New Ways Of Learning Research Articles

Student transitions to university in Wales: A mixed-method study of the enablers and barriers of first-year engagement

This mixed methods study examines the transition to university and draws on questionnaire and focus group data to explore the experiences and perceptions of first-year Education students making the transition to Welsh universities. It focuses on their preparedness for and engagement with their studies. Findings identify a significant variation in students’ experiences of post-16 educational provision and the academic, social and digital competencies they acquired before joining university. Students in the study experienced significant academic and social upheaval due to the pandemic. They had to adjust to new ways of learning, felt disconnected from others and missed out on key transition activities. The move to remote learning enhanced digital competencies for those with suitable devices and digital access, yet limited opportunities to develop competencies reliant on social interactions and experiential opportunities. We reconceptualise transition as a process that occurs over a longer timeframe than currently recognised and conclude with recommendations identified by students that smooth the university transition and support engagement with learning as they develop their academic identity and sense of belonging at university.

THE IMPACT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE ON EDUCATION

Computer science and its different applications have drastically revolutionized the whole world. Computer technology is an essential part in every walk of life. Education system is one of the most developed sectors witnessing the utilization of technology as a magical wand. Teaching and learning methods with the emergence of computers has converted dreams into reality. The Internet, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence are the new ways of learning. This paper focuses on the emergence of the traditional education system and the impact of computer science in both positive and negative ways.

ORGANIZING AND CONDUCTING FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSES USING THE DIGITAL POTENTIAL OF THE ТECHNICAL UNIVERSITY (FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING GERMAN DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC)

Statement of the problem. Nowadays, "digital media" is not just a term in everyday life, it is a common phenomenon. In connection with the emerging problem of combating coronavirus, there is a need to formulate new requirements for the educational design of higher education and/or make appropriate changes to them. Digital technologies provide the potential, on the one hand, to provide new ways of learning and support learning processes, and on the other hand, to prepare students for life and work in a "digitized" world. Consequently, teachers also need new competency profiles in order to reflect and use digital opportunities and digital tools in a timely manner. The article analyzes the information openness of universities in accordance with the requirements of the current legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of education. The organization of the educational activities of universities and the ensuring of the access of students and research and teaching staff to the information and educational resources are considered. The stages of developing the digital learning blocks within the framework of the university training courses are defined. The results of the research. Using the example of teaching the German language at a technical university, the functional strategies have been studied when planning and conducting distance and classroom classes. Conclusions obtained. When planning the classes it is necessary to consistently divide the individual competencies into distance and classroom lessons. Here, the starting point is a model in which students switch themselves between the distance and classroom studies in longer phases, such as weekly lessons.

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During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kazakhstan followed strict global procedures. An important government decision was made to close schools and move to online learning. The sudden transition from traditional education to a distance learning format has caused some problems. In this regard, a comprehensive review of the problems of organizing online education during the first wave of the pandemic is significant. Therefore, there is now an immediate need for more detailed research in order to understand the factual effectiveness of various program measures during crisis conditions (pandemic, natural disaster, etc.). However, in the context of Kazakhstan, there is a limited amount of scientifically based research on the problems of organizing online learning during the pandemic, compared with studies by scientists from different countries. In the article, the authors pay special attention to the process of organizing online learning in the context of Kazakhstan during the beginning of the pandemic, in order to give a realistic vision of a new way of learning in a crisis situation. This study complements the existing literature, demonstrating the role of online learning in supporting educational services in crisis situations.

63 Virtual Community Outreach Simulation Programme

The community outreach programme paused during the global pandemic as schools were closed and we were unable to go into schools and colleges to use simulation-based training to educate and inspire young adults to consider a career in the National Health Service. Now that schools and colleges are open it is still difficult to go into schools and colleges due to COVID-19 restrictions. We needed a way to continue to reach out to these schools and colleges using simulation to educate and inspire young adults.The aim was to continue the outreach programme but virtually, via live streams and some pre-recorded simulations. Aiming to help to increase awareness of the different careers, routes into the National Health Service and skills required to work in healthcare. ‘A virtual learning environment is intended not simply to reproduce a classroom environment -’on-line’, but to use the technology to provide a new way of learning’, Britain and Liber Streaming live simulations sessions with tutor groups from schools and colleges via platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom using a variety of simulation scenarios. These simulations will be mainly focussing on human factors with some teaching on specific subjects depending on the need of the learners. Example: Virtual work experience for young adults interested in medicine. We plan to mock up our simulation centre to replicate an accident and emergency department and have three admissions of different severity. We will be streaming this to two schools simultaneously and they will have the chance to help prioritize the three patients and explain their choice. The simulations will display good teamwork, good communications skills and leadership. One of the simulations will not include these skills and display poor communication, this will be intentionally included in a simulation for the learners to identify.Feedback forms will be given to all learners to complete asking them if the session has inspired them to consider a career in the National Health Service, feedback will then be used to adjust the way we deliver the virtual side of the outreach programme and perfect the programme so we can continue to educate and inspire young adults.

