Information and Learning Sciences: Volume 121 Issue 7/8

Inclusive considerations for optimal online learning in times of disasters and crises

Kim M. Thompson, Clayton Copeland

Emergencies can create situations where traditional face-to-face courses need to quickly be transferred to be online. When transitioning, it is easy to focus on simply moving…

Designing for and facilitating knowledge-building discourse in online courses

Matthew Duvall, Anthony Matranga, Jason Silverman

Founded in sociocultural theories of learning, the authors argue that engaging learners in collaborative knowledge building is critical. When responding to others’ ideas, research…

Transforming online teaching and learning: towards learning design informed by information science and learning sciences

Nobuko Fujita

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the practical work of learning designers with the aim of helping members of the information science (IS) and learning…

Teaching with social media: evidence-based strategies for making remote higher education less remote

Christine Greenhow, Sarah Galvin

As higher education moves to formats that are not face-to-face classes in the wake of a global pandemic, educators need research-based guidelines to inform instructional planning…

When classroom interactions have to go online: the move to specifications grading in a project-based design course

Rebecca Quintana, Chris Quintana

The events surrounding the COVID-19 crisis had a profound effect on higher education, forcing students and instructors to face a sudden transition to wholly online learning…

Increasing students’ social engagement during COVID-19 with Net.Create: collaborative social network analysis to map historical pandemics during a pandemic

Kalani Craig, Megan Humburg, Joshua A. Danish, Maksymilian Szostalo, Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver, Ann McCranie

The authors explored shifts in social interactions, content engagement and history learning as students who were studying one pandemic simultaneously experienced another. This…

Adapting guided inquiry learning worksheets for emergency remote learning

Iris Howley

Process-oriented guided inquiry learning (POGIL) is a series of learning activities building on student prior knowledge guiding them to construct their own understanding of new…

Transferring interactive activities in large lectures from face-to-face to online settings

Jennifer K. Olsen, Louis Faucon, Pierre Dillenbourg

Within higher education, there was an abrupt shift from face-to-face to online lecturing with the introduction of social distancing measures in light of a global pandemic. The…

Designing for learning during collaborative projects online: tools and takeaways

Sreecharan Sankaranarayanan, Siddharth Reddy Kandimalla, Mengxin Cao, Ignacio Maronna, Haokang An, Chris Bogart, R. Charles Murray, Michael Hilton, Majd Sakr, Carolyn Penstein Rosé

In response to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, many universities have transitioned to online instruction. With learning promising to be online, at least in part, for the near…

Collaborating in online teaching: inviting e-guests to facilitate learning in the digital environment

Crystal Fulton

Teaching and learning online during the Covid-19 pandemic has forced university instructors to consider online alternatives to the classroom. It is possible to facilitate…

Saving a semester of learning: MIT’s emergency transition to online instruction

Aaron Kessler, Sheryl Barnes, Krishna Rajagopal, Janet Rankin, Lauren Pouchak, Mark Silis, Wesley Esser

Prior to March 4th, 2020 only a handful of MIT courses had ever been delivered exclusively online. The purpose of this paper is to detail how over a 25-day period (March 4th-March…

Characteristics of asynchronous online discussions in a graduate course: an exploratory study

Xiaofeng Li, Yawen Yu

This paper aims to investigate the following questions: What are the types of discussion prompts in a fully online graduate course? What are the key characteristics of students’…

Tapping into the assets of first-generation students during times of transition

Africa S. Hands

This paper aims to present research on the assets of first-generation college students and offer asset-based practices that can be implemented to support students during emergency…

Design principles for transforming making programs into online settings at public libraries

Soo Hyeon Kim, Gi Woong Choi, Yong Ju Jung

This paper aims to investigate design principles for transforming existing making communities of practice within public libraries into online knowledge-building communities to…

School librarians online: integrated learning beyond the school walls

Elizabeth Burns

This study aims to explore preservice school librarians’ ability to develop and deliver integrated library lessons under remote teaching and learning conditions. This study will…

Literacy in the new norm: stay-home game plan for parents

Zamzami Zainuddin, Corinne Jacqueline Perera, Hussein Haruna, Habiburrahim Habiburrahim

The purpose of this study is twofold. Firstly, this research aims at helping countries implement an equitable, innovative and context-appropriate stay-home game plan for the…

Designing creative and connected online learning experiences

Lily Gabaree, Carolina Rodeghiero, Carmelo Presicce, Natalie Rusk, Rupal Jain

Open online courses have expanded opportunities for people to learn remotely. However, few online experiences offer participants ways to create projects and actively engage with…

Application of creative learning principles within blended teacher professional development on integration of computer programming education into elementary and middle school classrooms

Yumiko Murai, Hiroyuki Muramatsu

While it is particularly important that professional programs help teachers become members of a community of practice, especially in crisis situations such as the COVID-19…

A social capital design for delivering online asynchronous professional development in a MOOC course for science teachers

Susan A. Yoon, Katherine Miller, Thomas Richman, Daniel Wendel, Ilana Schoenfeld, Emma Anderson, Jooeun Shim, Amin Marei

The overarching goal of the research is to understand strategies that can support utility and access to high-quality teacher professional development (PD). This study aims to…

WeScratch: an inclusive, playful and collaborative approach to creative learning online

Carmelo Presicce, Rupal Jain, Carolina Rodeghiero, Lily E. Gabaree, Natalie Rusk

Many educators currently face challenges when trying to engage students in creative learning experiences online, where it can be particularly difficult to move beyond the…