scholarly journals Notes from the editor

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Vahid Nimehchisalem
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Persuasive Communication ◽  
Paradigm Shifts ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Communication Instruction ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Historical Literacy ◽  
E Mail

Thanks to our international authors, readers, reviewers, and editorial board members, our July 2021 issue is now released. The pandemic has been on-going stimulating many researchers to conduct more studies related to digital literacy and e-learning. We have had an increasing number of submissions related to online learning. The current issue presents engaging topics related to education and literacy studies from diverse locations from all around the world. The topics of our articles in this issue are related to different areas including motivation, listening skills, E-mail literacy, young learners’ literacy, literacy as women’s empowerment tool, learning environment, digital storytelling, bilingualism and writing skills, synchronous distance education, paradigm shifts in literacy theories, social studies instruction, music e-learning, creative expression technique, persuasive communication instruction, 21st century learner skills, historical literacy, and technological pedagogical content knowledge.

PERAN TEKNOLOGI DALAM MENINGKATKAN KUALITAS PENDIDIKAN DI SEKOLAH TINGGI AGAMA ISLAM SWASTA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
muhamad januaripin
Keyword(s):  
Digital Library ◽  
E Learning ◽  
E Mail

Salah satu indikasi ketertinggalan lembaga pendidikan tinggi islam swasta adalah minimnya pelayanan dan sarana prasarana yang memadai baik dari tata kelola administrasinya maupun dalam proses pembelajarannya. Situasi seperti ini jika dibiarkan akan memperburuk citra lembaga pendidikan tinggi itu sendiri dan lambat laun akan ditinggalkan. Adanya pemamfaatan teknologi pendidikan seperti pembuatan sistem informasi akademik, e-learning, digital library, e-mail, website dan pengadaan serta pemberdayaan sumber daya manusia yang menguasai teknologi bukan tidak mungkin lembaga pendidikan islam swasta menjadi lembaga pendidikan yang berkualitas dan berdaya saing.

scholarly journals DESIGNING COMMUNITY LANGUAGE LEARNING METHOD BASED CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES USING ELEARNING RESOURCES TO TEACH LISTENING SKILLS AT THE TERTIARY LEVEL

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Sujatha P ◽  
Thippu Sulthan H
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Learning Method ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Learning Materials ◽  
Classroom Activities ◽  
Current Scenario ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Community Language

In the current scenario, English plays an inevitable role in all the fields. The learners and teachers of this language understood the need of it and have taken certain steps to learn/teach language effectively using different methods to meet the needs of the society. Only recently, after the outlook of ELT scholars moved towards a blend of methods to suit the unique needs of a particular class and students during the post methods era, This paper is an attempt to design classroom activities based on CLL using E-learning materials to teach listening skills.

scholarly journals Academic Experiences of “Zoom-Fatigue” as a Virtual Streaming Phenomenon During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Samual Amponsah ◽  
Micheal M. van Wyk ◽  
Michael Kojo Kolugu
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Video Conferencing ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Academic Experiences ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Reality Check ◽  
Residential University ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Multiple Case

This phenomenological exploratory multiple-case study design was conducted at an open distance e-learning university and a traditional contact residential university and it was found that the participants viewed video conferencing under the COVID-19 lockdown period as an exhausting experience. A second major finding revealed that the participants were empowered with digital literacy skills to use video conferencing effectively. The current findings add to a growing body of literature on video conferencing with a focus on Zoom fatigue. Further research might explore the lived zoom experiences of administrators, students and a larger group of faculties over a longer period. The study findings must be considered when planning and implementing video conferencing for academics and students in open distance e-learning contexts. This study showed that video conferencing is one tool in the emergence of a digital zoom revolution that has radically changed the workspace. The evidence from this study suggests that zoom fatigue is a reality check for work-related health management.

scholarly journals PENERAPAN AUTHENTIC ASSESSMENT BERBASIS E-LEARNING DALAM PEMBELAJARAN BIOLOGI

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-166
Author(s):  
Ida Bagus Ari Arjaya
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Authentic Assessment ◽  
Teacher Professionalism ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Learner Participation ◽  
Innovative Learning ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Biology Learning

Digital literacy occupies the latest issue in the education system of the 21st century. Global competition causes each student must be able to manage and find of well information resources. Digital literacy itself is defined as the competence used by learners to participate fully in the learning process by involving knowledge, skills and attitudes that are effective in the utilization of digital devices. Furthermore, Unesco (2017) defines digital literacy as a life skill to support lifelong education, cross national curriculum, enhances learner participation, and enhances teacher professionalism through innovative learning such as e-learning. The deeper implementation of digital literacy can be done by giving students authentic tasks accompanied by their authentic judgments. As one of the integrals of science, biology is a branch of science that focuses the object of observation on the phenomena of living things. Generally, in biology learning process used conventional assignment and paper and pencil test assessment so the learning becomes monotonic and support rote learning. One alternative way to integrate the authentic assessment component, learning and it utilization of digital literacy is to implement e-learning with authentic assessment in biology learning process. This scientific article is intended to analyze: 1) types of authentic assessment types in biology learning, 2) integration of e-learning based authentic assessment to support the biology learning process.