Preparing Students for Change: An Advisement Seminar Informed by Tolman and Kremling’s Integrated Model of Student Resistance

Graduate students entering entry-level occupational therapy programs are confronted by new ways of learning and interacting for which they may be ill-prepared. Confronted with the need to change their approach to learning, students may become frustrated and lose motivation, resulting in resistance. This article describes a pilot first term group advisement seminar, informed by Tolman and Kremling. Integrated Model of Student Resistance (IMSR), and designed to prepare students for these necessary changes. The article describes topics addressed, strategies implemented, and insights and reflections on the process and outcomes of participation in the seminar.

Online education during the COVID-19 pandemic: academic analytics in the Kazakh context

During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kazakhstan followed strict global procedures. An important government decision was made to close schools and move to online learning. The sudden transition from traditional education to a distance learning format has caused some problems. In this regard, a comprehensive review of the problems of organizing online education during the first wave of the pandemic is important and significant. Therefore, there is now an immediate need for more detailed research in order to understand the factual effectiveness of various program measures during crisis conditions (pandemic, natural disaster, etc.) However, in the context of Kazakhstan, there is a limited amount of scientifically based research on the problems of organizing online learning during the pandemic, compared with studies by scientists from different countries. The novelty of the study is that in the article the authors pay special attention to the process of organizing online learning in the Kazakh context during the beginning of the pandemic, in order to give a realistic vision of a new way of learning in a crisis situation. Practical significance: this study complements the existing literature, demonstrating the role of online learning in supporting educational services in crisis situations.

Entropy-based redundancy analysis and information screening

The ongoing data explosion introduced unprecedented challenges to the information security of communication networks. As images are one of the most commonly used information transmission carriers; therefore, their data redundancy analysis and screening are of great significance. However, most of the current research focus on the algorithm improvement of commonly used image datasets. Thus, we should consider an important question: Is there data redundancy in the open datasets? Considering the factors of model structures and data distribution to ensure the generalization, we conducted extensive experiments to compare the average accuracy based on few random data to the baseline accuracy based on all data. The results show serious data redundancy in the open datasets from different domains. For instance, with the aid of deep model, only 20% data can achieve more than 90% of the baseline accuracy. Further, we proposed a novel entropy-based information screening method, which outperforms the random sampling under many experimental conditions. In particular, considering 20% of data, for the shallow model, the improvement is approximately 10%, and for the deep model, the ratio to the baseline accuracy increases to greater than 95%. Moreover, this work can also serve as a new way of learning from a few valuable samples, compressing the size of existing datasets and guiding the construction of high-quality datasets in the future.

MANAGEMENT OF ICT-MEDIATED LEARNING: A CURRICULUM DESIGN PROPOSAL FROM UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CHIMBORAZO.

The current situation in the field of education demands teachers who are capable of functioning in new learning scenarios where the possibilities offered by ICT for information acquisition and communication processes are enormous. In this sense, it is necessary to have postgraduate programs that contribute to the development of digital skills in teachers. The main purpose of this work is to propose the curricular design for a Master's program in Education, Mention in Management of Learning Mediated by ICT, offered by Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo in Ecuador. For this, a qualitative research was undertaken in order to characterize and determine the most important features of each module of the curriculum. A documentary research design was applied through the PICOC method (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Context). The result of this work was a curricular mesh that consists of 12 study modules wherein aspects such as: digital literacy for the new society were addressed; didactics in new digital environments; the design and development of content and digital resources for learning; new ways of learning and innovating in education; as well as research in educational technology.

The 4th Wave Evolution of Digital Citizenship Concept? Proposing Digital Citizenship Concept for Malaysia Context

Online world demands new sets of characteristics to warrant the ability to cope with its constantly evolving challenges and risks. Digital citizenship, a concept introduced, focusing on new ways of learning and exploring in an online environment safely, securely, and appropriately. The evolution of digital citizenship could be seen along with the changes in technology used in education, and requires students to engage with technology longer hours than before. Thus, how can we approach the challenge of using technology actively and immersively, while maintaining sanity and wellness, and building resilience to potential online risk? Thus, this conceptual paper proposes a new concept of digital citizenship by bridging the notions of wellness and resilience from the psychology discipline into digital citizenship, for its feasibility in the Malaysian educational context. This paper argues the necessity and potential integration of the spiritual element that is lacking in the existing digital citizenship concept, which has proven its significance in enhancing wellness and resilience of adolescent in the literature. It is hoped this fourth wave of proposed digital citizenship concept would bring fruitful discussion and contribute to a better understanding of how one might better socialize online or participate with others in a positive and meaningful way. Thus, only then, digital resilience and digital wellness will be established and a better future online society will be formed.

