Distance Learning - Science topic

Working adults often face unique challenges, such as managing their professional responsibilities alongside their studies, with the added pressure of condensed semester durations compared to full-time students. For example, some lecturers may not fully engage with or address the specific needs and concerns of working adults during lectures or assignments, potentially leading to gaps in understanding or academic performance. Additionally, working adults returning to education may struggle with independently conducting research, given their time away from formal studies and the need to adapt to academic expectations. What approaches do you recommend for creating a supportive learning environment that acknowledges these challenges and provides effective solutions to help working adults succeed?"

Distance learning is a wide known technique for teaching

As part of the project we are currently working on, "Social and Motivation Effects of Virtual Reality in Distance Education," we are looking for a reliable data source for a database of distance education (fully online, not blended) in Europe.

We are specifically looking for databases from reliable sources of individual EU countries (e.g., from the Ministry of Education), providing data on universities offering distance education (university name; name of the study program/field; type of study like bachelor's, master's, doctoral; language of instruction; duration of study, etc.

We would be very grateful for any provided source or advice.

Recommend literature on this topic for the last 7 years.

How does the adoption of video-based distance learning along side multimedia tools such as TedTalk, Quiz platformss, Youtube (just to name a few) enhances learner-content interaction?

Acceptance of a specialized doctoral student in distance education planning

Metaverse can be the best option for universities and we are your companions in this way.

I need information evaluation criteria for distance learning.

Distance learning solutions-Learning in the Corona Age

Most governments around the world have temporarily closed educational institutions in an attempt to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

These nationwide closures are impacting almost 70% of the world’s student population. Several other countries have implemented localized closures impacting millions of additional learners.UNESCO is supporting countries in their efforts to mitigate the immediate impact of school closures, particularly for more vulnerable and disadvantaged ommunities, and to facilitate the continuity of education for all through remote learningaward smart school

External repositories of distance learning solutions

Brookings – A catalogue of nearly 3,000 learning innovations. Not all of them are distance learning solutions, but many of them offer digital education content. Common Sense Education – Tips and tools to support school closures and transitions to online and at-home learning. Common weatlh of Learning List of resources for policymakers, school and college administrators, teachers, parents and learners that will assist with student learning during the closure of educational institutions.

Education Nation – Nordic countries have opened up their learning solutions for the world for free, supporting teachers and learners during the school closures.

EdSurge – Community-driven list of edtech products, including many distance learning resources for students, teachers and schools, covering primary to post-secondary education levels.

European Commission Resources – A collection of online platforms for teachers and educators, available in 23 EU languages.

Global Business Coalition for Education – List of e-learning platforms, information sharing platform and communication platforms.

Keep Learning Going – Extensive collection free tools, strategies, tips and best practices for teaching online from a coalition of USA-based education organizations. Includes descriptions of over 600+ digital learning solutions.

Koulu.me – A collection of apps and pedagogical solutions curated by Finnish edtech companies to facilitate distance for pre-primary to upper secondary learners.

Organisation internationale de la Francophonie: Resources for primary and secondary school students and teachers for learning and teaching French.

UNEVOC Resources – Tools, guides, MOOCS and other resources collected by UNESCO’s International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training for continued learning in the area of TVET.

UNHCR – An extensive list of over 600 distance learning solutions from the United Nations agency for refugees.

What online whiteboards do you use in distance learning and blended learning?

Canva, Miro, Board Net? Please share your experience of using it in teaching

Since COVID appeared many educational institutions were obliged to move their activities to online platforms, thus kicking off a grandiose digitalization process by accelerating the innovation in how we work and study.

Most of us managed to transition and not only be successful but even more efficient at our tasks than before. So, where is the hold up in some universities not offering distance learning programs alternatives? Is there a stigma or does online education provide, indeed, less quality knowledge transfer? Why?

The main goal of the research paper is to review the application of new learning technologies in African and European countries that face crises! There is a draft that needs to be revised and updated!

