scholarly journals Digital Learning in Speech-Language Pathology, Phoniatrics and Otolaryngology: An Interdisciplinary, Exploratory Analysis of Content, Organizing Structures, and Formats (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuchen Lin ◽  
Christiane Neuschaefer-Rube
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Anatomy And Physiology ◽  
Academic Level ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Digital Formats ◽  
Professional Learners

BACKGROUND The digital revolution is vastly transforming healthcare and clinical teaching and learning. Relative to other medical fields, the interdisciplinary fields of speech-language pathology (SLP), phoniatrics, and otolaryngology have been slower on the uptake of digital tools and resources for therapeutic, teaching, and learning purposes – a process recently expedited by the COVID-19 pandemic. While many current teaching and learning tools appear to have restricted or institution-only access, there are many openly accessible tools that have gone largely unexplored. To find, use, and evaluate such resources, it is important to first be familiar with structures, concepts, and formats of existing digital tools. OBJECTIVE The aim of this descriptive study was to investigate current digital learning tools and resources in SLP, phoniatrics, and otolaryngology. Differences in content, learning goals, and digital formats between academic-level-learners and clinical-professional-learners were explored. METHODS A systematic search of generic and academic search engines (e.g., Google, PubMed), the App Store, Google Play, and websites of established SLP, phoniatrics, and otolaryngology organizations was conducted. Using specific search terms and detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria, relevant digital teaching and learning resources were identified. These were organized and analyzed by learner group, content matter, learning goals and architectures, and digital formats. RESULTS A total of 125 digital resources were identified. Within- and between-learner-group differences were investigated. Content-wise, the largest proportion of tools for academic-level-learners pertained to anatomy and physiology (28%) and for clinical-professional-learners, to diagnostic evaluation (25.4%). Between groups, the largest differences were observed for anatomy and physiology (69.9% academic-level-learners vs. 30.2% clinical-professional-learners) and professional issues (28.6% vs. 71.4%). Regarding learning goals, most tools for academic-level-learners targeted performance of a procedural skill (51%) and for clinical-professional-learners, receptive information acquisition (84.6%). Academic-level-learners had more tools supporting higher level learning goals in comparison to clinical-professional-learners, specifically for performing procedural skills (76% vs. 24%) and strategic skills (80% vs. 20%). Visual formats (e.g., pictures/diagrams) dominated across both learner groups. For academic-level-learners, this was followed by interactive formats, especially dynamic apps (22%). For clinical-professional-learners, verbal formats comprised the second largest proportion of tools, particularly text-based resources (24.2%). The greatest between-group differences were observed for interactive formats (68.2% vs. 31.8%). CONCLUSIONS This investigation provides initial insight into openly accessible tools across SLP, phoniatrics, and otolaryngology and their organizing structures. Digital tools in these fields addressed ranging content, though tools for academic-level-learners tend to be greater in number, target higher-level learning goals, and have more interactive formats. Crucial next steps include investigating actual use of such tools in practice and student and professional attitudes to better understand how such resources can be improved or incorporated into current and future learning milieus.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Using Appropriate Blended Learning Tools for Teaching and Learning Computer Programming Related Courses

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-63
Author(s):  
Emerson Raja Joseph ◽  
Md Jakir Hoseen ◽  
Fazly Salleh ◽  
Lim Way Soong
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Virtual Classroom ◽  
Discussion Board ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Student Centred Learning

With the advent of technology there are plenty of blended learning tools available for us to use in teaching and training activity. Selecting appropriate tools for a particular category of students and the nature of the subject being taught is important to achieve better academic results. Hence, the objective of this research is to assess effectiveness of various blended learning tools and to find the appropriate tool for teaching a computer -based campus in Malaysia. This subject was delivered using four selected blended learning digital tools; ED puzzle virtual classroom videos, Home works on MMLS, MMLS online Quiz and MMLS discussion board, at the beginning of Trimester 2, 2018/2019. They were asked in the middle of the trimester to rate the usefulness of the four selected blended learning digital tools in a 5-point scale using an online survey. The analysis feedback shows that D puzzle virtual the trimester. The effectivenes when the achievements of the students in terms of their academic performance were compared with previous year. It clearly shows that the academic performance of the students of year 2019 is better than of students towards student centred learning.

