scholarly journals Teacher Education in Online Classrooms: An Inquiry into Instructors’ Lived Experiences

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy L. Kraglund-Gauthier ◽  
Ottilia Chareka ◽  
Anne Murray Orr ◽  
Andrew Foran
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Teaching Online ◽  
Online Technologies ◽  
Collegial Support ◽  
Online Classrooms ◽  
The World ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Faculty Of Education

Across Canada and around the world, online technologies are becoming widely used and accepted as effective modes of learning. This essay traces the initial forays into teaching online classes by three Faculty of Education professors at one small Canadian university and an instructional designer / teacher who joined part-way through the research journey. Included are our understandings of how our teaching practices evolved amidst initial uncertainties and expanding abilities, our renewed awareness of the importance of collegial support and encouragement, and the implications for future online teaching experiences. Our essay provides an intimate window into our online teaching journeys and captures specific moments we experienced at various stages in the development of our e-instructional practices. The account of our processes of becoming online teacher educators is supported by an interweaving of historical and current literature on pedagogy and e-learning, and serves to address the dearth of research into the processes educators undergo when engaged in online teaching. Les technologies offertes en ligne sont de plus en plus utilisées et acceptées comme mode d'apprentissage efficace au Canada et dans le monde. Le présent essai décrit une première incursion dans les classes d'enseignement en ligne de trois professeurs de la faculté d'éducation d'une petite université canadienne. Un concepteur de matériel pédagogique et enseignant s'est également joint à l'équipe au cours de la recherche. Cet essai porte sur notre compréhension de l'évolution de nos pratiques pédagogiques parmi les incertitudes initiales et l’acquisition graduelle de nouvelles capacités. Il porte également sur notre prise de conscience de l'importance du soutien et de l'encouragement des pairs, de même que sur les conséquences pour de futures expériences d'enseignement en ligne. Le présent essai constitue une fenêtre intime donnant sur notre expérience d'enseignement en ligne et fait état des moments particuliers que nous avons vécus à diverses étapes de l'évolution de nos pratiques technopédagogiques. La description des processus qui nous ont amenés à devenir des éducateurs enseignant en ligne est étayée par une combinaison de documentation historique et actuelle sur la pédagogie et l'apprentissage en ligne. Cette description vise à combler la pénurie de recherche sur les processus que suivent les éducateurs qui adoptent ce mode d’enseignement.

scholarly journals Challenges and Issues of E-Learning Using Education Cloud – A Review in Context of Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (05) ◽  
pp. 106-110
Author(s):  
Saifallah Al Kati ◽  
Muhammad Asif Khan
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Cloud Model ◽  
Traditional Education ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Hybrid Cloud ◽  
Cloud Infrastructure ◽  
Teaching Online ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
The World ◽  
E Learning

During the recent Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic the traditional education system almost halted throughout the world. However, in order to continue with the education without wasting students time most of the countries transferred their teaching online. Although the online teaching is widely used but there are many challenges and security issues specially when the education is disseminated using education cloud. In this article we examine and review such challenges and security issues that may impact students and teachers in various educational institutions in Saudi Arabia. A review of hybrid cloud model is presented in order to benefit across institutions. The research also articulates different ways which can be adopted by educational institutions to provide smooth online teaching due to pandemic of covid-19. We also present some solutions that may help overcome challenges and secure a robust cloud infrastructure.

scholarly journals FOSTERING TEACHERS TO BE CREATIVE AT THE AGE OF COVID 19

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-65
Author(s):  
Henny Yulia
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Junior High School ◽  
Education System ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Teaching Online ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Online System ◽  
The World

Pandemic of covid 19, sucessfully change education system in the world. Face to face system has already been changed to online system.  There are many challenges for the tachers to use this system because  not all students are ready to use this method. Online system does not become problematic problem for students in level of senior high school and university. But for the level of kindergarten, elementary and junior high school online system create new problems. Traditional teachers who are not accustomed to teaching online only give the students tasks without explaining anything. Hence the students become more and more confuse with the lesson.  The purpose of this paper is to explain reasons why teachers crativities are needed in online classes, especially for  traditional teachers who ought to cope with this problem. In addition, teachers have to upgrade their knowledge in order to adapt with unhappy situation. Moreover, some explanations about the strategies of online teaching are also clarified

