Distance Education System Research Articles

Implementing data warehouse infrastructure for an e-learning system

The use of a data warehouse (DW) in e-learning applications helps us evaluate students from different perspectives. Depending on user behavior, we may change the content or appearance of the e-learning platform to achieve the best results. The aim of this study is to build a data warehouse infrastructure, which is a central information system for Anadolu University's distance education system. Thanks to the data warehouse project, all learners’ activities in the Learning Management System (ÖYS: Anadolum e-Kampüs) will be recorded regularly. Various analytical reports were obtained about students' study styles, preferred e-learning resources, and the time spent in the system. Additionally, the data warehouse system regularly pulls information from other information systems, such as the student information system related to the open education system. Data warehousing is designed to combine data from multiple sources into a single unified view, rather than performing operational operations like a database. Generally, data warehouses are used for analytical processing as opposed to transaction processing. They are used to analyze historical data and trends, as well as to identify patterns and insights that can aid in informing business decisions. When analysis and reporting is done in a different environment using data warehousing, there is no additional load on the database, which is already busy with daily operational processes. The data warehouse has made it easy to obtain student analytics for various periods, including daily, monthly, and yearly. The reports provided through this infrastructure are used in studies to increase the quality of the LMS system.

Formation of Theoretical knowledge of Future Officers on the organization of Forms of Physical training in the Distance Learning System

According to the results of the monitoring of specialized Internet resources (analysis of Scientific and methodological and reference literature), the members of the Scientific Research Group established that, that an insufficient number of Scientific works are devoted to the urgent issue of the formation of Theoretical knowledge on the organization of Forms of Physical training by Future Officers of institutions of the Security and Defense Sector of Ukraine in the System of Distance education. This emphasizes the relevance and practical component of the chosen research direction.
 The main goal of the study is the development and testing of a Pedagogical Model for the Formation of Theoretical knowledge of Future Officers of the Institutions of the Security and Defense Sector of Ukraine on the organization of Forms of Physical training in the Distance Learning System. Research methods: axiomatic, idealization, historical and logical, descent from concrete, mathematical and statistical formalization (criterion χ2).
 As a Result of the Empirical research, the members of the Research Group developed and tested a Pedagogical Model for the formation of Theoretical knowledge of Future Officers of the Institutions of the Security and Defense Sector of Ukraine on the organization of Forms of Physical training in the Distance Learning System. The Pedagogical Model proposed by us consists of the following Blocks: target, subjective, content-functional, organizational-methodical and result-evaluative (with appropriate educational, methodological and technical content).

The impact of different types of off-campus training on primary and junior high students’ higher-order thinking dispositions

This study conducted an empirical investigation using a questionnaire survey to examine the impact of basic education off-campus training on higher-order thinking dispositions. The sample consisted of 101,673 third-grade students and 117,010 eighth-grade students. The analysis employed two statistical techniques, namely Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Propensity Score Matching (PSM). Findings indicate that, first, attending academic tutoring can dampen the development of the higher-order thinking dispositions. The higher-order thinking dispositions of primary students who attend academic tutoring is 0.027 lower than that of primary students who do not attend it, and the size of this disparity continued to increase during junior high school to -0.083. Second, attending tutoring for non-academic subjects can heighten the development of the higher-order thinking dispositions. The higher-order thinking dispositions of primary students who attend non-academic training is 0.015 higher than that of primary students who do not attend it, and the size of this disparity continued to increase during junior high school to 0.073. Third, higher socioeconomic status, with greater parental involvement and higher educational aspirations, the students are more inclined to engage in non-academic training, and positively predicted the higher-order thinking dispositions. This article discusses these findings and provides recommendations for educational leaders and policymakers: establishing multivariate evaluation system; advertising home educational perceptions; creating of free course resources platforms, establishing distance education system; developing differentiated and personalized curriculum. Educational impact and implications statementThis study investigated whether primary and junior high students attend academic tutoring and non-academic tutoring matters for their higher-order thinking dispositions. We found that attending academic tutoring can dampen the development of the higher-order thinking dispositions, on the contrary, attending non-academic tutoring can benefit it. Hence, sometimes less is more.

