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Student-Centered and ICT-Enabled Learning Models in Veterinarian Programs: What Changed with COVID-19?
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New Research and Trends in Higher Education
Ano (publicação definitiva)
2021
Língua
Inglês
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Abstract/Resumo
COVID-19 highlighted higher education’s resistance to implementing the student-centered
and ICT (information and communication technology)-enabled learning practices as incentivized by
the Bologna Declaration. ICTs were crucial to keep the students in educational programs during the
outbreak; however, some students were left out, increasing socioeconomic differences, and many
teachers needed the training to provide online lectures effectively. Despite those barriers, the current
context could be an opportunity to invest in new teaching and learning practices. The main goal of
this research is to analyze how teachers and students from veterinary programs in Portugal adapted
to the digital environment, and perceive whether this change imposed by COVID-19 could provide
teachers and higher institutions with new solutions to implement effective student-centered and
ICT-enabled learning models. Results show that veterinary programs are based on student-centered
practices by nature, but that the use of ICTs is still incipient. Teachers, students, and members from
the Professional Order claim that the worst change brought by COVID-19 was the cancellation of
hands-on sessions, impoverishing the students’ education during the time of mandatory confinement.
Actors say that it is important to invest in innovative teaching and learning practices enabled by ICTs
in the future.
Agradecimentos/Acknowledgements
We must acknowledge Ana Patrícia Santos, Lara Querido and Sara Nunes, the other members
of our team on the project “The profession of veterinarians in Portugal”, because they were vital to the completion
of field work, including the interviews and the ana
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