Naslov
The use of software in the implementation of online learning during the coronavirus disease pandemic in Croatia

Autori
Berberović, Marko ; Slavuj, Vanja ; Kovačić, Božidar

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of the 15th International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED) / Gomez Chova, L. ; Lopez Martinez, A. ; Candel Torres, I. - : International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2021, 3265-3274

ISBN
978-84-09-27666-0

Skup
15th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED 2021)

Mjesto i datum
Online, 08.03.2021. - 09.03.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
online learning ; distance learning ; ICT in education ; contemporary teaching approach ; software

Sažetak
With its appearance in early 2020, the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic was the cause of significant changes in the educational system of Croatia. The widespread lockdown that followed meant that teachers at all educational levels had to transfer their classes into the digital world and make changes to their teaching methodology and approaches so they fit the requirements of distance education. Such a drastic shift also entailed that they had to select and employ various pieces of software as well as ICT services in order to organise online teaching and learning, enable communication with the students, set up evaluation tasks and carry out testing. The paper at hand presents a selected subset of results from a research into the attitudes and practices of Croatian teachers and students related to distance education during the lockdown period in Croatia (mid-March to mid-May 2020), with a special emphasis on the use of software. The research was conducted on a large number of participants (N=7568) from all three levels of the educational system using a specially designed, digitally administered questionnaire. There are three research questions specifically targeted in the paper: (1) how widespread was the use of (any) software by the teachers (during the educational process) and were there cases in which teachers did not use digital technology at all to reach educational goals?, (2) which software was used by the teachers at particular educational levels and for what purpose? and (3) are there cases of software use that reveal new or unexpected usage patterns?

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti

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