How student perceptions about online learning difficulty influenced their satisfaction during Canada's Covid-19 response     

Colin Conrad  Qi Deng  Isabelle Caron  Oksana Shkurska  Paulette Skerrett  Binod Sundararajan 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2022,53(3):534-557

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed a significant challenge to higher education and forced academic institutions across the globe to abruptly shift to remote teaching. Because of the emergent transition, higher education institutions continuously face difficulties in creating satisfactory online learning experiences that adhere to the new norms. This study investigates the transition to online learning during Covid-19 to identify factors that influenced students' satisfaction with the online learning environment. Adopting a mixed-method design, we find that students' experience with online learning can be negatively affected by information overload, and perceived technical skill requirements, and describe qualitative evidence that suggest a lack of social interactions, class format, and ambiguous communication also affected perceived learning. This study suggests that to digitalize higher education successfully, institutions need to redesign students' learning experience systematically and re-evaluate traditional pedagogical approaches in the online context.

Practitioner notes

What is already known about this topic

• University transitions to online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic were undertaken by faculty and students who had little online learning experience.
• The transition to online learning was often described as having a negative influence on students' learning experience and mental health.
• Varieties of cognitive load are known predictors of effective online learning experiences and satisfaction.

What this paper adds

• Information overload and perceptions of technical abilities are demonstrated to predict students' difficulty and satisfaction with online learning.
• Students express negative attitudes towards factors that influence information overload, technical factors, and asynchronous course formats.
• Communication quantity was not found to be a significant factor in predicting either perceived difficulty or negative attitudes.

Implications for practice and/or policy

• We identify ways that educators in higher education can improve their online offerings and implementations during future disruptions.
• We offer insights into student experience concerning online learning environments during an abrupt transition.
• We identify design factors that contribute to effective online delivery, educators in higher education can improve students' learning experiences during difficult periods and abrupt transitions to online learning.

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迈向大众民主——1832年英国议会改革探析     

方家  张士昌 《长治学院学报》2013,(5):32-35

19世纪的西方步入了一个竞相革新的年代,研究此时期的历史,对深入了解世界民主化历程有着巨大帮助。19世纪初的英国,贵族主导的议会政治体制已不能适应工业革命带来的经济大发展的需要,受到了各阶层的不断挑战。面对可能出现的革命,妥协文化使改革成为解决政治问题的主要手段。1832年议会改革主要对选区的分布和选民的财产资格限制进行了调整,它是一系列民主改革的开端,也是英国迈向大众民主的第一步。  相似文献   

Journalism as institution and work in Europe,circa 1860     

Henrik Örnebring 《Media History》2013,19(4):393-407

This article presents a comparative historical analysis of the relationship between journalism as institution (i.e., a particular set of organizations in society) and journalism as work (i.e., an activity practiced by individuals) in four European countries: Britain, Sweden, Germany, and Estonia. The analysis compares the institutional context of journalistic work in these four countries around 1860, focusing in particular on the organization of journalistic labor at the national newspaper of record. The historical comparison reveals how exceptional the British case is. The study finds that British journalism circa 1860 exhibited a high division of labor, high labor specialization, and was increasingly focused on news gathering and production. Swedish and German journalism exhibited an emerging division of labor and labor specialization, and was focused on political debate (rather than news gathering and production). Estonian journalism exhibited hardly any division of labor or labor specialization, and was focused on raising national awareness.  相似文献   

疫情背景下北京冬奥会国际传播战略与实践策略刍议     

张昆  蒲蕤 《武汉体育学院学报》2022,56(1):5-12

新冠疫情增加了逆全球化趋势,疫情防控与中国国家形象塑造成为当前中国政府和社会各界关注的重要议题。2022年北京冬奥会作为后疫情时代中国最大的主场外交活动之一,是提升我国体育国际话语权、改善国家形象的重要机遇。基于此,结合当前全球疫情背景,从国际关系、国际舆论、国内发展状况等角度综合分析了北京冬奥会国际传播面临的机遇与挑战,并从国际传播战略和国际传播实践策略两个层面出发,提出战略规划和策略实施的具体路径,以期提高体育国际传播效果,增强中国体育国际话语权,构建国际传播新格局。  相似文献   

The learner experience of Curriculum 2000: implications for the reform of 14–19 education in England     