Program Pendidikan Jarak Jauh dengan Mempertimbangkan Konteks Sosial Budaya Turki Melibatkan Penyediaan Layanan yang Tepat dan Saluran Komunikasi yang Efektif

Understanding the socio-cultural context is key to developing the right support system for distance learners. The socio-cultural context in Turkey is an important element in the development of Turkish distance education programs, where the two elements of Turkish cultural patronage and oral tradition - seem to play an important role. The main objective of this study was to determine the role of the socio-cultural context in designing appropriate support services and improving interaction in the Turkish Distance Education System, namely, the Faculty of Open Education (OEF). The study first introduces the OEF technology and socio-cultural context then presents to consider the influence of those contexts in designing appropriate support services and enhancing interactions; and finally provide several suggestions to improve student support and interaction in accordance with the prevailing socio-cultural context.

PROJECT TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE DISTANCE FORMAT OF THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF THE TEACHER

The article deals with the issues of the relevance of distance education and analyzes the problems of ensuring its effectiveness in the context of the transition to competency-oriented/personality-oriented technologies. The essence of distance education and the problems that reduce its effectiveness in the conditions of modern realities and challenges of the time are analyzed. In particular, attention is focused on the practice of formal application of innovative technologies, which include project-based technologies characterized by a discrepancy in form and content (innovative form and traditionally informative and reproductive method of organizing educational activities in its context). The authors argue that educational activity systems of schools and professional training of teachers in higher education institutions should be studied in the context of common approaches to the functioning of interdependent systems. It is proved that an adequate personality-oriented system of organizing project activities of schoolchildren/students will comply with the basic principles of competency-based education and provide the basis for its implementation in the system of competency-based education. The article offers the author's model of organizing project-based learning in the distance education system and describes algorithms for its implementation with a focus on the criteria of competency-based education and distance learning conditions. The model is equally relevant for the system of organizing educational activities of schoolchildren and professional training, as well as post-graduate education of teachers. Therefore, the problem is to systematically and gradually move towards innovative education, updating all the links and dependencies that ensure the systematic approach.

The Challenges of Distance Education and Evidence-Based Solution Suggestions

Today, the development of technology and the internet plays an important role in providing equal opportunities in education. Distance education studies carried out for this purpose facilitate education and training by providing education opportunities independent of both time and place. There are some difficulties experienced in maintaining distance education, which is increasing in popularity day by day with the advantages it provides in the learning process with technological developments. In this study, by considering the difficulties experienced in the distance education process, suggestions are made for both system developers and teachers who are the implementers of the system. In the first part of the study, the difficulties brought by distance education and in the second part, suggestions compiled from the results of the studies on the elimination of the difficulties experienced are included. For this reason, it is thought that this study will provide important contributions to education technologists, content managers, teachers who teach with the distance education system and policy providers who develop the distance education system.

Öğretim Elemanlarının Uzaktan Eğitime Bakış Açıları

This study examined the perspectives of the faculty members of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University on distance education. The content analysis method, one of the qualitative data analysis methods, was used to analyze the data obtained in the research. Faculty members stated that distance education has advantages such as flexibility, time management, and efficiency. On the other hand, they argue that distance education has disadvantages, such as a lack of motivation and social interaction. However, they also stated that face-to-face education is not a substitute. While designing distance education courses, they primarily benefited from the relevant web pages on the internet and the help of their colleagues. For transiting to the distance education system in higher education institutions, this study recommends rescheduling faculty member duties and responsibilities, defining and enriching digital tools and technological infrastructure, and providing support and feedback.

The technological approach in scholarly and professional life of I. S. Pilko

The article is written on the occasion of Irina S. Pilko’s jubilee. The authors review the stages of her professional career, and characterize her scientific interests. They acknowledge her contribution to the national librarianship and training staff for the library and information field. The technological approach in the applied library studies is characterized. Irina S. Pilko’s scientific interests are: information communication technologies in the library and information education, technological approach in library and information production, information services for library users, information and bibliographic products and services. Pilko’s technological approach to professional training is manifested in the curriculum structure and contents. She regards educational technologies as the foundation for quality education and projecting of learning information environment in the system of distance education in universities. The ideas of I. S. Pilko have become widely used in the library and information field and continuing library education.

