scholarly journals Distance teaching and teaching ‘as’ distance. A critical reading of online teaching instruments during and after the pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annachiara Gobbi ◽  
Federico Rovea
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Walter Benjamin ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Giorgio Agamben ◽  
School Time ◽  
Paul Virilio ◽  
Schooling Experience

This paper intends to read through a critical lens the digitalization of schooling caused by the COVID-19 epidemic. The emergency has forced European governments to close the schools and consequently, all the schooling activities have been transferred online. Referring to some works of Giorgio Agamben, Paul Virilio and Walter Benjamin the authors propose some critical remarks on the transformation of schooling space and schooling time that characterizes the practice of distance learning. This transformation pertains not only to accidental aspects of schooling but affects the very identity of the schooling experience. In a completely digitalized school, time is characterized by instantaneousness: time as duration is replaced by the “time of exposure”, as stated by Paul Virilio. In addition, the school completely dematerialized, is reduced to the two-dimensional space of the screen. The article aims to show that instantaneous time and dematerialized space make the experience of “crossing” difficult. Therefore, following some remarks by Jan Masschelein and Gert Biesta, it is maintained that the experience of “crossing” endangered by the digitalization of schooling is essential to an authentic experience of schooling. It is not intended to refuse the digital innovations as such but to “put them on the table”, in order to suspend their immediate use and analyze them critically.

scholarly journals TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES IN ONLINE FOREIGN LANGUAGES DISTANCE LEARNING

2020 ◽  
pp. 6-12
Author(s):  
Günter Beck ◽  
O. M. Tsaryk ◽  
N. V. Rybina
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Approaches To Teaching ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Assessment Strategies ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

The article deals with the leading strategies for organizing students’ learning and assessment in the distance teaching of foreign languages. The work analyzes available online teaching methods and forms, and the most optimal ways, types, and methods of assessing students’ work on the currently available online platforms. The authors claim that pedagogical approaches to teaching foreign languages constantly require the search for new tools that can bring an element of novelty to the educational process while simultaneously increasing the interest of applicants, especially during the current  (Covid-19) quarantine period.

scholarly journals Zooming?! - Higher Education Faculty Perspectives

10.28945/4791 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 121-140
Author(s):  
Moshe Leiba ◽  
Ruti Gafni
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Faculty Perspectives ◽  
Education Faculty ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
The Impact

Aim/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic demanded an immediate and massive adaptation of higher education to distance learning. Teachers had to transform from face-to-face to distance teaching, with insufficient pedagogical and technological knowledge and resources. This study aims to capture higher education faculty experiences in the very early stages of the crisis-prompted transition into synchronous distance education in order to obtain a broader view on the faculty’s perspectives (benefits, challenges and insights) on distance teaching through synchronous online environments. Background: Although online teaching and learning have been part of higher education teaching for more than two decades, many instructors found themselves teaching remotely for the first time and facing new and unpredicted challenges. Methodology: This study explored and analyzed an e-mail thread discourse between teachers in a higher education institute, two months after “going online” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A singular case study was conducted, and a retrospective and snapshot case study approach was used. Data analysis was an iterative exploratory process of going back and forth the empirical material, resulting in the construction of categories, then themes, and finally a conceptual framework was developed. Contribution: The findings contribute the knowledge domain of implementation of immediate and massive online teaching and learning from the faculty perspective. Findings: Two main focal points, students and teachers, were encountered. Three main recurring themes were identified associated with both students and teachers: Convenience, Ethical Issues, and Insights for the future. Two themes were identified associated with faculty: Pedagogy and Tools, and Resources. In addition, two themes were identified for students: Attendance and Responses. Each of the themes was decomposed into several aspects. Recommendations for Practitioners: Higher education institutions and stakeholders should build a campus wide e-learning agenda including appropriate infrastructure and professional development for the future. Recommendations for Researchers: The study presented a conceptual model based on qualitative case study methodology. The impact and influence of each of the components of the model should be further researched and measured using quantitative methodologies. Impact on Society: Understanding the benefits and challenges of distance learning from the faculty perspectives in order to implement better distance learning strategies. Future Research: The impact and influence of each of the components of the model should be further researched and measured using quantitative methodologies.

