scholarly journals ADOPTION OF MOOCS AND ONLINE TEACHING AMIDST THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, A STUDY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF STUDENTS AND FACULTIES IN INDIA

2021 ◽  
pp. 692-716
Author(s):  
Rahim Ahmed Munshi ◽  
Darshana Dave
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Knowledge Domain ◽  
Community Institutions ◽  
Education Industry ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Difference

COVID-19 Pandemic has presented a slew of challenges to almost every industry bringing opportunities for few and challenges for others. The key to survival in this volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous business environment is adapting and changing business processes to suit the new normal. Education industry has not been immune to this pandemic; it has brought a myriad of challenges and opportunities for the students and teachers community. Institutions around the world have adopted E-teaching methods to serve the students from an arm’s length; faculties have also taken lockdown period as an opportunity to sharpen their knowledge domain by pursuing various MOOC/Online courses. This study is an effort to understand consumer behavior in the adoption of E-learning/teaching among students and faculties. The objective of this paper was to create and test two regression models on the adoption of e-courses by students and adoption of online teaching/online learning among faculties. Additional objectives included assessing the difference in adoption of elearning/teaching between different groups of students/faculties on the basis of demographic factors.

scholarly journals Study on the Attractiveness Factors of Online Courses

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jia-Xuan Han ◽  
Min-Yuan Ma
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Grid Method ◽  
Type I ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Quantification Theory ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
Education Industry

With the rapid development of online courses, digital learning has become a global trend. In this context, this study analyzed the high intake population of online courses for online affective cognition, and explored what the user’s attraction factors for online courses are. The key factors that affect consumers’ usage of online courses and the weights of impact relations are presented, aiming to provide guidance for future improvement of online courses. This study was conducted through the evaluation grid method of Miryoku engineering. In order to make the charm factors more accurate and representative, this study summarized the charm elements using the Kawakita Jiro (KJ) method, and then quantified the factors in the form of a questionnaire. Through the statistical analysis of the questionnaire and quantification theory type I, the correlation between the charm feeling and the online course as well as the weight of each item (original evaluation item) and category (specific evaluation item) were calculated. Through the research and discussion on the charm factors of online teaching, the results analyzed and integrated in this paper could give more substantive suggestions and help to the education industry.

scholarly journals Beyond xMOOCs in Healthcare Education: Study of the Feasibility in Integrating Virtual Patient Systems and MOOC platforms

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Stathakarou ◽  
Nabil Zary ◽  
Andrzej A. Kononowicz
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Healthcare Education ◽  
Single Sign On ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Learning Standards ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Fundamental Requirement

Background: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are an emerging method of online teaching. However in the field of healthcare education their technology is not adopted yet. Reaching beyond the xMOOC type of courses in order to foster interactivity in the healthcare education requires domain specific software. Virtual Patients (VPs) have been integrated in the past with Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) but extending MOOCs with VPs has not yet been discussed. Objective: To investigate the technical possibilities of integrating VPs with MOOCs for the purpose of discovering a pragmatic basis were the potential pedagogical benefits can be later studied. Methods: We selected OpenEdx and Open Labyrinth as examples of a MOOC platform and of a VP system. We conducted a literature review to identify technical requirements and e-learning standards apt for the integration. One fundamental requirement was prototyped and verified by use cases. Results: A Single–Sign on mechanism connecting Open Labyrinth with OpenEdx, employing the IMS LTI standard, has been successfully implemented and verified. Conclusion: We investigated the technical perspective of integrating VPs in MOOCs, aiming to set a base for future investigation on the topic. The results point out new opportunities arising from the infrastructure of MOOCs for integrating specialized software aiming to support the healthcare education.

scholarly journals Beyond xMOOCs in Healthcare Education: Study of the Feasibility in Integrating Virtual Patient Systems and MOOC platforms

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Stathakarou ◽  
Nabil Zary ◽  
Andrzej A. Kononowicz
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Healthcare Education ◽  
Single Sign On ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
Learning Standards ◽  
Technical Requirements ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Fundamental Requirement

Background: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are an emerging method of online teaching. However in the field of healthcare education their technology is not adopted yet. Reaching beyond the xMOOC type of courses in order to foster interactivity in the healthcare education requires domain specific software. Virtual Patients (VPs) have been integrated in the past with Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) but extending MOOCs with VPs has not yet been discussed. Objective: To investigate the technical possibilities of integrating VPs with MOOCs for the purpose of discovering a pragmatic basis were the potential pedagogical benefits can be later studied. Methods: We selected OpenEdx and Open Labyrinth as examples of a MOOC platform and of a VP system. We conducted a literature review to identify technical requirements and e-learning standards apt for the integration. One fundamental requirement was prototyped and verified by use cases. Results: A Single–Sign on mechanism connecting Open Labyrinth with OpenEdx, employing the IMS LTI standard, has been successfully implemented and verified. Conclusion: We investigated the technical perspective of integrating VPs in MOOCs, aiming to set a base for future investigation on the topic. The results point out new opportunities arising from the infrastructure of MOOCs for integrating specialized software aiming to support the healthcare education.

scholarly journals Online Teaching During Covid-19: How to Maintain Students Motivated in an EFL Class

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-171
Author(s):  
Sol Smith Fuentes Hernández ◽  
Anderson Naren Silva Flórez
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Geographical Position

This study aims to know the e-learning modality that stimulates students' learning process according to twenty-two English teachers in Santander, Colombia, and the correlation between learners' motivation and the challenges and opportunities in an online EFL class. To carry out this study, a mixed research approach was applied. To gather such information, a questionnaire was sent to the participants via email. Once data was scrutinized, it was found that this group of English teachers view synchronous encounters and access to information regardless of the geographical position as elements that can positively impact the students' motivation levels. Furthermore, this sample stated their role is significant, especially when mediating online lessons.

