Online Teaching Experience Research Articles

Online Teaching During COVID-19

This study reports on a collaborative research project initiated in 2022 by the authors based in Hong Kong and the Philippines. The overarching goal is to review and assess the impact that the prolonged use of technology for teaching has had on K–12 teachers. Through a narrative inquiry, the study seeks to encapsulate teachers' online teaching experiences: its efficacy, challenges, impacts on teaching, and other relevant issues. These narratives are compared against the backdrop of access to technology in Hong Kong and in the Philippines, as there are immense differences in IT infrastructure. It was found that technological advancement and preparedness did not guarantee smooth delivery of online teaching. In contrast, teachers' own personal circumstances, workload, stress, and mental wellbeing tend to have a much greater impact on themselves and their work.

The influence of selected factors on perceived enjoyment of the online learning experience: lessons for post-COVID-19 classrooms

IntroductionSince digital transformation has become a priority in the higher education landscape, it is unlikely that higher education institutions will return to traditional face-to-face teaching and learning. Many higher education institutions have adopted a hybrid approach to teaching and learning in a post-Covid-19 setting. This unplanned forced change has raised concerns about the quality of online teaching and learning, as well as issues related to the student experience thereof. Therefore, it is necessary to consider possible factors that may influence students’ perceived enjoyment of the online teaching and learning experience. To date, very few studies have considered the antecedents of perceived enjoyment of online teaching and learning. The purpose of this paper was to determine the influence of selected factors of online teaching and learning on the perceived enjoyment of students.MethodsQuantitative data was collected, and the final sample consisted of 501 students enrolled at higher education institutions.ResultsThe findings showed that cognitive benefits, perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use are statistically significantly correlated with students’ perceived enjoyment of the online learning experience.DiscussionThe current study contributes to existing knowledge regarding the intention of continued use of online teaching and learning. The findings of this study are also practically relevant for enhancing students’ online learning experiences in a post-Covid-19 setting.

Lessons learned during online education experiences of kindergarten during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh

ABSTRACT This study explored the online education experiences of students, teachers and parents of kindergarten in Bangladesh during the emergency situation created by COVID-19. A qualitative research paradigm approach was followed. Students, teachers and parents of kindergartens from eight divisions of Bangladesh, one respondent of each category from each division, were selected through purposive sampling. Semi-structured interviews were conducted using mobile phones due to COVID-19. This study revealed that online education brought opportunities to engage students in academic activities and reduced education loss but created physical, psychological and video games addiction problems. Challenges that arose included device shortages, lack of training and technical skills, network connectivity problems, slow internet speed and the high-cost of internet data packages to implement the online education of kindergartens successfully. As the world comes out of the pandemic the learning acquired during this time informed possibilities for future online teaching in kindergarten including upskilling the early childhood workforce in this digital age.

Factors affecting medical students’ satisfaction with online learning: a regression analysis of a survey

