Facilitating flexible learning by replacing classroom time with an online learning environment: A systematic review of blended learning in higher education

Higher education institutions are trying to provide more flexibility and individualization, which is mainly realized through the use of new technologies and implemented in online or blended learning designs. This systematic review aims to investigate the impact of replacing classroom time with an online learning environment. The meta-analysis (k = 21 effect sizes) applied strict inclusion criteria concerning research design, measurement of learning outcomes and implementation of blended learning. The estimated effect size (Hedge's g) was positive, although not significantly different from zero and the confidence interval [-0.13, 0.25], suggesting that overall differences between blended and conventional classroom learning are small, and, at best, very small negative or moderate positive effects are plausible. This means that despite a reduction in classroom time between 30 and 79 per cent, equivalent learning outcomes were found. Consequently, blended learning with reduced classroom time is not systematically more or less effective than conventional classroom learning.     

Modelling the long-run learning impact of the Covid-19 learning shock: Actions to (more than) mitigate loss

This paper uses a calibrated “pedagogical production function” model to estimate the potential long-term losses to children’s learning from the temporary shock of Covid-19 related school closures. It then models possible gains from two mitigation strategies. Without mitigation, children could lose more than a full year’s worth of learning from a three-month school closure because they will be behind the curriculum when they re-enter school and will fall further behind as time goes on. Remediation when children return to school reduces the long-term learning loss by half, but still leaves children more than half a year behind where they would have been with no shock. Remediation combined with long-term reorientation of curriculum to align with children’s learning levels fully mitigates the long-term learning loss due to the shock and surpasses the learning in the counterfactual of no shock by more than a full year’s worth of learning. Systems need to begin planning now for remediation programmes, and as they do so they should build programmes and train teachers in ways that can continue to produce benefits beyond the period immediately following reopening.     

对《体育与健康》课程学习和成绩评定的理论研究

本文以《体育与健康》新课程为主线,为如何建构体育教育中的学生学习评价和成绩评定体系提出了一些看法和意见。其目的是为了进一步深化体育教学改革,提高体育教学质量,提供理论依据。     

情绪的动力平衡与体育课学习效果关系

采用情绪量表 ,考察在运动技能学习过程中情绪变化的状况 ,发现在技能学习的不同阶段 ,情绪有其变化的特征 ,随着学习的不断深入 ,情绪总趋势朝良性方向发展 ,这在一定程度上支持了情绪的动力平衡理论。     

吴文化与苏州学习型组织

本试图通过分析学习型组织开发与地域化——吴化的必然联系，思考探索重塑传统化，寻求开发苏州学习型组织的有效方法。     

Should Children Attend Their Parent's Funerals?

The paper discusses elements of the findings of 'Iceberg', a doctoral study at the University of York addressing many issues of child bereavement through a retrospective study of nearly one hundred individuals who had either experienced the death of a parent when they were at school, or were the surviving parent of such a child. The research revealed issues of lack of control and information for children after a parental death. Forty-seven per cent of those in the study attended the funeral of their parent. There was correlation between the age of children and attendance at the funeral. Of the fifty-three per cent of children not attending, twenty-four per cent of them were forbidden to attend, whilst eleven per cent of them were distracted from attending the funeral, such as being sent to school or a neighbours and being unaware that it was taking place. None of the children attending the funeral reported any negative experiences, and two thirds of them reported it as a positive or helpful event. In contrast, over three-quarters of those not attending later wished that they had. Over a third had feelings of regret, others feeling that they had been excluded from the family at the time of the death, and felt anger, hurt, and frustration. The conclusion was that the best strategy is to give children informed choice about whether or not to attend. If children do attend a negative outcome seems unlikely, but it would be prudent to prepare them as to what to expect at the ceremony.     

基于学习共同体的《教育技术学导论》——课程设计初探

文章简要地分析了教育技术导论课程的特点及其在目前的教学中存在的问题,提出以学习共同体作为学习组织形式开展教学,既可以丰富课堂教学形式,也能通过师生及同伴之间的互动,促进学习者独立思考,逐步建构自己对教育技术的理解。     

力量锻炼在控制体重中的作用机理初探

力量与力量耐力是健康体适能的重要组成成分。研究表明，力量锻炼在控制体重中的作用机理主要是通过以下两种途径实现的：一是增加安静时的能量代谢率；二是增加脂肪氧化。建议人们，要获得最佳健康并有效控制体重，应将有氧运动与力量锻炼相结合。     

关注教师的教育情感

作者对目前教师教育情感的失落作了简要描述,以期引起重视。     

在线辅导基本要素

该文是作者在英国进修期间对在线辅导所做的一些研究,它主要阐述了在线辅导的一些基本概念,分析了在线学习的学习支持以及教学策略,最后提出了具体的实施方法。希望以此向从事在线教学的教师提供一些有价值的参考。