scholarly journals Effectiveness of Digital Learning in Primary Schools at COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonni Siahaan ◽  
Rif'iy Qomarrullah ◽  
I Putu Putra
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Digital Learning

scholarly journals COVID-19 and Digital Primary Education: Impact and Strategies for Sustainable Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 245513332110496
Author(s):  
Sudarshan Maity ◽  
Tarak Nath Sahu ◽  
Nabanita Sen
Keyword(s):  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
School Students ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Government School ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Village Government

The present study is based on primary data of 720 students from primary schools in West Bengal, India. With adherence to the Logistic Regression Model, the study investigates and analyses the factors that influence digital learning of primary students during the COVID-19 pandemic situation. Further with the application of Welch’s t-test, comparative study have been conducted based on parameters as village and city school students, private and government school students and gender discrimination. The findings conclude that the school structure; willingness of the school and teachers to conduct virtual classes; availability and accessibility of high-speed internet and economic capability of parents to bear the exorbitant internet charges are significant dimensions in virtual learning of primary section students. The study also confirms that during the pandemic girl students and students from village government schools are the worst hit in comparison to boys who are from city-based schools and private schools respectively.

THE STUDY OF THE READINESS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TO PLAN THE CONTENT OF EDUCATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE TRANSITION FROM INFORMATIZATION TO DIGITALIZATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zh.I. Sardarova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Information Environment ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers

The article is devoted to the problem of digitalization, which currently occupies a central place at the global level, since in today's rapidly changing world, accelerated rates and changes in the field of technology can be taken into account not for years, but for months. Today, the main goal of digitalization of education in the republic is to improve the quality of education, the formation of digital competencies of students based on the creation of a unified educational information environment using digital learning technologies. In this regard, the modern education system of the country can be considered as a dynamically developing system aimed at harmonious integration into the world educational space. This, in turn, is accompanied by changes in the content structure of the teaching technology and significant changes in the pedagogical theory and practice of the educational process, which contribute to mastering the constantly dynamically developing didactic capabilities of ICT and the harmonious entry of the child from primary school into the developing information environment. Observation, research of the work of students and teachers and the responses received to the survey prove that the rational use of digital educational resources in everyday practice contributes to improving the efficiency, effectiveness and productivity of the learning process. In addition, digital technologies help to improve relationships, increase the responsibility of students and teachers for learning, achieving success. The authors, analyzing the course of the transition from the period of informatization to the current period of digitalization, by introducing the first computer technologies into the educational process of primary classes, tried to reveal its positive and negative aspects, to determine the readiness of primary school teachers to plan the content of education in the information educational environment. Along with providing the author's position on the basis of an analytical analysis of research works of domestic and foreign scientists on the topic of research, the objective and subjective factors influencing the transition from informatization to digitalization of modern primary schools are revealed.

Achieving success in the Digital Equalizer Program through project management

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subrat Sarkar ◽  
Sanjay Mohapatra ◽  
Sarmistha Pattanayak
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Total System ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Set Up

Subject area The case deals with project management principles that are required for implementing a social project in India. Study level/applicability The study has been carried out at primary schools in an underdeveloped state, namely, Odisha, in India. Case overview The case illustrates a project management approach for improving primary education in a government set up. The bureaucracy set up in education in a state like Odisha, India, needs to undergo radical changes. To be effective, an education system requires an optimal integration of the three main components, namely, people, infrastructure (this includes technology) and pedagogical processes. Using a public–private partnership model, American India Foundation (AIF) through its Digital Equalizer (DE) Program has been able to make a positive impact in an underdeveloped tribal dominated district like Keonjhar. The case study also illustrates the detailed execution plan predicated on total system planning, required to achieve this amount of success. The case study also explains how to measure success through different metrics where intervention has to be at multiple levels. The learning from the case study can also be adopted for designing an implementation strategy in other states. Expected learning outcomes Expected learning outcomes are as follows: how to approach implementation of technology-based intervention with involvement of all stakeholders; learn project management techniques related to digital learning model implementation; understand the DE methodology; and understand the challenges faced while implementing the DE Program. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes. Subject code CSS 7: Management Science.

