Avatar-Based Learning and Teaching as a Concept of New Perspectives in Online Education in Post-Soviet Union Countries

Mkrttchian, Vardan; Kharicheva, Dina; Aleshina, Ekaterina; Panasenko, Svetlana; Vertakova, Yulia; Gamidullaeva, Leyla; Ivanov, Mikhail; Chernyshenko, Vsevolod

doi:10.4018/ijvple.2020070105

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“…There are several applications for these learning platforms which have been useful both during the pandemic and beyond (Richey, 2020). Avatar-based learning has been shown to be effective in online teaching (Mkrttchian et al, 2020). Additionally, the use of three-dimensional multi-user virtual environments to provide learners with realistic scenarios in which verbal and non-verbal interactions are simulated has also shown promise in the online learning space (Tseng et al, 2013).…”

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What Really Matters: Experiences of Emergency Remote Teaching in University Teaching and Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic and related lock downs have accelerated the need for online and remote teaching within university settings. However, due to the abrupt nature of the pandemic, many academic staff were not prepared for this forced transition. This study aimed to understand how the pandemic affected academics at a New Zealand university, with regards to their transition to emergency remote teaching. Specifically, it explores the challenges as well as benefits academics experienced during this transition. Recommendations for future online learning are also made. Academic staff (N = 67) at a New Zealand University completed an anonymous online survey. Quantitative data were analyzed statistically using descriptive and inferential statistics, while qualitative data were analyzed thematically. Major challenges experienced included miscommunication from the university, concerns about student access to technology, finding a quiet space to work, lack of digital competence skills, too much screen-time, managing work hours, and work/life balance. Benefits included enhanced flexibility, enhanced teacher creativity, increasing autonomy of learners, and reduced commute time. Looking forward, academic staff desired future teaching to include blended learning and virtual immersion. New strategies of working remotely are being explored to facilitate teaching and learning while catering to the preferences and skills of both educators and students. Our findings honor the considerable agility of academic staff who sought to sustain and enhance excellence in remote education. At an institutional level our findings point to the need for staff to be supported by their institutions as they further refine their work within new-found spaces.

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Section: Avatar Simulation and Virtual Laboratoriesmentioning

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What Really Matters: Experiences of Emergency Remote Teaching in University Teaching and Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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“…With the help of cyber platforms, students can learn anywhere anytime, breaking the limitation of time and space on education. For those job holders who are busy with their assignments and cannot arrange a regular schedule, online distance teaching (i.e., online teaching) is quite convenient and appealing [5]. Thanks to less limitation in time and space, human and material resources can be utilized to the maximum.…”

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Research on a Strategy of Improving Students’ Satisfaction with Teaching: An Empirical Study Based on Undergraduate Universities in Sichuan

Yao

Yongpan

2022

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

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Objective. To understand the impact of platform selection on each influencing factor of students’ teaching evaluation. Method. The factor analysis method was used to analyze the questionnaire survey of students’ satisfaction with teaching evaluation in 16 undergraduate colleges and universities in Sichuan Province. The impact of five key factors on students’ satisfaction with teaching, i.e., teachers’ teaching ethics, teaching ability, teaching content, teaching method, and teaching effect, was explored. Results. It shows that platform selection has a significant impact on various factors in the whole online teaching process. Regarding the degree of impact of platform selection on students’ teaching evaluation satisfaction, senior students are slightly higher than junior students, boys are slightly higher than girls, and students majoring in science and technology are slightly higher than those in other disciplines. Conclusion. Due to the great influence of teaching platform selection on online teaching satisfaction, teachers must choose an appropriate teaching platform according to teaching needs.

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“…In the age of informatization and high technology, the competitiveness of individual countries in the global market greatly depends on the level of people's education, the development of their creative abilities, and their readiness to obtain new knowledge. Thus, the role of a country in the world is defined by the level of education and culture in it (Artemova et al, 2022;Bikbulatova et al, 2016;Mkrttchian et al, 2020). Therefore, the quality of education (QE), which today is interpreted as compliance with certain standards, is becoming relevant in many spheres of social life, including higher education (Kurkina et al, 2021).…”

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Development of Students’ Digital Competence When Using the “Oracle” Electronic Portal

2022

European Journal of Contemporary Education

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In today's constant change in the market of educational services and opportunities to engage in various formats of education (vocational, general education, special, higher, and others), consumers are faced with the question of choosing the quality education. High-quality education is one of the key conditions of student motivation and the attractiveness of higher education. The present study explores indicators of the quality of education in the context of the development of digital competence in future specialists in economics as part of a combination of interactive digital technologies and electronic platforms for the pedagogical interaction of participants in the educational process. The purpose of the study is to design a pedagogical technology relying on the management of learning and creative activities of economics students with the use of the electronic resource "Oracle" as a means to improve the quality of professional training of specialists in modern conditions. The feasibility of using "Oracle" in the formation of the digital competence of future economists is determined through an expert survey. The conducted pedagogical experiment reveals that the effectiveness of the educational process organization, an indicator of which is the quality of professional training of economic students, is 17.5 % higher with the model of educational management using the chosen info-digital electronic resource (business intelligence platform) compared to the traditional learning system due to improved training of future specialists in all components of digital competence.

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Avatar-Based Learning and Teaching as a Concept of New Perspectives in Online Education in Post-Soviet Union Countries

Cited by 11 publications

References 18 publications

What Really Matters: Experiences of Emergency Remote Teaching in University Teaching and Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic

What Really Matters: Experiences of Emergency Remote Teaching in University Teaching and Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Research on a Strategy of Improving Students’ Satisfaction with Teaching: An Empirical Study Based on Undergraduate Universities in Sichuan

Development of Students’ Digital Competence When Using the “Oracle” Electronic Portal

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