Asynchronous Learning: A General Review of Best Practices for the 21st Century

Autor/inn/en	Varkey, Thomas Chandy; Varkey, John A.; Ding, Jack B.; Varkey, Philip K.; Zeitler, Colton; Nguyen, Anne M.; Merhavy, Zachary I.; Thomas, Charles Ryan
Titel	Asynchronous Learning: A General Review of Best Practices for the 21st Century
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Innovative Teaching & Learning, 16 (2023) 1, S.4-16 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Varkey, Thomas Chandy)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1947-1017
DOI	10.1108/JRIT-06-2022-0036
Schlagwörter	Asynchronous Communication; Electronic Learning; Best Practices; Educational Practices; Teaching Methods; Literature Reviews; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Metacognition; Time Factors (Learning); Multimedia Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungspraxis; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Multimediales Lernen
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to create a "go-to-guide" of best practices in the creation of asynchronous courses. Due to the global pandemic, millions of students around the world transitioned from in-class instruction to online programs, which ranged from completely synchronous classrooms to completely asynchronous classrooms. Students were forced to learn how to engage within an online classroom environment with minimal notice and instructors were abruptly thrusted into a different operational environment, with many required to construct educational ecosystems in an unfamiliar and digitized interface. This led to several actions and the utilization of a multitude of different teaching techniques, many of which were poorly implemented. Design/methodology/approach: Key words, "Asynchronous learning", "Learning", "Feedback", "Online Instruction", and "Classroom Design" were searched in online data bases (Google Scholar, PubMed, EBSCO and Data Base of Open Access Journals). These then were read by the authorial team and authoritative papers were selected by the team based on the frequency of utilization by other papers in the field and the utility of these papers for the design of asynchronous courses. Findings: This paper explores asynchronous learning from the perspective of how instructional science and learning science can be applied to create the best classroom for both pupil and instructor. Originality/value: It looks to provide a go-to-guide for best practices in asynchronous learning and the development of K-12 classrooms, graduate and medical school classrooms and finally continuous medical education classrooms. Finally, this guide looks to facilitate the development of master instructors through statements on how to properly provide feedback to students. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01