BackgroundMedical education requires the implementation of different teaching methods and strategies for future doctors to achieve broad learning objectives. This wide range of methods and strategies includes the use of Information Technologies. For a long time, there was a call for a change in medical education for blending new teaching approaches to lessen medical students’ class time. The COVID-19 pandemic then sped up the transition to the new way of medical education and classroom lectures were quickly moved to a virtual environment. We expect that these changes will continue, and online learning will be one of the main teaching strategies in medical education. Therefore, educational experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic will improve our understanding of online learning and will help to develop blended medical school curricula in the future. For this reason, we aimed to determine students’ overall satisfaction with their online learning experience and to define the main factors affecting students’ satisfaction with their online learning program at Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty.MethodsA cross-sectional survey study was conducted to determine medical students’ overall satisfaction with online learning methods and to identify factors associated with positive and negative satisfaction levels. A questionnaire, consisting of 24 questions to collect demographic characteristics, factors associated with online education experience and overall satisfaction levels was developed and distributed to 1600 medical students. Multivariable linear regression analysis was used to determine the factors associated with positive and negative satisfaction levels.ResultsRegression analysis showed that being familiar with online teaching techniques (β = 0.19, 95% CI [0.07, 0.30], faculty members’ higher online teaching skill levels (β = 0.42, 95% CI [0.32, 0.51], interactive online teaching approaches (β = 0.54, 95% CI [0.41, 0.67], having a personal workspace (β = 0.43, 95% CI [0.19, 0.67], and a self-reported longer attention span (β = 0.75, 95% CI [0.57, 0.92] were associated with higher overall satisfaction with online learning. The occurrence of technical problems (β = -0.19, 95% CI [-0.26, -0.12] was associated with lower overall satisfaction.ConclusionsHigher online teaching skills of faculty members, use of interactive approaches, students’ familiarity with online teaching techniques, provision of a personal workspace, and self-reported longer attention spans positively contributed to higher levels of student satisfaction with online learning. Considering the increasing significance of online educational methods, our study identified key components that affect students’ level of satisfaction. This information might contribute to the development of online educational programs in the future.

ONLINE LEARNING AND INVISIBLE DISABILITY: EXPLORING GREEK EFL STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES

<p>The bulk of research on students with learning disabilities during university has focused on face-to-face mode on campus. Less is known regarding the learning experiences of these students online. This qualitative work aims to explore the online educational experiences among Greek undergraduate EFL students with learning disabilities and/or ADHD during the Covid-19 shutdown. Data were collected via in-depth interviews with seven undergraduate students with LD and/or ADHD from two different higher education institutions in Greece. Interviews focused on the difficulties participants encountered during the three online academic semesters in 2020-2021. Data were analysed using IPA. Findings revealed students encountered severe difficulties that hindered their academic progress both in EFL and in core subject courses but there also were affordances that facilitated their learning. <strong></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/soc/0661/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Older Adult Online Learning during COVID-19 in Taiwan: Based on Teachers' Perspective

Since the world was affected by the epidemic in 2020 and older adult education was still going on. Adult teachers encountered challenges during the transformation from physical to online teaching. This study examined the difficulties and coping strategies that adult teachers experienced when transitioning to online teaching. This study used a qualitative research approach to understand the transformation of adult teachers' online teaching experiences during the epidemic. Researchers conducted semi-structured one-to-one in-depth interviews with 10 adult teachers who experienced the transition from physical to online teaching and had at least 2-year-experience of teaching older adults. The study findings are listed as follows: 1) Adult teachers encountered difficulties, including older learners did not have the required equipment nor stable connections, not familiar with operating phones to participate in online classes, extra burdens for older learners' vision resulted in learning drop-outs, and the lack of experience in operating the equipment that disturbed the courses, the decreased learning quality worsened the learning situation. 2) Adult teachers coped by asking family members to assist with the equipment, demonstrating and taking pictures of the steps, spending more time preparing for teaching, and using various teaching methods to enhance the interactions.This study found that adult teachers need to adapt their teaching strategies to the characteristics of older learners to transition from physical to online teaching. Particularly, solving equipment and technological issues will allow older learners to achieve the goal of "nonstop learning".

Assessing Relationship of Student Learning Experiences and Academic Performances in Higher Education through Online Learning Platforms

In recent years, the entire world experienced the impact of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), leading to significant disruptions across various economic sectors, including the field of education. Since then, online learning has made a significant impact in addressing educational needs. This study’s primary objective is to assess the relationship between higher education student learning experiences and their academic performances through online learning platforms. This study adopts a quantitative approach with a descriptive, comparative, and correlational research design. Surveys through Google Forms were used as instruments to gather data from 119 mathematical students from the Faculty of Education, UiTM Puncak Alam. The survey encompasses 24 questions covering students’ personalization, learning authenticity, and collaboration in online learning settings. Results of this study indicate that students exhibited positive educational experiences, particularly in terms of personalization, authenticity, and collaboration. Lastly, the research also reveals a strong positive correlation between students’ experiences and academic performance, specifically in the factors of personalization, authenticity, and collaboration. These findings contribute valuable insights into the effectiveness of online learning for higher education students and highlight the importance of personalized and authentic online educational experiences in fostering academic success.