scholarly journals The Challenging Aspects of Digital Learning Objects Usage in a Primary School During the Pandemics

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
Raminta Jutaite ◽  
Brigita Janiunaite ◽  
Jolita Horbacauskiene
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Online Security ◽  
Digital Learning Objects

The COVID-19 pandemic situation forced to look for other ways to provide continuous education around the world, which highlighted the importance and necessity of online education platforms and digital learning object (DLO) while going through this shift (Zhou et al., 2020; Viner et al., 2020; Wang et al., 2020). Teachers, in primary schools as well, had to reorganize completely their curriculum and assignments to adapt them to the virtual environment. This paper, based on the experiences of primary school teachers, aims to reveal the challenges faced by the teachers when within two weeks all Lithuanian schools and universities had to switch to remote education from face-to-face education and when the adoption of DLOs moved from optional to compulsory ‘mode’ as learning process became remote. The research problem is analyzed primarily by revealing the theoretical aspects of the research, i.e., the concept of the DLO, the specifics of the adoption of DLOs in primary education and the challenges considered through the types of barriers. The findings indicate that teachers experienced challenges of practical training, issues in pupils’ assessment due to the lack of participation in the process of assignment completion, time constrain, different computer systems used, issues of online security, internet access and support. The study also identified the challenges of practical origin, namely, difficulties in keeping pupils’ concentration and attention throughout the lesson, lower level of teacher’s control during lessons as well as differences in pupils’ technical skills to use computers.   Received: 2 August 2021 / Accepted: 20 August 2021 / Published: 5 September 2021

Effects of Digital Technologies on Zimbabwean Adolescent Lives During the COVID-19 Era

2022 ◽  
pp. 198-208
Author(s):  
Wilfreda I. Chawarura ◽  
Munyaradzi Zhou ◽  
Cyncia Matsika ◽  
Tinashe Gwendolyn Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
The Self ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Self Discovery ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
Device Use ◽  
Effective Use

The chapter focuses on the effects of using digital technology amongst Zimbabwean adolescents. The research was necessitated by the fact that adolescents are a vulnerable group still in the self-discovery age. COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the widespread use of digital learning to facilitate learning, communication, and social interaction among adolescents. Focus groups and interviews were used to gather data in primary schools. There is a disparity in technological device use and access to the internet between urban and rural areas dwellers. Ninety percent of students in rural areas did not have access to technological devices, and during the pandemic, they hardly used them for learning purposes but mostly used them for communicating with relatives. In Zimbabwe, digital technology devices have not yet replaced social relationships as most adolescents are restricted to 2-3 hours on their devices. A model for effective use of digital technologies in adolescents can be developed and implemented.

scholarly journals Analysis of the relationship of the learning video with students 'understanding of learning materials

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
Yulyani Arifin ◽  
Diana Syarifah Permai ◽  
Dicky Hida Syahchari ◽  
Raharto Condrobimo
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Instructional Videos ◽  
Level Of Understanding ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Video Material

The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between the relationship between instructional videos and students' understanding of the learning material. Researchers create digital learning materials through video material (VBL), especially math in RPTRA. The researchers used correlation analysis to examine the relationship between the learning material in video form and the level of understanding of the students in the material. The method used by the researcher was to experiment with elementary-level children from various primary schools. Then, based on the experimental results, the correlation analysis test was performed to see the relationship between the student's understanding and the learning material through video. From the results of the assessment, it can be seen that the video material can help the understanding of the students and can also increase the motivation of the students in learning mathematics. Therefore, video learning can help students understand mathematics and help teachers teach mathematics in a more interesting way.

scholarly journals Engaging young learners of English with multilingual digital storytelling (MDST) during covid-19 school closure

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-138
Author(s):  
Ermawati Zulikhatin Nuroh ◽  
Pratiwi Retnaningdyah ◽  
Ahmad Munir
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Real Life ◽  
School Closure ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Digital Stories

