E-Support for E-Learning: A Tool to Empower Students in Online Courses

Abstract

E-learning has increased through the years in MLIS programs, a trend that has been intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some students choose to take online classes; others have been required to do so by the pandemic. This raises the question: Are students properly prepared to learn online? For this study, researchers created an E-Learning Guide with resources and tips for e-learning. Several sessions were offered during orientation for incoming graduate students in a Library and Information Science program in the northeast United States. During these sessions, the researchers reviewed the E-Learning Guide. Students were surveyed immediately after the sessions and at the end of the semester to learn what, if any, resources were useful. Based on the results, students appreciated having a synchronous session wherein the researchers reviewed the E-Learning Guide, having specific resources to use for e-learning, and having access to a guide with resources for e-learning.

Cyber-ludic pedagogies: towards a post-critical methodology of video games as cultural sites

“…And yet, though the majority of today's students are considered 'natives' of virtual worlds in gaming and social media, there was enough discomfort with the shift to online instruction to warrant a significant drop in enrollment for onlineonly instruction and a general disillusionment in the two years that followed over online learning. This observation indicates that the cultural character of game worlds does not lend itself seamlessly to educational purposes, even as these models persevere beyond the pandemic crisis (Bettivia & Davis, 2023).…”