Please, if you're interested to cooperate, write to me privately!

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What are some (distance or open learning) degrees which could be done alongside medical school (MD in USA or MBBS in UK/India) which can be useful to work in the medical sector? For example, LLB (Bachelor's Degree in Law) which is taken to become an advocate can be helpful in Medical Law and Legislature, but it does not have distance learning options; or Bachelor's Degree in Hospital Management which will be helpful in future for hospital administration or so on. Feel free to pitch in your suggestions.

TEKNODIKA journal of educational technology research which publishes reviews, analysis, and empirical research on designing, developing, managing, utilizing and evaluating educational Technology to facilitating learning in formal and informal educational settings.

Focus & scope: learning media, learning sources, distance learning, e-learning and online learning, and other relevant topics.

Our journal publishes Twice a year on March and September. We call for international author to contribute for prior, quick and highly disseminated publication. Our journal is member of crossreff by doi : 10.20961/teknodika.

Call for reviewers:

we also invite international prospective researcher with the relevant concerns to become external reviewers. Please contact the supporting contacts to join our team (tp@fkip.uns.ac.id).

visit the journal Website for detail information in https://jurnal.uns.ac.id/Teknodika.

In face-to-face teaching, teacher training is an essential task. Trainings are organized as well as refresher sessions are scheduled to train teachers of new teaching tools and methods. In your opinion, is this training also essential in online education/learning?

What are the indicators of work performance of a teacher with respect to digital literacy at distance learning please?

Dear researchers,

During the Corona outbreak, the integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become a necessity, as ICT use in education is a systematic and structured process to improve its quality. However, as teachers ourselves, we do face some obstacles which differ from country to country, from culture to culture... Would you please mention some of these obstacles?

Regards,

Rababah

Dear RG members,

In your opinion, what is the best teaching method in a distance learning context?

1. Problem-based learning (PBL).

2. Programmed learning or guided learning: when the learner can learn a set of learning concepts according to the plan established by the teacher or the course designer (fixed learning path).

3. Free learning: when the learner can learn a set of learning concepts according to his choice (free learning path, without any conditions).

Thank you for your contributions

Distance learning is suitable in all disciplines and brings distances closer, but is it an alternative to in-class

Distance learning is a new method of teaching and learning. I want to know if the exams in this method are safe and reliable.

I would like to open this thread for the R^G community to discuss.

According to Wikipedia commons, "Open learning" is an innovative movement in education that emerged in the 1970s and evolved into several fields of practice & study, either enhancing learning opportunities or broadening learning opportunities. Open learn as a learning technique has been very well established by some universities around the world, please check:

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_learning)

On the other hand, "Education 4.0" is a new term coined to another term, "the 4^th industrial revolution" aiming at transforming education using advanced tech & project-based learning (https://www.creatrixcampus.com/blog/Education-4.0) & it looks like a lot of money is giving to it (https://educationfour.com/)

also, check for more information: Salmon, G. (2019), May the Fourth Be with You: Creating Education 4.0. Journal of Learning for Development, 6(1), 95-115.

According to open Learning create, the term came into use in 2017, and it has been gaining attention in some learning & teaching communities.

Thank you all for your participation, the forum is open to all & I hope that the thread will be useful for eLearning communities.

In these pandemic conditions is what you recommend distance learning digital platforms (E-learning) or you are for the resumption of courses in classes and universities ?

Dear RG members,

There is doubt that teaching/ learning online has become a pain in the neck worldwide. The gap is getting bigger and bigger. How to bridge such a gap? How would one overcome the barriers of online learning/teaching?

Regards,

Is there any available Questionnaire or tool for assessing effectiveness of Modular Distance Learning?

Dear Scholars

I would like to have a reference to an authoritative or relatively well-established definition of "online education" or "online teaching" or "e-learning". I also look for definition of related terms, such as "hybrid teaching" and "distant education", "distance learning", etc.

