Project Title: Online Learning experience on BCM Students
Background
Online learning is education that takes place over the Internet. It is often referred to as “e-learning” among other terms. However, online learning is just one type of “distance learning” – the umbrella term for any learning that takes place across distance and not in a traditional classroom. By far the most popular approach today is online learning. According to the Sloan Consortium, online enrollments continue to grow at rates faster than for the broader student population and institutes of higher education expect the rate of growth to continue increasing.
Online learning was introduced a long time ago but it has become very famous during this Co-VID lockdown time. With websites like Webex, Zoom, Skype’ and many other it has become a popular form of distance education today and the trend is only increasing.
Why online distance learning and why now? Online distance learning meets the needs of an ever-growing population of students who cannot or prefer not to participate in traditional classroom settings. These learners include those unable to attend traditional classes, who cannot find a particular class at their chosen institution, who live in remote locations, who work full-time and can only study at or after work, and those who simply prefer to learn independently.
How It Works
The instructors have to create their “virtual classrooms”. The teachers use web-conferencing software and invite all your students to join in at a pre-scheduled time. These online learning apps can be used on laptops, desktops, tablets, smartphones, and even desk phones, giving students many ways to access the class session.
Methodology
To get a better insight into the topic I will be looking up for some academic articles to quote and back up my statements and statistics that that will give evidence.
To get my primary evidence, I will be interviewing a form of qualitative data analysis with my fellow BCM students maybe around 5 of them and to make it more interesting I’ll be trying to get in touch with students from other BCM branch to see how effective the online study was and their part of the Co-VID learning stories. I will also be writing and autoethnography sharing my very own personal experience as well.
I will be using the same set of questions for all 6 participants including myself. The interview could be in a voice recorded form or maybe just a text depending on the participants. The questions will provide some personal reflection or story describing their experience of learning at home during the lockdown. Some possible key questions will be:
• How did you engage in learning during the lockdown period?
• What did you enjoy about learning at home?
• What didn’t you enjoyed or found difficult about learning from home?
• What parts of being at school did you missed when learning at home?
• Are there aspects of learning at home that you would like to see continue when schools reopen?
Stakeholders
My key stakeholders will be my fellow BCM students around 5 of them and to make it more interesting I’ll be trying to get in touch with students from other BCM branch to see how effective the online study was and their part of the Co-VID learning stories. I will also be writing and autoethnography sharing my very own personal experience as well. The interview will be recorded in a phone upon the participants’ consent.
References:
- Azad, M. (2011, March). (PDF) A Critical Study Of Effectiveness Of Online Learning On Students� Achievement. Retrieved July 02, 2020, from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286937736_A_Critical_Study_Of_Effectiveness_Of_Online_Learning_On_Students_Achievement
- Dr Nina HoodNina is responsible for the strategic direction and day-to-day operations of The Education Hub. She is a trained secondary school teacher, N. H. (2020, June 10). Survey: Lessons from Lockdown. Retrieved July 02, 2020, from https://theeducationhub.org.nz/school-survey-lessons-from-lockdown/
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