This chapter introduces and describes the theoretical context in which the project was developed in hopes to convey the potential for uncomplicated and intuitive innovations in teacher education to recalibrate current practices to the demands of the 21st Century classroom. An overview of the challenges facing colleges of education in providing meaningful and relevant clinical experiences to pre-service teachers enrolled in online distance education courses is discussed and serves as the impetus of WiTL. In the chapter, the authors explain the methods and technology used by the researchers to demonstrate the project’s practical duplicability in almost any course with clinical requirements. Furthermore, the authors provide a glimpse into the potential impact of WiTL as a means of facilitating meaningful field experiences in distance education and traditional coursework, as well as corollary benefits realized for student participants and mentor teachers.

scholarly journals Monochronic Vs. Polychronic: A Profile of Academic Time Use Among Online Distance Education Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 444-453
Author(s):  
Ana Maria Neves ◽  
Lina Morgado
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Time Use ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Distance Education ◽  
Academic Time ◽  
Online Distance Learning ◽  
Online Distance

The results presented are part of a doctoral thesis which is being finalized. The research is centred on the online distance learning student experience in higher education, considering the variable time management, its relationship with technologies, and the virtualization of teaching and learning. Exploratory in nature, the research takes the form of a case study using a mixed methodology. One of the main objectives of the study is to contribute to the construction of a theoretical framework on the distance learning student time variable. We present a profile of academic time use by e-students (monochronic or polychronic) and suggest an intermediate profile. The conclusions point out that the profile of academic time use varies according to the degree of the course attended. It was found that undergraduate students show a more polychronic profile than masters and doctoral students.

Constructivist Teaching and Learning in a Web-Based Environment

2011 ◽  
pp. 418-423
Author(s):  
Valerie N. Morphew
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Constructivist Teaching ◽  
Constructivist Approach ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Traditional Setting

Web-based teaching and learning is on the rise in education and industry, challenging teachers and trainers to deliver instruction in new ways with the same or better results. To maximize the potential of Web-based delivery, instructors can avail themselves of the rich body of research that supports constructivist teaching and learning in the traditional setting. Applying the constructivist approach to Web-based teaching and learning can help instructors establish learning environments and practices that encourage growth and development in their students. Constructivist teaching and learning recognizes both teacher and student as important and contributing members in a teaching-learning relationship. Other students in the learning environment also hold such qualities. The constructivist approach acknowledges that teacher and student, alike, bring prior knowledge and experiences with them into the learning environment. By capitalizing on familiar concepts and experiences, the student is able to connect new knowledge with prior and construct new meaning. This approach to teaching and learning differs markedly from the long-held notion that students are empty vessels (tabula rasa) waiting to be filled by a knowledgeable teacher. Although constructivism is widely accepted in theory, the teaching practices of many instructors do not support this approach.

Teaching in an Online Community of Inquiry

2013 ◽  
pp. 389-400
Author(s):  
Martha Cleveland-Innes
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Community ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Community Of Inquiry ◽  
Delivery Mode ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Education Delivery ◽  
Online Distance

Regardless of education delivery mode – face-to-face, online, distance, or some combination through blended learning – teaching (and learning) is changing. Online learning, whether synchronous or asynchronous, offers a range of instructional practices previously unavailable in either distance or face-to-face higher education. A principled approach to teaching allows faculty to stay on track of teaching requirements, regardless of delivery mode. These principles may support new teaching practices, but, if adopted, will also change the way the role of faculty is configured and executed in the higher education context.

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