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Download full textBrenda Wawire; Adrienne Barnes-Story; Elisheba Kiru; Sungkyum Kim – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2023
Globally, the COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented disruptions in education. School closures quickly followed the onset of the pandemic to contain the spread of the virus, forcing millions of students out of their regular academic calendars. Countries put in place interventions aimed to reduce the deleterious effects of school closures and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics
Direct linkEssohanam Djeki; Jules Dégila; Muhtar Hanif Alhassan – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
COVID-19 has significantly impacted humankind's lifestyle since its emergence. Educational institutions quickly adopted online courses to deal with its spread. Regrettably, the adoption of e-learning solutions, particularly in Africa, has not given due priority to security. However, cyberattacks and cyber incidents are leaping forward. To propose…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Electronic Learning
Hou, Songyan – Asian Association of Open Universities Journal, 2023
Purpose: The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 has had a profound impact on education institutions at all levels. Open universities, with their privileged delivery method, have been in an advantageous position. In the earlier stages of the pandemic, they made remarkable contributions to assuring learning continuity. However, with more and more…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Open Universities, Foreign Countries
Silver, Rachel; Morley, Alyssa – Comparative Education Review, 2023
Since COVID-19 closed schools in March 2020, international development experts, politicians, and celebrities across the globe have raised alarm about the pandemic's impacts on girls' education, particularly in Africa. These warnings, which link school closures with untimely pregnancy and marriage, reflect belief in the multiplicative power of…
Descriptors: Risk, Womens Education, Dialects, COVID-19
Kezia H. Mkwizu; Cecilia Junio-Sabio – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2024
Due to the recent developments in the delivery of teaching-learning processes when COVID-19 hit the world with a health crisis and pandemic, it is crucial to look into the quality of courses delivered via online means or through distance education modality. This paper examines implementation and application of quality assurance (QA) landscape in…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Distance Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Bokamoso Julius; Manish Putteeraj; Jhoti Somanah – Transformation in Higher Education, 2024
The mental health of students in higher education is an increasing concern. Research indicates that university students are at a higher risk of poor mental health and wellbeing compared to the general population, which negatively impacts their studies. The main issue addressed in this study is the evident gap in mental health research dedicated to…
Descriptors: College Students, Mental Health, Foreign Countries, Well Being
Yu, Zhonggen – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
The unpredictable pandemic has drastically altered learning approaches, where online learning has been booming. Through VOSviewer, this study visualizes the network of top authors, organizations, sources, and countries that have been devoted to online learning. Through meta-analyses via Stata/MP 14.0, this study identifies nine variables that may…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Electronic Learning, Bibliometrics
Tlili, Ahmed; Altinay, Zehra; Aydin, Cengiz Hakan; Huang, Ronghuai; Sharma, Ramesh C. – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2022
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been around for some time, but several studies highlighted different issues associated with them, including quality. The COVID-19 pandemic catalyzed their second blooming, where MOOCs have seen a surge in enrollments since March 2020. This study intended to explore how this enrollment reflected on the…
Descriptors: MOOCs, COVID-19, Pandemics, Bibliometrics
Chipamaunga, Shalote; Nyoni, Champion Nestai; Kagawa, Mike Nantamu; Wessels, Quenton; Kafumukache, Elliot; Gwini, Rudo; Kandawasvika, Gwendoline; Katowa-Mukwato, Patricia; Masanganise, Rangarirai; Nyamakura, Rudo; Nyawata, Idah; Pretorius, Louise; Dithole, Kefalotse; Marimo, Clemence; Mubuuke, Aloysius Gonzaga; Mbalinda, Scovia Nalugo; van der Merwe, Lynette Jean; Prozesky, Detlef – Smart Learning Environments, 2023
Background: Africa, like other parts of the world, continuously strives to deliver quality health professions education. These efforts are influenced to a larger extent by the socio-economic and cultural context of the region, but also by what happens globally. The global disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 necessitated the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Health Education, Foreign Countries
Stefan Stajic; Smiljana Ðukicin Vuckovic; Andelija Ivkov Džigurski; Ljubica Ivanovic Bibic; Jelena Milankovic Jovanov; Aco Lukic – South African Journal of Education, 2023
The purpose of this research was to determine whether there is a need for students to take online geography lessons during states of emergency situations when schools are temporarily closed as a result of unforeseen events such as pandemics, natural disasters, technological mishaps, the effects of terrorism, war, and other significant…
Descriptors: Geography, Online Courses, Access to Education, Distance Education
Vusumuzi Maphosa; Mfowabo Maphosa – Cogent Education, 2023
The coronavirus outbreak significantly disrupted human life, including education, where in-person classes were cancelled, with online-only instruction the only feasible option. The crisis offered previously disadvantaged communities opportunities to leap into a new digital trajectory. The study aimed to analyse higher education institutions'…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning
Emma Heywood; Beatrice Ivey; Sacha Meuter – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2024
This article provides an original and timely contribution to current cutting-edge methodological debates by discussing the ongoing need to ensure communities in zones which are inaccessible through war, conflict or disease still have a voice and are not side-lined. As seen during COVID-19, traditional methods of gaining opinions from these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Alam, Mohammad Zahedul; Proteek, S. M.; Hoque, Imranul – Health Education, 2023
Purpose: Using smart mobile devices, called mobile health (mHealth), facilitates providing health services, speeds up the process and reduces the costs and complications of direct services. Also, mHealth has many capabilities and applications in epidemic and pandemic outbreaks. This study aimed to systematically review the mHealth adoption…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Access to Health Care, Research
Okafor, Izuchukwu Azuka; Chia, Terkuma – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2021
The current Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has spread to about 220 countries of the world and has resulted in a significant number of deaths globally. Infections are still on the rise, and the impact on the global death rate could be devastating. There are fears over the likely impact of a large number of deaths on body sourcing and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Foreign Countries, Death
Fu-Ling Chung; Hsin-Hsuan Chung; Shu-Min Lin – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to help scholars comprehend the major research themes on sustainable development goals (SDGs) in higher education which researchers from various fields have explored and to propose several potential future research directions of the least researched SDG in higher education to support scholars in making up the gap in the…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Higher Education, Educational Research, Adults
