scholarly journals Introducing Educational Technologies to Teachers: Experience Report

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neena Thota ◽  
◽  
Joao G M Negreiros ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Dramatic Rise ◽  
Learning With Technology

The dramatic rise in use of digital media has changed the way learning is taking place and has led to new ways to teach with digital technologies. In this article, we describe the experiences of teaching a course that introduces educational technologies to teachers in Macau. The course design is based on connectivism, a learning theory for the digital age that emphasizes interaction with digital media and active engagement in sharing digital artefacts. The learning outcomes are constructively aligned with learning and teaching activities and assessments. We share the insights we gained of the learning needs and the disparity in the technological skills and competencies of the students. The course design is evaluated in terms of the students' learning outcomes and progress through the stages of learning with technology. We present evidence from journal writings that show metacognition, active reflection and critical evaluation, and we identify anxiety and increased confidence with digital tools, as well as concerns about group work. This article contributes to the discussion on teachers learning to teach with technologies.

scholarly journals Pinpointing Where to Start: A Reflective Analysis on the Introductory Evaluation Course

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn Thomas Pitts
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Theory Theory ◽  
Introductory Course ◽  
Theory To Practice ◽  
Integrated Course Design

Th is reflective analysis details four approaches to an introductory course for evaluation learners within a methodologically focused graduate-level program on statistics, measurement, and research design. Evidence of student learning outcomes, or SLOs, was utilized within Gibbs’ reflective cycles to redesign the course using Fink’s integrated course design process. The purpose of each approach varied along a theory-practice continuum, including theory, theory-to-practice, practice, and evidence building. The purpose, SLOs, and learning experiences of each approach are accompanied by longitudinal reflections on evaluation learners, course purposes, and the creation of a multi-course learning progression. Th is exploration offers perspectives and lessons learned that may assist new and experienced instructors in determining how an introductory course may best fi t the learning needs of their students.

The Misunderstanding of Music-Technology-Education: A Meta Perspective

2012 ◽  
pp. 432-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evangelos Himonides
Keyword(s):  
Informal Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Music Technology ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Prior Learning ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Policy Frameworks ◽  
Recent Position ◽  
Primary Focus

This article explores the concept of “technology” within the wider contexts of music and education. It draws upon a recent position paper by Himonides and Purves (2010), which argues that technology should not be viewed as a solution for the music educator to apply in the classroom. “Music technology” should be treated like any other tool that supports learning and teaching; helps us engage with valued forms of knowledge; celebrates and recognizes the importance of prior learning and experience; requires the teacher to scaffold learning; needs assessment to be congruent with learning; promotes the active engagement of the learner; fosters both individual and social processes and outcomes; recognizes the significance of informal learning; depends on teacher learning; and, finally, demands consistent policy frameworks with support for teaching and learning as the primary focus.

New Technologies in the Politics Classroom: Using Internet Classrooms to Support Teaching and Learning

Politics ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Lee
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Undergraduate Teaching ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Rigorous Research ◽  
Active Learning Strategies

This article introduces some ideas about using internet classrooms to enrich the experience of those learning and teaching politics. It draws and reflects upon my three-year experience of using internet classrooms to teach politics in optional and compulsory politics undergraduate modules, providing critical evaluation of the successes and problems involved. Much of what the article discusses can be applied to most, if not all, politics modules and will be useful to those wishing to use new technologies to support active learning strategies in their undergraduate teaching. The article is based on personal experience and student evaluations, rather than any rigorous research of learning outcomes. As such, I do not set out to prove that using internet classrooms has pedagogical advantages over using only traditional methods, and I am not arguing a case for or against using either.

Aligning assessment, technology, and multi-literacies

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-147
Author(s):  
Helen Cartner ◽  
Julia Hallas
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Teacher Learners

This article is premised on research that suggests there is a gap between technology use for teaching and learning and the technology used in assessment. Digital technology such as blogs, Facebook, Twitter, podcasts, and news feeds are increasingly used in teaching and learning. On the other hand, assessment is often only in traditional essay form and frequently via pen and paper. This article examines the complex nature of multimodal design and argues for assessment that has constructive alignment, which sets out the interdependence of learning outcomes, teaching, and assessment where all three are aligned as equal partners. The aim of the research described was to investigate whether teacher–learners believed there was alignment between learning outcomes, activities, and assessment that utilized digital media technology. This article presents findings from a small-scale case study that drew on qualitative data from Student Evaluations of the Paper and from online surveys from four cohorts of participating teachers in a postgraduate adult literacy, language, and numeracy professional development program. There were three important findings from the data that indicated the importance of firstly having alignment of digital technology and course design outcomes, activities, and assessments and that this was clearly visible to the participants. The second finding indicated the content was relevant to the teacher–learners and involved them in constructing their own learning through authentic and practical activities and assessment. The third finding indicated that course outcomes, activities, and assessment tasks were aligned with multi-literacy skills. It is argued that academics design courses that are constructively aligned connecting learners with outcomes, activities, and assessment, which include an explicit focus on teaching the multi-literacy skills required in a world that is becoming increasingly digital.

scholarly journals Embedding constructive alignment of reading lists in course design

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Croft
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Module Design ◽  
Reading List ◽  
Constructive Alignment ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Uk Higher Education

