...Songyan Hou 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...

... groups in an Indian peri-urban context. The study's objective is to determine the better adaptor amongst these two study groups in online distance learning in higher education systems in an Indian peri-urban context. Design/methodology/approach The investigation was carried out prior to COVID-19...

...R.H.A.T. Perera; Nalin Abeysekera Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors affecting learners' perception of e-learning during the Coronavirus-2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Furthermore, it investigates mechanisms that enhance students' engagement in e-learning, especially under...

... that can be used in TAM for various situations. In Sri Lanka, a Chinese traveler was reported as the first COVID-19 positive case on January 27, 2020, followed by a local was reported on March 11, 2020 (Karunathilake et al., 2020). The Sri Lankan government strategically implemented public...

...Cassandra Jane Fernandez; Rachana Ramesh; Anand Shankar Raja Manivannan Purpose This research aims to study the students' perspectives on synchronous and asynchronous learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Both synchronous and asynchronous learning approaches used in online education have positive...

... traits in another study conducted via the use of web-based television sessions for chemistry-related content delivery (Boschmann, 2003), while other contemporary reports add credit to the above claims (Dalgarno et al., 2009 , 2012). It is no doubt that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has...

...Tuba Kamal; Asheref Illiyan Purpose Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has impacted catastrophically every sector of the economy throughout the world. And, the education sector is not leftover from the devastating effects of lockdown, especially in South Asia. It has led to the prolonged...

...Shamsul Huq Bin Shahriar; Sayed Arafat; Nayeema Sultana; Silvia Akter; Md. Mahfuzur Rahman Khan; J.M. Ekram Hossain Nur; Syful Islam Khan Purpose In 2020, the education system was preliminary halted by the COVID-19 crisis and went through radical improvisation, and online-based distance learning...