A Digital Educational Tool Experience in History Course: Creating Digital Comics via Pixton Edu

Autor/inn/en	Erol Sahin, Aysegül Nihan; Kara Erol, Hatice
Titel	A Digital Educational Tool Experience in History Course: Creating Digital Comics via Pixton Edu
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning, 5 (2022) 1, S.223-242 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kara Erol, Hatice)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2618-6586
Schlagwörter	History Instruction; Cartoons; Teaching Methods; Phenomenology; Undergraduate Students; Course Descriptions; Computer Software; Videoconferencing; Positive Attitudes; Student Motivation; Thinking Skills; Skill Development; Distance Education; Learning Processes; Student Attitudes; Computer Mediated Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Zeichentrickfilm; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Kursstrukturplan; Schulische Motivation; Denkfähigkeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Learning process; Lernprozess; Schülerverhalten; Computerkonferenz
Abstract	The aim of this study is to reveal the experiences of digital comics developed by the participants in Atatürk's Principles and History of Revolutions course. In this context, the research has been designed with phenomenology, which is one of the qualitative research methods. The study group of the research consists of 29 university students who took APHR (TAR101) course. The sample was chosen through easily accessible sampling due to the epidemic conditions. In the study, semi-structured interview form developed by the researchers, focus group interviews, researcher feedback and comics created by the students via the Pixton Edu tool were used as data collection tools. The research process lasted 15 weeks, the interviews were conducted online through the online meeting program Zoom and through the WhatsApp group established by the researchers. The findings obtained in the research were analyzed with a holistic perspective according to content analysis. According to the opinions of the participants in the research; it was concluded that the comics developed positively affect the attitude towards the lesson, improve the thinking skills of the participants. This experience transformed the learning process to a funny, meaningful and permanent process, enabled distance education to an interactive, increase motivation, and strengthen in-group communication in the distance education process. Based on the research findings, various suggestions were made by the researchers. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Educational Technology and Online Learning. Necatibey Faculty of Education, Balikesir University, Balikesir, 10100, Turkey. Web site: dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/jetol
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01