The use of Multilingual Multimedia Storytelling (MDST) to teach English to primary school students is nothing new in Indonesia. However, digital learning is still not implemented in practice because English in primary schools is a local subject and a foreign language. In this research, the researchers used Multilingual Digital Storytelling (MDST) as a model for encouraging and reflecting on multiliteracy in education. They understand the importance of storytelling, and interactive storytelling has self-representation and communication with others. This research explicitly outlines our experience of using MDST as a pedagogical innovation for pupils aged 12 years. In this MDST project, students co-created digital stories as multimodal texts. In this regard, they used a variety of multilingual (e.g. Javanese, Bahasa Indonesia, and English) as well as visual and technical resources, which enabled them to communicate their real-life experience through digital stories. The practical consequences of the project are that English primary school teachers will experiment with MDST to involve students in effective project-based language learning. HIGHLIGHTS: The multilingual digital story (MDST) -making learning provided students with a new way to tell their ownstory in a multilingual way, and to share and explore their life experiences through the production of digitalstories2. Engaging students with multilingual digital stories, they have more creatively developed their stories basedon images taken by themselves.3. English primary school teachers will experiment with MDST to engage students in language learning as aneffective method of innovative learning.

scholarly journals EXAMINATION OF THE ADEQUACY OF RESOURCES PREPAREDNESS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF INTEGRATION OF DIGITAL LEARNING IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN MERU COUNTY, KENYA

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-76
Author(s):  
Dr David Kaaria Kiugu ◽  
Dr Tarsilla Kibaara ◽  
Dr Rebecca Wachira
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Head Teachers ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Digital Learning Resources

Purpose: Digital learning integration (DLI) in schools has positive implications for the education systems. DLI programme was rolled out in Meru County alongside other 46 counties in Kenya in 2016 after several postponements. However, DLI programme adoption is attributed to preparation challenges. This study examined the adequacy of resources on implementation of DLI programme in public primary schools in Meru County. Methodology: The study was guided by Roger’s diffusion of innovation theory and Boum’s project management cycle. The study used descriptive survey design and adopted mixed method approach. The study targeted 710 public primary schools in 9 sub-counties. Data was provided by 710 head teachers, 7032 teachers, 2004 Parent Teachers Association (PTA) executive members, and 25,720 grade 3 DLI programme pioneer pupils. A 10% sample of schools was considered sufficient which was obtained using simple random sampling technique. As a result, 71 head teachers and 703 teachers were obtained. Purposive judgmental sampling technique was used to get 201 PTA members. Further, Sloven’s formula was used to get a sample size of 396 pupils that formed Focus Group Discussion (FGD) each consisting of 8 learners, and 9 SCDEs were purposively sampled. Questionnaires were used to collect data from head teachers, teachers and PTA while interview schedules and FGDs were used to get data from SCDEs and from learners respectively. Observational schedule was also used to provide guide for focusing observation and recording data. The research tools were pre-tested for validity and reliability. The quantitative data was analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows version 22. The data was analyzed, interpreted and reported using percentages, measures of central tendency. Univariate regression analysis was used to test hypothesis. Qualitative data was analyzed according to themes based on study objective and reported in narratives. Findings: Through computation of Pearson product moment correlation coefficients confirmed that there is significant positive correlation (r = 0.825) between variable adequacy of digital learning resources against DLI at 0.05 level of significance. Resources such as tablets, internet connectivity, computer laboratory and electricity were noted to be inadequate. Learners who were introduced to DLI appreciated and were always eager to learn using the available digital technology resources. In addition, there was no monitoring or evaluation of the digital programme after roll out by quality assurance and standards officers as per the policy guidelines. The study concluded that preparations for digital programme were inadequate. The findings will be useful to educationists, parents, teachers, and policy makers. Unique contribution to theory, practice and policy: The study recommended that MoE should go back to the drawing board and come up with proactive measures on provision of digital learning resources. Adequate resources such as tablets, desks, computer laboratories, network connectivity and electricity among others should be availed to all schools. Tablets available are too few to be distributed to pupils during this period of COVID-19 pandemic leading to resource wastage.  MoE should own the innovation and facilitate its full adoption by coming up with apt monitoring and control systems. Political objectives should not be allowed to overshadow policy structures such as planning, management and administrative processes.

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