Pedagogical Implications and Methodological Possibilities of Digital Transformation in Digital Education after the COVID-19 Epidemic

• Published in: Computers (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 4; p. 73
• Main Authors: Szűts, Zoltán, Molnár, György, Racsko, Réka, Vaughan, Geoffrey, Molnár, Tünde Lengyelné
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01-04-2023
• Subjects: Best practice; Communications software; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; digital pedagogy; digital transformation; Distance learning; Education; Educational technology; Hungary; ICT; Methods; Questionnaires; Social networks; Students; Teachers; Teaching methods; Technology application; Transformations; Hungary
• ISSN: 2073-431X; 2073-431X
• DOI: 10.3390/computers12040073

In the context of digital pedagogy, internet communication platforms, digital media interfaces, applications, and info-communication tools, best practices are stepping up in the educational process and forming a methodology. The focus areas targeted by the questionnaire presented in this study are digital transformation; the smart use of digital tools; characteristics of the learning environment; classroom activities, learning organization, and methodology; content; and curriculum sharing. During the research, the authors asked what were the online communication channels and digital platforms that teachers have effectively used in terms of learning efficiency in distance learning ordered as a result of the COVID-19 emergency in Hungary. The empirical research goal was to explore the conditions among Hungarian teachers with the help of a questionnaire and a semi-structured online interview. Seven thousand teachers were contacted through email, and a return rate of 10.7% was achieved. The questionnaire was filled in online by n = 751 primary teachers. According to the respondents, the most effective tools in the transformation of education are self-made tutorial videos and real-time written and video-based chat.