An emergency shift to online education after COVID-19 brought many challenges for students and teachers, especially the university students living in the rural areas of Pakistan. So this study has focused on assessing the problems students faced while acquiring online education with special reference to the theoretical background of digital…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many universities transitioned to remote instruction, which has potential to both increase access and exacerbate disparities faced by students in higher education. This exploratory study examined barriers faced by students in kinesiology and sport management classes (n = 104), and faculty behaviors that aided and…

The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic was declared a public health emergency of international concern. In South Africa (SA), institutions had to adopt emergency remote education, thus resulting in significant challenges for both students and lecturers. This article investigated students' views and perceptions towards emergency remote education.…

The pandemic has abruptly compelled education systems to change and adapt to a new situation. Across different communities and contexts, the sudden and unplanned transition to distance learning induced by the pandemic has generated many challenges, but has simultaneously offered several opportunities. One of its most widely appreciated effects is…

Aim/Purpose: This article aimed to explore student perceptions and experiences of migrating to a fully online mode during COVID-19. Background: The COVID-19 pandemic changed the mode of delivery from face-to-face or blended learning to fully distance learning. The introduction of the Disaster Management Act (2020) in South Africa forced all…

Due to the increasing number of students in nursing education, the need to support traditional education and to provide blended or distance learning have incited the trend of utilizing e-learning in training nurses. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of satisfaction, readiness, and expectation in relation to the e-learning…

The COVID-19 pandemic forced Virginia school divisions to limit the amount of time students spent learning in-person in school buildings during the 2020-21 school year. Divisions, therefore, needed to make many decisions on how to provide instruction in each student's home. We collected and coded over a thousand documents pertaining to the SY…

Background: Digital storytelling combines traditional storytelling with digital technologies. Although recognised as a powerful creative method across many domains, its application in the context of widening participation remains underexplored. Purpose: This study from Australia sought to investigate teachers' perceptions of the benefits and…

The use of e-gadgets for instructional practices, learning processes, and bridging transactional distance between higher-educational institutions and students remain complex and contested phenomena in educational research. However, studies that were grounded on the mixture of the Replace-Amplify-Transform (RAT) model and Acceptance and Use of…

Many educational institutions were closed following COVID-19 lockdown. The closure disrupted the smooth running of teaching in educational institutions. Although the impact was felt across the world, it impacted more in low- and middle-income countries due to poor resources for virtual learning. This study explored the barriers to Learning among…

Aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) modeling is an important approach to facilitating language learning for individuals with complex communication repertoires. This study examines the implementation of this approach during COVID-19 virtual schooling. Key implementation challenges are identified, along with implications for…

In an age of 21st century learning it is not uncommon to infuse virtual learning into a classroom setting, but what happens when you are asking for students of all socioeconomic backgrounds to provide that environment for themselves through online distance learning? What happens when educators are forced into teaching in an online distance…

Through brain imaging technologies, neuroscientists across the globe are now able to show the physical changes that occur in the brain when one contemplates or participates in art. For instance, a creatively inspired brain depicts lower levels of cortisol, which is the biological indicator for stress. Educators also have noticed how including art…

During COVID-19, technology has frequently mediated schools' emergency remote learning. Tragically, many of those technologies, despite legal requirements to the contrary, are inaccessible to disabled youth--a pattern of oppression within compulsory education that predates the pandemic by almost two decades and is rooted in ableism. In this paper,…

South Africa, like other countries in the world, went into lockdown due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which meant closure of venue-based exam centres, university libraries and academic offices for more than three months. This encounter forced higher institutions of learning to review and reconfigure their assessment practices and conduct…