eLearnPub Date : 2024-07-17DOI: 10.1145/3678885.3635868
Patrick Whitehead
{"title":"M is for Motivation or How To Support Student Autonomy in Asynchronous Online Courses","authors":"Patrick Whitehead","doi":"10.1145/3678885.3635868","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3678885.3635868","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Drawing on his recent book,\u0000 Autonomy-Supportive Teaching in Higher Education: A Practical Guide for College Professors\u0000 (Rowman & Littlefield, 2023), Whitehead describes how to apply the evidence-based principles of autonomy-support into asynchronous online courses. These include, among others, being patient with students as they adapt to the learning system, designing surveys where students choose course topics, and creating opportunities for students to interact with one another.\u0000","PeriodicalId":508935,"journal":{"name":"eLearn","volume":" 28","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141830256","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}
eLearnPub Date : 2024-06-06DOI: 10.1145/3672212.3637842
Anita Samuel, Malini Bhargava
{"title":"Developing Online and Hybrid Courses with the Learning Ecology Matrix","authors":"Anita Samuel, Malini Bhargava","doi":"10.1145/3672212.3637842","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3672212.3637842","url":null,"abstract":"Educational technologies are now an integral part of the educational milieu. All educators are expected to be able to use technologies and design courses using these technologies. One framework that can guide the course design process using various technologies is the Learning Ecology Matrix (LEM). The LEM, focusing on learner autonomy and instructor guidance, aids in tailoring courses to be learner-centered or teacher-centered. This article reviews the LEM and explores how the LEM can be used in practice to design courses.","PeriodicalId":508935,"journal":{"name":"eLearn","volume":"350 7‐8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141380870","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}
eLearnPub Date : 2024-04-10DOI: 10.1145/3658618.3596517
B. Jean Mandernach, Morgan McNaughton
{"title":"Fourteen Creative Assignment Ideas for the Online Classroom","authors":"B. Jean Mandernach, Morgan McNaughton","doi":"10.1145/3658618.3596517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3658618.3596517","url":null,"abstract":"In an era of rapid digitization of higher education, innovative online assignments that engage students, foster critical thinking, and mitigate academic dishonesty are paramount. Unique, experiential, and collaborative tasks such as digital storytelling, virtual field trips, interactive infographics, and more can bridge the interpersonal gap in virtual classrooms, inspire active participation, and bolster students' motivation, thus countering challenges such as student disengagement and plagiarism.","PeriodicalId":508935,"journal":{"name":"eLearn","volume":"689 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140719213","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}
eLearnPub Date : 2024-04-10DOI: 10.1145/3658618.3592863
Jacob Aroz, Elizabeth Larson, Jean Mandernach
{"title":"Fifteen Technologies to Enliven Online Teaching and Learning","authors":"Jacob Aroz, Elizabeth Larson, Jean Mandernach","doi":"10.1145/3658618.3592863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3658618.3592863","url":null,"abstract":"Harnessing the power of instructional technology, educators can drastically enhance the learning experience by infusing their curriculum with digital tools specifically chosen to align with their teaching objectives. The article highlights 15 such technologies?Canva, Genially, Waklet, Quizizz, Flip, Flipsnack, PowToon, Anchor, Bitmoji, Loom, Padlet, Google Jamboard, Moovly, Edpuzzle, and Clarisketch?each providing unique opportunities for creating engaging content, fostering interaction, and enabling collaboration in the digital classroom.","PeriodicalId":508935,"journal":{"name":"eLearn","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140716327","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}
eLearnPub Date : 2024-03-27DOI: 10.1145/3655031.3640470
Eulho Jung, Anita Samuel
{"title":"Utilizing Advanced Technologies for eLearning in Clerkship","authors":"Eulho Jung, Anita Samuel","doi":"10.1145/3655031.3640470","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3655031.3640470","url":null,"abstract":"The clerkship phase in medical school is pivotal for clinical training. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the adoption and implementation of educational technology in medical education became inevitable, leading most medical schools to shift toward distance learning. While technologies cannot entirely replace hands-on clinical teaching, faculty members have devised effective ways to utilize technology, such as virtual patients, virtual reality, first-person video streaming, simulators, gamification, and mobile apps. This article provides a summary of the technologies employed, the challenges associated with them, and the advantages and instructional outcomes resulting from their use.","PeriodicalId":508935,"journal":{"name":"eLearn","volume":"30 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140373832","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}
eLearnPub Date : 2024-03-27DOI: 10.1145/3655031.3594550
Jean Mandernach, Helen Hammond
