The Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Higher Education Case Study Private Universities in Mogadishu, Somalia

Mohamed, Mohamed Hassan; Ahmed, Shukri Abdulkadir; Hussein, Amal K.; Ahmed, Ahmed Sheikh Ali; Mohamed, Ismail Ibrahim; Sheikh, Abdulrahman M.

doi:10.4236/ce.2020.1111165

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“…Due to the unpredictable nature of the pandemic and its quick spread, online teaching and learning tools were established in a short time without proper evaluation on a nationwide scale at the start of the outbreak [8]. Under a broad social agreement, most students unconditionally agreed to the internetenabled education and learning systems [3]. Regardless of quick advancement worldwide, the internet possesses only the essential structure to supplement an educational institution's teaching and learning only to certain degree.…”

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“…However, this would depend on the changing situation. According to the MOECHE, examinations had been postponed, and they soon released further information on the new examinations' time frame [3]. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the significance of technology in education and its critical role in continuing education in schools, institutions, and universities worldwide were noticed and witnessed.…”

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Determinants of University Students’ Intention to Use Video Conferencing Tools during COVID-19 Pandemic: Case of Somalia

Başaran

Hussein

2023

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In a technologically disadvantaged and thriving developing country, university students in Somalia were abruptly required to adopt nontraditional learning using video conferencing facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. While video conferencing tools for teaching and learning are claimed to be effective, it is still unclear what advantages and difficulties they brought to higher education in Somalia, particularly to what extent students accepted the use of such technology. This study explores the outside factors that might be influential on students’ intentions to use video conferencing tools during the COVID-19 epidemic. The study employed integrated technology acceptance (TAM) and diffusion of innovations (DOI) models. The proposed model was tested using structural equation modelling with 600 university students during the COVID-19 outbreak in Somalia. The results indicate that significant elements influenced students’ intention to use video conferencing for learning, such as student readiness, usefulness, user satisfaction, ease of use, complexity, relative advantage, trialability, and university support, whereas the quality of service, compatibility, and observability are found to have no impact on students’ intention to use video conferencing tools. The findings show that various COVID-19 related issues play a significant influence in shaping students’ intentions to engage in video conferencing tools for learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, regardless of how effectively educational institutions are prepared to promote the use of such technology. This contribution emphasizes how crucial it is to maintain constant, interactive contact with students and to give them the right supporting environments to further enhance their educational experiences in technologically disadvantaged regions.

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Determinants of University Students’ Intention to Use Video Conferencing Tools during COVID-19 Pandemic: Case of Somalia

Başaran

Hussein

2023

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“…The specific research area of this paper is the education sector, which was particularly affected by the imposition of measures enforcing social distancing and resulting in the closure of the majority of higher education institutions (Al-Kumaim et al 2021, Holzer et al 2021, Taga et al 2020, Mohamed et al 2020. The sudden closure of many educational institutions created challenges for both students and university staff.…”

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2022

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ATINER is an independent and non-profit Association with a Mission to become a forum where Academics and Researchers from all over the world can meet in Athens, exchange ideas on their research and discuss future developments in their disciplines, as well as engage with professionals from other fields. Athens was chosen because of its long history of academic gatherings, which go back thousands of years to Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum. Both these historic places are within walking distance from ATINER's downtown offices. Since antiquity, Athens was an open city. In the words of Pericles, Athens"…is open to the world, we never expel a foreigner from learning or seeing". ("Pericles' Funeral Oration", in Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War). It is ATINER's mission to revive the glory of Ancient Athens by inviting the World Academic Community to the city, to learn from each other in an environment of freedom and respect for other people's opinions and beliefs. After all, the free expression of one's opinion formed the basis for the development of democracy, and Athens was its cradle. As it turned out, the Golden Age of Athens was in fact, the Golden Age of the Western Civilization. Education and (Re)searching for the 'truth' are the pillars of any free (democratic) society. This is the reason why Education and Research are the two core words in ATINER's name.

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic has had great impact on all parts of the society but has particularly forced the education sector to change and adapt due to the closure of higher education institutions (Al-Kumaim et al, 2021, Holzer et al, 2021, Taga et al, 2020, Mohamed et al, 2020. While the overall transition to online learning was positive and opened new opportunities, it also caused challenges and difficulties linked to the sudden changes, such as mental health problems or digital inequality (Berghoff et al, 2021, Marczuk et al, 2021, Al-Kumaim et al, 2021, Pokhrel and Chhetri, 2021, Walwyn, 2020, Rashid & Yadav, 2020.…”

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E-Learning in Times Of COVID-19: Insights into Management and Communication Students’ Perspectives Throughout the Global Coronavirus Pandemic

Séra¹,

Feldmann

2021

Eur. J. Teach. Educ.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought not only a global health crisis, but also many changes and shifts towards a more digitalized working environment. In line with the GlobalET conference theme of this year, this paper looks at how particularly the education sectors has been affected by these new forms of working. One year after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic the Competence Team for the Digitalization of Communication at the FHWien der WKW – University of Applied Sciences for Management and Communication conducted two comparative online surveys with students as well as 60 in-depth interviews. The results of this research help to identify and improve ongoing Distance Learning practices, starting with logistics such as the preferred study mode, recommended duration of the Distance Learning units or mandatory attendance of students during class. The outcome of the research will further contribute to sharpen the clarity of the purpose of digital activities to understand the required support services or online material and to develop possibilities to track students’ study progress. Even though there is an understanding that more than one year after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic the findings can only represent the current status and cannot give a long-term outlook, they might be useful to further develop students’ needs for future Distance Learning and its practices.

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The Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Higher Education Case Study Private Universities in Mogadishu, Somalia

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Determinants of University Students’ Intention to Use Video Conferencing Tools during COVID-19 Pandemic: Case of Somalia

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E-Learning in Times Of COVID-19: Insights into Management and Communication Students’ Perspectives Throughout the Global Coronavirus Pandemic

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