Ann Hodgson  Ken Spours 《教育政策杂志》2013,28(1):101-118

In September 2000, new qualifications for 16–19 year olds, known as Curriculum 2000, were introduced in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland with the aim of broadening the advanced level curriculum. It was left to schools, colleges, and their learners, however, to decide how these new qualifications would be used to build learner programmes of study. In this voluntarist context, the views and actions of learners have been an important factor in determining the course of the reforms. This article, which is based primarily on a study of 42 learners in a school/college consortium in the south west of England, provides a chronological account of learner experiences of these reforms during their first 2 years of implementation. The consortium discussed here offered a high‐volume study programme similar in size and content to those being proposed by the Tomlinson Working Group on 14–19 curriculum and qualifications reform in England. Learners found their expanded programmes onerous, due in part to the nature of the new qualifications and in part to the context of their implementation. The article concludes by identifying a number of policy lessons for 14–19 reform arising from this research.  相似文献   

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Croatian solid-organ transplant recipients     

Anna Mrzljak   eljka Jurekovi&#x;  Jadranka Pavi i&#x;-&#x;ari&#x;  Vladimir Stevanovi&#x;  Irena Tabain   eljka Hru&#x;kar  Danko Mikuli&#x;  Ljubo Barbi&#x;  Tatjana Vilibi&#x;-avlek 《Biochemia medica : ?asopis Hrvatskoga dru?tva medicinskih biokemi?ara / HDMB》2021,31(3)

IntroductionThe data on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in solid-organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) in Croatia is unknown. The aim of this study was to analyze the seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Croatian SOTRs.Materials and methodsFrom 7 September to 27 November 2020 (beginning of the second COVID-19 pandemic wave), a cross-sectional screening for COVID-19 was performed in the adult outpatient liver (LTRs; N = 280) and kidney transplant recipients (KTRs; N = 232). Serum samples were initially tested for SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies using a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA; Vircell Microbiologists, Granada, Spain). All positive samples were confirmed using a virus neutralization test (VNT). Data on risk exposure and COVID-19 related symptoms were collected using a questionnaire.ResultsThe transplanted cohort’s seroprevalence detected by ELISA and VNT was 20.1% and 3.1%, respectively. Neutralizing (NT) antibodies developed in 15.6% of anti-SARS-CoV-2 ELISA IgG positive SOTRs. The difference in seropositivity rates between LTRs and KTRs was not statistically significant (ELISA 21.1% vs. 19.0%, P = 0.554; VNT 3.6% vs. 2.6%, P = 0.082). Overall VNT positivity rates were higher in patients who reported participation in large community events (5.9% vs. 1.0%; P = 0.027) as well as in patients who reported COVID-19 related symptoms in the past six months. In addition, symptomatic VNT positive patients showed significantly higher (P = 0.031) NT antibody titers (median 128, interquartile range (IQR) = 32-128) compared to asymptomatic patients (median 16, IQR = 16-48).ConclusionsThis study showed that 15.6% of anti-SARS-CoV-2 ELISA positive Croatian SOTRs developed NT antibodies indicating protective immunity. Further studies are needed to determine the dynamic of NT antibodies and COVID-19 immunity duration in immunocompromised populations such as LTRs and KTRs.  相似文献   

基于EIB总线协议的双值输出设备的设计开发     

姚帅  杨群勇  吴明光  刘锴 《科技通报》2007,23(2):243-248

随着计算机、通讯和网络技术的巨大发展,家庭自动化逐渐走入人们的生活。欧洲安装总线是家庭自动化领域一个非常重要的协议。本文在分析EIB总线协议在智能楼宇家居领域应用状况的基础上．给出了在EIB总线系统中应用非常广泛的一个执行器设备——双值输出模块的解决方案。  相似文献   

突发事件中医学编辑的抗疫实践及社会责任     

贾泽军 《编辑学报》2020,32(2):142-144

2019年12月以来,新冠肺炎疫情影响全球,严重威胁人类健康。中国政府和人民采取了最强有力的措施来抗击疫情,取得了阶段性的胜利。作为与医务工作者息息相关的医学编辑应借助自身平台和优势,敢于担当,勇于奉献,积极参与全民抗疫,体现编辑的社会责任。本文结合作者自身工作实际,从积极服务作者、精准策划组稿、医学科普宣传等3方面总结医学编辑的抗疫实践,供同行参考。  相似文献   

新冠肺炎疫情背景下儿童青少年积极发展的理论探析     

刘玉娟 《中国特殊教育》2021,(2):77-82

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新型冠状病毒肺炎核酸检测和诊断专利信息分析     

杨心怡 《中国发明与专利》2021,(3):70-77

用于预防和治疗新型冠状病毒的药物尚在研发试验阶段,核酸检测方法和试剂研发是防控新冠病毒之重要措施.对核酸检测方法和试剂专利进行分析有利于科研工作者利用专利情报,提高科研成果的专利保护意识.以新型冠状病毒感染肺炎防疫专利信息共享平台为基础数据来源,对新型冠状病毒核酸检测和诊断的175项专利申请数据进行整理-筛选-归纳-可...  相似文献