Full Description
This timely volume documents the immediate, global impacts of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on teaching and learning in higher education. Focusing on student and faculty experiences of online and distance education, the text provides reflections on novel initiatives, unexpected challenges, and lessons learned.
Responding to the urgent need to better understand online teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, this book investigates how the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) impacted students, faculty, and staff experiences during the COVID-19 lockdown. Chapters initially look at the challenges faced by universities and educators in their attempts to overcome the practical difficulties involved in developing effective online programming and pedagogy. The text then builds on these insights to highlight student experiences and consider issues of social connection and inequality. Finally, the volume looks forward to asking what lessons COVID-19 can offer for the future development of online and distance learning in higher education.
This engaging volume will benefit researchers, academics, and educators with an interest in online teaching and eLearning, curriculum design, and more, specifically those involved with the digitalization of higher education. The text will also support further discussion and reflection around pedagogical transformation, international teaching and learning, and educational policy more broadly.
Contents
Is Online and Distance Learning the Future in Global Higher Education? The Faculty Perspectives during COVID-19
Roy Y. Chan, Krishna Bista, and Ryan M. Allen
PART I: Innovative Forms of Online Teaching, Learning, and Assessment during COVID-19
Designing Authentic Online Courses Intra- and Post-Pandemic
Michelle Rippy and Monica Munoz
Pandemic Pedagogy: Disparity in University Remote Teaching Effectiveness
Linda Dam
Learning Management Systems and Synchronous Communication Tools: Enablers of Online Education During COVID-19
Darren Turnbull, Ritesh Chugh, and Jo Luck
Online Teaching and Learning During COVID-19: Flexible Harmonies in Higher Education
Dawn Joseph, Rohan Nethsinghe, and Alberto Cabedo-Mas
The Effectiveness of Authentic Assessments during COVID-19: A Case of RMIT University in Vietnam
Huy Pham, Binh Nguyen Thanh, Thai Vu Hong Nguyen, and Upasana Jain
PART II: Impacts of Distance Education on Students, Social Inclusion, and Access during COVID-19
Life in 280 Characters: Social Media, Belonging, and Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jack Reed and Catherine Dunn
"The Course is no Longer Great": The Need for Socially Meaningful Online Instruction for International Students
Vander Tavares
Expanding Equitable Access or Exacerbating Existing Barriers? Re-Examining Online Learning for Vulnerable Student Populations
Romana Manzoor and Wayne Bart
Using Information Communication Technologies for Interactive Open and Distance Learning Experiences in the Era of COVID-19
Mmabaledi Seeletso
Suddenly Online: How Russian Students Switched to Distance Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ivan Gruzdev, Evgeniia Shmeleva, Raman Kalinin, and Kseniia Vilkova
PART III: COVID-19 as a Catalyst of Change - Lessons for the Longer-term
Could COVID-19 be a Catalyst for Disruption in Higher Education?
Raffaella Borasi, Richard DeMartino, Nathan Harris, and Dave Miller
Global Higher Education and COVID-19: A Virtual Autoethnography Experience from a Faculty
Anatoly Oleksiyenko
Sustaining Liberal Education by Online Learning in the Era of Global Crises: The Case of Community Colleges in COVID-19 Hong Kong
Hei-hang Hayes Tang, Beatrice Y. Y. Dang, Rosalind Latiner Raby, and Joanna W. Y. Yeung
Students' Experiences with Distance Learning under COVID-19: Critical Perspectives from an Indian University
Mousumi Mukherjee, Tatiana Belousova, and Deepak Maun
Teacher Education in Times of Disruption: Lessons Learned from Teaching and Learning in Australian Universities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Eden C. Stephens and Jen Scott Curwood
The Expansion of E-learning in the UAE: Implications and Opportunities in the Post-COVID-19 Era
Shytance Wren
