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The continuing spread of the COVID19 virus shows that adequate preparation for telepresence scenarios such as teleteaching is elementary for structured teaching in secondary education. There should be no negative impact on teaching quality, either in times of general crisis or simply as a measure to ensure institutional stability and individual flexibility in an increasingly digital world. State-of-the-art telepresence approaches include the possibility to use telerobotic systems or telepresence robots (TR). These systems are configured with an immersive interface such that users feel present in a remote environment, projecting their presence through the remote robot. While many professional tasks can be shifted away from the workplace rather easily, social aspects gain particular significance in the context of learning and education. By enabling physical and spatial interaction far beyond the possibilities of mere video conferencing, the high degree of social presence provided by TR can assist better learning experiences. TR can compensate for the lack of mobility or restricted travel options of students, educators or staff. TR can foster language learning and intercultural exchange, and TR can prepare students for the workspaces of tomorrow. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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The pandemic caused by COVID-19 forced education to migrate to remote teaching. The objective of the research was to measure the satisfaction of university teachers performing their functions through teledocency. A quantitative, descriptive and non-experimental cross-sectional methodology was used to categorize job satisfaction. The Multidimensional Scale of Teacher Job Satisfaction was used as a measuring instrument with reliability levels: a) Cronbach's Alpha 0.95, b) reliability by halves, according to the Spearman-Brown formula, 0.95. applied to a convenience sample of 146 teachers from the pu-blic and private sector, the data were processed through SPSS Statistics software, using descriptive statistics. The results showed that the variables that make up job satisfaction were categorized by teachers as follows: Interpersonal relationships 67%, Professional performance 67%, Physical environment (home) 61%, Management team 54%, Organizational factors 53%, Appraisal of work performed 51%, Participation 45% and Working conditions 41%. In general, it is concluded that tea-chers are satisfied in the performance of their duties through the tele-teaching modality;at the same time, opportunities were found that could have an impact on reducing non-satisfaction.
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OBJECTIVE: To explore the worldwide impact of a virtual neurosurgery-neuroscience lecture series on optimizing neurosurgical education with tele-teaching. METHODS: A retrospective analysis was performed from our Zoom database to collect data from October 15, 2020, to December 14, 2020, and from September 27, 2021, to December 13, 2021. A comparative analysis of participants in the 2 different time frames was performed to investigate the impact of tele-teaching on neurosurgical education worldwide. To evaluate participant satisfaction, the yearly continuing medical education reports of 2020-2021 were analyzed. Data related to the distribution of lectures by subspecialties were also described. RESULTS: Among the 11 lectures of the first period, 257 participants from 17 countries in 4 different continents were recorded, with a mean of 64 (standard deviation = 9.30) participants for each meeting; 342 attendees participated from 19 countries in 5 continents over the 11 lectures of the second part, with an average of 82.8 (standard deviation = 14.04) attendees; a statistically significant increase in participation between the 2 periods was identified (P < 0.001) A total of 19 (2020) and 21 (2021) participants submitted the continuing medical education yearly survey. More than 86.4% of overall responses considered the lectures "excellent." The main topics reported during lectures in 2020-2021 were related to brain tumors (33.7%) and education (22.1%). CONCLUSIONS: The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the need to introduce new educational approaches for teaching novel ways to optimize patient care. Our multidisciplinary Web-based virtual lecture series could represent an innovative tele-teaching platform in neurosurgical training.
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COVID-19 , Education, Medical, Undergraduate , Neurosurgery , Humans , Neurosurgery/education , Pandemics , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
This research conducted a comparative study between three countries highly impacted by the coronavirus based on the analysis of teachers' reflections on virtual university education during the confinement stage. The study, of a descriptive, exploratory and explanatory nature, applied 196 surveys, between March and April 2020, to professors of Journalism, Communication and Education of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), University of Torino (Italy) and Technical University of Machala (Ecuador). As a result, teachers, in a majority, negatively value the move to virtuality, since this is associated, on a recurring basis, with an increase in work. In addition, they demand basic digital skills in young university students and training, on the part of their institutions, in the technological and pedagogical-digital component. By way of conclusion, the teachers surveyed recognize that it is necessary to promote critical and reflective thinking linked to the strategic management of ICT. © 2021, Universidade de Brasilia. All rights reserved.
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After the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of teleteaching using networks has been increasing in regular university classes. The authors have been studying on the improvement of athletic performance of college women's basketball as extracurricular activities using information processing from multi-image. In this paper, we propose the use of such a multi-visual system in basketball classes. In this experiment basketball athletes at the gymnasium gallery shooted play of other athletes on the court using smartphones. Furthermore, the effectiveness of this video is discussed in terms of regular university classes. One of the characteristics of this video information system, which was realized on the premise of the existing campus network, is that it is a highly feasible system that does not interfere with other lectures and the daily work of faculty members in the university. © 2021 IEEE.
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BACKGROUND: The first wave of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic required substantial changes in the teaching of medical students, with strict avoidance of direct contact between students and patients. Therefore, the teaching format "bedside teaching" was implemented and conducted as an interactive video-based distance bedside teaching. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to analyze a students' evaluation of this teaching concept in otorhinolaryngology. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From an ENT examination room, the situation was transmitted live to the students in a lecture hall, who could interact with the patients through a video connection. Macro-, micro-, and endoscopic images were transmitted into the lecture hall in real time. Evaluation was performed by means of an online questionnaire with 13 questions (Likert scale) as well as by free-text feedback. RESULTS: The response rate was 16.8% (42 of 250 students). Overall, 85.7% had a positive impression, and it was generally considered that the concept was well implemented in light of the special situation. However, students would rather not renounce direct patient contact, even if a certain compensation by video transmission was reported. Overall, this teaching concept was considered as educative, and students could imagine using such a teaching concept more often in the future. CONCLUSION: This teaching model cannot replace classical bedside teaching, but represents a good alternative-particularly in otorhinolaryngology-if classical bedside teaching is not possible due to the pandemic situation. Aspects of the interactive video-based distance bedside teaching could be implemented into classical teaching concepts in the future.
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COVID-19 , Otolaryngology , Students, Medical , Humans , Pandemics , SARS-CoV-2 , TeachingABSTRACT
COVID-19 has necessitated a rapid shift to the remote delivery of medical education. We present a timely collection of tips, techniques, and strategies for the facilitation of remote teaching sessions and modification of curriculum design, assessment, and evaluation. We step through Kern's six-step curriculum design, recommending to (1) consider session necessity and a variety of teaching models; (2) inform your session with surveys and polls; (3) keep session endpoints consistent; (4) make the most of technology and translate in-person strategies to virtual forms; (5) engage with individual learners and eliminate distractions; and (6) consider online methods of assessment and evaluation methods.
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Disasters and pandemics pose unique challenges to health care delivery. As health care resources continue to be stretched due to the increasing burden of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, telemedicine, including tele-education, may be an effective way to rationally allocate medical resources. During the COVID-19 pandemic, a multimodal telemedicine network in Sichuan Province in Western China was activated immediately after the first outbreak in January 2020. The network synergizes a newly established 5G service, a smartphone app, and an existing telemedicine system. Telemedicine was demonstrated to be feasible, acceptable, and effective in Western China, and allowed for significant improvements in health care outcomes. The success of telemedicine here may be a useful reference for other parts of the world.