Virtually Authentic: Graduate Students’ Perspective Changes toward Authentic Learning while Collaborating in a Virtual World

Han, Songhee; Resta, Paul

doi:10.24059/olj.v24i4.2326

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“…The current research was carried out on the MOODLE platform. There are also studies on other teaching platforms, e.g., Second Life (Han, 2020) or Flipgrid (Lowenthal, 2020). academic semesters due to an unfavorable epidemiological situation in the world.…”

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Teaching a foreign language to students of non-linguistic departments in the Eurasian environment during the pandemic

2022

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The paper addresses the specifics of teaching a foreign language to students of non-linguistic departments in the Eurasian environment during the pandemic. There were described resource opportunities of internet technologies in teaching a foreign language to students of non-linguistic departments, including a wide range of teaching materials. Moreover, these opportunities have a motivational potential if students are given competent guidance in methodic, didactic, and technical aspects in online learning. The aim to elicit difficulties, which non-linguistic students have to face in distant learning of foreign language during the pandemic, encouraged the authors to develop a questionnaire based on the standards of the Common European Framework of Reference. This survey enabled the authors to arrive at conclusions that correlate with other researchers' works, which allows them to determine general trends and consider them while planning their own educational products in the future. The research was conducted in the MOODLE electronic system. The authors assume that the above-mentioned electronic system is the most widespread in the Eurasian Educational Space and an efficient tool of online teaching. The specifics of the foreign language course, where the language is both a target and a means of non-linguistic learning, were determined. Basic kinds of speech activity were characterized. Moreover, ways to organize these activities with the help of internet technologies in learning were identified to facilitate overcoming certain difficulties in completing the academic course in a foreign language by non-linguistic students in distance format. It was proved that the elaboration of methodic, didactic, and technical components of distant education in teaching a foreign language to non-linguistic students during the pandemic can make distant learning an effective form of education. Thus, we underlined the practicability of introducing internet technologies in the educational process in higher educational institutions.

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Teaching a foreign language to students of non-linguistic departments in the Eurasian environment during the pandemic

2022

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“…In this case, emotional support becomes increasingly vital. Online instructors must ask themselves how they should provide empathy, caring, love, trust, esteem, concern, and listening and whether students receive it (Han & Resta. 2020).…”

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What Does It Mean To Take Online Classes As An International Student During COVID-19?

Koo¹,

Jiang

2022

OLJ

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Using the Theory of Social Support and the Community of Inquiry as theoretical frameworks, this qualitative study explored international students’ experiences, challenges, and perceptions of online learning environments during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. By conducting three virtual focus group interviews with 18 international students, we identified four key themes that encapsulate participants’ challenges and experiences of online learning: social isolation in online learning spaces, difficulties with engaging in online class discussions and activities, limited opportunities for improving English proficiency in the online setting and limited academic support from faculty and advisors. Implications for research and practice to support international students are discussed.

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“…Given the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a growing phenomenon of developing transnational online education, such as virtual exchange and study abroad programs, to temporarily replace in-person intercultural learning experiences (Bowen et al, 2021;Liu & Shirley, 2021). On the one hand, the advancement of technology and adaptive delivery methods could strengthen international connections and collaborations in virtual environments (Aquino et al, 2023;Han & Resta, 2020;Henderson et al, 2017;Howard et al, 2017). Taking a global health virtual exchange program as an example, students in the U.S. had the opportunity to further understand the issues and conditions related to Syrian refugee camps through virtual reality (Bowen et al, 2021).…”

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Multifaceted challenges and opportunities: Chinese exchange students’ experiences in the U.S. transnational online learning ecology

Ren,

Zhou

2024

OLJ

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Transnational distance education has become an emerging trend in promoting academic collaboration and exchange during and after the pandemic. Guided by the learning ecology framework, we conducted mixed methods research by distributing an online survey to Chinese students (N=51) to collect quantitative and qualitative data. This helped us deeply understand their experiences and perceptions of a cross-cultural online learning environment in the United States. We applied multiple regression and thematic analysis to analyze quantitative and qualitative data. The merging of both types of data analysis indicated: the confirmation of the importance of English learning resources, the transformation of online learning practices, the insufficiency of students-to-instructors interaction, discordance of technological self-efficacy and the disadvantages of technology-assisted instruction, and discordance between the usefulness and difficulties of learning activities and assessments. We further discussed appropriate strategies and techniques to promote online teaching and learning excellence in transnational distance education.

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Virtually Authentic: Graduate Students’ Perspective Changes toward Authentic Learning while Collaborating in a Virtual World

Cited by 10 publications

References 29 publications

Teaching a foreign language to students of non-linguistic departments in the Eurasian environment during the pandemic

Teaching a foreign language to students of non-linguistic departments in the Eurasian environment during the pandemic

What Does It Mean To Take Online Classes As An International Student During COVID-19?

Multifaceted challenges and opportunities: Chinese exchange students’ experiences in the U.S. transnational online learning ecology

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