Full Description
This edited volume offers an updated picture and state-of-the-art regarding the challenges faced by universities all over the world derived from the COVID-19 pandemic and discusses the strategies designed and put in play by the universities to move forward in times of confinement and prospects of new modes of functioning in the aftermath of this exceptional global situation.
Contents
Foreword
Allan Pitman
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Pandemic, Disruption and Adjustment in Higher Education
Susana Gonçalves and Suzanne Majhanovich
PART 1: New Modes of Teaching
2 Ramifications of COVID-19 for Higher Education Systems and Institutions
Pete Leihy, Brigid Freeman, Ian Teo and Dong Kwang Kim
3 Transformation of Universities during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Digitalization, New Formats, "Re-education of Educators"
Vadim Kozlov, Elena Levina and Tatiana Tregubova
4 Thoughts on Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) amid the Pandemic
Weimin Delcroix-Tang
5 Digitalization of Higher Education in Turkey and COVID-19
Nilüfer Pembecioğlu
6 Switching to Online Teaching within a Teacher Training Programme during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dana Crăciun and Monica Oprescu
7 The Pandemic and the End of the Lecture
Pete Woodcock
8 Facing Adversity at the University: A Case Study to Reflect on Pedagogical Challenges in Times of Pandemic Risk
Aurora Ricci and Elena Luppi
PART 2: Teaching from Home: Teachers' Wellbeing
9 'Overall It Was OK': COVID-19 and the Wellbeing of University Teachers
Susan Beltman, Rachel Sheffield and Tina Hascher
10 Rethinking Academic Teaching at and beyond the Pandemic
Marta Ilardo and Morena Cuconato
11 Higher Education Academics' Perspectives: Working from Home during COVID-19
Rashmi Watson, Upasana Singh and Chenicheri Sid Nair
12 Reconnecting Teaching Discourse in Higher Education: Establishing and Remodeling Interfaces
Beatrix Kreß
13 Afterword
Suzanne Majhanovich and Allan Pitman
Index