{"title":"Thirteen Strategies to Increase the Impact of Assignment Feedback","authors":"Jean Mandernach, Helen Hammond","doi":"10.1145/3655031.3594550","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3655031.3594550","url":null,"abstract":"The value of assignment feedback in enhancing student learning is significant, not just in rectifying conceptual misunderstandings but also in engaging and motivating students and strengthening their belief in their academic capabilities. This article outlines 13 strategies to provide effective, efficient, and engaging feedback, including the use of feedforward guidance, one-to-many feedback, peer-to-peer feedback, multimedia feedback, feedback banks, automation, formative classroom assessment techniques, rubrics, assignment exemplars, generative AI, proactive notifications, automated mastery learning opportunities, and student self-feedback, all of which holistically empower students towards academic success, meaningful instructor-student interaction, and a richer online learning experience.","PeriodicalId":508935,"journal":{"name":"eLearn","volume":"20 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140375607","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}
eLearnPub Date : 2024-02-07DOI: 10.1145/3646555.3643647
L. Howles
{"title":"Understanding Learning Experience Design (LXD): Three learning leader perspectives","authors":"L. Howles","doi":"10.1145/3646555.3643647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3646555.3643647","url":null,"abstract":"This article focuses on learning experience design (LXD) as an emergent concept and professional practice in need of greater clarity. At a 2023 national learning and development conference three prominent learning leaders were interviewed and asked to share their unique perspectives on LXD (Michael Allen, David Kelly, and Megan Torrance). Excerpts from these interviews are featured throughout the article. The author also provides background information on LXD, an analysis of perspectives, and a concluding synthesis on the current state of LXD where it is approached within the context of digital transformation as an emergent new form of learning design.","PeriodicalId":508935,"journal":{"name":"eLearn","volume":"274 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139857438","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}
eLearnPub Date : 2024-02-07DOI: 10.1145/3646555.3594549
Thomas Dyer, B. Jean Mandernach
{"title":"Twelve 'No Skips' Approaches for Developing Social Presence Literacy in Virtual Education","authors":"Thomas Dyer, B. Jean Mandernach","doi":"10.1145/3646555.3594549","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3646555.3594549","url":null,"abstract":"Online education's success hinges greatly on the implementation of a robust social presence, akin to a perfect \"no skip\" music album, fostering an interactive and connected learning community. These 12 strategies--being authentic, recognizing students as individuals, ensuring availability, fostering higher-order thinking, intending social presence, creating community cohesion, acknowledging the reciprocity of social presence, strategically implementing technology, leveraging curiosity through gamification, promoting immediacy and intimacy, focusing on affective association, and understanding chronemics--offer a comprehensive guide for educators to improve online engagement, thereby improving the student's learning experience and reducing feelings of isolation.","PeriodicalId":508935,"journal":{"name":"eLearn","volume":"146 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140460570","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}
eLearnPub Date : 2024-02-07DOI: 10.1145/3646555.3641550
Lauren Angelone
{"title":"Co-Leading Class with Students: Shared responsibility and understanding","authors":"Lauren Angelone","doi":"10.1145/3646555.3641550","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3646555.3641550","url":null,"abstract":"Providing opportunities for students to lead and shape class, alongside an instructor, takes into account the unique cultures, needs, and experiences of each student. A co-leading model was used during a blended Instructional Technology course and findings revealed that this model was engaging and gave students an opportunity to share their own experience. Student reflections also indicated some challenges, such as group collaboration and technical issues.","PeriodicalId":508935,"journal":{"name":"eLearn","volume":"272 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140460644","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}
eLearnPub Date : 2024-02-07DOI: 10.1145/3646555.3643647
L. Howles
{"title":"Understanding Learning Experience Design (LXD): Three learning leader perspectives","authors":"L. Howles","doi":"10.1145/3646555.3643647","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3646555.3643647","url":null,"abstract":"This article focuses on learning experience design (LXD) as an emergent concept and professional practice in need of greater clarity. At a 2023 national learning and development conference three prominent learning leaders were interviewed and asked to share their unique perspectives on LXD (Michael Allen, David Kelly, and Megan Torrance). Excerpts from these interviews are featured throughout the article. The author also provides background information on LXD, an analysis of perspectives, and a concluding synthesis on the current state of LXD where it is approached within the context of digital transformation as an emergent new form of learning design.","PeriodicalId":508935,"journal":{"name":"eLearn","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139797661","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}