Constructive Alignment Effectiveness in Learner- Centric Environment: The Experience of E-learning among Qatar University Female Students
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The concept of constructivist alignment is based on two concomitant principles: constructivism in learning, the coherence of teaching activities and assessment tasks on the one hand, and the intended learning outcomes on the other hand. Thus, focusing on what students learn and how they learn, rather than what topics the teacher will teach, requires defining learning outcomes, not just what students should learn (topic or content), as well as how that content will be learned according to specific standards. This study presents a realistic classroom experience that relies on the use of the constructivist strategy in the teaching and learning process to develop the method of self-teaching from theoretical and practical aspects to motivate learners' performance to build their knowledge. This research aims to explore the impact of using constructivist learning and learner-centered learning in building knowledge and examining the challenges and opportunities available for using the student-centered constructivist consensus methodology in the distance learning period, which was imposed by the spread of the Corona virus pandemic and its general closure, including different educational institutions. The results showed the students' ability to employ knowledge by activating the desired learning outcomes through various activities; this paved the way for the students to have a deeper analysis in the assessments. The results of the students' evaluation indicated that students’ engagement via online collaborative learning created opportunities for deep learning in times of disconnection.
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