scholarly journals Zooming?! - Higher Education Faculty Perspectives

10.28945/4768 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moshe Leiba ◽  
Ruti Gafni
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Faculty Perspectives ◽  
Education Faculty ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
The Impact

Aim/Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic demanded an immediate and massive adaptation of higher education to distance learning. Teachers had to transform from face-to-face to distance teaching, with insufficient pedagogical and technological knowledge and resources. This study aims to capture higher education faculty experiences in the very early stages of the crisis-prompted transition into synchronous distance education in order to obtain a broader view on the faculty’s perspectives (benefits, challenges and insights) on distance teaching through synchronous online environments. Background: Although online teaching and learning have been part of higher education teaching for more than two decades, many instructors found themselves teaching remotely for the first time and facing new and unpredicted challenges. Methodology: This study explored and analyzed an e-mail thread discourse between teachers in a higher education institute, two months after “going online” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A singular case study was conducted, and a retrospective and snapshot case study approach was used. Data analysis was an iterative exploratory process of going back and forth the empirical material, resulting in the construction of categories, then themes, and finally a conceptual framework was developed. Contribution: The findings contribute the knowledge domain of implementation of immediate and massive online teaching and learning from the faculty perspective. Findings: Two main focal points, students and teachers, were encountered. Three main recurring themes were identified associated with both students and teachers: Convenience, Ethical Issues, and Insights for the future. Two themes were identified associated with faculty: Pedagogy and Tools, and Resources. In addition, two themes were identified for students: Attendance and Responses. Each of the themes was decomposed into several aspects. Recommendations for Practitioners: Higher education institutions and stakeholders should build a campus wide e-learning agenda including appropriate infrastructure and professional development for the future. Recommendations for Researchers: The study presented a conceptual model based on qualitative case study methodology. The impact and influence of each of the components of the model should be further researched and measured using quantitative methodologies. Impact on Society: Understanding the benefits and challenges of distance learning from the faculty perspectives in order to implement better distance learning strategies. Future Research: The impact and influence of each of the components of the model should be further researched and measured using quantitative methodologies. *** NOTE: This Proceedings paper was revised and published in the journal Issues in Informing Science and Information Technology, 16, 121-140. Click DOWNLOAD PDF to download the published paper. ***

scholarly journals Iskustva učitelja i nastavnika tokom realizacije nastave na daljinu usled pandemije virusa korona (COVID-19)

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 86-103
Author(s):  
Dejan Đorđić ◽  
Marija Cvijetić ◽  
Rade Damjanović
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Lower Grade ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Education Science

The most important feature of modern distance learning is the change of student position, which is reflected in the fact that students, although physically separated from the teacher and other students, can communicate with the teacher and cooperate with other students easily. Following the decision of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, the direct teaching in the classroom was stopped and online teaching was introduced. The research sought to determine the experiences of the primary school and subject teachers in relation to the implementation of distance teaching and learning. The total number of 534 teachers from primary schools from the territory of the AP Vojvodina participated in the research, and a questionnaire was created for the needs of the research. The results show that the respondents generally have a positive view of teaching via TV, but they believe that the way of organizing such lessons and the quality of the lessons should be improved. On average, the respondents expressed the view that the lower-grade students can follow the classes on TV more easily than others. The respondents singled out Viber and e-mail as the most useful means of communication with students and parents. The most common type of material distributed to students is textual material with an additional learning content. Based on the obtained results, it can be concluded that the experiences of teachers are very diverse in terms of different aspects of the implementation of distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Distance education didactic principles application in teaching

2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 12031
Author(s):  
Boris Soldatov ◽  
Natalya Soldatova
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Interactive Methods ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
State Technical ◽  
Technology Application ◽  
Technical University

