Application of Educational Technologies to Improve Learning of Student
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 7, Issue 6
Abstract
In recent years, Web 2.0 applications such as wikis, blogs and podcasts have been adapted for educational purposes by professional educators. This research proposes avirtual campus for student. The aim of the research is to develop, build up and evaluate a sustainable, dynamic solution for virtual mobility and e-learning.Video lectures for the virtual campus were recorded when lecturerspresented them in a traditional classroom environment. The process of recording and publishing the video lectures was divided into five steps: 1)preparation, 2) recording, 3) editing, 4) producing, and 5) sharing. As anoutcome, three types of data, i.e., video files, audio files and PowerPoint Presentations or PDF documents were synchronized in one application, in Flash format. The WordPress blog tool and publishing platform was implemented as an asynchronous communication system. A rating system is added so that the users could evaluate each lecture, which consists of several video recordings. Students with several different native languages attended the course. The course was offered both in a traditional classroom environment and in a virtual learning environment.A questionnaire was developed to collect the feedback from 66 students who participated in the course, in order to make a preliminary evaluation of the methods used. Several answers were graded on the Likertscale from 1 to 5; where 1 was for not useful and 5 was very useful. The constructivist theory, which was followed, emphasized the importance of making the virtual campus acceptable to students with different learning styles, e.g., forauditory, visual, tactile, kinesthetic, global, or analytical learners. This research supports the idea that the main focus is on the learning content, which the educational technology serves to sustain.
Authors and Affiliations
Hamid Khademmasjedi| The Office of Education and training, Shoush, Khozestan, Iran, email:khademmasjedi260@gmail.com
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