Enriching STEM Curricula with Electronic Resources for Teaching Online
Ubiquitous Learning
; 15(2):37-53, 2022.
Article
in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-2030443
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed many aspects of people’s lives, including all forms of education. Online studies and distance learning have become a reality across the globe. This study offers a detailed review of the effectiveness of “traditional” virtual class activities (online lectures with recordings, video conferencing, and virtual lab demonstrations) as well as openly-accessed educational resources (digital libraries, collections of the digitized films and videos, free-license software tools, hands-on lab tutorials, and project-development environments and infrastructures) that could be effectively used by instructors and students to enrich STEM educational activities. The case studies overview the necessity of improving students’ self-study skills, online tutoring, faculty training, new partnerships between academic institutions and high-tech companies, the role of multimedia platforms, and financial-support opportunities. The challenges of unresolved issues (remote internship, constraints of old-style professional certification examinations and learning-outcome assessments, and violations of students’ privacy in Cloud and social-media communications) are addressed.
Education--Teaching Methods And Curriculum; Distance Learning; Online Courses; STEM Education; Digital Educational Resources; Virtual Labs; Academic Partnerships; Cloud Computing; Privacy; Study skills; Computer assisted instruction--CAI; Technical education; Internet resources; Videoconferencing; Software; Virtual environments; Students; COVID-19; Multimedia
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Collection:
Databases of international organizations
Database:
ProQuest Central
Language:
English
Journal:
Ubiquitous Learning
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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