مروری بر آموزش برخط زبان به عنوان راه حلی در زمان بحران (مقاله لاتین)

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسنده

نویسندۀ مسئول، دانش آموختۀ کارشناس ارشد آموزش زبان انگلیسی، دانشگاه اصفهان

چکیده

همه­گیری جهانی ویروس کرونا، روند آموزش را در سراسر جهان، مختل کرده است و روش آموزش را در مدت­زمان کوتاهی، از حالت حضوری به حالت برخط تغییر داده است. این تغییر سریع و عدم آمادگی مناسب ایران و بیشتر کشورهای جهان در زمینه­های مختلف، باعث شده که آموزش حضوری، به ­نوعی آموزش برخط غیراستاندارد، بی­کیفیت، موقت، و برنامه­ریزی نشده تبدیل شود که باید از آن به­عنوان آموزش از راه دور، در شرایط اضطراری یاد کرد؛ زیرا این آموزش بی­کیفیت، با آموزش برخط استاندارد و برنامه­ریزی شده، بسیار متفاوت است و مشکلات زیادی برای دانشجویان و معلّمان در تمام مقاطع تحصیلی ایجاد کرده است. هدف این مطالعه، ارائه گزارش و اطلاعاتی دربارة وضعیت کنونی آموزش از راه دور، در شرایط اضطراری ایران و سایر کشورهای جهان، در طول بحران کرونا است؛ درضمن، این مقاله خلاصه‌ای از ادبیات مربوط به تاریخچه، تعاریف، فواید، موانع و اثربخشی آموزش برخط را برای دانشجویان و استادان رشته‌های مختلف، به‌­ویژه رشتة آموزش زبان ارائه می‌کند. علاوه بر این، مرور ادبیات حاضر، می‌تواند به دانشجویان و استادان کمک کند تا درک بهتری از وضعیت فعلی آموزش از راه دور، در شرایط اضطراری در ایران و سایر کشورهای جهان داشته باشند. همچنین، استادان و مسئولین می­توانند با مرور ادبیات حاضر، در آموزش برخط خود تجدید نظر کنند و به سمت آموزشی فراتر از این آموزش برخط موقت، حرکت کنند و آموزش برخط باکیفیت و برنامه­ریزی شده­ای را برای دانشجویان خود فراهم کنند.

کلیدواژه‌ها

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عنوان مقاله [English]

Overview of Online Language Education as a Panacea in the Time of Crisis

نویسنده [English]

  • Sahar Dabir
Corresponding Author, Department of English Language and Literature, University of Isfahan, Iran.
چکیده [English]

The global pandemic of COVID-19 has driven us apart, disrupted the continuity of education worldwide, and awakened the need for developing an educational environment based on kindness, compassion, and understanding more than ever before. Also, this crisis has forced the authorities to change the format of education from face-to-face to online delivery mode on very short notice. Due to this rapid transition, lack of appropriate infrastructures, and absence of proper preparation in Iran and most countries around the world, face-to-face education has switched into a kind of low-quality, temporary, and unplanned online practice, which should be referred to as Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT). This study aims to provide a discussion on the practice of this low-quality and temporary online education or ERT in the current situation of Iran and other countries around the globe during the COVID-19 crisis. Moreover, this paper summarizes the literature on the history, definitions, merits, barriers, and effectiveness of online education for students and teachers from different disciplines, especially language education. The present literature review can help students and teachers grasp the current status of this low-quality and unplanned online education or ERT in Iran and other countries worldwide. Furthermore, instructors and authorities can reconsider their online teaching practices, move beyond ERT, and develop a high-quality and well-planned online education for their students based on the information obtained from this literature review and the lessons learned from the pandemic.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Online Education
  • Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT)
  • Language Education
  • COVID-19 Pandemic
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