Lockdown every now and then universities closed as other institutions. Teaching design online is emerging with new normals as we are witnessing in other fields. For my major studio subject, I have to spend hours staring at gleaming laptop screen, giving students feedback on their designs and discussing possibilities out of their process work. There's no in-person interaction, we are not experiencing materials with students to share creative alternates, gestures are limited to convey subtleties and no in-classroom movements to give your backbone some relaxation. On the flip side, there are positive aspects of distance education I can give each student sufficient time to discuss her work, my design vocabulary has been drastically improved and I can reflect on my teaching better than ever as there are a lot of data that I can access about my class. COVID-19 brought me more time for my family and work-life balance seems an achievable task. What's your thought on experiential learning during the pandemic?
Yes Anwer Ali , i agree to the point of family and work-life balance. But teaching the derivative papers are still a big question.
Thanks to universities which offer online lab platforms for conducting an effective lab sessions.
I think that most of us do not prefer e-learning, because each of us has his own circumstances that may make our acceptance of the idea of e-learning uneven among individuals.
Perfect opinion Dr. Bushra Abdul Hamza Abbas
If considering: blended learning, flipped class room, online learning, Waldorf education, with pros and cons of each, the result will be the tool for implementing an education method for a subject somewhere sometime at some students' stage.
Dear Mr. Ali!
You pointed to a significant issue. Hereby I searched for you material that you can use and have a point of comparison:
1) Korucu-Kış, S. Preparing student teachers for real classrooms through virtual vicarious experiences of critical incidents during remote practicum: A meaningful-experiential learning perspective. Educ Inf Technol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-021-10555-7 Free access: Article Preparing student teachers for real classrooms through virtu...
2) Iyengar, R. Rethinking community participation in education post Covid-19. Prospects (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11125-020-09538-2, Free access: Article Rethinking community participation in education post Covid-19
3) Pelikan, E.R., Lüftenegger, M., Holzer, J. et al. Learning during COVID-19: the role of self-regulated learning, motivation, and procrastination for perceived competence. Z Erziehungswiss 24, 393–418 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-021-01002-x Free access: Article Learning during COVID-19: the role of self-regulated learnin...
4) Shun Yao et al. (2021). Exploration for network distance teaching and resource sharing system for higher education in epidemic situation of COVID-19, Procedia Computer Science, Volume 183, 2021, Pages 807-813
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As you point out it is difficult because we are not so prepared for this new concept of virtual teaching, in my case for example the family reconciliation has not been so beneficial because despite trying to separate spaces and times, having a small child who constantly demands my attention and care I have had to spend many early mornings preparing what I could not during the day, but as you have to adapt to the circumstances and times, as a positive point are the huge amount of resources available through social networks that can facilitate both expository classes and practical methodology. I still think that as social beings that we are the closeness and daily human contact can not be replaced by these methods but we can take advantage and extend it when we return to real normality as a tool to facilitate our teaching, especially as an alternative for those who by their needs could adapt more to online learning to their lives.
I think all of us in academics have been thrusted to a variety of experience during this pandemic - it gave us the opportunity to assess and evaluate things we haven't explored pre-pandemic period. There will always be beneficial/not beneficial, working/not working, advantageous/disadvantageous - there will always be 2 sides and most often will depend on the one perceiving it. And that is the beauty in this chaotic situation - it allows us to have a wider perspective. That's what research is all about - not really finding "the truth" but discovering what makes up the "many truths'.
Teaching online had been a challenge initially but now everyone have got adapted to it. If we speak about our expertising in teaching online, yes we have explored variety of tools, applications to make teaching convenient and time saving, there by work life balancing from home. But are students really able to cope up with these e-learning mechanisms, my observations are, students started loosing interest, joining classes for attendance sake, ability to discuss and questioning has been declined. Unavailability of experimental learning tools for many courses, and students not having proper devices to learn technical courses are just learning theoretically with out actual practical approach.
Bravo, Anwer Ali! You have not only made the best of a challenging situation, you have learned new skills and benefitted from the forced change. I hope all of us allow ourselves to do the same! Thank you for your message.
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