eLearning - Science topic

There are many people today living in the regions in the world where wars destroyed everything and access to education for children is almost non existent or very limited. Having current advances in the field of AI, eLearning, and Humanoid Robotics, will hopefully contribute to the betterment of mankind, in particular children who are victims of wars and need access to education.

What is scope for research in elearning?

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"Is there any difference between collaborative learning and engagement learning? Are collaborative learning and engagement learning separate concepts or complementary aspects?"

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Social change, developments in high technology has affected higher education due to the increasing numbers of students completing grade 12 leading to new demands of teachers. Developments required include creation of new eLearning universities sourced out as outgrowers from a home portal as distance education modes.

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At the beginning of May 2023, the World Health Organisation lifted the state of global epidemiological emergency associated with Covid-19. In Poland, the state of heightened epidemiological emergency associated with Covid-19 is not due to be lifted until the end of June 2023. This is likely to increase the scale of ongoing research into the various secondary effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, both the post-pandemic, post-vaccine health effects, then also the social and economic effects, including, for example, on the issue of rising inflation from 2021 generated by the introduction of a large amount of additional money into the economy during the Covid-19 pandemic, which was mainly intended to limit the scale of the increase in unemployment caused by the introduced lockdowns. In Poland, the PIS government is mainly responsible for the deterioration of children's mental state, which unreflectively and without applied research and public consultation introduced large-scale lockdowns imposed on selected sectors of the economy, national quarantines, universal e-learning, social distancing in public places, etc. ... and even a ban on entering forests during part of the period of wave 1 of the pandemic.

From mid-2022 onwards, more and more comparative studies began to appear, which compared internationally the question of the correlation between the rate of development of the pandemic, the number of deaths categorised as caused by the severe Covid-19 disease state and the occurrence of co-morbidities, usually in more than 90 per cent of cases, and the so-called 'anti-pandemic safety instruments' introduced to varying degrees in individual countries. The results of the study did not confirm the findings of the study, which was based on the results of the research carried out by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). The results of the research carried out did not support the thesis regarding the validity of the

of the lockdowns introduced during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic as an instrument to significantly reduce the level of mortality caused solely by the severe Covid-19 condition, exclusively, i.e. by subtracting the factor of co-morbidities. In some countries, the generating factors of specific comorbidities were key influential determinants shaping mortality levels. For example, in Poland, where, due to the government's neglect and deliberate slowing down and blocking of the development of renewable energy sources in recent years, more than three quarters of energy is still produced by the technologically backward dirty power industry based on burning hard coal and lignite, which generates the worst air quality in cities during heating periods compared to Europe and the world. This poor air quality, determined by high levels of particulate matter (PM 2.5, PM 10, etc.), is the source of premature deaths, estimated at around 50 000 people, i.e. deaths caused by respiratory and other diseases resulting from high levels of air pollution. Such diseases are examples of diseases coexisting with Covid-19, which were compounding factors in the level of mortality qualified as caused by these diseases in combination with Covid-19 during the pandemic. In the government-led pandemic risk management process, different structures were adopted to prioritise safety on the one hand for health and on the other hand also for socio-economic safety. Different solutions were adopted in the countries in terms of the applied anti-pandemic safety and anti-crisis instruments with regard to the economy. Consequently, the effects of these measures were also not the same. The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) and the applied anti-pandemic instruments also varied significantly between the various different industries and sectors of the economy.

These systemic anti-pandemic measures mainly benefited the technology sectors, companies operating on the Internet, businesses developing e-commerce, courier companies, state-owned companies receiving additional government contracts for the production of anti-pandemic assortments, e.g. hand disinfectant fluids, production of protective masks, etc. On the other hand, there were many more companies and enterprises, mainly operating in the service sectors, which were subject to lockdowns and suffered severe financial losses, some going out of business because of them, which in macroeconomic terms generated a deep recession of the economy during the 1st wave of the pandemic. However, as it later turned out, there were many more problems caused by such anti-pandemic socio-economic policies. Among these various secondary effects of the negative and particularly socially significant problems generated by the misguided antipandemic socio-economic policy, one stands out the increasing scale of psychological problems in children, which have significantly worsened since March 2020, i.e. since the lockdowns introduced during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, national quarantines, universal e-learning, social distancing in public places, etc., and have been exacerbated by the controversial pseudo-reforms applied to the education system over the past few years. In Poland, this problem is very serious. This is confirmed, inter alia, by the data on the growing scale of child suicides in the period from 2020 to 2022. Lockdowns, national quarantines, universal e-learning, social distancing in public places, etc., introduced and applied on a large scale during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in Poland, have caused disorders in the social development of children and adolescents. In view of this, it is essential to create and develop programmes to support the social development of children, programmes of psychological assistance for children, which should prevent the growing scale of psychological problems in children.

