Designing effective synchronous online learning
Gegenfurtner A, Bedenlier S, Ebner C, Keskin Ö, Händel M (2024)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2024
Publisher: Routledge
Edited Volumes: Designing Effective Digital Learning Environments
Series: New Perspectives on Learning and Instruction
City/Town: Oxon / New York, NY
Pages Range: 241-254
ISBN: 9781040264348
Abstract
Synchronous online learning is situated in synchronous webinars, virtual classrooms, and videoconferences, in which students and teachers communicate live over the Internet across distant geographical locations. Shared virtual platforms with voice-over-IP technology and webcams are used to interact ubiquitously and synchronously in real-time. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of synchronous online learning environments in primary, secondary, higher, and continuous education has grown massively. In this chapter, we aim to identify design recommendations that help increase the effectiveness of synchronous online learning. First, we provide an overview of recent meta-analyses on the effectiveness of synchronous online learning compared to synchronous face-to-face and asynchronous online learning. Second, we use this empirical evidence to develop design principles that can guide teachers, trainers, and educators in designing effective synchronous online learning environments. Third, we discuss a research agenda for future studies on synchronous online learning, webinars, and videoconferences in education, and we reflect on some practical affordances, including the use of webcams and breakout rooms.
Authors with CRIS profile
Svenja Bedenlier
Lehrstuhl für Pädagogik mit Schwerpunkt Digitalisierung in Hochschul- und Erwachsenenbildung
Involved external institutions
Universität Augsburg
Germany (DE)
Technische Hochschule Deggendorf
Germany (DE)
Hochschule Ansbach
Germany (DE)
Germany (DE)
Technische Hochschule Deggendorf
Germany (DE)
Hochschule Ansbach
Germany (DE)
How to cite
APA:
Gegenfurtner, A., Bedenlier, S., Ebner, C., Keskin, Ö., & Händel, M. (2024). Designing effective synchronous online learning. In Andreas Gegenfurtner, Ingo Kollar (Eds.), Designing Effective Digital Learning Environments. (pp. 241-254). Oxon / New York, NY: Routledge.
MLA:
Gegenfurtner, Andreas, et al. "Designing effective synchronous online learning." Designing Effective Digital Learning Environments. Ed. Andreas Gegenfurtner, Ingo Kollar, Oxon / New York, NY: Routledge, 2024. 241-254.
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