...Rebecca Stallworth; Danielle Maurici-Pollock; Jade Obler; Rachel A. Starr Purpose This study aims to explore the experiences of first-generation graduate students ( FGGS ) during the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically the positive and negative impacts of the pandemic on their learning experiences...

.... Originality/value Because TikTok is a relatively new tool, and its sub-community BookTok became popular during the COVID-19 pandemic, research on this topic is still in its earliest stages. While hashtags on TikTok have less influence than they do on other social media platforms, they do allow users...

...Irene Lopatovska; Radhika Garg; Olivia Turpin; Ji Hee Yoon; Laura Vroom; Diedre Brown Purpose This study aimed to understand adolescents’ experiences, negative feelings and coping mechanisms associated with the major disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study...

...Ismail Celik; Muhterem Dindar; Hanni Muukkonen Purpose This study aims to explore Twitter posts of Turkish government agencies and the public under a specific hashtag, #NotHolidayButDistanceEducation, specifically related to online distance education during the Covid-19 pandemic. Design...

... in education and library fields and the USA leading the country in this realm. The emerging themes in this field are ‘Fake News’, ‘Competence’, ‘Educational Technology’, ‘Health Literacy’, ‘Self-Efficacy’ and, interestingly, ‘COVID-19’. The results also revealed that COVID-19 has been examined and associated...

... learning, collaboration and engagement. Design/methodology/approach This paper explores changes in engagement and learning in a survey-level history course on the black death after a shift to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors used activity theory to focus the adaptation...

... approaches and TE’s future and sustainability if offered completely online. Originality/value This research is the first of its kind exploring the experiences of TE teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic. In answer to the challenges identified by teachers, the authors offer a blended learning design...

...Lana Peterson; Cassie Scharber; Amy Thuesen; Katie Baskin Purpose In March of 2020, Minnesota schools were mandated to transition to distance learning to slow the spread of COVID-19. The charge of providing equitable and appropriate remote learning to all students gave administrators, educators...

...Emma Anderson; Avneet Hira Purpose This paper aims to understand how elementary school educators who teach subjects that traditionally require hands-on work in schools are rising to the challenge of losing brick-and-mortar facilities in the wake of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis...

... of schools around the world to limit the spread of the COVID-19 has resulted in massive educational disruptions triggering adverse effects and bringing much of education under grave threat. Through a review of the current empirical and conceptual literature, this study proposes a new gamification concept...

... for an unpredictable, post-pandemic future. Design/methodology/approach The authors outline 21 design principles underpinning innovative mobile learning, which will be of pragmatic use to all using mobile learning in the COVID-19 pandemic. These principles have emerged in the context of the three-year European...

...Stephanie MacMahon; Jack Leggett; Annemaree Carroll Purpose In a classroom, the teacher and other students play an important role in regulating individual and group learning. However, the sudden shift to remote and online learning, as a result of social isolation during COVID-19, has created...

... school Pandemic COVID-19 Participatory culture Teaching online In a staff meeting on Friday, March 6, teachers and administrators at the Edith Bowen Laboratory School (EBLS), a public charter elementary school in the western United States, began discussing how they might teach students...