From Offline to Online Learning: A Qualitative Study of Challenges and Opportunities as a Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the UAE Higher Education Context

Leo, Shirley; Alsharari, Nizar Mohammad; Abbas, Jainambu Gani; Alshurideh, Muhammad

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-67151-8_12

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“…Accordingly, the requirements for digital competencies should be consistently tightened in the rules for licensing teachers every year. One of the options for implementing this requirement, based on the average relatively low level of digital literacy among modern teachers in the UAE, can be a gradual increase in the corresponding licensing requirements over 3–5 years ( al Darayseh, 2020 ; Al-Karaki et al., 2021 ; Leo et al., 2021 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Effects of teacher licensing on educators’ professionalism: UAE case in local perception

Abdallah

Musah

2021

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Effects of teacher licensing on educators’ professionalism: UAE case in local perception

Abdallah

Musah

2021

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“…According to a study by Birch and Burnett (2009), while teaching through distance learning systems, teachers find it challenging to cater to the needs Generation Y students, second language students, and students with disabilities. In a qualitative study by Leo et al (2021), teachers claimed that they had put an extra effort while teaching through e-learning systems during the recent pandemic of COVID-19 and have to teach the students how to utilize these tools matching their principal learning style. The teachers further stated in a study that effective implementation of e-learning could only be achieved when students are thoroughly trained regarding the use of the technology being employed by HEIs (Birch & Burnett, 2009).…”

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Adoption of E-Learning at Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic Literature Review

Awan

Afshan

Memon

2021

Mult.J.Edu.Soc.Tec.Sci.

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<p>The concept of e-learning offers a number of benefits, however, the effective adoption of e-learning systems at HEIs is a relatively new concept and thus a challenging task. The comprehensive review of extant literature on the topic of adoption of e-learning systems at HEIs is provided. Using PRISMA search technique, relevant articles published from 2005 to 2020 owing to the widespread adoption of e-learning since 2005 were selected. The paper identifies and puts forward the level of compatibility and readiness of students and teachers in adopting e-learning, factors that motivate and hinder the adoption of e-learning respectively, benefits of adopting an e-learning system, and the strategies for the effective implementation of e-learning at the higher education institutions. In this realm of COVID-19 and e-learning, this paper also envisage different strategies, policies and recommendations for implementing e-learning in an effective way at HEIs.</p>

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“…Additionally, this article prOVIDes a comprehensive review on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on online teaching and learning as presented in recently published literature [7]. For instance, Leo et al [8] explore the challenges, opportunities, and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UAE higher education context. This study focuses on the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education institutions and their responses.…”

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“…It contributes to research on the COVID-19 impact in higher education and the responses, as it describes tools used by higher education universities in the UAE during the spread of COVID-19. It can be considered a pioneer study in the UAE in exploring the relationship between COVID-19 and the higher education field [8].…”

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Resilience in Higher Education: A Complex Perspective to Lecturers’ Adaptive Processes in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bento

Bottino²,

Pereira³

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Education Sciences

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The present article discusses the dynamics of system resilience, focusing on the case of a university college in Brazil. It investigates the experience of lecturers of this educational institution in the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is exploratory basic qualitative research, aiming at understanding how the university college self-organized in this period. This research focused on local adaptation processes and was conducted through interviews with a sample of lecturers from the study programs offered by the university college. A text analysis software was used to analyze the data generated according to the three aspects of social-ecological resilience. The analytical framework of this research applies the concept of resilience in a socio-ecological system to discuss emergent organizational changes and learning in higher education. Systems resilience highlights adaptation processes characterized by an interplay of previous experience and emerging new knowledge. The findings describe the emergence of new practices and learning as faculty members encountered challenges brought on by the pandemic. Beyond learning new technological tools, the pandemic raised awareness of students’ socio-economic backgrounds in the context of inequality in Brazil. However, resilience requires open communication among staff and across organizational levels about adaptation processes that have taken place during the pandemic.

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From Offline to Online Learning: A Qualitative Study of Challenges and Opportunities as a Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the UAE Higher Education Context

Cited by 85 publications

References 28 publications

Effects of teacher licensing on educators’ professionalism: UAE case in local perception

Effects of teacher licensing on educators’ professionalism: UAE case in local perception

Adoption of E-Learning at Higher Education Institutions: A Systematic Literature Review

Resilience in Higher Education: A Complex Perspective to Lecturers’ Adaptive Processes in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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