I looked at UNESCO documents to find a kind of international set of definitions, but I couldn't find any. Does anyone have a reference or a source?

Many thanks.

Dear seniors and researchers,

Briefly introducing myself, I am a fourth year medical student from Indonesia. Currently, I am performing a multiple logistic regression on several possible factors affecting medical student preference toward distance learning in this pandemic era. Honestly, it is my first time in using logistic regression in my work, and I might encounter several confusing issues regarding this statistical procedure. I have selected 14 eligible covariates for multiple logistic regression according to its significant p-value (0.000) during their simple logistic regression. After including all of those 14 covariates to the model, the ExpB (odds ratio) of all 14 covariates become insignificant despite decent model (Good result of Omnibus test, R-squared, and Holmer and Lemeshow test). All of statistical procedure were performed in SPSS ver 22.

Regarding this issue, what should I do in responding those finding? Is it correct to interpret that there were no significant relationship between all of 14 covariates and dependent variable (student preference toward distance learning) simultaneously? Or is there any suggestion of appropriate technical steps in conducting multiple regression analysis?

Thank You

I used mixed methods for assessing modular distance learning to propose a program for the coming school year. I have three respondents (10 learners, 10 parents, 10 teachers) and used a questionnaire and an open-ended question for my respondents. What is statistical treatment should I used?

I have a questionnaire and a few interview questions for providers that relate to prediabetes am trying to reach or partner with health providers in Florida in order to complete I am also a dietitian but this is for public health coursework would be able to complete remotely and school has IRB

I am currently working on a project that addresses educational communication and technology (ECT) barriers in online education and distance learning in the Philippines. However, according to my internet research, SPSS can only handle 1500 cases or respondents. My project requires over 3000 student respondents with more than 150 variables, which includes sub-variables. Is there any statistical software that can meet my requirements?

I am currently conducting study about Secondary School Teachers’ Conceptions of Distance Learning Assessment Practices of Distance Learning Assessment amidst pandemic however there were few related studies about this topic but mostly are not for distance learning..

During the Covid Pandemic situation teaching in online mode is an important issue in the education system.

There are many challenges while teaching in an online mode such as making lectures more effective, interesting, interactive, etc. please share your ideas/experiences in this regard.

University education is beyond academic benefits. It gives students a chance to develop attitude and skills that give them courage, ability to work with others and a better understanding of himself and the entire world around them. It is during University years that a person gets to understand his/her identity, role, and dreams. To become what you want to be, you need not only formal education but also real-life experience and opportunities for self-development.

How much of this is missing in these cruel times of eLearning & social distancing?

Your comments are highly appreciated!

As an online or blended learning lecturer or an ICT specialist working at Distance Learning Department, how have you perceived the integration between Learning Management System (LMS) and Academic Management System at Higher or Vocational Education Institutions?

I'd like to read opinions and feelings from online, F2F and blended learning lecturers but also from ICT specialists working with this.

if I have 2 nodes with a given coordinate system (x, y) on both. Can I calculate the distance between the nodes using an algorithm? for example dijkstras or A *?

A lot of people don't like of this kind of education but is clear that more and more teaching institutions will use this model to increase their course options and governments will invest to bring facilities to expand the knowledge of their populations. So I wanna study more about this, can you share some articles with me?

Hello! I want to start a question for a research topic and I want your opinion on What strategies are the most useful and facilitate distance learning for communities in dispersed areas?

Are you with distance learning and education in universities due to the Corona virus pandemic? What are the pros and cons of this topic

Give us your opinion and evaluation of this topic?

In this historical moment a new form of teaching is taking place: DAD or distance learning, but the research and experimentation that take place in the age of development are the children exclusively of face-to-face teaching?