Education Faculty Lived Experiences of Student Interaction and Engagement in Online Courses

2021 ◽  
pp. 60-83
Author(s):  
Nikleia Eteokleous ◽  
Rita Panaoura
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Education Faculty ◽  
Faculty Experiences ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning

In this chapter, the two authors co-construct meaning of their individual lived experiences as education faculty engaging in online teaching and learning. It highlights each faculty unique experiences facilitating graduate student learning in an online environment. Co-construction of meaning centers on pedagogical approaches, program design and focus, reflection of faculty-self experiences, employment of digital learning tools, and utilization of best practices of each faculty experience with teaching and learning in an online environment. This narrative is co-constructed following a collaborative autoethnographic approach by two faculty, whereby the central descriptions of each faculty member is situated in one's lived experiences and rich story of facilitating and instructing courses in an online learning environment. The faculty experiences are mainly derived from teaching graduate courses offered by a department of education. The research method in presenting two self-reflective narratives in online teaching and learning extends to doing “collaborative autoethnography.”

scholarly journals Integrating Educational Technologies to Augment Learners' Academic Achievements

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (02) ◽  
pp. 145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Preeti Jaiswal
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Academic Achievements ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
University Of Bahrain ◽  
Academic Year

Considering the manner in which technology is proliferating in all spheres of life, it is becoming pivotal to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching and learning process, in today’s information age classrooms, by implementing digital learning tools. The purpose of this study is to determine the consequences of technological implementation on students’ academic achievements, in higher education. A mixed method, qualitative and quantitative, was used to collect data. A total of 40 students studying the course entitled English for Business in Department of English Language & Literature, College of Arts, during the academic year 2017-18 at University of Bahrain participated in this study. The findings obtained from the quantitative evaluation and qualitative dimensions of the study revealed that the course educators and students had a positive attitude towards the use of educational technologies as it impacted students’ performances positively.

scholarly journals REMOTE TEACHING OF INFORMATICS: FEATURES, PROBLEMS, DIGITAL TOOLS

2021 ◽  
pp. 191-202
Author(s):  
Iryna Sokol ◽  
Kyra Stadnychenko
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Traditional System ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
Methods Of Learning

Today, in a pandemic crisis, there is a forced transition from the traditional system of education, designed for full-time «classroom», to a paradigm of learning, where face-to-face stages must be organically combined with remote, and their alternation must occur as required by conditions quarantine restrictions. The usual «quarantine vacations» of previous years have become impossible, when students were able to simply stay at home, and the lost time was further compensated by the intensification of education. Education now faces a situation where views on the basic organizational and methodological principles of learning, the format of the lesson, the use of digital tools, the involvement of students in online work, the use of new distance forms and methods of learning must change. During 2020, significant changes in the regulatory framework took place in education in Ukraine, in particular, the provisions on the distance form of full general secondary education and sanitary regulations for general secondary education institutions were approved, and electronic journals were introduced. However, the analysis of the definitions showed that different documents provide different definitions of the basic concepts of «distance education», «distance learning». Much attention is now being paid to teaching teachers the current way of teaching and the digital tools that can provide it. However, there are still many problems and issues regarding the effectiveness of distance learning, the choice of appropriate programs and services, the rational presentation of educational material. The article highlights a topical issue – providing remote teaching of certain school subjects, in particular the subject «Computer Science». Various methods and approaches to learning are given, digital learning tools tested by the authors of the article are proposed, which can be used as an alternative to local software during distance learning, relevant examples are given.

