scholarly journals E-Learning Acceptance: Online Teaching Degree Earners and What Principals Think

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Applegate
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
The United States ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Critical Case Study ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Teaching Programs ◽  
Principals Perceptions

Online education continues to increase in popularity and one degree currently offered is a bachelor degree of education. Once students graduate, they will begin to seek employment. Those seeking positions in K-12 education settings do not know if they have the same opportunity to get hired as someone from a traditional degree program. Previous researchers on this topic have failed to address the issue of an online degree earner getting hired. Based on the growth of online education, it was necessary to find out if K-12 principals’ perceptions of online education programs may prevent graduates of online teacher programs from successful employment. The purpose of the qualitative critical case study was to explore how K-12 principals’ perceptions directly related to the hiring of licensed graduates with bachelor degrees from online teaching programs. The results identified numerous factors related to principals making hiring decisions of teacher candidates, however, where or how they complete their degrees is not one of them. The study became more pertinent with the arrival of Covid 19 in the United States and school districts moving to an online learning environment.

scholarly journals Experience of Conducting Online Test During COVID-19 Lockdown: A Case Study of NMIMS University

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Drishti Idnani ◽  
Arpit Kubadia ◽  
Yash Jain ◽  
Prathamesh P Churi
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Peak Level ◽  
Multimedia Systems ◽  
Assessment And Evaluation ◽  
Online Test ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Crucial Part

The extent of COVID 19 pandemic results in closing down the universities and colleges across the world. The most vulnerable of tuition-dependent institutions, particularly the ones already facing demographically driven declines in demand, will be the hardest hit by the pandemic. The online teaching learning and assessment at this time becomes a crucial part of education. Taking the online test was crucial as lots of malpractices would happen. The developing countries like India, where the advancement of e-learning, online education, MOOC has not reached its peak level, the assessment and evaluation of students becomes very difficult. Due to unforeseen situation like COVID-19 lockdown, the above paper shares a fruitful experience of conducting online case study-based paper and its online evaluation. The case study was conducted in the classrooms of the undergraduate class of NMIMS University for Multimedia Systems Course. This case study-based paper leaves with the message of acceptability of the online teaching-learning and its effect near the future.

Integrating Learning Management Systems in K-12 Supplemental Religious Education

2013 ◽  
pp. 923-939
Author(s):  
Dana C. Hackley ◽  
Mary Beth Leidman
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
Church And State ◽  
The United States ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Supplemental Education ◽  
History Of ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Management ◽  
K 12

The separation of church and state in the United States brought more reliance on congregations for religious education. As a result, there is a long history of supplemental education within the walls of churches, synagogues, and mosques. However, there is an increasing pressure on American congregations to remain technologically relevant in order to teach digital natives the prayers, traditions, and morals in which their faith is founded and thus continue to grow the community. Yet, in most cases, the integration and adoption of such technology proves exceedingly challenging. The following case study focuses on the challenges specifically faced by Jewish congregational religious schools when adopting e-Learning tools. Discussion encompasses one attempt to integrate the learning management system, Moodle, into a congregational religious curriculum.

Integrating Learning Management Systems in K-12 Supplemental Religious Education

2013 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Dana C. Hackley ◽  
Mary Beth Leidman
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
Church And State ◽  
The United States ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Supplemental Education ◽  
History Of ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Management ◽  
K 12

The separation of church and state in the United States brought more reliance on congregations for religious education. As a result, there is a long history of supplemental education within the walls of churches, synagogues, and mosques. However, there is an increasing pressure on American congregations to remain technologically relevant in order to teach digital natives the prayers, traditions, and morals in which their faith is founded and thus continue to grow the community. Yet, in most cases, the integration and adoption of such technology proves exceedingly challenging. The following case study focuses on the challenges specifically faced by Jewish congregational religious schools when adopting e-Learning tools. Discussion encompasses one attempt to integrate the learning management system, Moodle, into a congregational religious curriculum.

Using Blogfolios to Enhance Interaction in E-Learning Courses

2010 ◽  
pp. 455-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Chi-Yin Yuen ◽  
Harrison Hao Yang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Online Interaction ◽  
Hybrid Courses ◽  
E Learning

Enhancing the substantial interaction in e-learning courses can be a challenge to instructors. The chapter gave an overview of online interaction, portfolios development, and blogs use in education. It then discussed the potential uses of Weblog-based portfolio for e-learning courses in supporting interactions among students and instructors, and presented a case study on how a blogfolio approach was implemented into three hybrid courses and one fully online course at two universities in the United States. The effectiveness of the blogfolio approach on interactions in both fully online and hybrid courses has been assessed and confirmed in this study.

scholarly journals COVID-19 School Closure-Related Changes to the Professional Life of a K–12 Teacher

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ute Kaden
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Single Case ◽  
School Teacher ◽  
Well Being ◽  
School Closure ◽  
Professional Life ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
K 12