Curriculum Development and Open Distance E-Learning for the 21st Century

2021 ◽  
pp. 201-222
Author(s):  
Elize M. Harris ◽  
Leila Goosen
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Technology Education ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Learning Management Systems ◽  
Practical Investigations ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Online Classroom ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
E Learning

The purpose of the study reported on here was the curriculum development of suitable natural sciences and technology education modules, including practical investigations to complement the theoretical content of these for open and distance e-learning (ODeL) in the 21st century. In light of this purpose, the chapter will especially mention assessment practices and tools, curriculum development, multimedia use, student engagement, learning management systems, and multiculturalism and diversity in the online classroom. The objectives were related to establishing the aspects that must be considered during the curriculum development of well-designed natural sciences and technology education modules, which will include practical investigations, and that students should be able to have opportunities to reflect on their engagement with practical investigations to complement the theoretical content of the modules for ODeL purposes in the 21st century and demonstrate their pedagogical content knowledge after having successfully completed natural sciences and technology education modules.

The Politics of E-Learning

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Celia Romm-Livermore ◽  
Mahesh S. Raisinghani ◽  
Pierlugi Rippa
Keyword(s):  
Game Theory ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Theory Analysis ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Two Sides ◽  
E Mail ◽  
Depth Interviews

The focus of this article is on how the negotiations between professors and students that are part of the eLearning political process can be interpreted through the prism of game theory. The source of data for the case was a series of in-depth interviews with the professor and an analysis of the e-mail messages exchanged between the professor, the students, and management. Each round of the game represents a different combination of positions, strategies and outcomes, yet, taken as a whole, the case events suggest underlying themes that, if been identified by the two sides, could have led to different outcomes. The discussion and conclusions section outlines the rules that governed the behaviour of the actors from a game theory perspective. This case is unique and, hence, the conclusions from it are not necessarily generalizable. Management's role in the games that people play in the eLearning area is crucial in the newly emerging corporatized university. Game theory analysis is applied in this paper to a four-round negotiation process between students and their professor in the context of an eLearning case study.

PAUL

2010 ◽  
pp. 173-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charoula Angeli ◽  
George Veletsianos
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Development ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Learning Systems ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Computer Based Learning ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Content Domain ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Virtual Communities Of Practice

Adaptive e-learning systems can be extremely valuable tools in developing innovative learner-centered environments in any content domain. One area that can benefit greatly from adaptive e-learning systems is teacher development in the educational uses of computers. In this chapter, we discuss the design of PAUL, an adaptive computer-based learning environment for the development of ICT-related pedagogical content knowledge, a unique body of knowledge that teachers need to develop in order to be able to teach with ICT. PAUL combines two opposing trends in adapting instruction, namely instruction that is both controlled by the learner and the system. We expect the impact of PAUL to be significant as it will provide a venue for effective teacher professional development situating learning in virtual communities of practice and supporting teacher thinking about the educational uses of ICT in teaching and learning.

Teaching Practicum Assessment Application

2020 ◽  
pp. 254-267
Author(s):  
M. Noor Davids
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Dominant Mode ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Pedagogical Content ◽  
Teaching Practicum ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
E Learning

This chapter reports on an ongoing case study that focuses on the development of a computer-mediated communication technological solution intended to assess the teaching practicum (TP). The context of this chapter is the TP module at an open distance e-learning (ODeL) university in South Africa. This university is faced with the demanding task of arranging mandatory supervisory visits for purposes of assessment, for more than 40,000 student teachers located both inside and outside of the country. The TP module forms a major part of a teaching qualification as it provides the pedagogical space for students to apply, integrate, and acquire various forms of knowledge. While the traditional “manual model” is still the dominant mode of assessment, at ODeL institutions, it holds grave limitations, leaving thousands of students unassessed which undermines the value of the qualification. Given that, we currently find ourselves in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, an information communication technology (ICT)-based response to this predicament arguably offers the most appropriate solution. Such a solution would however require innovative design, critical thinking, research, and funding. This chapter reports on the development of an ICT-based project on the verge of being piloted at the ODeL institution concerned, as well as contact institutions. Informed by a theoretical framework that draws on technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPCK), critical connectivity, and open source software (OSS), this chapter responds to the questions: “Why” would an ICT-based instrument offer an optimal solution to TP assessment? and “How” would an ICT-based application offer an optimal solution to the assessment of the TP module? After the first pilot cycle with the prototype application, improvements and refinements will be made before a second pilot run. The objective of this project is to produce a TP application to be used in both contact as well as in distant, remote, and real-time/delayed assessment.

scholarly journals Mobile(izing) Educational Research: Historical literacy, m-learning, and technopolitics

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 583-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan Smith ◽  
Nicholas Ng-A-Fook ◽  
Julie Corrigan
Keyword(s):  
Educational Research ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
History Textbooks ◽  
Canadian History ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Digital History ◽  
Historical Literacy ◽  
Curricular Materials

This research project explored the nexus between historical literacies, digital literacy and m-learning as a praxis of mobilizing technopolitics. To do this, we developed a mobile application for teacher candidates to study the absence of the Indian Residential School system as a complement to history textbooks and other curricular materials. Building on the findings of our SSHRC-funded digital history research project, we sought to engender a “technopolitics” as a form of critical historical literacy. Out of this work, we sought to understand how digital technologies contributed to recent calls to mobilize educational research and more specifically, while working to decolonize existing narratives of Canadian history beyond traditional modes of dissemination.

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