Pedagogical design in teaching future bachelors of preschool education in the field of organization of artistic and aesthetic development of children

2020 ◽  
pp. 35-43
Author(s):  
Anastasia A. Druzhinina
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Learning Objects ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Aesthetic Development ◽  
Pedagogical Design ◽  
Digital Learning Objects

We substantiate the relevance of the use of pedagogical design at different levels of education, including preschool, general, and higher education. It is noted that in order to ensure the development of future bachelors’ ability to organize the artistic and aesthetic development of pre-school children, taking into account the principles of pedagogical design, it is necessary to design and implement an educational discipline for bachelors of pedagogical education, the profile “Pre-school Education” – “Method of Artistic and Aesthetic Development of a Preschooler”. For this purpose, modern interpretations of the term “pedagogical design” are analyzed, and the stages of the ADDIE method of pedagogical design are studied. Pedagogical design is defined as the colla-borative process of developing a course using specific learning goals and pedagogical theories to define learning strategies, activities, and assessments to achieve the desired educational outcomes. It is revealed that pedagogical design uses design principles to promote student engagement and includes the development of structures, digital learning objects, and multimedia resources to im-prove the quality of teaching and learning. We disclose the conceptual and analytical stage of the pedagogical design of the course “Methods of Artistic and Aesthetic Development of a Preschoo-ler” taking into account Bloom’s taxonomy and knowledge types by L.W. Anderson and D.R. Krathwohl. The results of the survey of students are presented. It is noted that the use of pe-dagogical design is a promising direction that allows building mixed learning. It is established that the effective format of interaction between the teacher and the student in the framework of mixed learning will be Face-to-face driver, when the teacher gives the main volume of the educational plan in person and uses online training as an auxiliary.

Teachers’ use of digital learning tool for teaching in higher education

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 522-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Ying Mei ◽  
Endre Aas ◽  
Magnhild Medgard
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Learning Organisation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore teachers’ use of digital learning tools for teaching in higher education. Moreover, it investigates how the use of digital tools affects educational practices and how teachers experience the culture of sharing among colleagues and within the organisation. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative methodology was chosen, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with teachers at a higher education institution in Norway. The study uses the TPACK-framework, which illustrates the relationship between technology, professional content knowledge and pedagogical approaches as its theoretical foundation. Findings The findings conclude that teachers are concerned with the convergence of how technology and digital learning tools can support educational processes by engaging and involving the students. The findings further indicate that they are committed to using digital tools to motivate, engage and facilitate student-based education, which in turn leads to more reflection on teachers’ own teaching practices. Based on the theory of Professional Learning Communities, the respondents agree that sharing is a basic prerequisite for a learning organisation. They experience, however, that sharing between colleagues is easier in formal forums than at informal settings. Originality/value The rapid development of technology suggests that many sectors including the education sector must adapt to the new changes in their teaching practices. Nevertheless, many teachers merely use the basic form of digital learning tools to distribute the teaching materials, as such tools are less utilised to support students’ learning process (Fossland, 2015). The research indicates that digital learning tools have positive effect on teaching practices and that they can function as tools to improve the teachers’ own teaching practices. Positive teaching practices should also be shared in a learning organisation to improve teaching practices on an organisational level. Hence, sharing at a professional level can impact learning and the organisational culture in academic institutions.

scholarly journals COVID-19 PANDEMIC: AN OUTLINE OF DIGITAL LEARNING TOOLS FOR CREATING TEACHING AND LEARNING CONTENTS

2020 ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
Saleh Musa ◽  
Abubakar Abdullahi ◽  
Hirhyel Audu ◽  
Umar Babagana
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Medical Studies ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Educational Stakeholders ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Cost Issue ◽  
Prime Target

