Abstract
The present article investigates the dimensions of utilization of Response Systems (RSs) in the teaching process. These RSs provide learners with real-time interaction and strengthen their participation. The project is an attempt to record the views of students (N=199) regarding the experience and the impact of their involvement in the use of RSs. In an interdepartmental course taught at the Department of Philosophy and Education of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki during the spring semester of 2020, students used RSs before, during and after the teaching process. Participants were asked to complete an appropriate questionnaire regarding online RSs applications. In this study, we examined how and to what extent students accepted their involvement in the RSs in the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic period. The participants, coming from nine University Departments, evaluated positively the integration in RSs teaching. The results showed that more than nine out of ten participants agree that these applications provide new possibilities for strengthening teaching methods through an entertaining experience and the participants have stated that these applications enhance active participation and collaborative learning and engage them actively and pleasantly in a metacognitive function process.
Highlights
1.1 Higher Education and Covid-19The aspiration of those in charge of educational policy and of the teachers themselves is the renewal of the methods they use in their teaching and the adoption of adaptable and flexible learning techniques, because according to the prophetic words of John Dewey “If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” (Kivunja, 2014, p. 107)
We examined how and to what extent students accepted their involvement in the Response Systems (RSs) in the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic period
These findings show that RSs are appropriate for use during the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure the continued interaction with the course materials despite the challenges
Summary
1.1 Higher Education and Covid-19The aspiration of those in charge of educational policy and of the teachers themselves is the renewal of the methods they use in their teaching and the adoption of adaptable and flexible learning techniques, because according to the prophetic words of John Dewey “If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” (Kivunja, 2014, p. 107). The aspiration of those in charge of educational policy and of the teachers themselves is the renewal of the methods they use in their teaching and the adoption of adaptable and flexible learning techniques, because according to the prophetic words of John Dewey “If we teach today’s students as we taught yesterday’s, we rob them of tomorrow.” Due to the covid-19 virus Digital Media have been used extensively worldwide. The Covid-19 pandemic has prompted university lecturers to develop their digital skills to adapt to online teaching. Does this use show that they know how to use digital media pedagogically? Does this use show that they know how to use digital media pedagogically? How did the pandemic affect the use of RSs?
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