Kanwischer Miriam, Tipold Andrea, Schaper Elisabeth
Center for E-Learning, Didactics and Educational Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany.
Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany.
Front Vet Sci. 2024 Jun 27;11:1386978. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2024.1386978. eCollection 2024.
The digitalization of university teaching has been taking place for many years and, in addition to traditional teaching formats such as practicals and face-to-face lectures, more and more e-learning courses have been used in veterinary education for several years. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, universities across Germany had to switch to an , purely digital summer semester. This study evaluated the experiences and implementation of the digital summer semester 2020 at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo) Foundation from the perspective of the teaching staff. In addition to the technical equipment used by lecturers, this survey also focused on the effects of the digital semester on teaching and the future practicality of digital teaching formats and strategies in veterinary education. Therefore, a questionnaire was designed and distributed among lecturers involved in the digital summer semester 2020. One hundred and three completed questionnaires were evaluated. The results of the evaluation show that teachers see huge potential in blended learning as a teaching method in veterinary education. In addition, teachers were able to digitize teaching well with the available hardware and software. The teaching staff saw difficulties above all in the loss of practical training and in the digitalization of practical exercises. Teachers also needed significantly more time to plan and implement digital teaching compared to pure face-to-face teaching. In summary blended learning offers many advantages, such as increased flexibility for students and teaching staff. In order to be able to use digital teaching methods and strategies profitably in veterinary education in the future, well thought-out didactic concepts and further technical expansion of the universities are required. In addition, the digital skills of teaching staff should be further trained and promoted.
大学教学的数字化已经进行了多年，除了实践课和面对面授课等传统教学形式外，兽医教育中使用电子学习课程的情况也越来越多。在新冠疫情背景下，德国各地的大学不得不转向完全数字化的夏季学期。本研究从教师的角度评估了汉诺威兽医大学（TiHo）基金会2020年数字化夏季学期的经验和实施情况。除了教师使用的技术设备外，本次调查还关注了数字化学期对教学的影响以及数字化教学形式和策略在兽医教育中的未来实用性。因此，设计了一份问卷并分发给参与2020年数字化夏季学期的教师。共评估了103份完整的问卷。评估结果表明，教师认为混合式学习作为兽医教育的一种教学方法具有巨大潜力。此外，教师能够利用现有的硬件和软件很好地实现教学数字化。教师们尤其在实践培训的缺失和实践练习的数字化方面遇到困难。与纯面对面教学相比，教师在规划和实施数字化教学方面也需要更多时间。总之，混合式学习有许多优点，比如为学生和教师提供了更大的灵活性。为了未来能够在兽医教育中有效地使用数字化教学方法和策略，需要精心设计教学理念并进一步扩大大学的技术支持。此外，教师的数字技能应得到进一步培训和提升。