What is your favorite technique for designing discussion prompts that promote peer participation in asynchronous discussions? I'm thinking specifically about the design of prompts, rather than the facilitation of subsequent conversations. Thanks for sharing! ~Barb

I am searching for studies that developed validated tools (e.g questionnaire) to assess the effectiveness of online mentoring program. I am interested in studies that developed questionnaire to assess the mentors and students experience and satisfaction.

I am open also for any studies for evaluation of distance learning experience.

Thank you

Does anyone have, or know where I might get a comparison of the threaded discussion features among popular learning management systems? By "features" I am thinking about threading, adaptive release, email from thread, push notifications for posts, etc.

Many universities and schools around the world have closed their campuses due to Corona (COVID‐19) epidemic. Would you please share your expertise in delivering microteaching and practicum for pre-service teachers? How practical courses are delivered as a response to COVID‐19 outbreak? What are best practices? Other thoughts

I am looking for studies related to modular distance learning. Specifically studies talking about teachers' attitude and practices in the conduct of modular distance learning.

The article appeared on the website of the Leibniz Association:

Read the interview here https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/about-us/whats-new/news/forschungsnachrichten-single/newsdetails/kuenstliche-intelligenz-fuettert-natuerliche-gehirne.html

Daniele Di Mitri is currently applying as an AI Newcomer 2021, called by the German Informatics Society. You can support his nomination here.

Since the start of 2020, the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) teachers have been forced to switch to online education. To do this, several platforms were used.

What are the best distance learning platforms ?

Do you plan to continue teaching remotely even after the Coronavirus (COVID-19) period ?

What are your recommendations based on your distance learning experiences ?

Due to the pandemic crisis, institutions opted for an unplanned online teaching for the safety of its students.

While some believe that emergency remote teaching is as effective as other types of online teaching, others argue that this unplanned procedure diminished the effectiveness of distance learning and would hardly lead to ultimate success.

I am applying for full professor of ODL and coming from a conventional setting, I am not particularly sure about the roles and functions of a full professor in this territory.

Which do you think is more effective, distance-learning, or regular training?

Distance learning is a learning method in which students are not required to be physically present in a classroom setting or school.

According to Covid-19 crisis, a new culture in all fields are dominated. In education, there are many types of teaching (or instructional) strategies:

internet-based learning, online learning, open learning, distance learning, blended learning, electronic learning, computerized-based learning?

# From your point of view, are the previous strategies differ in concepts and procedures or they are only multiconcepts with the same definition?

## (optional item) which type of the previous strategies are applied in your university (college or school or company)??

Regards,,

I am doing a literature review regarding utilization of gifted strategies in a math class. Specifically, I am looking at how distance learning might impact math acceleration or math understanding for gifted students. What strategies with technology have you experienced with either negative or positive results?

If you have converted any teaching activities to distance learning because of the Coronavirus pandemic, please take a few minutes to complete this survey.

Please complete the survey now, so you don't forget. The survey is 15 questions (few are Likert scales), plus demographics.

The link to the survey is: https://forms.gle/mnUmQAuxzziSxJJN9

Please feel free to share this invitation with anyone you think may be interested in participating.

that is part of Literature review

Your opinion in distance learning in terms of quality assurance; reliable system; teaching methodology; students’ rights; Professors’ capabilities to deliver their lectures; etc

After the Covid-19 pandemic, has distance learning proven its ability in learning and improving learners performance as independen teaching method, or it is only an idea that is not widely applicable

Dear RG members,

As instructors ourselves, we come across some educational issues concerning the levels of the new students, particularly online ones. The question is: How to identify the level of fresh distance students?

Regards,

Dears

We have conducted a manuscript to assess the Distant learning in Physical Therapy Education during the COVID-19 outbreak. The study design was cross-sectional study and was reported according STROBE statement.

The study evaluates the correlated factor and predictors for student satisfaction and quality of learning. The main outcome was Distance Education Learning Environments Survey (DELES).

We have submitted the manuscript for a number of Education journals. They rejected the manuscript because the STROBE design is not appropriate for education journals style.

