Lived Experience of Work and Technology Teachers from Design and Using of Infographic Lesson Plans in Blended Learning: A Phenomenological Study

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1 PhD Student, Director of the Department of Work and Technology, Qazvin Province, Iran

2 PhD Student, Director of the Department of Work and Technology, Khuzestan Province, Iran

Abstract

Background: The lived experience of work and technology teachers from the design and using of infographic lesson plans in Blended learning: A phenomenological study Infographics is a technology for presenting information visually and graphically.
Aim: The study analyzes the lived experience of work and technology teachers in Khuzestan province from compiling and using infographic lesson plan based on qualitative approach and phenomenological method. With the expansion of Blended learning (face-to-face and non-face-to-face), it seems necessary to use a new lesson plan that fits the electronic platform.
Method: The participants were selected with a criterion sampling strategy, Therefore, people were selected who, while willing to cooperate with researchers, had many years of teaching experience and had participated in the training workshop on how to prepare an infographic lesson plan an Structured interview and email interview technique was used to collect information, for this purpose, an interview was conducted with 15 work and technology teachers of Khuzestan province. The information were analyzed using Colaizzis method. To validate the findings, strategies such as triangulation and exchange of opinions with peers were used.
Results: The themes extracted include: the creation of human factors (the learning dimension of the audience, the awareness dimension of the audience, special opportunities for teachers and special opportunities for students); The nature of the infographic lesson plan (multifacetedness, special features and deconstruction); Was.
Conclusion: According to the obtained results, the use of an infographic lesson plan leads to the possibility of quickly reviewing a topic, explaining complex processes, displaying findings, comparing and contrasting different options, and increasing the audience's awareness of a topic. The technology of learning tools such as multimedia makes students get involved in learning and learn with interest. The results were reported in the form of models as well as narratives.

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Qualitative Research in Behavioral Sciences (QRBS)
Volume 3, Issue 1 - Serial Number 5
September 2024
Pages 25-36

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  • Receive Date: 04 January 2024
  • Revise Date: 31 May 2024
  • Accept Date: 30 June 2024

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