Creating Stronger Design Systems for Collaboration: Skills, Resources, and Practices Needed to Support an Effective Co-Design Experience

This paper describes a design case that addressed a healthcare training need for clinicians and administrators about Value-Based Care (VBC) through the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of seven massive open online courses (MOOCs). The context was an industry-academic partnership that linked subject matter experts in VBC with university faculty and designers. Courses were developed using a co-design approach to provide multiple perspectives on the issues involved, ensure the accuracy of the content, and enhance the alignment between the design and stakeholders’ needs. The team worked collaboratively to define the opportunity, brainstorm ideas, prototype solutions, evaluate prototypes based on identified needs, and ultimately design online educational experiences for a wide variety of learners in different healthcare contexts. This paper shares lessons learned about creating stronger design systems for collaboration in the areas of selecting and supporting co-design teams, fostering collaborative learning environments, and modeling collaboration in the instructional design process. Reflections about this design case underscored the importance of forming relationships among team members, which was a key outcome of the co-design structure and, facilitated the communication and psychological safety needed to support the iterative cycles of feedback during course development.

Experiences of Prospective Teachers About Online Teaching Practicum during Covid-19: A Phenomenological Study from Pakistan

This study aimed to investigate the experiences of prospective teachers about their online teaching practicum during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective was to gain insights into the experiences and understanding of prospective teachers about online teaching practicum during pandemic 19. To accomplish this study, a qualitative approach and a phenomenological research design were employed. The researcher used purposive sampling techniques and all the students of B.Ed(4 years) of the science group and the practicum supervisor of the same group were selected as a sample. After the data collection the data was analyzed through thematic analysis and different provisional and emergent themes were found. The provisional themes of this study were online teaching practicum, first Impression about OTP, fears of OTP, orientation of OTP, interaction with Practicum supervisor, online instructions, experience with Google Classroom, barriers of OTP, skills, and desired goal, planning of OTP, main difference between online teaching practicum and onsite teaching practicum, online instructions, online Training by using gadgets, environment of OTP, and major components i.e. (1)Lesson Planning (2) Peer Feedback (3)Supervisor Feedback (4) Lesson Reflection (5)Teaching Session (6) E-portfolio. The emergent themes of this study were the experience of online practicum, pre-practicum workshops (Onsite), orientations with focal persons as Schools, discussions with cooperative teachers, online practicum training, provided environment, planning of online teaching practicum, action plan, and experience of E-portfolio. This study's finding revealed that while prospective teachers' initial experiences were positive, they encountered difficulties such as internet connectivity issues, limited time to present lesson plans, and utilizing advanced technology. Additionally, prospective teachers faced challenges in providing and receiving feedback. Based on these findings, the major recommendations include increasing the number of online training sessions, providing comprehensive instruction on lesson planning and uses of advanced technology, and revising the mechanisms for online peer feedback.

EFL Instructors’ Occupational Wellbeing during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey: A Study of Burnout and Work Engagement

The COVID-19 pandemic and the following online education experiences have caused significant changes in educators’ work lives and working conditions and brought extra stress factors. This mixed-methods study examined the well-being of English instructors trying to continue their teaching activities through online teaching during the pandemic in Turkey, based on the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) Theory. Quantitative data were collected from 69 English instructors through an inventory. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 12 instructors. The results reveal an average level of burnout and work engagement in the study sample. Uncertainty and the limitations of technology are emerging as two new job demands faced by instructors in online teaching during the pandemic. The findings also provide evidence for the possibility of adding a fourth dimension to the JD-R: personal demands. E-teaching readiness and openness to interaction as personal resources and security as a job resource have emerged as three new resources specific to the online teaching mode. Student-related factors, which were found to be causes of poor well-being in general in previous studies, have been found to be sources that promote higher well-being among instructors in online education. The study reveals important implications for school administrators and teacher educators.