Massive Open Online Courses in China

2020 ◽  
pp. 98-109
Author(s):  
Xiaobin Li
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Chinese Literature ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Massive Open Online Course ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
E Learning

The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the literature on massive open online course (MOOC) development in China, its accompanying practices, challenges, and opportunities. The chapter also offers recommendations derived from the literature on how to make MOOCs benefit more Chinese. To conduct this study, the author reviewed Chinese literature on MOOCs since 2012, when the first five articles on MOOCs appeared in Chinese journals, which introduced concepts and practices of Western MOOCs into China. The author also reviewed well-known English journals on online education and e-learning since 2013, when the first Chinese MOOCs appeared.

Research on Management Platform of Electronic Commerce Supply Chain Based on Programming Theory and XML Technology

2013 ◽  
Vol 427-429 ◽  
pp. 2946-2950
Author(s):  
Jie Chen
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Design And Optimization ◽  
Management Platform ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
The Difference

In the era of Information technology, supply chain management is as. It not only brings us a new management tool,but also is important to bring the updating and re-planning of management concepts, design and optimization of the business processes means. To the end, it is combined with a modern e-commerce IT environment and combined with the characteristics of e-commerce environment to optimize the structure of the supply chain management, as well as in comparative analysis on the difference with supply chain management under traditional business environment. Based on the e-commerce environment, how to optimize the mode of supply chain management is focused in this paper. By using XML technical support methods, the author optimized warehouse management, economies scale and so on. Finally, Based on the optimization of the supply chain management model, the author established the platform of supply chain management based on e-commerce environment, as well as described a detailed modeling and program design and developed the module of e-commerce supply chain management platform.

The Peril and Promise of Pre-Tests in Informal Massive Open Online Courses

2020 ◽  
pp. 22-36
Author(s):  
Maria Janelli ◽  
Anastasiya Lipnevich
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Massive Open Online ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Digital Pedagogy ◽  
Practical Implications

With more than 100,000,000 learners from around the world, massive open online courses (MOOCs) are a popular online learning resource. Because this type of online teaching and learning is relatively young, published MOOC research is not as voluminous as traditional educational research. This presents both a challenge and an opportunity. The challenge is that best practices are not always clear, and there is not much MOOC research upon which to draw for specific instructional design strategies. The opportunity is to harness the power of MOOC platforms themselves to conduct research that examines and identifies effective digital pedagogy. In this chapter, the authors describe some of these challenges and opportunities. Specifically, they draw upon a multivariate experimental research study that examined the effects of pre-tests and feedback on learning and persistence in a MOOC. They offer practical implications that are related to study findings.

Le pédagogique avant l’outil

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Aline GERMAIN RUTHERFORD
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Pedagogical Design ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
E Learning ◽  
To Receive

In July 2020, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published a text in its Coronavirus Responses series (COVID-29) on The potential of e-learning for adults: early lessons from the COVID-19 crisis, where one of the priorities identified was the training of teachers in pedagogical design of quality online courses for effective learning (OECD, 2020). The TALIS Report 2018 notes that although a large majority of teachers in schools willingly participate in professional development activities, many still feel ill-prepared to use new media in their teaching. They would therefore like to go beyond basic digital skills to receive more in-depth training on information and communication technologies (ICT) and their pedagogical integration for quality hybrid or online teaching (OECD, 2019).

Utilizing a 5-Stage Learning Model for Planning and Teaching Online Courses

2020 ◽  
pp. 138-147
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Instructional Delivery ◽  
Instructional Technologies ◽  
Online Learners ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Teaching Online ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

Since the 5Ds Model for Planning and Teaching Online Courses was republished for the second time in 2009 and updated in the years beyond, numerous relevant models and approaches for online teaching have been emerging. Also, the utilization of the internet as an instructional delivery medium for both formal education and training has been widened as the number of online learners of all kinds has been on the rise. This is all happening as the web-based and instructional technologies are constantly changing and new challenges and opportunities in the online learning arena are evolving. This chapter presents some summaries of the emerging online learning research, web-based instructional technologies, and identifies some of the opportunities in this online learning field.

scholarly journals E-Learning in Higher Education and Covid-19 Outbreak: Challenges and Opportunities

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
Saeed Hameed Aldulaimi Et al.
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
University Policy ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education

Driven by the current circumstances of the COVID-19 outbreak, this study investigates the rise of online teaching in higher education (HE). It collects feedback from the teaching professionals regarding their opinion on E-learning experience to answer the following question: in the distinctive rise of e-learning during the covid-19 outbreak, what are the main challenges and opportunities in conducting your online teaching? This study has numerous implications related to E-learning in higher education. It provides recommendations to governments and university policy-makers in designing the policies and programs on E-learning. Furthermore, the university’s top management (i.e. president, VP, dean of college and HOD) need to concentrate on the importance of enhancing education quality in their institutions during this exceptional time.

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