scholarly journals Season of Migration to Remote Language Learning Platforms: Voices from EFL University Learners

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Abdelrahman Abdalla Salih ◽  
Lamis Ismail Omar
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Virtual Learning Environment ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning

The abrupt disruption of the traditional face-to-face language instruction due to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has forced many schools and higher learning institutions in Oman and around the globe to establish a virtual learning environment. This crisis-prompted remote learning has been a new experience for most teachers and students alike, a variable that may affect students' learning. Thus, it is significant to understand the students' experience with online teaching and learning. This study explicitly examines online teaching and learning as perceived by English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students of a higher learning institution in Oman. A total number of (112) undergraduate students in Oman acted as a data source by responding to a computer-assisted survey questionnaire. The survey focused on the following themes: overall first-time online language learning experience; online courses; online learning mode and attainment of graduate attributes; effectiveness of online teaching and delivery; utilization and usefulness of electronic learning devices; and e-learning language skills. The findings highlight the significance of exploring learners' online learning experience and its implications for planning, implementing, teaching, and assessing online language education.

scholarly journals Surviving Online Foreign Language Learning: The Case for French Language

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 421-433
Author(s):  
Saidah Ismail ◽  
Omrah Hassan ◽  
Nor Azhar Mohd Taib ◽  
Noor Hanim Rahmat
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Foreign Language Learning ◽  
French Language ◽  
Teaching Learning

Similar to the learning of most languages, French language is initially learnt through a formal one-to-one classroom. However, the pandemic has given both teachers and students teaching/learning French as a foreign language to accept online learning as the new norm. The success of learning French language online depends on several factors. Both teachers and learners play different roles to make the lessons successful and meaningful. This study is done to investigate how online learning presence is influenced by learners’ motives to study a foreign language. This quantitative study is done to investigate how learners cope learning French online. 170 respondents were purposely chosen from learners who took French as a foreign language. The survey used has 49 items using 5-Likert scales. Findings revealed interesting information about online teaching and learning of foreign languages. The teacher anchors the online lesson with activities well planned and executed. The teacher takes the bulk of the responsibility to make online learning a success. Once the teacher’s and cognitive presence becomes positive, learners can begin to depend on their peers through social presence to maximise the learning experience.

scholarly journals The Shifts to Online Learning: Think Piece: Assumptions, Implications and Possibilities for Quality Education in Teacher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sirkka Tshiningayamwe ◽  
Ntha Silo ◽  
Crispen Dirwai
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
Ict Infrastructure

With the advent of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which has spread to the majority of countries across the world, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a global pandemic on 11 March 2020. Governments all over the world, including in southern Africa, introduced measures such as the banning of large gatherings,closure of borders, schools and institutions of higher learning to curb the spread of COVID-19. To ensure ongoing teaching and learning, institutions of higher learning made resolutions to transition to remote/online teaching and learning. While online education has long preceded the pandemic, the spiraling of COVID-19 all over the world resulted in the upscaling of online teaching and learning in higher education institutions. Mandatory online teaching and learning was a relatively new practice to most lecturers and students in southern Africa. Drawing on two case stories from Botswana and Namibia, this paper offers a think piece on the shifts to online learning, considering assumptions, implications and possibilities for quality learning in teacher education, through a reflection by teacher educators of environment and sustainability courses. The assumptions in online learning were that students and teacher educators had the capacity and infrastructure for remote/online teaching and learning. This paper thus opens up opportunities for institutions of higher learning to scale up their Information Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure and support for both students and teacher educators for online teaching and learning which have the potential to improve on quality education during times of crisis. Keywords: Online teaching and learning, ICT infrastructure, Education for SustainableDevelopment (ESD), quality education

scholarly journals Online Learning: Challenges and Solutions for Learners and Teachers

2022 ◽  
pp. 0258042X2110695
Author(s):  
Utpala Das
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experiences ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Challenges ◽  
Augmented Learning ◽  
Jel Code ◽  
Enhanced Learning

The COVID-19 pandemic led to an expansion and increase in the demand for online teaching and learning across the globe. Online teaching and learning is attracting a large number of students for enhanced learning experiences. However, there are many challenges and hindrances that pose a problem in the smooth learning. The impediments in the learning process are suppressing the advantages that may aid the learners with augmented learning sessions. The article presents some challenges faced by teachers and learners, supplemented with the recommendations to remove them. JEL Code: A20

Teaching Through a Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 46-60
Author(s):  
Katrina Kirby
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New World ◽  
Effective Practices ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
Parent Communication ◽  
The Times