In view of the above, I address the following question to the Honourable Community of scientists and researchers:

And what is your opinion on this topic?

What is your opinion on this subject?

Please respond,

I invite you all to discuss,

Thank you very much,

Best wishes,

Dariusz Prokopowicz

A study of student's satisfaction on various e- learning apps usage..

I am working on E- learning area . So ,I need various datasets required for my research of students pursuing online courses , for eg MOOC's , various educational organizations.

kindly help me in this regard.

Awaiting for your reply .

Thank You .

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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As the world has changed with the global pandemic, capacity, labor, and funding constraints continue to change the corporate learning environment. As more companies transition from eLearning to Microlearning, what are the best interactivities to increase learning engagement and retention?

Big Data , personalization of E- learning Big Data , learner behavior . machine learning .

What kind of scientific research dominate in the field of Determinants of e-learning development?

Please, provide your suggestions for a question, problem or research thesis in the issues: Determinants of e-learning development.

Please reply.

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Dear R^G community,

I would like to open this thread in order to have some feedback gain about the importance of creating and developing a virtual teaching portfolio (VTP).

According to Wikipedia [1] an Electronic portfolio - EP has the following definition, I unquote:

"An electronic portfolio (also known as a digital portfolio, online portfolio, e-portfolio, e-folio, or eFolio) is a collection of electronic evidence assembled and managed by a user, usually on the Web. Such electronic evidence may include input text, electronic files, images, multimedia, blog entries, and hyperlinks. E-portfolios are both demonstrations of the user's abilities and platforms for self-expression. If they are online, users can maintain them dynamically over time."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_portfolio

In this thread, we aim to understand the differences between a virtual teaching portfolio-VTP and a scholar blog-SB where not only we share written documentation---but also learning and teaching experiences, becomes crucial for a teacher`s career.

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Hi Dears,

Is there any case study or experiment for implementing Session-Based Recommender Systems for eLearning systems?

Thanks

Hi,

I am doing a research about real-world implementations for Educational Resources Recommendation System (ML/DL) within the eLearning domain. For example in a university LMS.

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.

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!

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.

What is Gamification Analytics ? How Gamification Analytics can be used in terms of Elearning more specifically MOOC or any elearning platform?

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Thank you very much

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How do you organize your eLearning?

Which sources do you use to organize your online training?

The spread of COVID-19 has forced millions of students and teachers to move their communication online. I would like to know how do you solve this problem with your classes?

The Internet has been developing only for 3 decades becoming the main global information medium and the environment for creating new types of websites and innovative, technological startups that are successful in business if they offer attractive information services. Examples of companies that initially as startups and now as large technology companies have achieved spectacular business successes are corporations offering Internet information and marketing services in the environment of created and developed social media portals.

Currently, there are many, at least several dozen globally operating social media portals, several of which have gained a large, minimum percentage or larger share in the market of information and marketing internet services. Globally, these markets are dominated by several social media portals that have specialized in a specific profile of information and / or information offered to a particular segment of Internet users. Social media portals dominating globally include: Facebook, Instagram, Tweeter, LinkedIn, Google+, YouTube, Pinterest and others. Among the Internet users, the largest segment of the recipients of information services for social media portals are young people, many of whom are still students of primary and secondary schools as well as students studying at universities. As a result, social media portals used as a communication medium by students are increasingly becoming an instrument supporting the learning process.

Due to the above, the dynamic development of social media portals on the Internet is currently underway. For young people using smartphones, social media portals are one of the main sources of information. Probably the next stage in the development of social media portals will be the implementation of artificial intelligence to these portals and to search engines and the creation of applications of the type of interactive advisors on individual Internet information pages. New technologies of computerized, advanced information processing, technologies typical for the current fourth technological revolution, known as Industry 4.0, are increasingly integrating and functioning in the Internet environment.

The current technological revolution, known as Industry 4.0, is determined by the development of the following technologies of advanced information processing: Big Data database technologies, cloud computing, machine learning, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, Business Intelligence and other advanced data mining technologies. These technologies are successively implemented to developed social media portals. Due to the development of applications of these advanced information processing technologies, new types of computerized teaching instruments are created in educational processes, and educational systems also undergo technological transformation and Education 4.0 is defined.

Do you agree with my opinion on this matter?