The COVID-19 pandemic forced K–12 school closures in spring 2020 to protect the well-being of society. The unplanned and unprecedented disruption to education changed the work of many teachers suddenly, and in many aspects. This case study examines the COVID-19 school closure-related changes to the professional life of a secondary school teacher in rural Alaska (United States), who had to teach his students online. A descriptive and explanatory single case study methodology was used to describe subsequent impacts on instructional practices and workload. Qualitative and quantitative data sources include participant observations, semi-structured interviews, artifacts (e.g., lesson plans, schedules, online time), and open-ended conversations. The results of this study demonstrate an increase and change in workload for the teacher and that online education can support learning for many students but needs to be carefully designed and individualized to not deepen inequality and social divides. The forced move to online learning may have been the catalyst to create a new, more effective hybrid model of educating students in the future. Not one single model for online learning will provide equitable educational opportunities for all and virtual learning cannot be seen as a cheap fix for the ongoing financial crisis in funding education.

Successful Online Teaching and Learning Strategies

2009 ◽  
pp. 110-123
Author(s):  
Mary D. Oriol ◽  
Gail Tumulty
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Nursing Program ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Positive Learning Environment ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning

This chapter presents a theoretical framework and research base for the successful transition of an established Master of Science in Nursing program from that of traditional classroom delivery to one that is Web-based with no geographic limitations to students. The application of socio-technical systems theory to facilitate creation of a positive learning environment for future nurse leaders is described. Use of social processes and application of technology to optimize learning is explained and the latest research on content presentation and student engagement in an e-learning environment are presented. The authors hope that through examination of successful online teaching/learning strategies, readers will have a clear understanding of the competencies necessary for students and faculty to be successful in online education.

The Challenge of Distance Learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-152
Author(s):  
Michael E. Meagher ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
The United States ◽  
Liberal Arts Institutions ◽  
New Beginning ◽  
Midwestern University ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Silver Lining ◽  
Remote Learning

This essay explores the sudden shift from residential higher education to remote learning in the United States, a consequence of the novel coronavirus. It is a personal account of experiences as a professor at a Midwestern university. Many instructors had no training in online teaching. For university faculty, Covid-19 meant having to transform courses from in-person instruction to a remote platform practically overnight. Among the student comments I received were that I managed the online transition well. Over the next academic year, 2020-21, universities face challenges in resuming on-campus teaching, and the possibility that a new outbreak of the virus might bring a repeat of the Spring 2020 semester. Although that possibility sounds dire, there is hope that the shift to remote learning may offer a silver lining in the form of expanding course offerings beyond geographic areas and reaching a wider audience. For liberal arts institutions that are struggling financially, a rise in the use of remote learning and online education may offer a new beginning, and for public universities, potential new revenue given declining state support, a silver lining.

scholarly journals Do our children learn enough in Sky Class? A case study: online learning in Chinese primary schools in the COVID era March to May 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Zhao ◽  
Peter Thomas ◽  
Lingling Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Ecologies

AbstractAll human being’s ways of living, working and studying were significantly impacted by the Covid-19 in 2020. In China, the Ministry of Education reacted fast in ensuring that primary school students could learn online at home by promoting the Sky Class program from February 2020. Educators, parents, and students all faced the challenges of adapting to new online teaching and learning environments. In this small-scale case study, Sky Class’s content and the participants’ experiences, will be presented. Four primary school teachers and five primary school students and their parents participated in three-rounds of interviews sharing their perspectives and experiences of online learning. The study showed that the students gained more parental support and that they benefited from using multimedia functions, like replay, in their Sky Classes. However, the majority of participants reported that the students learnt less. By mapping the learning activities and themes from Sky Class against Cope and Kalantzis’ e-learning ecologies, our study found that only ubiquitous learning and multimodal meaning were achieved. We suggest the reason may be that high cognitive learning was not achieved due to less teachers’ supervision, lack of interaction, delayed feedback, shorter learning times and communication. In conclusion, innovative pedagogies, which can foster different types of learning from the e-learning ecologies may overcome the negative aspects reported about Sky Class. Further research is required for implementing online technology as a catalyst for educational change.

scholarly journals The Decline of K-12 Candidates: A Qualitative Study from Teacher Candidate Perspectives

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Darcey Gray ◽  
Dr. Michelle Davis ◽  
Dr. Raymond Holmes ◽  
Barbara Vaiana
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Attrition ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
The United States ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Initial Training ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Phenomenological Research Design ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological ◽  
K 12

<p>The growing concern within the K-12 teaching profession is a decline of individuals pursuing a teaching certification or exiting the profession within the first five years of teaching (Dupriez, Delvaux, & Lothaire, 2016). The teacher loss affects not only the instructional aspects, students, and educational communities, but also the financial aspects such as initial training, recruitment, hiring and professional development. This research investigates through a qualitative phenomenological research design, themes which contribute to teacher attrition across the United States. The conceptual framework reviews the narratives from the survey, which provides a theme on the rationale why teacher candidates are not staying in the profession. Data sample were 13 anonymous new teachers and graduates of teacher preparation programs in the last 2-5 years who responded to open-ended survey questions in which their responses contributed to the investigation and results. Results revealed three themes including support, administration, and management were used interchangeably. </p>

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