scholarly journals A view through the long lens: Pre-service teachers' perceptions of multi-campus course delivery

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 155-163
Author(s):  
Bernadette Walker-Gibbs ◽  
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Louise Paatsch ◽  
Janet Moles ◽  
Bonnie Yim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Support Services ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Rural And Remote ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Regional University ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
High Level ◽  
Key Staff

This paper explores the results of a survey that was conducted with 277 pre-service teachers studying at two regional university campuses in Victoria, Australia in 2014. Data showed that participants expressed high level of satisfaction with the quality of their undergraduate courses in education including the flexible teaching and learning experiences. However, many reported experiencing frustration with accessing cloud-based learning materials and support services, including communication with lecturers. Challenges in accessing learning materials were mainly attributed to slow internet speed which increased the time taken to download resources. Access to support services and lecturers was made difficult because many key staff were located at the larger, urban campuses, thus sometimes causing delay in communication with them. This study recommends that university faculties review the accessibility of services, facilities and resources for rural and remote students. Recommendations include greater attention to the presentation of online learning materials to ensure accessibility for all students, regardless of internet speed and location. Moreover, findings showed that by closer examination of the accessibility of services to reflect the reality and complexity of students’ lives, universities could increase equity for rural and remote students.

Using Mobile Technologies in Education

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 77-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Célio Gonçalo Cardoso Marques ◽  
António Manso ◽  
Ana Paula Ferreira ◽  
Felisbela Morgado
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Digital Repository ◽  
Learning To Read ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
High Level ◽  
And Training

The acquisition of reading skills is decisive for the academic achievement of students. However, learning to read is a complex process. With this in mind, several attempts have been made to find new educational approaches to enhance students' reading motivation. Considering the enormous potential of ICT for education and training, we have developed a digital repository of teaching and learning materials and a multiplatform application that runs on mobile devices: Letrinhas. This information system was designed to promote the development of reading and to provide tools for monitoring and assessing reading skills against the curricular targets set by the Ministry of Education. Letrinhas was evaluated by specialists and users and a high level of satisfaction was observed among students and teachers as time and effort spent to consolidate reading is considerably reduced with this application. This evaluation also enabled to identify features that will be available in the future.

scholarly journals A developmental evaluation of the role of faculty-based Student Support Coordinator

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhona Sharpe ◽  
Frances Deepwell ◽  
Patsy Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Student Support ◽  
University Teaching ◽  
Referral Service ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
One Stop ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Roll Out

This paper evaluates the role of the faculty based student support coordinator (SSC) over the first two years of their roll out across all faculties in a UK university. The intention was that SSCs would provide a one-stop shop for students, handling enquiries on a broad range of issues, answering them where they can, offering support, and acting as a referral service. The benefits to students should be an accessible and responsive source of faculty based advice and information. One of the challenges of implementing this new system was expected to be ensuring that all those involved understand their roles and help students to make use of them appropriately. Data were collected as part of a wide-ranging evaluation, both from the SSCs themselves and staff they worked alongside via interview and attendance at meetings. Data were also collected from students via interviews and surveys. This paper uses these data to ask how the SSC role is working in practice, what are the realities and tensions of the role and what has been the impact to students? The evaluation was commissioned by the main university teaching and learning committee and its results have had a tangible impact. It clarified and protected the role of the SSCs and uncovered aspects of their role that had not been foreseen. The feedback from students showed an increasing awareness of the service offered by SSCs over time and a high level of satisfaction.

Using Mobile Technologies in Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 156-170
Author(s):  
Célio Gonçalo Cardoso Marques ◽  
António Manso ◽  
Ana Paula Ferreira ◽  
Felisbela Morgado
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Digital Repository ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
High Level ◽  
And Training

The acquisition of reading skills is decisive for the academic achievement of students. However, learning to read is a complex process. With this in mind, several attempts have been made to find new educational approaches to enhance students' reading motivation. Considering the enormous potential of ICT for education and training, we have developed a digital repository of teaching and learning materials and a multiplatform application that runs on mobile devices: Letrinhas. This information system was designed to promote the development of reading and to provide tools for monitoring and assessing reading skills against the curricular targets set by the Ministry of Education. Letrinhas was evaluated by specialists and users and a high level of satisfaction was observed among students and teachers as time and effort spent to consolidate reading is considerably reduced with this application. This evaluation also enabled to identify features that will be available in the future.

scholarly journals Students’ satisfaction in higher education: the role of practices, needs and beliefs of teachers

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Bassi
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
University Management ◽  
Latent Growth ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
High Level ◽  
The University ◽  
Students Satisfaction ◽  
Over Time

