ERIC Number: EJ1393540
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-1449-9789
EISSN: EISSN-1449-9789
Global Challenges: South African and Australian Students' Experiences of Emergency Remote Teaching
Joubert, Michelle; Larsen, Ana; Magnuson, Bryce; Waldron, David; Sabo, Ellen; Fletcher, Anna
Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, v20 n4 Article 9 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic forced universities worldwide to move their teaching online within an unprecedentedly short timeframe. Whilst the move online learning has increased the reach of tertiary educational delivery it has also raised significant issues of equity, accessibility and student engagement. This includes concerns around access to technology and reliable internet connectivity, academic and digital literacy, and other factors such as mental health and work-life balance. This paper examines two studies of student engagement with online learning during 2020 when then pandemic began. One study was conducted in South Africa the other in a small regional university in South-Eastern Australia. A mixed method approach was used in both studies and then student responses were analysed using the student engagement framework presented by Kahu and Nelson (2018). A key focus in this analysis is the critical importance the educational interface and shared mutually formative experience of learning between students and universities. Findings show that despite the two different contexts, student concerns around digital literacy and engagement in an online learning environment share many similarities.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Experience, COVID-19, Pandemics, Distance Education, Emergency Programs, Learner Engagement, Comparative Analysis, Digital Literacy, Undergraduate Students, Barriers, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa; Australia
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