Connolly, Cornelia Murray, Cliona Brady, Bernadine Mac Ruairc, Gerry Dolan, Pat
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Learning environments research
Taking the 'breakdown' in regular schooling as a result of the Covid pandemic as a catalyst to reimagine education, this article formulates a theoretical framework, using design research, that enables a fundamental reconceptualization and introduction of new actors into the space of schooling, which is a learning environment that traditionally has ...
Singh, Falguni Saini, Monika Kumar, Ashish Ramakrishna, Seeram Debnath, Mousumi
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Cross-sectional research was designed using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) to examine the impact of the educational environment on students' perceptions of learning and teaching in a university offering higher education. Using a Likert scale, 300 participants from various streams were assessed. There were no disparities in t...
Keser Aschenberger, Filiz Radinger, Gregor Brachtl, Sonja Ipser, Christina Oppl, Stefan
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Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, digital technologies for distance learning have been used in educational institutions worldwide, raising issues about social implications, technological development, and teaching and learning strategies. While disparities regarding access to technical equipment and the internet ('the digital divi...
Mørk, Gry Stigen, Linda Gramstad, Astrid Magne, Trine A Carstensen, Tove Bonsaksen, Tore
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Relationships between learning environment variables and students' approaches to studying have been investigated from many points of view over the last decades. However, few studies have explored whether such relationships are stable over time. In the two consecutive cross-sectional analyses performed in this study, Norwegian occupational therapy s...
Baars, S Schellings, G L M Joore, J P van Wesemael, P J V
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Research into the relationship between innovative physical learning environments (PLEs) and innovative psychosocial learning environments (PSLEs) indicates that it must be understood as a network of relationships between multiple psychosocial and physical aspects. Actors shape this network by attaching meanings to these aspects and their relationsh...
Rusticus, Shayna A Pashootan, Tina Mah, Andrea
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The learning environment comprises the psychological, social, cultural and physical setting in which learning occurs and has an influence on student motivation and success. The purpose of the present study was to explore qualitatively, from the perspectives of both students and faculty, the key elements of the learning environment that supported an...
Usart, Mireia Grimalt-Álvaro, Carme Iglesias-Estradé, Adolf Maria
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Teacher training takes place in distance education to a large extent. Within these contexts, trainers should make use of all the information available to adapt and refine their instructional methods during the training process. Sentiment analysis (SA) can give immediate feedback of the emotions expressed and help in the training process, although i...
Klosterman, Peter Stein, Stephen
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Learning environments research
In light of rising college student debt, many states now offer multiple options for students to earn college credit while still in high school. Concurrent enrollment programs, which allow qualified high school teachers to teach college credit-bearing classes in the high school, are one such option. Because concurrent enrollment classes teach colleg...
Doz, Eleonora Cuder, Alessandro Caputi, Marcella Pellizzoni, Sandra Passolunghi, Maria Chiara
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School closures because of the COVID-19 emergency forced a rapid transition to distance learning worldwide. In this study, we investigated teachers' experiences with distance learning during the first Italian lockdown. A sample of 270 primary and secondary teachers answered a semi-structured questionnaire administered between April and May 2020. Di...
Lam, Joseph Hin Yan Tong, Shelley Xiuli
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Learning environments research
Despite the increasing use of virtual modalities in schools since the COVID-19 pandemic, no systematic tools exist to evaluate the process of online learning. We developed and validated an Online Learning Process Questionnaire (OLPQ) for assessing online at-home learning among 219 Hong Kong primary-school students and 474 caregivers. Exploratory an...