Any suggested journals that are interest in physical therapy education or health education and follow the medical journals reporting guidelines?

Thank You

Dear RG members,

In response to the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus, all face to face classes have been suspended. in this regard, how to keep students engaged in online learning? especially those who spend most of their time online.

Regards,

Here in the Philippines, self-learning modules (SLMs) are being developed for the modular distance learning delivery among grade schoolers. SLMs have answer keys at the back portions for learners/parents to evaluate their answers right after each activity. How can we avoid academic dishonesty in this case?

Your ideas and suggestions are most welcome!

Dear RG Researchers,

I have just finished conducting a study on the adoption of online learning, and I have come up with barriers and obstacles which (some of them) contradict with those found in the previous empirical studies. The question here, do barriers to online learning differ from country to country? culture to culture? social class ........etc

Regards,

Rababah

my research is about relationship between resilience and academic stress during distance learning. I really apreciate if you answer my question. thanks before

Due to Covid-19 and social distance which causes closing universities and schools and making most of the lectures to be given online. I am thinking of the applications that computer vision can help to improve the e-learning experience for students. for example, handwriting recognition, students attendance, learning behaviour detection and etc. please advice on other applications, tools and techniques that can be investigated by the researchers in this area.

We have a number of negative by-sides effects of COVID however I am keen on making a stock take of the positive aspects. A few obvious are: distance - learning, working, digitalization and cooperation, but what you belief the COVID is going to change in your field? From the operational level, we need a way to index the positive effects.

We teachers must be very clear that pedagogical mediation must be based on precise and achievable learning objectives, and develop appropriate teaching strategies so that students can build on what they already know. It is also very important to take into account the applicability of scientific knowledge in our daily life, in industry, development of an environmental awareness in order to have a society with a better quality of life.

Which mode of teaching and learning achieves better results?

What are your experiences with different distance learning platforms?

Generally for remote working, which platform would you recommend?

Why?

Distinguished peers,

The need and demand for online learning is on the rise, partially owing to political and healthcare related issues. Many online courses have been developed to provide interactive courses with user forums or social media discussions to support community interactions among students, professors, and teaching assistants (TAs). Some platforms also provide immediate feedback to quick quizzes, assignments etc.

As there is a multitude of courses offered by numerous education institutions, it is often difficult to select the best or the most appropriate.

I would like some feedback in this regards. Which courses have you taken? Which institution provided the course? Which platform was used? Were the learning out comes achieved? Is this method of teaching practical and viable? Any recommendations?

Thank you for your feedback,

Aftab

In times of pandemic, distance learning has gained strength. What can teachers do to make distance classes more attractive to students?

As many HE institutions are switching to online distance learning; some in an abrupt manner, perceptions and/or attitudes of teachers/lecturers, students, administrators and technical staff vary across the board. Views and preferences on purely online, blended or hybrid learning are also changing amidst the crises; f-2-f is obviously out of the question.

with covid-19, a lot will change, including the education system. a question arises which concerns learning evaluation operations. your contributions will help improve our practices for better equity.

In light of the shift from traditional to e-learning, and in the light of your vast experiences. What types of tests are appropriate for distance learning?

After a couple of exploratory studies conducted at Campus and National level (Italy) we have decided, as ASLERD (Association for Smart Learning Ecosystems and Regional Development), to launch a survey aimed at gathering current feelings and opinions on some aspects of the distance learning experience.

The survey Me and distance learning at Covid-19 time is intended for both Universities' teachers and students.

Here, below, the links to the two questionnaires

Me and the distance learning at Covid-19 time - University teacher questionnaire https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_WwYAsp73IufAExjFmODwP_Za48sGmMeiAbZ-9c_MpnNpbg/viewform

Me and the distance learning at Covid-19 time - University student questionnaire https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezQQnBJjRCubOJW1UWP857Luv4WNnTjGdlu9WzstnvIh3s9A/viewform

We do really appreciate if you could support the success of this initiative by filling the questionnaire yourself and by inviting your colleagues and students to do the same.