Online teaching dexterity-implications for post-pandemic higher education online teaching competencies

ABSTRACT Lecturers’ pandemic challenges with transitioning to online teaching indicate them needing better ‘online teaching dexterity’ or the ability to negotiate a range of online teaching situations. This kind of teaching competency needs to be better understood as institutions are seeking more educational flexibility through online learning beyond the pandemic. Using phenomenology, this study distils the meaning of online teaching dexterity from lecturers’ online teaching experiences during the pandemic. Semi-structured interviews with 19 lecturers from a university in New Zealand found that they manifested online teaching dexterity through continuously reshaping their seeing, communicating, juggling, and engagement strategies to changing circumstances. Lecturers established future practices through reconstructing teaching routines and practice-based learning. The study discusses how the lens of online teaching dexterity can be used to reframe post-pandemic online teaching competencies as different forms of adaptive expertise.

CPI Welcomes the Summer 2023 Special Issue “All That Glitters is Not Gold: Culturally Responsive Online Assessment and Pedagogy in Uncertain Times” with Kim Koh, Jennifer Lock, and Cecille DePass, invited Guest Editors

Introduction to the Summer 2023 Issue of Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry (Volume 15, Number 1) entitled “All That Glitters is Not Gold: Culturally Responsive Online Assessment and Pedagogy in Uncertain Times” welcoming guest editors Kim Koh, Jennifer Lock, and Cecille DePass. This Special Issue concentrates on culturally responsive, online assessment and pedagogy and addresses the ways in which educators and students grappled with online educational experiences during the 2020-2023 global pandemic

DECODING DIGITAL LEARNING: A CART ANALYSIS INSIGHT

In today's digital era, online education has become an integral component of the global educational system. However, the quality of providers, mastery of online learning media, and the capability of teachers in delivering content significantly influence students' comprehension. Understanding how these factors impact students is crucial for optimizing online educational experiences. This article examines the effect of provider quality, mastery of online learning media, and teacher's capability in teaching on students' understanding in an online learning environment using Classification and Regression Trees (CART). The study focused on the active students of UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, totaling 18,104 based on data from PDDIKTI. Due to the vastness of this population, stratified random sampling was employed. The sample size was determined using the Kock and Hadaya method, resulting in a minimum sample of 271. Each sample in the stratum was taken based on the proportion of the population across 19 departments, with the Department of Psychology having the largest sample size of 20 students and the Department of Library and Information Science the smallest with 4 students. The findings revealed that a teacher's capability has a more profound influence on students' understanding than mastery of online learning media, while provider quality showed no significant impact. To enhance the effectiveness of online learning, it's recommended that educational institutions invest in teacher training focused on effective teaching methodologies and technological utilization, and also ensure the selection of online learning platforms that cater to student needs.

Unveiling the path to sustainable online learning: addressing challenges and proposing solutions in Pakistan

PurposeThe pandemic's health and social issues have significantly altered the character and manner of teaching and learning in higher education across the country. The use of technology to replace or integrate face-to-face learning with online learning has become a necessary requirement for promoting and continuing learning processes. Furthermore, integrating technology is a goal of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) to make teaching and learning more innovative and sophisticated. This paper is based on a systematic review grounded in a synthesis of research papers and documents analyzing the current status of teachers' pedagogy through online learning modes in the context of Pakistan.Design/methodology/approach Through content analyses of academic studies in higher education and reflection on the online teaching experiences, this study discusses how students' learning is associated with teachers' teaching approaches in the modern era of digitalization and innovation.Findings The review and analysis suggest that online teaching is not viewed as an innovative phenomenon; rather, teachers simply teach their traditionally designed face-to-face courses through the use of technology. The paper suggests that transforming teachers' pedagogical insight to make online learning sustainable is an urgent need for higher education.Originality/value The analysis provides a basis for consideration of teacher learning and quality education (SDG #4) to fulfill the nation’s agenda for sustainable development. The analysis helps educators and administrators in higher education institutions reflect on their policies and practices that have short- and long-term effects on students' learning outcomes.