INCREASING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION AMONG STUDENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF MODERN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

As a result of the historical and pedagogical analysis, the main trends and features of adult education in universities based on modern information technologies at various stages of the development of pedagogical theory and practice have been identified. The pedagogical characteristic of the adult education category is given. The pedagogical essence of the process of adult education in universities is substantiated on the basis of modern information technologies, taking into account their socio-psychological characteristics, the content and structure of the pedagogical process under study are disclosed. A pedagogical target program for improving the effectiveness of adult education in universities based on modern information technologies has been developed and tested. Criteria and indicators for evaluating the effectiveness of adult education in universities based on modern information technologies have been determined: meaningful, organizational and productive. The main ways to increase the effectiveness of adult education based on modern information technologies are identified: the development of a distance education system in modern universities, improving the efficiency of the corporate information system of a university, training faculty and university administration as tutors and managers of students' cognitive activity.

Automated speech emotion polarization for a distance education system based on orbital local binary pattern and an appropriate sub-band selection technique.

The distance education system was widely adopted during the Covid-19 pandemic by many institutions of learning. To measure the effectiveness of this system, it is essential to evaluate the performance of the lecturers. To this end, an automated speech emotion recognition model is a solution. This research aims to develop an accurate speech emotion recognition model that will check the lecturers/instructors' emotional state during lecture presentations. A new speech emotion dataset is collected, and an automated speech emotion recognition (SER) model is proposed to achieve this aim. The presented SER model contains three main phases, which are (i) feature extraction using multi-level discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and one-dimensional orbital local binary pattern (1D-OLBP), (ii) feature selection using neighborhood component analysis (NCA), (iii) classification using support vector machine (SVM) with ten-fold cross-validation. The proposed 1D-OLBP and NCA-based model is tested on the collected dataset, containing three emotional states with 7101 sound segments. The presented 1D-OLBP and NCA-based technique achieved a 93.40% classification accuracy using the proposed model on the new dataset. Moreover, the proposed architecture has been tested on the three publicly available speech emotion recognition datasets to highlight the general classification ability of this self-organized model. We reached over 70% classification accuracies for all three public datasets, and these results demonstrated the success of this model.

A Systematic Analysis of the Impact of the Military Conflict on the Distance Education System in Ukraine

A Systematic Analysis of the Impact of the Military Conflict on the Distance Education System in Ukraine

Teachers’ Opinions on Students’ Adaptation to School after the COVID-19 Pandemic

Education-teaching activities have been affected by many natural or man-made factors from past to present and have been interrupted. The biggest of these interruptions was caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which emerged in China and caused a deadly pneumonia, and education activities were interrupted all over the world and students started education with distance education systems. With the reduction of the effects of the disease, students returning to school faced various problems. It is important to determine what these problems are and to take measures to eliminate them. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine the opinions of secondary school teachers about the adaptation of students to school after the COVID-19 pandemic. For this purpose, the opinions of nine secondary school teachers from various branches were tried to be determined with semi-structured interview questions by using a case study design, one of the qualitative research methods. The reliability analyzes of the data obtained from the teacher interviews were carried out and the findings were presented in the form of codes and themes. The main problems that the teachers saw in the students after the pandemic were identified as incompatibility, slowness in reading, writing, and understanding, not obeying the classroom rules, lack of attention, and difficulties in establishing social interaction. Various suggestions were made according to the results obtained within the scope of the study.

The Influence of Distance Education and Peer Self-Regulated Learning Mechanism on Learning Effectiveness, Motivation, Self-Efficacy, Reflective Ability, and Cognitive Load

COVID-19 has resulted in the increased use of distance learning around the world. With the advancement of information technology, traditional classroom teaching has gradually integrated the Internet and distance learning methods. Students need to be able to learn on their own in a distance learning environment, so their ability to self-regulate their learning in a distance learning environment cannot be ignored. However, in previous studies on self-regulated learning, most learners learn alone. When they have academic doubts, they cannot obtain help and support from their studies, resulting in reduced learning outcomes. This study uses the peer self-disciplined learning mechanism to establish a distance teaching system that assists students and to improve their own learning status by meeting with peers at a distance. It can also help learners orient themselves by observing their peers’ learning status and goal considerations. The participants in this study were 112 college students in the department of information management. The control group used a general self-regulated teaching system for learning, and the experimental group used a distance learning system, incorporating peer self-regulated learning. The results of the study found that learners who used the distance peer learning mechanism were more effective than those who used the general distance self-regulated learning system; learners who used the distance peer-regulated learning mechanism had better motivation, self-efficacy, and reflection after the learning activity than those who used the general distance self-regulated learning system. In addition, with the aid of such mechanisms, learners’ cognitive load can be reduced, and learning effectiveness can be improved.