Driving value creation in the new economy following the COVID-19 crisis. Data-mining students’ satisfaction from online teaching in the virtual academic climate.


 This study examines the advantages of online teaching from the perspective of students at eleven institutions of higher education, universities and colleges, in Israel. The study was conducted at the end of the second semester of their academic studies, after students had experienced “face to face” studies, and they were asked to reply freely to an open question on their evaluation of the benefits of transitioning to online teaching. Students were forced to cope with a new reality, where they were compelled to study in a “digital classroom”. The academic-social climate, the conduct of lecturer-student relations, and the relations among the students themselves, changed instantaneously, with no preparation by any of those involved. Hence, the research findings can illuminate the strengths of online teaching, with a view to the future. Was the impact of teaching and learning in the coronavirus circumstances a one-time event for the students or one from which it is possible to examine and embrace new ways of learning as they see them?
 
 Based on 1,937 fully completed surveys from eleven academic institutions, we employed a mixed methods research design. Major themes were manually tagged, and an empirical model was developed. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was utilized to test the model’s goodness-of-fit. Findings present a host of parameters that have a significant positive influence on students’ positive perception of the transition to online teaching. 
 
 This study is the first to thoroughly examine advantages and disadvantages of the transition to online teaching among a large group of students, from several different academic institutions, and presents both qualitative and empirical results. Ethical implications of the findings are discussed.

Project-based learning and its contribution in virtual education

At the present time, teaching is going through an experience at a global level, due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Students experienced a new way of learning, because of the health emergency; In this period, project-based learning was introduced as a contribution to virtual education, a methodology that was applied in the Sebastián Muñoz Educational Unit of the San Sebastián Parish of the Pichincha canton. The purpose of this work is to carry out an analysis of the contribution that this methodological strategy has had on high school students. The criterion that is intended to show is the marked acceptance that this significant learning has had, through a detailed analysis, starting from the management of the ordinary use platform Microsoft teams with which there is direct communication in the educational community. The qualitative method is proposed based on interpreting the data obtained from the objective set, using a direct survey of students and teachers. It was obtained as a result that the schoolchildren who make use of technological tools are precisely those who have efficient connectivity and that the educators who work the most applying the studied methodology are those who adequately handle the technological elements.

The Construction of the Innovation Model of the Linkage Mechanism of Chinese and Foreign Online Education

New technology has derived a new way of learning, that is, the reform in modern teaching represented by online education. Online education is developed with the full use of information technology and intermediary characteristics to enhance the practical experience of learners' enjoyment in learning in interactive learning activities and people-oriented learning environment. As the related concepts and theories of online teaching at home and abroad permeate into the field of education, online teaching has gradually become a hot field of academic attention. This paper analyzes its hot topics and research frontiers, which can provide some reference for the development of online education research field.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ONLINE LEARNING AND STUDENT’S PERFORMANCE IN THE RURAL AREAS IN MALAYSIA - THE MEDIATING ROLE OF PARENT’S SUPPORT

<p>This study was undertaken during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown to scrutinise the mediating role of parental support on the relationship between online learning and student's academic performance. To realise the objectives, the researchers used the quantitative approach to explore this mediating effect. The population of this study was 7.4 million families who are living in the rural areas in Malaysia. Using the simple random sampling method, 650 parents in rural areas were chosen as the participants in this research. For data collection, closed-ended questionnaires were used by the researchers. Out of the 650 questionnaires, 437 were collected, but only 426 could be used as the respondents did not fully complete the rest. The results of this research illuminated that parent's intervention and support are statistically and significantly necessary during their children's online learning sessions to enhance their children's academic performance during the Covid-19 pandemic. This research can guide academics in public and private education sectors, parents, and the Ministry of Education to focus and upgrade the online learning and teaching methodologies rather than just depending on conventional teaching and learning methodologies. Online learning could be beneficial whenever a catastrophic incident occurs that may disrupt children's education; as such, it would be wise to encourage parents to be always ready for this new way of learning in the new milieu.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0897/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Mengukur Kesiapan Orang Tua Siswa Terhadap Pembelajaran Online Menggunakan Chapnick ELR

Since the determination of the Corona Virus or Covid-19 outbreak as a pandemic by the government, there have been some major changes in living daily life in Indonesia. Almost all activities are carried out online, including teaching and learning activities which are referred to as Distance Learning (PJJ). The PJJ model is a new way of learning in Indonesia, this certainly has an impact, both on students and on parents. This research is a descriptive study that describes the opinions of the parents of students of Al-Azhar 2 Islamic Elementary School, Pasar Minggu with 20 % random sampling technique or 106 parents of all students' parents totaling + 540 people. This study used a closed survey model and data analysis with descriptive analysis. From this study, it was found that the average parents of student of Al-Azhar 2 Islamic Elementary School, Pasar Minggu answered to be doubtful or neutral about aspects of Psychological Readiness, Sociological Readiness and Financial Readiness, while for aspect of Environmental Readiness, Human Resources Readiness, Technological Readiness, Content Their Readiness state that they were ready and for Equipment Readiness they stated that they were very ready.

