Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods (MJLTM)
Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods (MJLTM)
MJLTM
Literature & Humanities
http://mjltm.org
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2020
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Teaching and Learning During a Global Pandemic: An Ecological Approach
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Research
This paper proposes a conceptual framework for online teaching and learning during a global crisis, such as the health crisis created by the COVID-19 Pandemic in the year 2020. The paper argues that adopting a combinatorial, ecological approach including five types of affordances, i.e. cultural, social, technological, cognitive and affective affordances can be instrumental in improving the process of teaching and learning in an online learning environment. The authors believe that through proper training, teachers can become more heedful of and knowledgeable about the five types of affordances that the online ecology of learning and teaching offers and can exploit them to deliver better lessons and develop and conduct more practical assessments. It is likewise suggested that students can enjoy better learning experiences, if through proper orientation and preparation, they gain the requisite knowledge about, and master the relevant skills in, identifying and using the relevant affordances in the online learning ecology. In addition, it is proposed that course-related surveys conducted throughout and at the end of each course can provide significant insights as to the availability and applicability of the affordances provided in the online learning environments. Finally, due to the distinctively complex nature of the online ecology of learning and teaching, the authors consider it of paramount importance to provide ongoing advising services for teachers and students alike in the five areas of affordances discussed in this paper.
Global pandemic,
ecological approach,
social affordance,
cultural affordance,
cognitive affordance,
affective affordance
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http://mjltm.org/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2131-2&slc_lang=other&sid=1
Amir
Kaviani
10031947532846002168
10031947532846002168
Yes
Zayed University, UAE
Rana
Tamim
10031947532846002169
10031947532846002169
No
Zayed University, UAE
Hamed
Ghaemi
10031947532846002170
10031947532846002170
No
Bahar Institute of Higher Education, Mashhad, Iran