mardi 22 décembre 2020 par souad kamoun Chouk, Lorna Uden
Proponents of the flipped classroom argue that the approach helps students to develop cognitive strategies, such as understanding, retention, collaboration, and the restructuring of information, as well as promoting autonomous and independent learning. Deep learning promotes knowledge transfer. (…)
Online teaching and learning is a necessity rather than a choice in all forms of education today. Faculty are one of the important element in this online teaching / learning process. There are several issues pertaining to faculty and one important issue is the training of the faculty and their (...)
lundi 21 décembre 2020 par Charlene A. VanLeeuwen, George Veletsianos, Olga Belikov, Nicole Johnson
As digital education at the post-secondary level continues to grow, robust professional development that prepares faculty to teach in online and blended settings is necessary. In this study we analyze open-ended comments from the Canadian Digital Learning Research Association’s annual survey of (…)
lundi 21 décembre 2020 par Maxime Paquet, Thierry Karsenti
This article presents the results of an exploratory study that describes and analyzes the contribution of the e-portfolio in the use of the self-regulation process. The sample used was of female grade 9 high school students during oral production tasks. A content analysis of student (...)
lundi 21 décembre 2020 par Brenda M. Stoesz, Mehdi Niknam, Jessica Sutton
Research has demonstrated that students’ learning outcomes and motivation to learn are influenced by the visual design of learning technologies (e.g., learning management systems or LMS). One aspect of LMS design that has not been thoroughly investigated is visual complexity. In two experiments, (…)
lundi 21 décembre 2020 par Jérémie Bisaillon, Stéphane Villeneuve, Alain Stockless
Many students prefer to abandon rather than seek help during their homework. However, seeking support is recognized as an effective learning strategy to complete assignments. Technology-supported classroom could have a beneficial impact on this strategy and, therefore, on homework completion. (...)
This study examines whether the students with higher levels of language and cultural awareness relating to the L2 share this knowledge with their peers in collaborative writing tasks when participating in the Knowledge Building International Project (KBIP). The study was conducted in two (...)
Book Review by Michael Dabrowski Assessment strategies for online learning: Engagement and Authenticity, 2018. By Dianne Conrad and Jason Openo, Athabasca University Press 220 pages. doi:10.15215/aupress/9781771992329.01
Closed campuses, working remotely, and physical distancing have changed the way we work, teach, learn, shop, attend conferences, and interact with family and friends. But the Covid-19 pandemic has not changed what we know about creating high-end online education. Two decades of research has (...)