Impact of COVID-19 on an Educational Institution of India

2021 ◽  
pp. 300-311
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Madathilathu Samuel
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Virtual Classrooms ◽  
Teaching Online ◽  
Traditional Mode ◽  
History Of

The year 2020 has made a mark in the history of mankind. India, too, was affected by the pandemic. To ensure a curb on the spread of the disease, India adopted a sequence emergency mechanism. It announced the closure of all educational institutions along with all the other establishments as a part of strict social distancing measures. The traditional mode of teaching and learning transitioned into online teaching. Online learning and virtual classrooms became the 'new normal'. The analysis was carried out using the data collected through structured questionnaire from 35 teachers in Kottayam District, Kerala a southern state of India. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics. It is evident from the study that the teachers lack in the use of various teaching methods for motivating and encouraging students. Further on, since the teachers were caught off guard, they had not received any formal or professional training to conduct online classes or use the advanced modes of technology.

scholarly journals Exploring the Necessity for Students to Exercise Digital Minimalism While Studying Online: Case of 35 Master Students at the Department of English of Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University, Algeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-376
Author(s):  
Dallel Sarnou
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Critical Period ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
English Department ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Online Lectures ◽  
The World ◽  
E Learning

This study aimed at exploring the philosophy of digital minimalism, and put forward its importance for an effective online learning in higher education during the lockdown. The long quarantine that the COVID 19 pandemic imposed on most countries of the world has brought radical changes in the way schools, colleges and universities operate. In Algerian higher education, creating online platforms for students was the only solution to move on. However, ignoring that most Algerian students often go online for self-entertainment may lead to a failure or an incomplete success of online teaching during this critical period. To investigate this issue, a questionnaire with only open-ended questions was designed and distributed to 35 students of Language and Communication master, at the English department of Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University. The 35 participants were the researcher’s students in the classes of e-learning. Results showed that most participants were distracted by social media notifications. Also, it turned out that the 35 students had no idea of what digital minimalism or digital maximalism is. As a matter of fact, it is suggested that before launching online lectures and webinars for our students, it is of paramount importance to guide them during their online existence and to show them how to be digital minimalists.

scholarly journals Difficulties Faced by Special Education Teachers during COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 1245-1251
Author(s):  
Dr.E. Raghul ◽  
B.R. Aravind ◽  
K. Rajesh
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Special Education Teachers ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Learning Impairments ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Giving Feedback

The purpose of this research is to find out what difficulties special education instructors’ face when it comes to educating children with special needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants in this research were 30 special education instructors who were chosen through a purposive sampling procedure to serve as respondents. In order to identify the difficulties and challenges faced by special education instructors, both quantitative and qualitative techniques were used. In an attempt to comprehend the data, a descriptive analysis was performed. During the COVID-19 pandemic, special education instructors who worked with students who had learning impairments did not get any technology assistance in order to educate the students. According to the findings of the research, the instructional method for special learners has a suboptimal learning environment as a result of the absence of web-based instructional teaching. The survey's major findings identified 15 difficulties, with the most significant of these being 'insufficient e-learning resources', 'lack of training for online teaching', 'giving feedback to students', and 'making the students to attend online classes', as per survey respondents. According to the results, practitioners and curriculum designers may use the information to build and improve the special education system, teaching techniques, and technologically imbibed instructional learning among special education instructors.

scholarly journals The Triple Imperatives of Online Teaching: Equity, Inclusion, and Effectiveness

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junaid Qadir
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Center Stage ◽  
Online Classrooms ◽  
The World

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with campuses closing the world over in a bid to contain the virus, online teaching has taken center stage. However, due to the hurried nature of the transition as well as its enormity, educators, as well as students, are struggling with the break in routine. In particular, educators are torn between different goals such as effectiveness (i.e., trying to emulate in-person classes online and cover the same material), inclusiveness (i.e., no student is excluded from the learning process) and equity (i.e., trying to ensure that no students are left behind). Matters are made more serious by the fact that we are in the midst of the worst pandemic in the last 100 years due to which the students are locked inside their homes with their siblings and family members in stressful situations (which makes paying attention and engaging in learning very difficult). In this paper, we highlight the importance of keeping a learner-centric focus in which there is an explicit effort on the triple imperatives of online learning—i.e., to develop online classrooms that are at the same time, equitable, inclusive, and effective.