A Narrative Exploration of One Teacher’s Storied Experiences of Online Learning during COVID-19

The hubbub of teaching lives is enriched by the relationships between students, colleagues, parents and the larger schooling community. When these relationships are disharmonious, attending to the dissonance within these relationships may offer insight into teachers’ relational work. This autoethnographic article focuses on one international elementary school teacher’s experience of teaching online in West Africa during COVID-19. Teaching online in a developing country with political and physical instabilities compounded the chaotic experience of living and working during the pandemic. Guided by this research question, “How did online learning impact my relationship with students?”, the author utilized writing as an inquiry approach to make sense of the challenging aspects of her online teaching experiences. By delving into narrated moments, the author engaged in reflexive analysis of storied experiences. This process illuminated the meaning-making steps that she took to appreciate the nuances contained within specific moments that she had with a student and his father. Through storying and re-storying these moments, the author wondered and metaphorically wandered to unearth potential emotions, assumptions and motivations that permeated her experiences. Such an explorative focus on teachers’ subjective meaning-making process augments the wider body of work on online education and, in particular, this study’s inquiry into the complexity of educational relationships through a narrative lens offers insights into the inner workings of teacher emotions and feelings. This paper reveals how teachers may benefit from adopting a reflective and reflexive sense-making approach towards understanding their emotions, feelings, responsibilities and relationships with students and parents, especially during a time of crisis. This article contributes to the ongoing discussions about the complexities of teachers’ relational work and it enriches the extant literature on online education by shedding light on the individualistic ways that teachers cope with the uncertainties of teaching during a time of crisis. Deeping our collective understanding of how teachers cope can help us to provide better support for teachers and students during crises such as COVID-19.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Medical Education: a Systematic Review of Distance Learning, Student’s Perceptions, and Mental Health

Introduction: the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on mortality and several adverse health outcomes. It has also affected education as schools and universities had to adapt to remote learning due to social isolation strategies. Objective: to analyze the pandemic’s impact on medical education including undergraduate and graduate students and lecturers, as follow: i) teaching methods adopted by education institutes during shutdown, ii) students and lecturers’ perceptions and iii) impacts on students’ mental health. Methods: this systematic review includes the following study designs: cross-sectional, surveys, case-control, cohort, and clinical trials. The literature search was performed in four databases: PubMed, Scopus, Embase, and SciELO . The risk of bias and the quality of the evidence were evaluated. Results: a total of 1,576 articles were identified through searching databases, and 40 articles were included. We found the use of several teaching methods such as virtual platforms and social media, pre-recorded videos, discussion forums and others. Student’s challenges related to interference during online study such as family distractions, lack of a study room, challenges with internet connectivity, difficulties in communication between students and lecturers, gaps encountered during clinical skills learning. Lecturers’ challenges were difficulty in grasping students’ progress and learning outcomes and the lack of experience in online teaching. Only five studies explored mental health issues of medical students and found the occurrence of depression, anxiety, and stress. However, their prevalence was not comparable due to the use of different diagnostic instruments. Conclusion: there has been a wide range of teaching methods implemented for distance learning of medical students globally. The perceptions of medical students about these methods and their impact were also varied. Infrastructure, family, and curriculum problems represented the greatest difficulties in adherence and satisfaction with distance learning. However, the flexibility of digital learning was one of the factors that helped reduce these problems. Regarding mental health, the occurrence of anxiety, depression, and stress was reported.