The present article analyzes the distance teaching didactic possibilities for foreign language educational process organization. The authors consider the main foreign languages distance teaching components and describe the “Foreign language” academic discipline characteristic features. Moreover, the authors describe the distance learning specifics, taking language disciplines subject features into account, and provide a detailed analysis of the foreign languages distance teaching process components. The importance of various interaction means between a teacher and a student in the foreign language online learning process, including e-mail, Skype, Google Docs, Zoom, Teams and Moodle platforms, is stressed. The Moodle platform application is researched on the example of the language disciplines electronic test control organization at Russian Customs Academy Rostov branch and at Don State Technical University. The interactive methods application in foreign language online teaching is described on the example of classes held in the form of chats, web classes and webinars. The article describes an experiment conducted at Don State Technical University on the project technology application within the “Project Activity Fundamentals” discipline framework in the 1st-year “Linguistics” students’ groups. As a result of the project activities, projects-presentations were prepared in English on the topic “My career opportunities in the foreign languages field” and a course module for distance learning in the “Foreign language in the professional sphere” discipline for of non-language faculties students was presented. Basing on the distance teaching components analysis and the ways of their application, the authors arrived at the conclusion that carefully selected didactic tools ensure the organization, students ’ activities regulation and their language disciplines educational material content assimilation.

On the Classification of Fractal and Non-Fractal Objects in Two-Dimensional Space

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 1232-1239
Author(s):  
P. M. Pustovoit ◽  
E. G. Yashina ◽  
K. A. Pshenichnyi ◽  
S. V. Grigoriev
Keyword(s):  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Two Dimensional

Political Cleavages and Political Parties

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell J. Dalton
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
New Left ◽  
Party Systems ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Policy Positions ◽  
Cultural Policies ◽  
Policy Choices

This chapter uses the cleavage positions of Candidates to the European Parliament (CEPs) to as representative of their parties’ political positions. Three surveys of CEPs track the evolution of party supply in European party systems. In 1979 parties were primarily aligned along a Left–Right economic cleavage. Gradually new left and Green parties began to compete in elections and crystallized and represented liberal cultural policies. In recent decades new far-right parties arose to represent culturally conservative positions. The cross-cutting cultural cleavage has also prompted many of the established parties to alter their policy positions. In most multiparty systems, political parties now compete in a fully populated two-dimensional space. This increases the supply of policy choices for the voters. The analyses are based on the Candidates to the European Parliament Studies in 1979, 1994, and 2009.

scholarly journals Three-Dimensional Thematic Map Imaging of the Yacht Port on the Example of the Polish National Sailing Centre Marina in Gdańsk

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 7016
Author(s):  
Pawel S. Dabrowski ◽  
Cezary Specht ◽  
Mariusz Specht ◽  
Artur Makar
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
Convex Surface ◽  
Dimensional Space ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Thematic Maps ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The Many

The theory of cartographic projections is a tool which can present the convex surface of the Earth on the plane. Of the many types of maps, thematic maps perform an important function due to the wide possibilities of adapting their content to current needs. The limitation of classic maps is their two-dimensional nature. In the era of rapidly growing methods of mass acquisition of spatial data, the use of flat images is often not enough to reveal the level of complexity of certain objects. In this case, it is necessary to use visualization in three-dimensional space. The motivation to conduct the study was the use of cartographic projections methods, spatial transformations, and the possibilities offered by thematic maps to create thematic three-dimensional map imaging (T3DMI). The authors presented a practical verification of the adopted methodology to create a T3DMI visualization of the marina of the National Sailing Centre of the Gdańsk University of Physical Education and Sport (Poland). The profiled characteristics of the object were used to emphasize the key elements of its function. The results confirmed the increase in the interpretative capabilities of the T3DMI method, relative to classic two-dimensional maps. Additionally, the study suggested future research directions of the presented solution.

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