Students First: Equity, Access, and Opportunity in Higher Education

Students First: Equity, Access, and Opportunity in Higher Education

Has the pandemic been a blessing or a curse for linguistic education?

The pandemic has undoubtedly reshaped the way we now perceive education. It has imposed a need to pursue new ways of learning and teaching, novel (online) educational trajectories, and – maybe most significantly – radically different forms of how we now communicate “at schools” and use our language(s). What is particularly crucial to ERL Journal, though, it can be argued to have had its silver lining in that it has brought closer the two “worlds” of linguistic and educational specialists. The former have come to view their reality in pedagogical terms as they were forced to struggle for contact with their students online and to think of ways in which their interlocutors can best be prompted and turn on their cameras and actively participate in lessons kept remotely. The latter, on the other hand have been – consciously or not – caused to reflect on issues to do with language, be it the gap between language reception and production, elicitation techniques, intralanguage, etc. Hence, the educational world of the two groups in question has substantially changed and been enriched with conceptual and didactic categories which are bound to be of use following the pandemic. Thinking of the impact of the pandemic even more specifically, we observe that it has generated a wide range of questions intersecting pedagogy and linguistics. Many of these questions which have been posed by students themselves and they prove to encompass all the educational (ERL) domains – be it their reflection along the lines What’s the point of speaking (if I can just be quiet) (language(-)beliefs), How to present in words what my school friends cannot see offline? (language(-)activity), How do the others think about the way I say things online? (language(-)affect), or Can be learn all the subjects just by discussing them through the net? (language(-)thinking). Reflection on these issues has possibly raised the students’ language awareness, especially if their teachers have happened to render such questions and the issues they address explicit in particular classroom contexts. This being the case, we can observe here room for inevitable emergence and amplification of interdisciplinary linguistic identity across and within all school subjects and disciplines. What follows is that the remote education triggered by COVID-19 can be viewed as an opportunity to develop and extend students’ awareness of their linguistic identity on the axiological, psychomotor, affective, and cognitive strata.

ONLINE TEACHING AND GRADING DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC – ATTITUDES OF CROATIAN STUDENTS

Aim. Extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to new ways of learning and teaching, with students and teachers facing many challenges. The aim of the research was to examine attitudes and to determine the impressions and experiences of respondents regarding online teaching as well as to investigate and evaluate learning goals with regard to the SARS-COV-2 virus pandemic. Methods. The research was conducted in the Republic of Croatia on a sample of 1533 university students. A survey questionnaire designed specifically for the purposes of this research was used.Consisted of three independent variables and ten dependent variables related to online teaching. Results. The data obtained show that in online teaching, the respondents mostly used programs such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Merlin, while the least of them used Skype. Regarding testing and assessment, i.e. the grading of success in online teaching, respondents stated that teachers had mostly used colloquia (20.6%) and written exams (19.8%) for grading, while live exams had been used the least. The largest number of research participants, 61.9% of them, expressed the opinion that the criteria and grading procedures were clear and published before individual teaching units Conclusion. Faculties should design different syllabuses for conducting online classes. Centres should be provided/established with the task of collecting digital teaching materials, processing, and storing them, and making them available to teachers and students.

The effectiveness of podcasts in sport management education part two: A qualitative analysis

Educational podcasts offer instructors and students a new, unique approach to learning course material which may translate to real-life situations. Students may take the learned material from podcasts and apply them to their jobs, internships, or real world practices in the sport management field. Podcasts are also an easy way for students to learn, utilizing while on-the-go. Previous literature demonstrates a demand for such podcasts from both educators and students to form new ways of learning which satisfy students with different learning styles. The purpose of this study was to perform a qualitative analysis on the use of podcasts in higher education and to determine the effectiveness of these podcasts on enhancing student learning in a Sport Event and Facilities Management graduate class. The research questions are: 1.) Did the podcasts affect student learning? 2.) Did the podcasts influence student motivation? 3.) How useful were the podcasts? The findings show that the podcasts had an overall positive effect on the graduate students’ learning and aligns with previous research, highlighting the overall effectiveness, enhanced student motivation, and usefulness of podcasts.

Construction of Learning Community of College English Listening Course under Internet Environment

With the development of society, learning community have become an important concept in the field of education and a new way of learning. In the Internet + , the reform of English listening course in university have also taken a new direction. This paper discussion based on the current situation of university English listening course and the significance of building a learning community, and then discuss the teaching method and strategy of university English listening course based on learning community in the Internet +.