Promising Practices in Online Training and Support

Abstract

With increasing visibility for all educators to meet technology standards, teacher educators must prepare their teacher candidates for the increasing demand for education technology integration in preK-12 and higher education classrooms. Many university faculty, who are responsible for this preparation of teachers, feel unprepared for this challenge, which often pushes them out of their comfort zone. As teacher educators in a small university in Southern Texas, the authors explored specific engagements that serve as preparation of faculty for collaborative, online learning shared experiences and instructional strategy modeling that can enhance teacher candidates' self-regulation skills to integrate technology as they prepare to enter classrooms. As they develop and implement multiple engagements for use within their teacher preparation program, the authors maintain a growth mindset to help improve the quality of their technology interactions and continuously renew their efforts to promote the integration of technology.

Using a mobile application for psychiatry training in medical students: a quasi-experimental study

“…Many studies revealed that gamification and microlearning positively affected the participants’ experience, attitude, and knowledge acquisition. 9,19,20…”

“…Many studies revealed that gamification and microlearning positively affected the participants' experience, attitude, and knowledge acquisition. 9,19,20 Most studies had small samples with no control groups making them difficult to generalize their results. 21,22 A recent meta-analysis demonstrated that effects of gamification on cognitive learning outcomes are more stable than the effects on behavioral or motivational outcomes.…”

“…2 Microlearning refers to small lesson modules and shortterm activities intended to teach and reinforce course objectives allowing the learner to control the place, method, and time of access to information. 3 Microlearning improves retention of concepts, 4,5 learners engagement 6,7 and motivation, 5,7,8 collaborative learning, 9 learning ability, and performance. 10,11 Many young people have problems with long-term planning due to poor self-management skills.…”

“…Microlearning improves retention of concepts, 4,5 learners engagement 6,7 and motivation, 5,7,8 collaborative learning, 9 learning ability, and performance. 10,11…”

The influence of user-perceived benefits on the acceptance of microlearning for librarians’ training

“…Microlearning enables learners to reduce information overload, enrich learning processes, improve training effectiveness, and increase learners' level of engagement in online environments (Nikou and Economides 2018;Shamir-Inbal and Blau 2020). This is because it aids better retention thus allowing learners to develop self-regulation skills and lifelong learning capacities (Aldosemani 2019;Reinhardt and Elwood 2019).…”