Therefore, I am asking you the following questions:

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I invite you to the discussion

Thank you very much

Best wishes

The pandemic has put a reset button on most facets of our lives. This gives us educators a reason to stop and rethink of our path going ahead. The present crisis has shown the importance of e- learning and many of us have been grappling to adapt in this changed learning/ teaching scenario. In this new era of webinars and e- learning, many educators are converting their traditional pedagogy to e - learning and eventually to LMS (Learning management system) platforms. This also is an opportunity to start afresh and create a more contemporary content that can lead to better employ-ability.

Hospitality education, special in South Asia, has long been accused of being lagging in providing up-to-date skills and knowledge that the Industry demands. In response to these challenges, what would be some key changes you could suggest as we begin to return to teaching/ learning, post reopening.

i want to be part of this as long it improve modern trend blended learning

Hello all,

I used a framework (incorporated from instructional design theory and instructional design model) to design and develop LMOOC for attitudinal learning.

My question about the appropriate ways to measure the effectiveness of the design and develop of LMOOC. In other words, how effective is this framework in designing LMOOC for attitudinal learning?

Thank you in advance!

As everyone knows the impact of Covid-19 on Education System in whole world. Mostly experts prefer the Online-Education/eLearning/Distance Learning to overcome this pandemic situation. I have a quick query....Will eLearning or ICT-based Education helpful for practical-based courses like Medical, Pharmacy, Civil, Dental instead of Traditional Education?

Academic voice in this context refers to the learner becoming independent and competent academics in their own right.

according to recent events , in your opinion , do we have another method to connecting with our students rather than E- learning?

At midnight South Africa will undergo a complete societal shutdown due to the coronavirus. In the course I coordinate, LST 110, academic literacy for natural, agricultural and veterinarian science students, the pathogen has coerced a shift from a hybrid to an e-Learning model of interacting with students and instruction. This has had significant implications for teaching and learning practices. I am interested in colleagues' actual methods of applying e-Learning strategies, online tools, linkages of assessments with online learning platforms, integration of Learning Management Systems with course content in the face of the coronavirus.

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Corona virus has forced many countries to switch to eLearning mode to maintain education without sacrificing students' health to catch the Corona virus. Allthough this is a smart move but teachers are facing a challenge about assessing students achievement in this situation.

What are the best strategies to assess students learning keeping the same assignments and tests that were assigned for regular face to face teaching?

There are risks and security concerns exist in literature but no framework to mitigate in Elearning environment.

I need to build elearning system and network should be SDN based network architecture.

In my country and due to the present economic situation, we have problems with participation and attendance at conferences. Fees are often too expensive without mentioning travel and accommodation costs. Our research structures are no longer able to finance us. As a mentor I can not find conferences for my students which are either good and affordable. So my questions are:

- do you know of any good IT , education and/or computer science conferences that are not too expensive or that offer a special reduced fees for students?

-do you know organizations that can finance students from developing countries?

Thank you all.

As I was working through my research on MOOCs usage in corporate training, it dawns on me that MOOC can be just an ordinary elearning and whatever research I am doing might have already been done, just that it's under a different name. The things which probably distinguish MOOC from a traditional e-learning are the massiveness and the openness. Apart from that, what makes MOOCs worth studying about? Would love to hear some opinions here.

Learners are made to create their profiles and their contextual information is stored at server end. This information is updated by learner, whenever learner makes an attempt to access learning content sequential role mining comes into major role to help extracting some behavioral patterns from the database.

I cannot find one such paper through my searching.Thanks a lot for recommendations

I've created an eLearning resource. My sample group consists of 22 Biology and 7 Environmental Science students. How do I find out if there is a correlation (or difference?) between 1) the scores achieved in the test and the course taken 2) the scores achieved in the test and the students' year of study (first year, second year, final year)

The e-Learning at many islands of South Pacific and elsewhere, is accessible only via Satellite upload and download links connecting on earth WAN, MAN and LAN computer networks infrastructures.

I have been using PBL for two decades now. Two things struck me in the goups randomly assigned to work together. I wrote about this extensively in the endnotes section in my book on TE Education since it is something of a hobby horse of mine. The process of using this teaching strategy, even in large groups, is explained fully ther

The group might be dysfunctional for various reasons but usually the two reasons I gave above in the question predominate though I tried to minmise them by randomly assigning group leaders for each group.

I also encountered both problems mentione above during my elearning course, and frankly found the ostracising one much more disturbing personally.

I never liked giving group assignments as an assessment strategy; the PBL presentations were a simple teaching strategy to engage students with learning and further reading as required at HE level.

Once I was constrained by student demands to give them the option of doing an assignment in pairs. If done in pairs both students had to write a small reflection on the whole process. Reading the reflections, everything was as smooth as silk, which made me sceptical of course.