Reading list practices are long-standing but cause confusion and misunderstanding between module leaders and students. Constructive alignment (Biggs and Tang, 2011), although widely applied in course design across the UK Higher Education sector, has not previously been applied to the practice of reading lists but offers a practical and pedagogically sound method for reinventing reading list practice and bridging the gap of understanding between the intentions of module leaders and the interpretation of students. The module leaders of seven modules were offered the support of a project led by Oxford Brookes Library to redesign their modules so that the reading lists were constructively aligned with the learning outcomes of the modules. After an initial run of the redesigned modules the module leaders were asked whether they would embed the practice of constructively aligned reading lists in their modules. Five of the modules were redesigned and continued with the redesign past the initial instance, one of the modules exited the project before it was redesigned, and one of the modules returned to the pre-project module design and reading list practice. The project was successful in embedding constructively aligned reading list practice in Oxford Brookes University modules past the first run of the module, but several barriers to effective learning and teaching were identified with the most significant being a lack of student engagement with the redesigned reading lists. The implication for practice is that constructively aligned reading lists should include an element of summative assessment to increase the chances of student engagement and the successful embedding of constructively aligned reading lists in the design of modules.

scholarly journals Blended Course Evaluation in the Context of English for Specific Purposes: Accountability and Development

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824402110545
Author(s):  
Rui Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Course Evaluation ◽  
English For Specific Purposes ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Professional Study ◽  
Intended Learning Outcomes ◽  
Blended Course

Blended learning utilizes the affordances of information and communication technology to integrate online learning with face-to-face teaching. It facilitates to meet students’ disciplinary learning needs and helps them achieve the intended learning outcomes so that they can advance in their professional study. The present study focuses on developing and evaluating a blended course implemented in the context of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) from the perspective of accountability and development, with the purpose of assessing the effectiveness of the course from three aspects: the satisfaction of students’ learning requirements, the achievement of their learning outcomes, and the ongoing refinement of the course. Data of the course evaluation survey were quantitatively analyzed by descriptive statistics and data of students’ learning reflections were qualitatively analyzed by thematic analysis. Results indicate that, firstly, students are satisfied with the course design and its implementation; secondly, the course modification should focus on adding academic presentations, teaching in English with trans-semiotising approach and consolidating the disciplinary community, which in turn activate students’ knowledge-sharing and critical thinking. The study offers a systematic framework to evaluate the ESP blended course, which also has implications for evaluating blended courses in other language curricula.

Administrasi Pendidik dan Tenaga kependidikan

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurniati Ningsih
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Management Development ◽  
Education Administration ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
And Training ◽  
Education Process ◽  
Technical Services

Administration can be interpreted as an activity or business to help, serve, direct or manage all activities in achieving a goal. Meanwhile, educators are professionals who are involved in the process of learning and teaching, evaluating learning outcomes, conducting coaching and training, and conducting research and community service. And education administration that supports administration, management, development, supervision, and technical services to support the education process in the education unit.

Administrasi Pendidik dan Tenaga Kependidikan 1

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy Fadilla
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Management Development ◽  
Education Administration ◽  
Educational Goals ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Education Personnel ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
And Training ◽  
Education Process

Administration can be interpreted as an activity or business to help, serve, direct or manage all activities in achieving a goal. Meanwhile, educators are professionals who are involved in the process of learning and teaching, evaluating learning outcomes, conducting coaching and training, and conducting research and community service. And education administration that supports administration, management, development, supervision, and technical services to support the education process in the education unit. The purpose of the education of educators and education personnel who support the education system is to provide eligibility for educators in carrying out their duties both as educators and nursing staff in schools. So, the education of educators and labor are interrelated so that educational goals can be achieved

Dialogic Teaching and Translanguaging in Deaf Education

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Swanwick
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Deaf Education ◽  
Deaf Children ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Diverse Learning ◽  
Language Context ◽  
Pedagogical Framework

This chapter proposes a pedagogical framework for deaf education that builds on a sociocultural perspective and the role of interaction in learning. Pedagogical principles are argued that recognize the dialogic nature of learning and teaching and the role of language as “the tool of all tools” in this process. Building on established work on classroom talk in deaf education, the issues of dialogue in deaf education are extended to consider deaf children’s current learning contexts and their diverse and plural use of sign and spoken languages. Within this broad language context, the languaging and translanguaging practices of learners and teachers are explained as central to a pedagogical framework that is responsive to the diverse learning needs of deaf children. Within this pedagogical framework practical teaching strategies are suggested that draw on successful approaches in the wider field of language learning and take into account the particular learning experience and contexts of deaf children.

scholarly journals Predicting Student Performance Using Data Mining and Learning Analytics Techniques: A Systematic Literature Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 237
Author(s):  
Abdallah Namoun ◽  
Abdullah Alshanqiti
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Student Outcomes ◽  
Predictive Analytics ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Supervised Machine Learning ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Learning And Teaching

The prediction of student academic performance has drawn considerable attention in education. However, although the learning outcomes are believed to improve learning and teaching, prognosticating the attainment of student outcomes remains underexplored. A decade of research work conducted between 2010 and November 2020 was surveyed to present a fundamental understanding of the intelligent techniques used for the prediction of student performance, where academic success is strictly measured using student learning outcomes. The electronic bibliographic databases searched include ACM, IEEE Xplore, Google Scholar, Science Direct, Scopus, Springer, and Web of Science. Eventually, we synthesized and analyzed a total of 62 relevant papers with a focus on three perspectives, (1) the forms in which the learning outcomes are predicted, (2) the predictive analytics models developed to forecast student learning, and (3) the dominant factors impacting student outcomes. The best practices for conducting systematic literature reviews, e.g., PICO and PRISMA, were applied to synthesize and report the main results. The attainment of learning outcomes was measured mainly as performance class standings (i.e., ranks) and achievement scores (i.e., grades). Regression and supervised machine learning models were frequently employed to classify student performance. Finally, student online learning activities, term assessment grades, and student academic emotions were the most evident predictors of learning outcomes. We conclude the survey by highlighting some major research challenges and suggesting a summary of significant recommendations to motivate future works in this field.

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