...Gaby Probst; Laura Zizka Purpose Higher education institutions (HEIs) seek innovative approaches to attract students. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many HEIs have considered diversification through digitalization. From the initial urgency to implement technology at the start of the pandemic...

...Juan Antonio Dip Purpose Using sentiment analysis (SA), this study aims to examine the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and virtual learning experiences among 1,125 students at a public Argentinean faculty. Design/methodology/approach A study was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic...

...Dikla Barak; Merav Aizenberg; Gila Cohen Zilka Purpose The purpose of the study is to examine whether the remote teaching experience of instructors in higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic has improved after one year. Design/methodology/approach The study involved 75 instructors...

...Lakshmy Mohandas; Nathalia Sorgenfrei; Lauren Drankoff; Ivan Sanchez; Sandra Furterer; Elizabeth Cudney; Chad Laux; Jiju Antony Purpose This study aims to identify critical online teaching effectiveness factors from instructors’ perspectives and experiences during COVID-19. Design/methodology...

...Ratan Ghosh; Asia Khatun; Zobaida Khanam Purpose The closure of educational institutions in the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the global teaching and learning landscape. Face-to-face classroom activity has been shifted to online classroom activity. This study aims to investigate the effect...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Teaching practicum Initial teacher education COVID-19 School-based training Preservice teacher narratives Qualitative research Higher education institutions, including universities and education faculties, were among the few institutions that were...

...Soujata Rughoobur-Seetah Purpose With the impact of COVID-19, the educational system across the world had to be reviewed and readapted. Both learners and tutors were forced to adopt the online teaching and learning mechanism. Learners had to cope with the drastic teaching mode. In all...

...Joseph Cavanaugh; Stephen Jacquemin; Christine Junker Purpose This study aims to use self-reported publicly available student assessment data from the time period when there was an abrupt change in instructional method at the start of COVID-19 to assess potential for differences as a result...

...Laura Zizka; Gaby Probst Purpose In March 2020, higher education institutions (HEIs) were obliged to complete the semester online because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the semesters that followed, HEIs reopened and closed again because of new waves of the pandemic. While flexibility was lauded...

...Merav Aizenberg Purpose The purpose of this current study is to follow the development of preservice kindergarten teachers during the practicum phase of their teacher education studies in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic and following the first period of lockdown. Design/methodology/approach...

...Paul Golding; Camille Althea Jackson Purpose Amid the worldwide lockdown and emergency transition to online classes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper aims to examine high school students’ satisfaction in this unique learning environment. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory...

... teaching to online teaching. This paper aims to explore the factors encouraging university teachers to use and adopt e-learning systems during the COVID-19 pandemic and to find out the major challenges faced by them in adopting e-learning systems in Odisha, an Indian State. Design/methodology/approach...

...Brigid Freeman; Peodair Leihy; Ian Teo; Dong Kwang Kim Purpose This study aims to explain the primacy that rapid, centralised decision-making gained in higher education institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a particular focus on Australian universities. Design/methodology/approach...

... an emerging digital frontier. With this issue in mind, this paper aims to contribute to quality assurance in digital foreign language instruction by providing a sociocultural interpretation of CALL as learners and instructors alike continue to struggle within the boundaries of the COVID-19 pandemic. Design...

...Tingting Liu; Suria Zainuddin Purpose This study aims to explore the extrinsic and intrinsic motivational factors that affect accounting students’ acceptance behaviour towards the online component of blended learning (OCBL) in the context of COVID-19. Design/methodology/approach A sample...

... 2021 21 04 2021 19 05 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only COVID-19 Online assessment E-assessment Google form Online OSCE Online examination COVID-19 infection is an uncontrolled global pandemic...

...Istijanto Purpose This study aims to investigate the aspects of perceived quality differences that influence student satisfaction when the mode of learning is changed from the traditional classroom to online distance learning because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach...

...Jitendra Singh; Barbara Matthees; AnaLisa Odetunde Purpose The purpose of this paper is two-fold: to describe how Lean methodology can be used, during the COVID-19 pandemic, to enhance the learning experience for non-traditional adult learners (NALs) and to explore attitudes and perceptions...