J 2022

Aiming for active student participation in online university lessons : A case study of two teachers during emergency remote teaching

LINTNER, Tomáš and Klára ŠEĎOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Aiming for active student participation in online university lessons : A case study of two teachers during emergency remote teaching

Authors

LINTNER, Tomáš (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Klára ŠEĎOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Studia Paedagogica, Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts, 2022, 1803-7437

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/22:00127208

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

emergency remote teaching; online learning; COVID teaching; interactive lessons; case study; mixed design

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 23/6/2023 14:07, Tomáš Lintner, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

While learning is most effective when students are actively engaged, student participation in university classrooms is usually dominated by monologic teacher talk. Digital technologies are often seen as a way to enhance active student participation, yet most reports show that the emergency remote teaching that used digital technologies during the COVID pandemic worsened student participation. We look at active student participation in the synchronous online university lessons of two teachers with shared views on the importance of active student participation but differing approaches to online teaching. We employed a range of tools, including multiple lesson observations over time, line-by-line micro-analysis of the lessons, analysis of discourse moves based on Hardman’s coding system, network visualizations of interactions, and interviews with the teachers reflecting on their teaching. With these tools, we aimed to link the teachers’ views of online teaching with their teaching practices and with the resulting active student participation in their online lessons. The findings of our study indicate that teachers’ views of online teaching can significantly influence their teaching practices. We found that the view that online teaching can serve as a substitute for contact teaching has a detrimental effect on teacher ability to employ the practices necessary for active student participation in online settings. We suggest abandoning the idea of online teaching as a substitute for contact teaching. Instead, online and contact teaching should be seen as two distinct entities requiring different teaching practices. We discuss specific teaching practices that we observed in relation to their role in promoting active student participation in online lessons.

Links

LX22NPO5101, research and development project
Name: Národní institut pro výzkum socioekonomických dopadů nemocí a systémových rizik (Acronym: SYRI)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, 5.1 EXCELES
MUNI/IGA/1350/2020, interní kód MU
Name: Studying Student Communication During Synchronous Online University Teaching with Social Network Analysis
Investor: Masaryk University

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