Description The evolving societal and professional landscape requires attention towards complex and future-oriented contexts. These include the processes and impact of digital information, technological advancements such as robotics, AI and automation, as well as global interconnectedness and the multiple opportunities that arise from these (OECD, 2021a). Conversely, it is essential to combat threats to basic …
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Description GitHub Classroom is a tool that allows teachers to manage assignments using Github, a version control system that allows for collaboration and tracking of changes to code and text. Using GitHub Classroom can enhance teaching in computer science and non-computer-science (non-CS) courses where students must code or write a text. Still, it is becoming …
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Description Statistics is a word that usually brings intimidation to many seasoned educators who find themselves in a doctoral program as graduate students and have not done math in years. “The trouble with numbers is that they frighten a lot of people” (Leslie W. Rodger, as quoted in Diamantopoulos, Schlegelmilch, & Halkias, p. xxi, 2023). …
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Description Adult online learners are often non-traditional learners. They juggle multiple life demands, often multi-tasking. Many are returning to school after time away. They have varying levels of digital literacy, and a vast array of life experiences. While online learners may appear to be too diverse to have common goals and learning obstacles, this assumption …
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Description Roleplays are an active learning technique in which students take on the roles of particular stakeholders in a situation they are learning about in order to explore a problem and consider solutions (Beckmann & Mahanty, 2016). Roleplays are commonly used in higher education to introduce students to course content in such a way that …
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Description Online teaching requires the utilization of various multimedia productions on a daily basis. Teachers are constantly looking for new ways to increase the interest of their students. Outside of school, students are watching Youtube, TikTok, and Twitch at an all-time high rate (Pew Research Center, 2022). According to an online survey of 1,306 8- …
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Description When teaching in an online course it is vital to engage students and create a connection and sense of community (Flock, 2020). Student engagement is an important component of student success and increased academic outcomes (Rioch & Tharp, 2022). The Community of Inquiry theoretical framework suggests addressing three components when designing online courses that …
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Description College textbooks provide highly specialized content and are expensive whether they are in hard copy or digital format. The average cost of college books (see graph below) declined in the 2020-2021 academic year, in part due to an increased rate of textbook rentals and use of digital course materials such as OERs (Hanson, 2022). …
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Description “In the United States, almost 50% of the students who follow a degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) will not complete it” (Johnsom et al., 2022). Moreover, when the World Health Organization announced about the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kindergarten to 12th grade schools and institutions of higher learning worldwide responded …
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Description Traditional face-to-face education featuring evanescent content delivery, hands-on activities, and social learning has been the mainstay of education (Vygotsky, 1962). Blended and online options have become more prevalent as reliable internet connectivity and technology have increased, and, indeed, online education has strived to emulate face-to face qualities. However, engagement, motivation, and retention of students …
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