Views of students with visual impairment on distance education during the covid-19 pandemic

Abstract This study investigates the views of students with visual impairments on distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research design of the study is qualitative research. The participants of the study include students with visual impairments. They are studying at different universities where distance education was offered in the fall semester of 2020 in Turkey. We collected the data of the study through a semi-structured interview form. In the analysis of the data collected, content analysis was carried out. According to the results, it has been determined that distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic has both advantages and disadvantages. The benefits of distance education are that the system and course contents used are accessible, the course contents can be listened to again, it is physically easy to listen to the lesson, the evaluations are made in the form of assignment, additional time is given and communication with the instructors is easily facilitated. The disadvantages stated by the students can be as follows: factors related to the distance education system, factors related to the content, aspects concerned with in-term assignments, factors related to exams, psychological and social factors, and communication-related factors.

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES WHEN TEACHING MATHS

Introduction. The article deals with the problem of digital education on the example of natural science disciplines, in particular Mathematics, when training students of Nizhny Novgorod Academy of Russian MIA (Ministry of Internal Affairs) – future specialists in the sphere of ensuring economic security.
 Purpose of research is to highlight specific features of training students in the conditions of digital educational process at the Nizhny Novgorod Academy of Russian MIA on the example of teaching “Mathematics”.
 Methods. Analysis and synthesis of psychological, pedagogical and didactic-methodical literature; generalization and systematization; monitoring, interview, pedagogical diagnostics, pedagogical experiment.
 Research results. This work deals with specific features of digital contemporary vocational education, advantages and disadvantages of educational process when using modern digital technologies. It represents the experience of using elements and resources of distance training system Moodle to deliver classes in natural science disciplines, in particular Mathematics, in order to realize the basic programs of vocational education. Apart from, the specificity of both planning and adoption of e-learning courses in electronic educational environment of higher school is determined in the article; it shows possibilities of how students can master specific knowledge, skills and necessary competences when training disciplines that are taught by teachers of Maths, Computing and Information technologies department and possibilities of further development of successful practice work in the sphere of economic security.
 Field of applying results. Research results can be the basis for drafting and using e-leaning courses in other disciplines as the tool for realizing digital education in various higher schools.
 Conclusions. The research work highlights the fact that traditional education in the conditions of digital technologies development is less effective especially if it concerns distance training. In order to improve its efficiency it is necessary to implement digital education elements, in particular the resources of SDE (System of Distance Education) LMS Moodle, to deliver classes in mathematical disciplines. The results of experiment and interviewing of both students and higher school teachers allow to identify both advantages and disadvantages of transformation from traditional to innovative education format. Digitalization has a lot of advantages but in order to get highly-quality education and a set of necessary competences when learning a discipline, it is important to consider both traditional and digital education as a single purposeful process of training and upbringing. The model of digital education is in need of training a highly-qualified specialist that would include in its system substantial aspects of training process; pedagogical methods and technologies; organization and management arrangements; all necessary facilities have to be created; and when training all possible ways of solving upbringing tasks should be highlighted.

Research on Distributed Software of College Online Education Based on Information Gain Optimization Algorithm

The paper analyzes the shortcomings of the information gain method, applies frequency, concentration and dispersion to the information gain method, and proposes a feature optimization selection method based on information gain. By introducing the service resource framework WSRF technical specification, a new grid distance education system model GEM based on the open grid service structure OGSA. According to the existing problems of modern distance education, a distributed distance education system based on object Web computing is studied by using CORBA/Java. On this basis, a new dynamic distributed system structure technology and idea based on object-oriented technology is applied to develop and realize the distance education question bank system.

