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Theories of Learning and Virtual World (week 9)

The learning theories That help effective teaching strategies development in online environments they are: Behaviorism, Cognitivism, and Social constructivism. These theories of learning have been recognized as viable theories for explaining how people learn, and also reliable to guide instructional design since their inception. However, it been developed largely long before the arrive of the internet and the influx of technology that now exists.  

Teaching and learning Tools ( week 7)

Teaching and Learning possibilities: Hot potatoes set that constitutes a tool that allows teachers to create their own material for subject content instruction. HOT POTATOES: H.P is  a programs which gives production of interactive web-based teaching exercises that can be delivered to any computer. They are consists of six individual programs: JCloze,  JQuiz,  JCross,  JMatch,  JMix, and  The Mashe . It also useful for tests. Teachers can develop interactive multiple choice and fill-in-the-gap exercises as well as crosswords, questions where short answers are required or where ordering and rearranging words is necessary to make up sentences. For this program students are allowed to work with the exercises on line, in groups or by themselves in such a way that they get engaged in a new, interesting and funny learning experience. H.P. programs have outstanding characteristics, namely they allow the up-loading of pictures, audio and video. Students can practice listening and comprehension

Impact of COVID-19 ( week 5) virtual class

01.07.2020 Impact of COVID-19 Our fourth and fifth weeks classes were cancelled due to breaking out of COVID-19. Through the whole world, the epidemic situation is continuing due to the impact of COVID-19. According to WHO, COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered strain of coronavirus, a type of virus known to cause respiratory infections in humans. This new strain was unknown before December 2019, when an outbreak of pneumonia of unidentified cause emerged in Wuhan, China.                                           Due to COVID-19 effects, there have been around 50,000 people died, while approximately 1150,000 have been confirmed as positive cases. The most affected countries are USA, Italy, Spain, China, the UK, Germany, France, Iran, Switzerland, Turkey. World economy goes down dramatically because of COVID-19 impacts. This is because almost all types of economic institution including corporate offices have remained close for a long period of ti