E-learning challenge studying the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

PurposeThe COVID-19 crisis experience is shaping new guidelines for learning activities that need to be developed from an interdisciplinary and holistic perspective based on the analysis and assessment of potential impacts and social expectations.Design/methodology/approachThe research is devoted to the study of modern e-learning challenges in the context of social distance, the analysis of learning experience, problems and opportunities associated with online learning. The research was carried out at the “Blinded for peer review” and involved 300 graduate students. A qualitative method based on a two-step process was used in the study. The discussion allowed participants to discuss and compare personal learning experiences primarily related to the COVID-19 crisis.FindingsThe results of the study demonstrated that online learning is an efficient tool for the development of hard skills while being less effective for the improvement of soft skills; they also allowed us to identify important aspects of professional personnel training which should be taken into account while developing a strategy for harmonizing on-campus and online education with the diversification of curricula by various pedagogical technologies and digital tools, as well as bringing social interactions into classroom activities.Originality/valueDue to the fact that most study participants were technical and economic students, it was concluded that the e-learning format is an effective methodology for the development of technical and digital skills of students.

Variables Influencing Professors’ Adaptation to Digital Learning Environments during the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…Soft skills are a series of interpersonal attributes and personal qualities that are linked to personality traits, including abilities such as flexibility, self-control, communication, empathy, and emotional intelligence [ 22 , 25 ]. These competencies, very in demand in the 21st century, have been fundamental throughout the confinement for three reasons: (i) to help students cope with the situation and their professional future, as well as to understand their personal circumstances [ 26 , 27 ]; (ii) coping with possible stress and frustration generated in the teachers themselves [ 28 ] and in their students throughout the confinement [ 29 ]; and (iii) meeting the challenges of e-learning education [ 30 ].…”

Cloud computing security for e-learning during COVID-19 pandemic

“…This caused great concern to everyone who has an interest in this sector, especially students who expect to take exams that determine their future, such as exams for middle and high school certificates or even university exams [7]. E-learning process depends mainly on cloud computing, which provides services to save students' data and grades in addition to files related to educational curricula such as google class room platform, Zoom, Microsoft teams and other educational platforms [9], [10].…”

Psychological and educational learning strategies and models during the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparative bibliometric analysis

“…There are two research directions or approaches related to the topic of learning strategies and models in COVID-19. The first is related to research on the learning strategies and curricula used in COVID-19 (e-learning, distance learning, and online learning) ( Chang and Fang, 2020 , Kamysbayeva et al, 2021 ; Sharin 2021 ). It includes cluster one, two, and four.…”

“…This paper analyzed the production of psychological educational learning strategies as indexed in Web of Science (WOS) and Scopus (2020Scopus ( -2021. According to Mulet Bayona et al (2021), the research questions of this study are:…”