Faculty perception of online education: considerations for the post-pandemic world

In the post-COVID era, academic institutions adapted curricula, utilizing aspects of the online delivery in full or partially. Consequently, this research focuses on identifying the factors that influence faculty perceptions of effective online delivery in higher education and comparing them with students’ perceptions. The study involves semi-structured interviews with 15 faculty members at a renowned university to gain insights into their online teaching experiences during the pandemic. Additionally, 51 faculty members participated in a survey using the Relative Importance Index (RII) method to determine the most significant practices impacting online delivery. The results indicate that the most concerning factor for faculty during online delivery is facilitating students’ engagement and interactions in class, with an RII of 0.94. Controlling academic dishonesty during assessments receives a relatively lower concern with an RII of 0.67. Making lectures interactive is identified as the most challenging practice for faculty. Comparing the findings with students’ perceptions based on previous studies, both groups emphasize the significance of effective communication, interaction, and the use of technology. Faculty prioritize the delivery and organization of lectures, while students focus on engagement and interactive elements. Faculty value organization and relevance in assignments, while students emphasize instructor qualities and responsiveness.

A Research on the Online Teaching Experiences of Ankara University Veterinary Faculty Academics

In this study, it has aimed to determine the perceptions of veterinary faculty academics of Ankara University regarding their online teaching experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic. The study has included 92 academics who provided theoretical and/or practical courses via online teaching in Ankara University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (AUFVM). The data of the study has collected with a 21-item questionnaire. The questionnaire has basic questions such as the quality of the courses given, the active participation of the students in the courses, experienced technological problems during their education, and whether they consider online teaching effective. Academics in clinical sciences gave negative answers to the question about the sustainability of online teaching at a higher rate than the academics in basic sciences (p=0.016). Only all academics who think online teaching has no disadvantages stated that it provides effective learning (p=0.001). Academics who think online teaching provides effective teaching mostly want to continue online, while those with opposing considerations “generally” prefer to continue online or can “sometimes” continue (p

Determining Levels of Satisfaction with Online Learning at Private Higher Education in London

The purpose is to investigate and understand the satisfaction levels of mature undergraduate students engaging in online learning within the context of private higher education institutions in London. As the landscape of higher education evolves, with an increasing reliance on online platforms, it is crucial to explore how this mode of education aligns with the unique needs and expectations of mature learners pursuing undergraduate degrees. The study employs a structured survey instrument to collect data on various dimensions of satisfaction, aiming to provide valuable insights into the factors influencing mature undergraduate students' experiences in online learning. The research methodology involves a survey administered to a diverse sample of mature undergraduate students in private higher education institutions offering online programmes. The survey encompasses questions about overall satisfaction, determinants of satisfaction, interactivity engagement, support services, technical training and demographic variations. Data analysis involves applying statistical techniques such as descriptive statistics, to draw meaningful conclusions regarding the satisfaction levels of mature undergraduate students with online learning. The anticipated findings of this research have the potential to inform private higher education institutions, educators, and policymakers about the specific areas of online learning that contribute most significantly to mature undergraduate student satisfaction. Identifying strengths and areas for improvement will enable institutions to tailor their online learning environments to meet this demographic's needs better. Ultimately, the research aims to contribute valuable insights to the ongoing discourse surrounding enhancing online education experiences for mature undergraduate students in the private higher education sector. Keywords: Mature Undergraduate Students, Online Learning, Student Satisfaction, Private Higher Education

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ACADEMIC STAFF PERCEPTIONS AND RESPONSES: ONLINE TEACHING DURING THE PANDEMIC

This study examines the preferences of academic staff members in online teaching, considering gender, age, specialization, teaching level, and prior online teaching experience. Notably, females aged 25-34 with online teaching experience exhibit a strong preference for online instruction, while males aged 55 and above also show enthusiasm for this mode of teaching. Teaching in food and agriculture fields garners higher scores, possibly due to the practical nature of these disciplines.