scholarly journals Blended learning in medical physiology improves nursing students’ study efficiency

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 711-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feifei Shang ◽  
Chuan-Yong Liu
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Independent Study ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Online Course ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
College And University ◽  
Blended Course

The rapid development of mobile phones and communication networks is profoundly changing the lives of people in China. With the gradual growth of Wi-Fi on college and university campuses, Chinese schools are setting off a wave of teaching reform combining online material with traditional classroom instruction. We adapted a Chinese University massive open online course physiology course into a private university online course, specifically designed for second-semester bachelor’s level nursing students at Taishan Medical University. This online course blended with classroom teaching was offered to 108 freshmen from two parallel reform classes. A third class of 55 students was offered the traditional classroom lecture-based course as a control. Impressive teaching effects were achieved in reform classes, as indicated by significant improvement in student performance on the final examination and positive student feedback. The student surveys showed that 68% of students preferred the blended course over traditional classroom courses. The most highly rated advantages of the blended course were flexible learning time (84%) and improvement of independent study skills (75%). As higher education enters the internet era, exploiting the high-quality cyber resources may be the fastest and most economical way to improve teaching efficiency and enhance students’ study experience.

scholarly journals Examining the Effect of Personal Classroom Friendships with Online Learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. p61
Author(s):  
Alicia T. Lamere ◽  
Kristin Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Student Success ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Task Difficulty ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Classroom Setting ◽  
Improve Student Performance ◽  
Level Of Difficulty ◽  
And Performance

Friendships within learning environments have been established as valuable aspects of supporting student success. The literature clearly shows that: 1) a student can achieve a better grade depending on how he/she perceives the task in terms of level of difficulty, and 2) a student can perceive the level of difficulty to be more or less difficult, depending on who is in the room with him/her during the task. If task difficulty can be linked to perceived friendships in the room, then fostering friendships in a classroom could play a crucial role to improving performance. As universities continue to embrace online formats, an important question becomes how can friendships be fostered to improve student performance? We surveyed students at Bryant University to study this question. The students had completed the same marketing course, in either a traditional classroom setting, or as an online course, taught by the same professor during the same semester. Students were asked about their perceptions of the course and performance, as well as their interaction with each other and the instructor. We found that this course was able to foster friendships, despite the format, and that students themselves perceived this as a component of their own success.

A Study on SPOC Assisted College Oral English Teaching Strategies

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 756
Author(s):  
Rui Wu
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Classroom Teaching ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Efl Teaching ◽  
Traditional Classroom Teaching

With the rapid development of information technology, various online courses have sprung up and SPOC (Small Private Online Course) is one of them. In the meantime, Chinese colleges are in the process of transformation from traditional classroom teaching to web-assisted teaching, which demands for a corresponding adjustment of teaching techniques used to guide teaching practice. Therefore, after a deep investigation into the attitude of some students and teachers, based on the results of questionnaires and interviews, this paper proposes several strategies for SPOC assisted college oral EFL teaching, aiming to guide teachers to use online courses effectively and as a result, improve the quality of EFL teaching.

scholarly journals Persistence among graduate nursing students enrolled in an online course

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy Ward-Smith ◽  
Carol Schmer ◽  
Jane Peterson ◽  
Carolyn Hart
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Graduate Nursing

Paramedic Student Performance: Comparison of Online with On-Campus Lecture Delivery Methods

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 261-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Hubble ◽  
Michael E. Richards
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Classroom Setting ◽  
Online Students ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Significant Difference

