Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.55982/openpraxis.14.2.141
D. Franco, J. Bidarra
The potential of electronic books (ebooks) has been discussed widely, due mainly to their role in helping the user transform passive reading into interactive and dynamic learning, while promoting better retention and appropriation of materials. Taking this premise, the present study follows an exploratory and qualitative approach, discussing how the use of ebooks can improve learning, motivation, dynamism and interactivity in Distance Education. This study was supported by a bibliographic review and a survey method through an online questionnaire used as data collection instruments. The sample consisted of students who attended distance courses taught by the Open University ISCED – UnISCED in Mozambique. The scientific literature studied, and the results from the field research, show the practicality of using ebook as a learning resource and they facility the interactivity.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.55982/openpraxis.14.4.492
Jennifer L. Briere, Ishita B. Zaman, Sophia Haotong Wang
{"title":"Filling the Knowledge-to-Action Gap with Open Access Pedagogy: An Alternative Assignment Model","authors":"Jennifer L. Briere, Ishita B. Zaman, Sophia Haotong Wang","doi":"10.55982/openpraxis.14.4.492","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55982/openpraxis.14.4.492","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45611,"journal":{"name":"Open Praxis","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87497939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.55982/openpraxis.14.3.476
Meva Bayrak Karsli, Selçuk Karaman
{"title":"Investigation of Tendency among Instructors to Conduct a Massive Open Online Course: Case of Turkey","authors":"Meva Bayrak Karsli, Selçuk Karaman","doi":"10.55982/openpraxis.14.3.476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55982/openpraxis.14.3.476","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45611,"journal":{"name":"Open Praxis","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72990579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.55982/openpraxis.14.3.495
Yaser Khajavi, Parisa Abdolrezapour
{"title":"Exploring English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Teachers’ Experience of Flow During Online Classes","authors":"Yaser Khajavi, Parisa Abdolrezapour","doi":"10.55982/openpraxis.14.3.495","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55982/openpraxis.14.3.495","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45611,"journal":{"name":"Open Praxis","volume":"236 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73837267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.55982/openpraxis.14.2.485
Orna Farrell
Learning designers became the "first responders" during the great onlining due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In this innovative practice article, we share the experiences of a team of digital learning designers created to support the university community's pivot online. This project adopts a case study methodology. The case study of the Digital Learning Design Unit (DLDU) described in this article offers an examplar of learning design and the work of learning designers during the time of Covid-19. Findings from this case study indicate that a demand led professional learning approach can be very effective at encouraging staff engagement with learning design;a rapid learning design intervention can provide just in time support for colleagues during a time of crisis;time and digital competencies are essential to build staff competence and confidence with online pedagogy and learning design approaches. In this case study, the pandemic prompted a strategic approach to learning design for online, blended and hybrid education. This strategic approach began as a temporary proactive measure to keep teaching and learning going but has now been cemented into a permanent strategy for online blended and hybrid education at our institution which will continue in the post pandemic environment.
{"title":"Learning Design in the Time of COVID-19: The Digital Learning Design Unit Story","authors":"Orna Farrell","doi":"10.55982/openpraxis.14.2.485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55982/openpraxis.14.2.485","url":null,"abstract":"Learning designers became the \"first responders\" during the great onlining due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In this innovative practice article, we share the experiences of a team of digital learning designers created to support the university community's pivot online. This project adopts a case study methodology. The case study of the Digital Learning Design Unit (DLDU) described in this article offers an examplar of learning design and the work of learning designers during the time of Covid-19. Findings from this case study indicate that a demand led professional learning approach can be very effective at encouraging staff engagement with learning design;a rapid learning design intervention can provide just in time support for colleagues during a time of crisis;time and digital competencies are essential to build staff competence and confidence with online pedagogy and learning design approaches. In this case study, the pandemic prompted a strategic approach to learning design for online, blended and hybrid education. This strategic approach began as a temporary proactive measure to keep teaching and learning going but has now been cemented into a permanent strategy for online blended and hybrid education at our institution which will continue in the post pandemic environment.","PeriodicalId":45611,"journal":{"name":"Open Praxis","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76351980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.55982/openpraxis.14.1.462
Mpine Makoe
{"title":"Contextual Content Analysis of Mission Statements of Open and Distance Education Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa","authors":"Mpine Makoe","doi":"10.55982/openpraxis.14.1.462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55982/openpraxis.14.1.462","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45611,"journal":{"name":"Open Praxis","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85419913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.55982/openpraxis.14.1.458
Jennifer Van Allen, S. Katz
{"title":"Examining the Use of Renewable Assignments in a Teacher Education Course to Build Understanding of Open Educational Resources","authors":"Jennifer Van Allen, S. Katz","doi":"10.55982/openpraxis.14.1.458","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55982/openpraxis.14.1.458","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45611,"journal":{"name":"Open Praxis","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85695979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.55982/openpraxis.14.4.532
Krista Croghan
{"title":"Book Review of Inclusive Design for a Digital World: Designing with Accessibility in Mind","authors":"Krista Croghan","doi":"10.55982/openpraxis.14.4.532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55982/openpraxis.14.4.532","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45611,"journal":{"name":"Open Praxis","volume":"39 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78971283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.55982/openpraxis.14.3.498
Corrie B. Whitmore, Kathryn Schild
{"title":"Exploring Complex Concepts Through Storytelling: A Synchronous Online Health Policy Course Case Study and Recommendations for Implementing Across Disciplines","authors":"Corrie B. Whitmore, Kathryn Schild","doi":"10.55982/openpraxis.14.3.498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55982/openpraxis.14.3.498","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45611,"journal":{"name":"Open Praxis","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88790685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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