{"title":"The impact of the learning shift during COVID-19 on students using natural language processing","authors":"Maya John, Hadil Shaiba","doi":"10.1504/ijtel.2023.10054333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijtel.2023.10054333","url":null,"abstract":"On 9th March 2020, Saudi Arabia has proclaimed the temporary transition to remote learning due to COVID-19. We underline students' perspectives on this abrupt transformation. We generate a word cloud based on the students' responses concerning the rapid transition. The feedback based on emotions was classified and a word cloud for each emotion was generated. For better decision making and improved strategies, we highlight the major problems and benefits of remote learning and provide some recommendations. Students have experienced a variety of hurdles, including the lack of an adequate study environment and technical difficulties, particularly when taking exams. Many were under psychological pressure. Others saw an increase in cheating. Some struggled to work with their peers on group projects, some sought tutoring, and others faced financial difficulties. Online practical sessions were found to be unsuitable for some disciplines. The flexibility of learning and saving money and time were the main advantages of remote learning.","PeriodicalId":45548,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66774764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Online criticism and cancel culture in digital marketing: a case study of audience perceptions of brand cancellation","authors":"Marcos Komodromos, Tao Papaioannou, C. Kyriakou","doi":"10.1504/ijtel.2023.10057906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijtel.2023.10057906","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45548,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66774770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<em>The Land of Mathematics</em>: comparative analysis and design of a serious game for basic arithmetic","authors":"Miltiadis Frydas, Stelios Xinogalos","doi":"10.1504/ijtel.2023.133774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijtel.2023.133774","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45548,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135953074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tarekol Islam Maruf, Sardar Md Humayun Kabir, Kaniz Afroza, A. Haque
{"title":"Students satisfaction towards cafeteria foods: evidence from Malaysian public universities","authors":"Tarekol Islam Maruf, Sardar Md Humayun Kabir, Kaniz Afroza, A. Haque","doi":"10.1504/ijtel.2023.10058921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijtel.2023.10058921","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45548,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66774903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Land of Mathematics: comparative analysis and design of a serious game for basic arithmetic","authors":"Miltiadis Frydas, S. Xinogalos","doi":"10.1504/ijtel.2023.10057904","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijtel.2023.10057904","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45548,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66775218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ken C.K. Tsang, Alvin Y.T. Wong, Ivy Chan, Simon C.W. Wong, Joseph C.H. So
{"title":"Adopting student response system in online ethics learning: practice and evaluation","authors":"Ken C.K. Tsang, Alvin Y.T. Wong, Ivy Chan, Simon C.W. Wong, Joseph C.H. So","doi":"10.1504/ijtel.2023.133775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijtel.2023.133775","url":null,"abstract":"The Student Response System (SRS) adds interactive elements in classrooms. Students can use their handheld devices to share their views actively during in-class polling. For ethics learning, it can facilitate free exchanges of ideas in a judgement-free environment and effectively arouse participants' interest and inquiry of ethics. In a community college in Hong Kong, two ethics seminars were shifted from face-to-face to face-to-screen mode due to COVID-19 pandemic. They were blended with a popular SRS, Poll Everywhere, to facilitate opinion sharing. Other than verbal discussion, students participated by casting their choices about some ethical dilemmas in real-time through Poll Everywhere. Post-activity survey reflected that the approach of adopting SRS in online ethics learning facilitated participants to express their views, increased participants' engagement and provided participants psychological safety to share opinions. The learning mode contains the nature of both interactivity and sincere sharing, and hence is specifically fit for ethics education.","PeriodicalId":45548,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135952769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The use of technology to develop students entrepreneurial mindset and competencies","authors":"Selma Kurtishi Kastrati, Marsela Thanasi Boçe","doi":"10.1504/ijtel.2023.10059690","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijtel.2023.10059690","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45548,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136208872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. L. Davies, R. Nicolson, E. Spiridon, L. Kaye, Angel J. Y. Tan, T. Karaminis
{"title":"Bite-sized and peer-assisted video-based learning in statistics education: benefits on attainment, attitudes and preferences of university students","authors":"J. L. Davies, R. Nicolson, E. Spiridon, L. Kaye, Angel J. Y. Tan, T. Karaminis","doi":"10.1504/ijtel.2023.10054330","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijtel.2023.10054330","url":null,"abstract":"The use and acceptance of online learning have increased following the COVID-19 pandemic. This mixed-methods study examined learners' preferences and performance in online learning interactions in relation to two factors: 'bite-sized' learning and 'presenter status' in instructional videos. University students (N = 18) without a mathematical background utilised bite-sized online learning episodes focusing on statistics. Each episode included a 10-minute instructional video followed by an assessment. The videos implemented three alternative 'presenter-status' conditions: lecturer, student-imitating-lecturer or student-peer-tutor. Individual students completed three episodes, one from each presenter-status condition (counterbalanced). Participants presented high performance in the post-episode assessments, irrespective of presenter status. Students also reported remarkably positive views towards bite-sized learning in user-satisfaction questionnaires. Finally, qualitative analysis of open-ended responses and interviews uncovered three main themes: positive learning experiences, divergent attitudes towards video-based learning, and differential preferences for presenter status. These findings have clear implications for teaching and learning in higher education.","PeriodicalId":45548,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66774297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Khan, Ambreen Saleem, Arsheed Ahmad Dar, Aamir Hassan
{"title":"Entrepreneurship education, training and entrepreneurial intention of female students: the mediating role of entrepreneurial passion, creativity, and TPB","authors":"N. Khan, Ambreen Saleem, Arsheed Ahmad Dar, Aamir Hassan","doi":"10.1504/ijtel.2023.10057534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijtel.2023.10057534","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45548,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66775165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Preeti Bajaj, P. Palsodkar, Yogita Dubey, P. Palsodkar
{"title":"Project-based pedagogical inevitability and social media impact","authors":"Preeti Bajaj, P. Palsodkar, Yogita Dubey, P. Palsodkar","doi":"10.1504/ijtel.2023.10057903","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijtel.2023.10057903","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45548,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66775206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}