Sustainable and efficient E-learning internet of things system through blockchain technology

E-Learning Education systems are gaining attention day-to-day because of their inclusive pertinence in the distance education system. Due to COVID-19, the online learning education system has become very popular. Most probably, all education systems have been using the IoT-based E-Learning system to continue the students’ education without hindrance during the COVID lockdown. Several E-Learning IoT schemes are explored that reflect privacy and security, but still, there is no detailed scheme; hence, it needs a sustainable, secure E-Learning IoT system. The characteristics and prospects of the Internet of Things are discussed in this article. By analyzing the various functions and capabilities of the Internet of Things, this article aims to provide an overview of the various advantages and challenges of using the platform for e-learning. This paper proposed the E-Learning IoT architecture with Blockchain technology, with layers of different IoT and Blockchain concepts to secure the online education system. Also, the block diagram of the proposed architecture demonstrates how students can securely access or interact with the online learning system through Blockchain technology. By implementing the proposed e-learning IoT architecture, universities and colleges can improve their distance learning programs and increase efficiency without affecting their academic activities. Finally, the study found that e-learning positively impacts students' learning experience and overall quality of education. It also exhibited a significant positive impact on their flexibility and academic productivity.

Enhanced Student Support System in Open and Distance Education Using Long Short Term Memory Recurrent Neural Network

Open and distance education provides access to education to all categories of learners. Learners in Open and Distance education system face the problem of inadequate support services especially when they encounter issues on their studies that need urgent attention. The educational services offered in open and distance education system can only be effective if there is an effective student support system. This study explores the need to enhance the open and distance student support system using Long Short Term Memory neural network. The approach of machine learning was adopted in the area of issue and complaint resolution whereby the issues/complaints are raised in the form of a ticket which is categorized based on their priority. The Last Short Term Memory neural network was used in the prediction of the best solution based on previous input. The enhance student support system was able to provide effective and timely feedback on student issues and complaints. This in turn lowers the rate of student dropout from the system and also provides enabling learning environment for the learners. Machine learning-based student support services improve the effectiveness of the service rendered thereby making the learners improve their academic performance.

THE FUTURE OF E-LEARNING IN THE ALGERIAN UNIVERSITY AFTER THE CORONA PANDEMIC FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS BETWEEN CONTINUITY AND ESTRANGEMENT. A FIELD STUDY

The Algerian University ,like other universities of the countries of science , in light of the global pandemic « Corona » adopted a strategy and an electronic educational system as an alternative to the classical system , with the aim of addressing the spread of the epidemic, as well as continuity in its pedagogical and scientific activities and achieving the goals and mission of the university of providing society and economic and social institutions with its technical outputs Scientific, and the Algerian University sought to consider it a horizon and betting and a strategic option to go towards the information by using modern knowledge technologies ,but in light of the obstacles and challenges by the university family, especially professors and student, they are tow active parties in the educational process and the extent of the efficacy and quality of the educational process, features and features are manifested the future of the e-learning system at the Algerian University after the Corona’s pandemic from the point of view of professors and students. Attention to the topic in this research paper enters to determine the reality of the distance education system and the future vision after the pandemic Educational process. Where a questionnaire was distributed to a sample of professors and students through a group of universities of the country, and with the help of the descriptive analytical approach, and by relying on the statistical technology in social sciences (SPSS) , a set of results and recommendations were reached

Pemberian Pelayanan yang Tepat dan Saluran Komunikasi yang Efektif dalam Pendidikan Agama Islam Jarak Jauh Dirancang dengan Mempertimbangkan Konteks Sosial Budaya Turki

Understanding the socio-cultural context is key to developing the right support system for distance learners. The socio-cultural context in Turkey is an important element in the development of Turkish distance education programs, where the two elements of Turkish cultural patronage and oral tradition - seem to play an important role. The main objective of this study was to determine the role of the socio-cultural context in designing appropriate support services and improving interaction in the Turkish Distance Education System, namely, the Faculty of Open Education (OEF). The study first introduces the OEF technology and socio-cultural context then presents to consider the influence of those contexts in designing appropriate support services and enhancing interactions; and finally provide several suggestions to improve student support and interaction in accordance with the prevailing socio-cultural context