Digital Transformation of High School Education: Microlectures and Instructional Design in Teaching Mathematics

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The first and second authors contributed equally. The authors acknowledge the Jiangsu College Students Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Programme (No.202310324115Y) and the Education and Teaching Reform Programme of the Yancheng Normal University (No. 2023YCTCJGY18; 15YCTCJY033).

Abstract

With the rapid development of digital technology nowadays, education and microlecture resources have become increasingly popular and enriched, in accordance with the more personalized needs of diverse schools and students. In high schools, traditional classroom teaching is also undergoing digital transformation. This paper therefore discusses the common features, production procedure and dissemination channels of microlectures. It then demonstrates the design of a modified microlecture-based teaching process, taking the exponential function as a high-school mathematics example. The flexibilities and possibilities of such digital tools for high-school mathematics are also explored, which are followed by the discussion on potential issues that may arise in the classroom, and the impacts of microlecture innovations on students, teachers, and other education stakeholders.

Keywords: Microlecture; Digital Education; High-School Mathematics; Educational Equity

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/14-34-02

Publication date: December 31^st 2023