scholarly journals Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Students and their Parents

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1/2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Graumann
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
New Media ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
School Closures ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
School Learning ◽  
Internet Connections ◽  
Digital Equipment

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in school closures in spring 2020 in many countries, including Germany, to stem the spread of the virus. From one day to the next, school learning became the responsibility of parents, and school administrators expected teachers in all types of schools to switch from almost exclusively analogue teaching to distance learning – in particular to digitalized teaching – from one day to the next. In this article we analyze what this means for families. It is shown that the inequality of opportunities in education is increased when schools and families lack digital equipment and expanded Internet connections. It describes the problems that parents and children have had and will continue to have with immature and unproven concepts of distance learning, since schools in Germany are far from making up for the deficit in the area of digitized instruction. The state of emergency in the time of a pandemic also clearly shows the limits of innovative teaching with the new media and raises awareness of the importance of an intensive analogue pedagogical teacher-pupil relationship.

Digital Media and Child Development in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Benefits, Disadvantages, and Effective Approaches

2021 ◽  
Vol 104 (9) ◽  
pp. 1563-1569
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Child Development ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Digital World ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Digital Environments ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The COVID-19 pandemic has acted as a resetting, generative, and accelerating force in a changing digital world. To prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, social distancing and strict personal hygiene have been implemented in many countries. Many ordinarily crowded places have been closed, including schools and community childcare facilities. School closures have a range of consequences for child development. Distance learning using technology and digital media can provide solutions that enable children to maintain access to learning opportunities. However, digital media and devices can be a double-edged sword. Parents and children need to understand the benefits and disadvantages of these tools, and how to use them more effectively to promote children’s positive experiences, learning, and development in immersive digital environments. Keywords: Digital Media; Electronic media; Child development; COVID-19 Pandemic; Distance learning

scholarly journals The Way of Distance Teaching Is Related to Adolescent Students’ Health and Loneliness during the School Closure in Finland

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (23) ◽  
pp. 12377
Author(s):  
Arja Rimpelä ◽  
Pirjo Lindfors ◽  
Jaana M. Kinnunen ◽  
Anna Myöhänen ◽  
Risto Hotulainen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
School Closure ◽  
Health Complaints ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Adolescent Students ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
Digital Equipment

The COVID-19 pandemic enforced countries to close schools and rapidly transfer to distance teaching without preparation. Little is known about how different distance teaching practices influenced students’ wellbeing. We studied this during the period of school closures in Finland. Wellbeing was measured by health complaints and perceived loneliness, and distance learning was measured in terms of structure and dialogue of teaching, functioning of internet and digital equipment, difficulty of given tasks, and support for studies. All lower secondary schools were invited, and 29,898 students from 340 schools (grades 7–9) participated. A digital survey was distributed through schools just when these were reopened in May 2020. The main results were that the distance learning practices were related to adolescent health complaints and loneliness, so that less structure and dialogue in teaching, more problems with digital devices and internet, more difficult tasks and less support for studies were associated with higher health complaints and loneliness. From the point of view of students’ wellbeing, it matters how the distance learning is organised, how digital communication works, and if enough support for studies is available. These results of our research on distance learning practices during the present pandemic may guide schools in future crises and pandemic situations when distance learning is needed.

scholarly journals UPBRINGING THE YOUNGER GENERATION IN THE CONDITIONS OF DISTANCE EDUCATION AND DIGITALIZATION: NEW CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES IN THE RULE-OF-LAW STATE

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4-2) ◽  
pp. 186-198
Author(s):  
Виктор Сальников ◽  
Елена Брылева ◽  
Фарит Галиев
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Dialectical Logic ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Distance Learning Technologies

The article analyzes the problematic issues that arise when using distance technologies in the educational process, and indicates that the full implementation of distance learning does not contribute to the effectiveness of the educational process. Attention is drawn to the existing problem of youth's enthusiasm for computers, which negatively affects both their health and the process of socialization. This problem can be exacerbated as a result of the widespread introduction of distance learning methods, this is why we call for a thoughtful approach to the issue and the preservation of the existing educational system, combined with a digital educational environment in a State governed by the rule of law. Purpose: to focus on the need to take into account the features of the use of distance technologies in the educational process. Methods: the research is based on empirical methods of description, interpretation, theoretical methods of formal and dialectical logic, historical and sociological. Results: the authors come to the conclusion that the emergence of distance learning technologies is undoubtedly associated with the next stage in the development of scientific progress, however, the introduction of these technologies into the educational process is justified only in some cases, for example, in a state of emergency, natural disasters, epidemics, epizootics, for children with disabilities, at the choice of parents and children. This must be taken into account when choosing the forms and methods of teaching in modern conditions.

Research on the application strategy of new media technology in Modern University Law Teaching

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Shen Min
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
New Media ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Teaching Mode ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Online Simulation ◽  
Mode Behavior ◽  
Deep Integration ◽  
Interactive Dynamic

The arrival of the new media era has a certain impact on the teaching environment of universities in China. The rapid development of new media has also profoundly affected the thinking mode, behavior style and psychological consciousness of college students. This paper puts forward some innovative teaching modes under the background of new media information technology, including the online simulation court, the construction of interactive dynamic teaching website and so on. It realizes the deep integration between law teaching and modern new media technology, and gradually forms an open and diversified teaching mode. The research content of this paper has far-reaching significance for promoting the teaching of new media technology and enhancing the pertinence and effectiveness of College Students’ legal education.