Purpose The purpose of the paper is the analysis of the evolution of students’ satisfaction over time in a large Italian university and the effects on it because of some characteristics of the teachers: didactic practices, beliefs and needs with regard to teaching and learning. Design/methodology/approach The first step of the analysis identifies a latent construct, measured with items composing the questionnaire, and proposes a reduced set of indicators to measure satisfaction and to model its evolution over time (information collected in three consecutive academic years is available). A second step clusters teachers in homogenous groups with reference to their opinions, beliefs and needs, collected with a new survey conducted at the University of Padova, with the aim of developing strategies to support academic teachers. Then, a mixture conditional latent growth model is estimated with covariates affecting the latent parameters and class membership. Findings Model estimation identifies a large group of university courses with a high level of satisfaction, which stays constant over time, and a small group of problematic courses with low satisfaction, moreover, that decreases over the three considered academic years. Interesting significant effects of covariates related to both the teacher and the didactic activity are estimated. Originality/value Statistical analyses show that the implementation of innovative didactic practices and commitment to quality of teaching are important factors to be encouraged by the university management. On the contrary, the traditionalist way of teaching and a low passion for teaching do not improve students’ satisfaction.

scholarly journals PEMANFAATAN SOCIAL LEARNING NETWORK ”EDMODO” DALAM MEMBANTU PERKULIAHAN TEORI BODI OTOMOTIF DI PRODI PTM JPTK FKIP UNS

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Basori Basori
Keyword(s):  
Social Learning ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Learning Network ◽  
Automotive Body ◽  
High Category ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
High Level ◽  
Very High

<p>This research aims to implement social learning network "Edmodo" in the lecture . Specifically, It aims to kmow the contribution of Edmodo in learning activity , to know student perceptions of the completeness of the features and theme of Edmodo , and to know the level of satisfaction with the Edmodo service.<br />This research used descriptive methods . The data were taken using the questionnaire and interview . Data obtained from PTM students who take courses in automotive body with the number of 34person. This research used s a descriptive data analysis .<br />The results shows that : 1 ) There are a significant increase in the contribution of Edmodo in lecture. From the data it can be seen 52.94 % are high , and 38.24 % in the very high category . 2 ) Edmodo feature strongly supports the management of teaching and learning . It appears there are 44.12 % of respondents expressed a very high category , and 35.29 % in the very high category , 3 ) Edmodo theme is very userfriendly , so easy in use . There are 67.65 % of the data is known to the high category , and 14.71 % in the very high category . 4 ) Students feel a high level of satisfaction with the Edmodo service. . From the data it can be seen very high category 61.76 % , and 35.29 % are high.</p>

Decision making power of college girls in relation to clothing

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Parul Gill ◽  
Poonam Malik ◽  
Pankaj Gill
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Satisfaction Level ◽  
College Going ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
High Level ◽  
Garment Design ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The present study was undertaken to explore the decision making patterns of college girls in relation to clothing and their satisfaction level with these decision making patterns. Thirty under graduate college girls from Panipat city were approached to record their responses regarding decision making in relation to clothing and satisfaction level through a well structured questionnaire. It was found that most of the girls (56.66%) themselves made the decisions about the type of garment (Indian, western or both) they wear and majority of girls (70%) were highly satisfied with this decision making. Parents performed the role of buyers for their college going daughters' garments in most of the cases (63.33%) and the 73.33% girls had high level of satisfaction with this. In most of the cases (60%) the decision about the garment design was made by the girls themselves and they were highly satisfied with it. Keywords: clothing, college, girls, decision making.

PENGEMBANGAN PERANGKAT PEMBELAJARAN MENGGUNAKAN PENDEKATAN CONTEXTUAL TEACHING AND LEARNING (CTL) DENGAN INTEGRASI NILAI-NILAI KARAKTER DI SMAN I TUGUMULYO

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Wahyu Widyaningsih ◽  
Irfan Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Development Stage ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Is Research ◽  
Efficacy Trials

<p>The research is motivated not yet using CTL approach. In addition, the study provided yet foster the character value of students. This study aimed to the development of learning materials by using CTL approach with the integration of character value are valid, practical, and effective. The type of this research is research and development by using 4-D models. The stages of this research are define, design, and development. The define stage consists of analyzing of curriculum, students, and concept. Then, the learning materials as lesson plan, handout, student’s worksheet, and evaluation, were designed at design stage. The development stage was doing validity, practicality, and effectiveness test. The data of this research was collected by using validation instruments, questionnaire of students and teacher, observation and test instruments. The result of research with validity of the test results showed that the syllabus, lesson plans, teaching materials, worksheets and assessment sheets (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) developed very valid. The test results showed that the learning practicalities developed very practical. Based on the results of efficacy trials, it was stated that the developed learning very effectively used as learning tools are developed to improve the activity and competence of students in the cognitive, affective and psychomotor and behavioral character. And Those, learning materials by using CTL approach with the integration of character values are classification of very valid, very practical, and effective.</p>

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