Exploring Student-Centered Teaching and Learning Experiences In Higher Education During Emergency Remote Instruction

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dc.contributor.authorBenfaida, Natasja
dc.contributor.supervisorGounko, Tatiana
dc.contributor.supervisorKulikova, Nadezda
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-29T16:33:20Z
dc.date.available2023-08-29T16:33:20Z
dc.date.copyright2023en_US
dc.date.issued2023-08-29
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore student-centered teaching and learning experiences of University of Victoria (UVic) students and instructors during the fall of 2020, a time when higher education institutions such as UVic suddenly taught most of its face-to-face courses online with various education technology in response to Covid-19 social distancing restrictions. Ten UVic students and five instructors participated in semi-structured interviews to share their experiences during this period of emergency remote instruction, also known as emergency remote teaching. The interview questions were created according to the indicators of teaching, social, and cognitive presence in the constructivist Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework. The findings of the study demonstrated how the study’s participants engaged in teaching, social, and cognitive presence while using the Brightspace learning management system and other education technology. The students and instructors interacted with each other and the instructional content through Brightspace primarily for organizational and instructional purposes. While Brightspace supported the development of the CoI’s teacher and cognitive presence, social media and Zoom’s video conferencing feature, chat and break-out rooms predominantly supported the development of social presence. The findings also identified student-centered teaching and learning practices according to the CoI framework. Furthermore, the findings of the research highlighted how socio-cultural context and technology use directly impacted the development of teaching, social, and cognitive presences during emergency remote instruction.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/15301
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectemergency remote instructionen_US
dc.subjectemergency remote teachingen_US
dc.subjectcommunity of inquiryen_US
dc.subjecthigher educationen_US
dc.subjectstudent-centered learningen_US
dc.subjectteaching presenceen_US
dc.subjectsocial presenceen_US
dc.subjectcognitiveen_US
dc.titleExploring Student-Centered Teaching and Learning Experiences In Higher Education During Emergency Remote Instructionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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