AbstractIntroduction:Colleges and universities are experiencing increasing demand for online courses in many healthcare disciplines, including emergency medical services (EMS). Development and implementation of online paramedic courses with the quality of education experienced in the traditional classroom setting is essential in order to maintain the integrity of the educational process. Currently, there is conflicting evidence of whether a significant difference exists in student performance between online and traditional nursing and allied health courses. However, there are no published investigations of the effectiveness of online learning by paramedic students.Hypothesis:Performance of paramedic students enrolled in an online, undergraduate, research methods course is equivalent to the performance of students enrolled in the same course provided in a traditional, classroom environment.Methods:Academic performance, learning styles, and course satisfaction surveys were compared between two groups of students. The course content was identical for both courses and taught by the same instructor during the same semester. The primary difference between the traditional course and the online course was the method of lecture delivery. Lectures for the on-campus students were provided live in a traditional classroom setting using PowerPoint slides. Lectures for the online students were provided using the same PowerPoint slides with prerecorded streaming audio and video.Results:A convenience sample of 23 online and 10 traditional students participated in this study. With the exception of two learning domains, the two groups of students exhibited similar learning styles as assessed using the Grasha-Riechmann Student Learning Style Scales instrument. The online students scored significantly lower in the competitive and dependent dimensions than did the on-campus students. Academic performance was similar between the two groups. The online students devoted slightly more time to the course than did the campus students, although this difference did not reach statistical significance. In general, the online students believed the online audio lectures were more effective than the traditional live lectures.Conclusion:Distance learning technology appears to be an effective mechanism for extending didactic paramedic education off-campus, and may be beneficial particularly to areas that lack paramedic training programs or adequate numbers of qualified instructors.

scholarly journals The Lived Experiences of Chinese International Students Preparing for the University-To-Work Transition: A Phenomenological Qualitative Study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Lertora ◽  
Jeffrey Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Chinese International Students ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
College And University ◽  
Work Transition ◽  
The University

Chinese international students have been the largest growing number of international students on U.S. college and university campuses for the last ten years. However, there is minimal research literature that pertains to Chinese international students’ experiences on U.S. campuses and currently no research literature that reflects the entirety of their experience studying in the U.S. The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to give a voice to Chinese international students who are preparing for the university-to-work transition to better understand their experiences as international students in the United States, specifically the types of transitional stressors they experienced and how they coped with these stressors. Five major themes and the essence of the participants emerged from the data analysis and are presented, discussed, and implication for campus based mental health professionals are provided.

scholarly journals Online Learning in Nutrition and Dietetics: Student Performance and Attitudes

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic Upton
Keyword(s):  
Student Performance ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Independent Learning ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Traditional Lecture ◽  
Innovative Method ◽  
Traditional Lectures ◽  
On Line ◽  
Dietetic Students ◽  
Nutrition And Dietetics

Context: Behavioural studies can form an essential component of the Nutrition and Dietetics undergraduate degree. Aims: This study aimed to firstly produce on-line teaching material in Behavioural studies suitable for undergraduate Nutrition and Dietetic students. Secondly, to explore students’ views on the online material, and record their performance when taught through this innovative method. Methods: Nutrition and Dietetics students completed an online health psychology/sociology module and their performance compared to students who completed a traditional lecture based course. Student evaluations of the online course were also recorded. Findings: Results suggested that students taught through on-line medium performed no differently to those taught through “traditional lectures”. Students appeared to enjoy the material although there was some reluctance to develop an independent learning style. Conclusion: It was apparent that material has to be developed that can both engage and motivate learners, thereby further developing independent learning, and that this may have to be tailored dependent on a number of student factors.

scholarly journals Key exchange based on Diffie-Hellman protocol and image registration

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 1751
Author(s):  
Rachid Rimani ◽  
Naima Hadj Said ◽  
Adda Ali Pacha ◽  
Ozen Ozer
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Image Registration ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Key Exchange ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Secret Key ◽  
Diffie Hellman ◽  
Internet Media

<span>Nowadays, with the advences in ICT and rapid development of mobile internet; media information shared on the various communication networks requires the existence of adequate security measures. Cryptography becoming an effective way to meet these requirements and for maintain the confidentiality. However, communicating with encrypted messages requires secret key exchange, which is a part of a complex protocol. In this paper, we propose a new method for exchanging key based on Diffie-Hellman protocol and image registration with fast fourier transform, the principle of this method consists to concealing the key in a set of transformed images. Therefore, image registration allows finding transformations between images, which become a tool for recovering the key by the receiver.</span>

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