scholarly journals A STUDY ON IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON TEACHING

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 29-32
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Be The Change

“Be the change you want to see in the world.” The petrifying and severe impact of COVID-19 has shaken the world to its core. Later, most of the Governments around the world have temporarily closed educational institutions in an attempt to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In India, 320 million students have been affected by COVID-19 school closures, and though the government quickly recommended shifting to “online teaching.” Many of the government institutions are lacking of facilities to conduct online classes. Many teachers are to be updating them to challenge this situation otherwise leads to job threat. This paper with an objective to study out whether the faculties are ready to face challenges due to online teaching and to identify who among male and female are feeling more threat for their jobs due to online teaching.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and Online Education in Iran’s Universities of Medical Sciences: A Narrative Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meisam Dastani
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Clinical Training ◽  
Narrative Review ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Education Support ◽  
Simulation Systems

Context: With the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and the rapid growth of online education, Iranian universities of medical sciences began to hold online classes for students. Accordingly, the present study aimed to examine different aspects of online education in medical universities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This narrative review study was to review studies on online education during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran’s universities of medical sciences. To this end, the PubMed and Sciencedirect databases as well as the Google Scholar scientific search engine were searched on April 20, 2021 using the following keywords: ‘online education,’ ‘virtual education,’ ‘virtual learning,’ ‘e-learning,’ ‘COVID-19,’ and ‘Iran’. Results: The present findings revealed Navid, Adobe Connect, and SkyRoom platforms as the most popular online teaching tools in Iran’s universities of medical sciences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The main challenges in online education in Iranian universities of medical sciences was students’ non-equal accessibility to appropriate hardware, software, and communication tools, students and professors’ insufficient knowledge and unfamiliarity with information technology tools and e-learning, lack of proper interactions between professors and students, and the lack of a suitable platform for practical clinical training and internships. Conclusions: Educational simulation systems and online education support systems are useful in teaching clinical, practical, and internship courses to students and promoting interactions between teachers and students.

scholarly journals Lecturers’ Attitudes towards Online Teaching in the Learning Process

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-98
Author(s):  
Harisa Mardiana
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching Online ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
City Area ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Face To Face Learning

The author's interest is to investigate the lecturers' attitudes towards online teaching in the learning process which is the teaching for the 21st-century learning process and to seek the relationship among lecturers’ attitudes, online teaching and learning process. The problem is many lecturers in Tangerang City area are afraid of using technology and some of them are stuttered and technology illiterate. The lecturers still prefer face to face learning in the class more campuses have provided Moodle as a platform of learning. With the circumstances of Coronavirus, the learning has moved to e-learning. In this research, the author used a mixed-method and the number of respondents was 104, data collection was obtained from questionnaires sent via Google Form and distributed through WhatsApp to the lecturers in Tangerang City area. Data is translated into frequency and regression linear. The result showed that 73 lecturers change them toward e-learning and remain 27 lectures had difficulty in teaching online and preferred traditional learning. Keywords: Lecturers' attitudes, online teaching, and learning process

scholarly journals A Structural Approach to E-learning During COVID–19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 252-258
Author(s):  
Zeb Fatima
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Impact

This research work explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on classrooms teaching in school and colleges and on finding e-learning solution to ensure the continuity of the teaching process. The physical presence of the student in the classroom has been hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The only way in which the classes can continue is through online teaching programmes. This research tries to examine how effective is online teaching in a higher educational institution in Oman and worldwide. Here we will see the three dimensions of online education, namely (a) preparation, (b) execution, and (c) verification. Verification leads to negative and positive results. These results reflect real-life experiences and ideas shared by the stakeholders, the instructors, and the students who participate in online classes. We will also explain and examine various challenges and solutions involved in making this system more effective. This study gives us an insight into the mechanism, dimensions, and strategies of E-learning.

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