There is currently little or no literature on COVID-19 in relation to educational studies especially in the area of continuous teaching and learning activities. The only literature available is directly related to medical studies. This is not because education is not directly affected by the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic but rather because studies in education rarely incorporate effects of disease on the effective provision of education to learners across the globe. The paper focused on the digital learning tools for creating teaching and learning contents at COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. The prime target of the researchers is to outlinethe digital learning tools as it is useful for creating teaching and learning contents for teachers at all level of education. There are many free and paid online digital learning tools available for creating teaching and learning content, such tools include: schoology; Google classroom; Edmodo; Moddle; Grockit; ePals and a lot but just to mention but few. The aforementioned tools were free for some extent, but teachers/tutors and students have to use internet for using these tools for long teaching and learning purpose. Some of the benefits of digital learning tools include the following; to reduce time and cost, issue of any pandemic or lockdown and maintaining social distance to minimize the spread of the disease more especially during pandemic. The paper therefore suggested that there is need for insights regarding the use of digital learning tools and teachers/tutors and students alike should consider digital learning tools for creating and continuous teaching and learning activities. The paper also recommended among others that educational stakeholders in Nigeria should provide training for teachers on how to use various digital learning tools in creating teaching and learning contents.

scholarly journals Collegial Learning and Digital Literacy Education in a Swedish Preschool

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Forsling
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Special Interest ◽  
Preschool Teachers ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Preschool Development

Abstract This article focuses on preschool teachers’ collegial learning in relation to children's use of digital learning tools in preschool. The aim of the study was to investigate how preschool teachers understand, change, and improve learning situations when digital tools are used, under the supervision of a film educator, a preschool colleague, and a researcher. The results show how five dedicated teachers, without a special interest in digital tools, started using tablets in preschool as a learning tool to achieve the goals in the curriculum regarding communication. The experiment model used in the study is based on design-oriented theories. The design-based experiment provided an opportunity for in-depth reflection among the teachers and a meeting place for collegial learning processes, which can in turn lead to preschool development.

scholarly journals Remote Learning: Fostering Learning of 21st Century Skills through Digital Learning Tools

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shifan Thaha Abdullateef
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
21St Century ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Discussion Forums ◽  
New Era ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Remote Learning

The shift from in-person to remote learning has have led to crisis management. Teachers find it more challenging as content designing and presentation have to undergo drastic change. Though many face-to-face methodologies could be adapted in the online context, Yet, “one size fits all approach” cannot be standardized in remote learning setups. The critical challenge in this ‘new era’ is to make the learners motivated, productive, and responsible. The study aims to find the impact of four digital tools: Discussion Forums, Kahoot, Padlet, and FlipGrid in fostering 21st-century skills and identify the existing gaps between Remote Learning and instructional activities in the EFL context. The study adopts a quantitative approach. First, it tries to examine the utilization of the digital learning tools under Blackboard by the faculty at the Department of English at Prince Sattam University and find out the impact of digital tools in fostering 21st-century skills on the undergraduate students pursuing level six. From the results of the study, it is evident that digital learning tools empower learners. The study recommends significant changes in the pedagogies. Finally, the study suggests rubrics be taken into consideration while choosing digital tools to foster 21 st century skills.

scholarly journals Digital Learning Tools for Mobile Devices for Accomplish Hypothesis Testing of Statistical Parameters

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (06) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Francisco Javier Tapia Moreno ◽  
Hector Antonio Villa-Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Statistical Parameters ◽  
Arithmetic Means ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Everyday Activities ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The University ◽  
Support Students

Technological changes have been associated with the evolution of computer and telecommunications systems. These changes have resulted in a rethinking of teaching and learning methods in the new digitalized environment at all educational levels. This rethinking motivates some teachers to design new digital tools that support students in their learning process, offering them an easier and more entertaining way to obtain knowledge. The digital learning tools are software and informatics programs that make everyday activities easier for students. We have designed four digital learning tools for the learning of inferential statistics that allow college students to perform hypothesis tests for: <em>i</em>) the arithmetic mean of the population, <em>ii</em>) the proportion of a population, <em>iii</em>) the difference between two arithmetic means, and <em>iv</em>) the difference between two proportions. These digital learning tools are products from the project “Statistics-to-Go” that is being developed at the University of Sonora. This project is now in its fourth stage.

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