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Active Learning and Task-Based Instruction (TBI) via Online Platform During COVID-19 Pandemic

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Engineering and Sciences Teaching and Learning Activities

Part of the book series: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control ((SSDC,volume 381))

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Preparing graduates for the present and future workforce is an important strategic learning and teaching goal of higher education. Towards realizing this goal, institutions are expending significant effort promoting active learning as an institution-wide teaching approach. Active learning defined as learners deeply participating in the learning process are being increasingly used in face-to-face contexts, but can it be used just as effectively in the online environments now common in higher education due to COVID-19 pandemic situation? In their 2017 paper, the authors established that active learning via online is certainly possible. In this current article, the authors assert that not only is online active learning possible, but it is a necessity to bolster workforce and higher order thinking skills needed in this current century. Importantly, the faculties have a crucial role to play in implementing active learning online, and active learning online permeate the whole of the online learning experience within courses.

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    Authors’ note: John Seely Brown is one of the foremost thinkers on the implications of technology in the workplace.

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    To punctuate this point, observe not only children with digital devices but also adolescents and young adults who, even in a group, seem to prefer more interaction with their phone than with their peers.

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Mesgar, M. (2022). Active Learning and Task-Based Instruction (TBI) via Online Platform During COVID-19 Pandemic. In: Abdul Karim, S.A., Husain, S.A. (eds) Engineering and Sciences Teaching and Learning Activities. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 381. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79614-3_2

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