TY - GEN
T1 - Global STEM Education through e-Service Learning in the Time of COVID-19: A Case Study
AU - Ngai, Grace
AU - Lo, Kenneth W.K.
AU - Chan, Chi Fai Stephen
AU - Lin, Shuheng
PY - 2021/11/30
Y1 - 2021/11/30
N2 - COVID-19 has brought about a lot of disruption, and education was one of the areas that was very significantly impacted. In many places in the world, students and teachers were forced to learn or teach online, oftentimes with very little preparation, in other places, schools shut down altogether and students' learning was interrupted. In this paper, we describe a case study that attempts to alleviate some of these challenges through an online STEM workshop series. Focus group studies were used to inform the design of the workshops, which were run as part of a service-learning program, incorporated student-directed, tangible learning, virtual experiential learning alongside theoretical content delivery to complement the formal curriculum. We present evaluation information as well as lessons learned for future similar endeavours.
AB - COVID-19 has brought about a lot of disruption, and education was one of the areas that was very significantly impacted. In many places in the world, students and teachers were forced to learn or teach online, oftentimes with very little preparation, in other places, schools shut down altogether and students' learning was interrupted. In this paper, we describe a case study that attempts to alleviate some of these challenges through an online STEM workshop series. Focus group studies were used to inform the design of the workshops, which were run as part of a service-learning program, incorporated student-directed, tangible learning, virtual experiential learning alongside theoretical content delivery to complement the formal curriculum. We present evaluation information as well as lessons learned for future similar endeavours.
U2 - 10.1109/GHTC53159.2021.9612510
DO - 10.1109/GHTC53159.2021.9612510
M3 - Conference article published in proceeding or book
SP - 163
EP - 168
BT - 2021 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC)
ER -