Around the world, mainly smart working and home working represent two key responses that people and organizations prompted to give continuity to their services, while respecting social distancing. Among many jobs, teaching trusts on web platforms, but they are just means, though they offer some tools for engaging students, such as quiz apps, video recording, sharing files and channels for discussions.

Looking at educational issue, e-learning and distance learning are two differents contexts where teaching occurs. The first can be added to traditional education too, especially for training people in organizational contexts. Distance learning may work for teaching at the university, since students are skilled enough to be committed to understanding arguments and taking exams. However, interactions, labs, q&a sessions are challenging given the tendency of the means to be asynchronous.

Besides commenting my slides and journal articles, I mostly give them cases and papers to study at home, so to use their analysis as a base for discussion during the following lectures. Mainly, this can be done with master students. Also, some students, most of the time undergraduate, watch the recorded video of the lectures afterwards. No matter the content of the lecture, mainly watching videos and cutting the interactions, including taking notes, reduces the effectiveness of attending. This habit may be caused by a "youtube" alike interactions with everything is a video of a person speaking and commenting slides and by a inherent feature of the means itself. Platforms allows to "pause" attending (turning off mic and cam or the sound) due to an incoming email, a facebook message, a call and whatever is happening at home. Things that normally we completely "freeze" when attending classes, watching movies at the cinema and so on. In fact, attending requires a more focused and demanding engagement.

What I'm asking is the following.

How to increase interactions and effectiveness of distance education in the context of University, where the tradition is being physically present in the same room and the whole course is designed in that way? What kind of methodologies can be adopted to sustain interactions and discourage a "youtube" alike mindset.

Dear colleagues,

If you have shifted from teaching face-to-face to teach online, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we would appreciate your cooperation in filling-up this short survey:

Our goal is to examine online instructors' interest in data about learners' activity (by comparing face-to-face and online classes).

Thank you for your time and stay safe!

Dr. Maya Usher

Dr. Arnon Hershkovitz

Tel Aviv University's School of Education

Anyone has tried Telegram for distance learning?! Does it work?

I'm currently using Google Classroom but my students are complaining because they are new to it and they lack technical training. Distance learning is new in my setting and has been introduced to cope with these challenging times that you'll guys know.

I teach English literature for freshmen. Thanks for your suggestions!

Update: Data collection is closed and our manuscript has been published. Thank you to everyone who participated.

You can find it at:

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If you have converted any courses to distance learning because of the coronavirus pandemic, please take a few minutes to complete this survey. The researchers are asking higher education faculty of all disciplines around the world to address their experiences in changing their classes from face-to-face instruction to online or other kinds of distance learning.

Please complete the survey now, so you don't forget. The survey is 18 questions (most are Likert scales), plus demographics.

The link to the survey is: https://forms.gle/qX522tiJsPNbgsGF9

This survey is completely anonymous and will not collect any information that can identify you. All categories of higher education faculty are welcome to participate, including all full-time and adjunct faculty.

Most scholarly literature published so far about teaching during COVID-19 has been conceptual in nature, or case studies at a specific school or geographic region. The Researchers hope that this study will provide a broader context.

Please feel free to share this invitation with anyone you think may be interested in participating.

Thank you for your participation in this study.

(Time is of the essence because the journal we are submitting to needs our manuscript by the end of May 2020.)

I am conducting research into the transition from in-person to online "distance learning" around the world, specifically in higher education. I wanted to get a discussion going so we can see what other educators and institutions are doing to continue educating students during this transition.

Specifically, I am interested in seeing what parts of the distance-learning transition worked the best for you as educators and what parts of the transition were not the best and should be addressed in future policies.

Due to current situation (all over world) of CORONA it is very necessary to keep safe distance but academic activities are also important. Suggest innovative ways to help students (by distance learning) in such situation.