I am an instructer at college of agriculture and I have difficulty to deliver the knowlege to my students in 3-learning especially in applied subjects and topics.
Assalamu alaikum my brother, I have not applied elearning before, but I find myself I like illustrations, diagrams and images in understanding scientific topics.
I think that is better to use virtual classrooms for your courses. You can use presentations, video demonstrations, etc. Students can show you directly their encountered problems. Of course, e-learning allows students to use any mobile devise anywhere and anytime.
I do not know exactly the subject, but project based learning approach can be preferred. For example, students can follow the growing of a plant with videos and pictures. Then students can present their projects to you remotely. and send you project reports by e-mail.
You could use a brief video (5-7 minutes) at the start of the session to open the discussion. You could use case scenarios to enhance the discussion on the application of knowledge.
I agree with Berkay Çeli̇k . Firts, we must provide theory and demonstrations to students. Later, the students must reproduce demonstrations or make similar work. Finally, the students present their results.
I believe it is difficult to teach applied science using online mode only. The best approach is blended learning which is a mix of online teaching and some student-facing approach.
I agree with Berklay Celik that problem-based learning would be a good strategy to use when dealing with applied science in a e-learning context. I would also suggest using cooperative learning. Students could be assigned to groups of 2-4 to deal with the problem posed.
When compared to the classroom education, e-learning offers many advantages to students.
Firstly, during the e-learning process, students have the chance to decide how long they want to be educated. All the decisions on issues such as learning speed and the intensity of the topic depends on the student. Student has the right to get in contact in case of any problems. It does not require any expenses such as transportation or accommodation. Since the e-learning process is a student-centered educational system, the learning materials could be organized according to the professional responsibilities and qualifications of the student. An effective e-learning system enables a student to determine and process his/her learning style, content, aim, current knowledge, and individual skills. Therefore, person-specific education could be provided by creating individual learning styles. E-learning enables the individual to plan and direct his/her own learning process, so each student takes the responsibility of his/her own learning.
In addition, the forums, created within the e-learning system, provide students with a discussion environment where problems are solved cooperatively in chat rooms. With the help of cooperation, which is the best way of effective learning, e-learning enables the user, not the one-way communication as in the classroom education but the duplex interaction.
I think there are some very interesting possibilities for teaching that motivate students and I would emphasize that a focus could be on creating contexts, situations in which knowledge will be necessary to understand a problem or to propose solutions. But that does not keep the focus only on the transmission of content and information, but that allows students to create and express their ideas, points of view and understandings. The digital resources make it possible to create environments that favor the role of students. Films or videos can be used to create contexts, case studies, problem situations, which through a narrative can attract students. But they can create content and express understandings using different media critically, which goes beyond the transmission of content, but in the development of essential skills for contemporary society.
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