Come a year later I learnt how the assignment was done by one person while the other did the assignment of the other study unit in a couple of instances; so much for the reflective account..

With regards to group assignments allocated by other academics, I had heard too much hoary incidents by students confiding me, to even remotely consider it, hence my duo students effort.

Student support is an important function of any learning institution. At open distance elearning (ODeL) institutions it is mainly offered through different supportive structures, namely systems support, affective student support, study support, and academic student support. This project focuses student support from the viewpoint of academic student support in elearning.

platform that focus on student's learning experience. name them

Developing upskilling and capacity building for the Overseas Countries and Territories, and currently looking for the cooperation for these tasks.

Please can you help me to find Thomson Reuteurs Journals that covers Information Systems and Elearning with Rapid Publication? Where can I find the time needed for review, first response and publication for Journals?

Dataset containing "users rating to the elearning object".

Can you please provide us the dataset for recommending elearning objects for academic research purpose.

Where could I find quality sources, databases for evidence-based cost effectiveness analysis, or cost benefit research, for online work training programs?

This question is common in eLearning interview.

A recent question on what online educational tools people use generated a lot of answers, among them a suggestion to use Second Life.

I looked into it a few years ago and it appeared to me that Second Life is not really alive anymore. Particularly, there seems to have been an issue whether to change from an installable application to a browser-based application.

I design eLearning modules in the field of accounting and business, including statistics, and I was wondering whether there is any experience out there you would like to share.

I am looking for a standardized and widely adopted way to integrate an e-learning platform I am working on with several LMSs (Moodle, Blackboard, etc.). I have found Tin Can API (a.k.a Experience API or xAPI) which looks like the ideal solution for my use case, but I would like to hear about alternatives (if any) and compare them.

Hi RG community,

While working on a project to support technological uptake in Higher Education I discovered that there is a lot of information on:

1- The difficulties to adopt technology-enhanced learning in Higher education;

2- The strategies for Faculty development as a general problem (connected to the several academics' tasks, from research to pedagogical practices).

My question could be placed at the crossroad between the above mentioned issues. The thing is: which are the specific strategies of faculty development that would enforce quality eLearning adoption?

I know there must be plenty of literature, but your opinion and concrete cases would be of great help!

Thanks!

This is meant to be like a poll. I would like to hear those who are specialists in education field in general and learning theory in specific. In your opinion, what are the most influential scientific papers in learning theory and why? 

It is good to know if educators have consensus on a set of papers in the first place but why those papers not others is not less important. Please indicate why you choose these papers.

I'm actually working on an evaluation model for MOOC, yet I need to compare it with existing theorietical and technical methods

I am recently seeking for information about e-learning standards applied in MOOC so I can define the learner profile.

If anyone has any research papers concerning this topic, i'd be so thankful if you share it with me.

Can someone please give me some input and advice on the following?

Is there an alternative solution than VitalSource /CourseSmart to provide study guides to students in an online e-book copy produced by VitalSourse/CourseSmart software? Or are they the best, although expensive? 

Secondly and on a separate note we give students access to our online e-library called “Cyberlibris” or Scholartext in order for them to have access to other books, publications and articles. Are there other similar or better e-libraries systems available?

Thirdly what is the best software or system to track and get feedback on academic tasks, projects, report back and deadlines? Something like Trello or Todoist is just some examples?

I feel that you don't need any explanation about MOOC. Your know them. You have your own opinion. My question is oriented to develop a collaborative SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) matrix analysis. So, I appreciate it if your answers are oriented to these four aspects (related to MOOC):

Strengths

Weaknesses

Opportunities

Threats

Various disruptive technologies have affected teaching learning process. . In view of this , can we contemplate role for teachers, especially in higher education? He/she should be a coach, facilitator, technology savvy etc. What else can we visualize?

After the first release in 2002 Moodle has become one of the most frequently used learning management systems. Many successful educational projects have been designed using it. At the moment, a group of researchers is developing an e-learning course on innovative textile fields (Advan2Tex) using this platform. Although I find Moodle suitable for this task, I also find some disadvantages of this LMS (or maybe some personal “dislikes”). I am interested in users’ experiences related to application/functionalities of Moodle versus other learning management systems.

Authoring tools allows the generation on web content. ATAG 2.0 Part B established the need of features in authoring tools to facilitate the generation of accessible web content. Part A has to do with the accessibility of the authoring tool itself, i.e. accessible for disabled authors.I´m specially interested in published results about authoring tools in the context of LMS or CMS. For instance, the level of compliance of Moodle with ATAG 2.0. Any help is very much appreciated. 