During the times of COVID-19, teachers quickly had to address the barrier of virtual learning and adapt to a new world of online teaching. This chapter will look into effective practices for online teaching and learning. Additionally, it investigates parent communication in the classroom and how that has changed and developed during this season of COVID-19. This chapter will explore how the learning environment rapidly changed, developed, and improved. It also looks at useful resources that allow for online learning to continue to evolve and grow. In addition, this shift into an online world and how it can be transferred over when learning returns full time to classrooms to grant continued, uninterrupted learning are explored. Looking at how students from low socio-economic backgrounds were affected with the immediate shut down of schools and services, we must examine how to better set our students up for success for the future. Reflecting how schools can better prepare families will create an environment that is proactive, not reactive.

The Transition to Online Teaching and Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 188-196
Author(s):  
Greg Whateley ◽  
Alan Manly
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Staff Member ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Support Staff ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
Senior Staff ◽  
Online Format ◽  
Senior Staff Member

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 provided both a need and an opportunity for educational institutions in Sydney to explore new ways of providing teaching and learning for their students. UBSS was able to respond quickly because it had already prepared to introduce online learning. In mid-2019, the institution had decided to offer an online option and a senior staff member and support staff had been working since then to convert existing product into suitable online format. By the time the demand for online teaching and learning arrived, the institution was already well placed for the conversion.

scholarly journals Online Teaching and Learning in Higher Education during the Coronavirus Pandemic: Students’ Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10367
Author(s):  
Claudiu Coman ◽  
Laurențiu Gabriel Țîru ◽  
Luiza Meseșan-Schmitz ◽  
Carmen Stanciu ◽  
Maria Cristina Bularca
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Teaching Style ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Platforms

The research focuses on identifying the way in which Romanian universities managed to provide knowledge during the Coronavirus pandemic, when, in a very short time, universities had to adapt the educational process for exclusively online teaching and learning. In this regard, we analyzed students’ perception regarding online learning, their capacity to assimilate information, and the use of E-learning platforms. An online survey based on a semi-structured questionnaire was conducted. Data was collected from 762 students from two of the largest Romanian universities. The results of the research revealed that higher education institutions in Romania were not prepared for exclusively online learning. Thus, the advantages of online learning identified in other studies seem to diminish in value, while disadvantages become more prominent. The hierarchy of problems that arise in online learning changes in the context of the crisis caused by the pandemic. Technical issues are the most important, followed by teachers’ lack of technical skills and their teaching style improperly adapted to the online environment. However, the last place was assigned by students to the lack of interaction with teachers or poor communication with them. Based on these findings, research implications for universities and researchers are discussed.

scholarly journals PROJECTS BASED LEARNING ACTIVITIES IN A CALL CLASSROOM: LET’S SEE AND TRY!

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 233
Author(s):  
Yustinus Calvin Gai Mali
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Language Education ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Computer Assisted Language Learning ◽  
English Language Education ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Efl Teachers

This paper discusses three main projects and their related activities that students do in a Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) classroom at English Language Education Study Program, Dunia University Indonesia. The practical discussions in this paper will be an interest of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in Indonesia who look for practical ideas to teach the use of CALL in EFL classrooms, feel interested in integrating CALL into their classroom practices, and wish to explore ideas about how their students can benefit from technology. At the end of the paper, I address voices to support the use of CALL in teaching and learning in Indonesia.  

scholarly journals PENGGUNAAN APLIKASI ZOOM MEETING UNTUK EFEKTIFITAS PEMBELAJARAN DARING PADA MADRASAH IBTIDAIYAH MUHAMMADIYAH 01 PEKANBARU

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-29
Author(s):  
Yuli Fitrisia ◽  
Kartina Diah Kusuma Wardhani ◽  
Mardhiah Fadhli ◽  
Wenda Novayani ◽  
Dini Nurmalasari ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Effectiveness ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
Hands On ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
Video Calling

The pandemic that has hit the world has forced us to do learning indirectly or is often referred to as online (Daring). Online teaching and learning process requires some adjustments both on the teacher's side and the student's side. One of the adjustments is the need to seek technology and adaptation using technology. The currently widely used technology is online meeting services, such as the Zoom Meeting application, Google Meet, Video Calling via the Massager application, or other similar applications. To adapt to the technology, teachers at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Muhammadiyah 01 Pekanbaru strongly desire to deepen ownership of the Zoom application as one of the media used for online learning. This training aims to provide an understanding and hands-on practice of using Zoom Meeting technology to increase learning effectiveness.

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