Edukacja cyfrowa w zdalnym nauczaniu

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (23) ◽  
pp. 49-58
Author(s):  
Bożena Majewicz
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
The State ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Remote Education ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Short Time

The state of education in Poland and its functioning was exposed by the coronavirus pandemic which contributed to school closures and enforced a transition to distance learning. There was a need to look for alternative ways of distance education in which teachers played a special role. Some of them had to learn new skills related to distance education at all levels of education in a short time. In the period when schools are closed or their functioning is limited, the competences they possess play an important role in the educational activity of teachers, among which IT and media competences become particularly important. The considerations presented in the article relate to online education, with particular attention to its necessary aspects occurring both on the side of school and students’ homes. A review of studies on remote education during the pandemic has been made.

Problems of mass distance learning in a pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 4-11
Author(s):  
S. A. Christochevsky
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
General Education ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Learning Problems ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Russian Government ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Learning Conditions

In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic affected the whole world, including Russia. The Russian government had to introduce emergency measures to combat the pandemic, including the transfer to distance learning of schoolchildren and students. In the context of a pandemic, it became necessary to urgently consider issues and problems of distance learning in educational organizations, primarily in secondary education organizations. Previously, none of the concepts of informatization of education even considered the massive transition to distance learning for schoolchildren and students.The article examines the readiness of educational organizations, parents and children for the massive use of distance learning, analyzes the problems that arise in the implementation of this form of education, including: the problem of choosing software and platforms for distance learning; problems associated with underdeveloped infrastructure; problems of the availability of electronic educational resources corresponding to the new learning conditions; problems of lack of online work experience for both teachers and schoolchildren; as well as other issues related to distance learning.The need is noted: switching the attention of researchers and developers of software and online platforms to research in the field of mass transition to distance learning at all age levels; the development of new distance online platforms and the processing of many electronic educational resources for new platforms; linking multimedia educational content to exemplary basic educational programs of primary, basic and secondary general education.

The Emotional Style of the Modern Parent in the Conditions of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 32-39
Author(s):  
Veneta Uzunova
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
State Of Emergency ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Emotional Style ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Basic Prerequisite

In a pandemic, the child-parent relationship is facing new challenges. Social isolation affects people differently, but a sustainable internal psychological resource allows the individual to get out of the critical period with as little damage as possible. Healthy emotionality is a basic prerequisite for the formation and development of emotional intelligence. The identification of the emotion, the control over the impulse and its expression in a socially acceptable way by the parent - all this is inextricably linked with the process of upbringing in the family and marks the nature of the relationship between parents and children. The study focuses on the study of the emotional style of the modern parent in the context of his interaction with the children in the family. The emotional style questionnaire used by a team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison was used. The survey was conducted among parents of children and students from 3 to 18 years. Conclusions were made regarding the specifics of the emotional style of the parents in the context of the established state of emergency and in connection with pedagogical activities aimed at creating conditions for increasing the emotional intelligence of the respondents with the support of the school.

Internet-Enabled User Interfaces for Distance Learning

2011 ◽  
pp. 318-342
Author(s):  
Wei Liu ◽  
Keng Soon ◽  
Roshan Peiris ◽  
Yongsoon Choi ◽  
Adrian David Cheok ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
New Media ◽  
User Interfaces ◽  
Modern World ◽  
The Internet ◽  
World Knowledge ◽  
Internet Technologies ◽  
Augmented Reality Technology ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
Use Of Internet

The advent of Internet technologies since decades ago has propelled distance learning drastically. In this modern world, knowledge develops so fast that the amount of intellectual information that needs to be learnt before it becomes obsolete again is so huge. Distance learning through the use of Internet technologies has the advantage of being able to get across the information to the students remotely and effortlessly. The other advantage, which is the main focus of this paper, is that students are able to learn from their instructors on an entirely new media platform - the Internet-enabled and tangible user interface. This paper discusses how to use two main new media: multi-modal Internet technologies, namely remote physical interface and remote augmented reality technology in distance learning.

New Communication Technologies' Influence on Distance Education (DE) Environments

2015 ◽  
pp. 89-105
Author(s):  
Murat Ertan Dogan
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
New Media ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Environment Design ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Main Driver ◽  
Learning Environment Design ◽  
Distance Learning Environment

This chapter considers the influence of communication technologies and new media technology through the new trend of distance learning environment design. The new communication technologies like Web 2.0 applications involve information sharing and collaboration between users. These technologies bring the informal communication and learning styles to the forefront. Under favor of the new communication technologies' enabled networking, the main driver for the learning process is shifting from instructor-centered approaches to carefully designed learner experiences with robust interactions between learners and content. In this sense, the chapter also explores the role of academics and media professionals as distance-learning leaders and distance education experts through this transitional stage. The chapter focuses on how distance education experts take part in distance learning environment design and what the main skills for distance education experts as leaders, instructors, and designers in the age of networks are, through the discussions of theoretical approaches.

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