My focus is on Engineering Education. 

Let me know here and/or please take our short (about 10 minutes) survey and feel free to distribute to your networks.

Several years ago, I ran a debate with one of my professors at Education Department about human working memory. He insisted that technology has ruined human memory; many people rely more and more on their mobiles and laptops instead of their own memories. He also presented some research evidence showing that.

At that time, it was hard for me to accept this idea. I argued that human is a clever being. If tools or technologies would help us to save our memories, then is it logical to kick these technologies out or even reduce our usage of them because they harm our memories? However, my opinion was not supported by a solid theory. Cognitivism and Constructivism clearly state that our inner memories are important in a learning process.

This debate has carved in my mind and the case was not closed, at least for me. Recently, we have investigated some of new learning theories. Among a long list, we visited Actor-Network Theory, Community of Practice, and Connectivism. And to be honest, I found Connectivism wide enough to answer my question and to build upon. Knowledge is a network and learning is a process of finding patterns reside in this network. Inside or outside human skull, it does not matter.

This is not to end the discussion; actually, it is to open it. Are you with or against of proposing new learning theory? Our understanding of knowledge network, learning and Connectivism presented in this paper.

How can we rank e-learning problems like learning path sequencing, object recommendation etc..

Is there any site where we can get the seminars/conferences and workshops conducted in India in the last five years in different subjects?

Usability components: 'easy to use' as efficiency ,'easy to learn' as learnability, memorability and satisfaction. I would like to search for many other indicators that may have effects on these components.

i need Moodle elearning data set for research 

please, if there any one that he is working on the analysis of interaction traces (in elearning). thank you to send me data base of interaction traces to use it in my research.

Will Learning Dynamics change for Gen Z learners ? How it will impact the Student Support in eLearning environments in such case?

The possibilities of using Web 4.0 tools are currently being discussed by IT experts and other interested stakeholders at conferences. Artificial intelligence is seen as one of the key characteristics of these tools and their ability to solve problems for humankind. How do you anticipate using Web 4.0 tools in education or is it "tool" early to begin thinking of these possibilities? Your views are much appreciated.

Many thanks,

Debra

I don't know a lot about K-Means clustering technique but it seems that it is working along with Regression and Bayesian Clustering Modeling. Thus, I would like to read any useful articles that explain step-by-step "When" and "How" to use K-Means technique in social sciences research only. I don't like to know the statistical equations and complex algorithms involved in K-Means, I just want to use it, as education researcher.

If applicable, please refer to any software in which I can apply K-Mean on.

I am studying in educational sciences so I would like to hear from the experts in the field of social sciences. I would like to study the relationship between Learning Styles and student's socialization: how the student react with his teachers/parents/fellows/friends in Higher Education.

Any help will be highly appreciated to find the instrument/inventory/questionnaire that has been proved to be valid and widely accepted in the field.

Studies in Learning Styles are quite different in the way they conceive the scope of Learning Styles. For examples, Coffield et al. (2004) identified 5 families of learning styles:

In each family, there are many models and inventories to examine student's Learning Styles. Coffield et al. gathered these models which are counted to 71 model. I already studied many of these models but I couldn't find any inventory that consider how the students interact in their social network (real life and online) as part of their learning styles. First, do you know any inventory that include this factor? If not, do you consider this thought worth studying?

Coffield, F., Moseley, D., Hall, E., & Ecclestone, K. (2004). Learning styles and pedagogy in post-16 learning: A systematic and critical review. Trowbridge, Wiltshire: Learning & Skills Research Centre.

http://sxills.nl/lerenlerennu/bronnen/Learning styles by Coffield e.a..pdf

I am interested in the processes of diffusion and sustainability of innovations and finding the connections between actions that enable and inhibit further adoption beyond the first wave of early adopters of proven elearning innovations in universities?

We are planning some eReading experiments. Therefore we need standardized texts in German with different difficulties. Ideally, they should be rather short (1000-2000 characters including spaces) and tell a story or explain something (i.e. no senseless text).

I am glad for any help.

I am interested in incorporating the use of a clicker (audience response systems) into our established large group lecture based curriculum in tertiary education. Many of the younger lecturers have been keen to have a go, but most of the older, more established teachers are reluctant or out-right refuse to try. There is plenty of literature to support the benefits of this technology in this setting, but the uptake has still been difficult.

Research That can include any of the following:

-  Evolution of Digital Technologies relevant to the Target Audiences

-  Impact of Digital Technologies on the Target Audiences

-  Digital Technologies and their Impact Locally and Globally on the Industry 

- Future Trends