Transformations in Higher Educational Institutions: A Review of the Post-COVID-19 Era

Journal of Culture and Values in Education

Tolulope Ayodeji Olatoye¹  Oluwayemi IbukunOluwa Odularu²  Kholekile Ngqila²  Mandisa Eunice Puzi² 

[1] Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of Fort Hare, Alice Campus, South Africa;Department of Social Science, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Walter Sisulu University, Mthatha, South Africa;

关键词: digital education;    higher education;    teaching;    learning;    Post-COVID-19 era;   

DOI  :  10.46303/jcve.2022.13

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The COVID-19 epidemic was initially experienced in China, in a city called Wuhan (December 2019), and Europe, the USA and Australia were not left behind. South Africa was the worst-hit country, with a total of 88,914 deaths recorded on October 24, 2021, and like many other countries of the world, it suffered the loss of human lives and livelihoods. In 2021, almost 65,000 South Africans had been lost to the pandemic. This pandemic has destabilised systems and processes that define human existence, thereby wreaking havoc on many facets of human life, with education being predominantly affected. COVID-19 has fostered global readjustments in education with the advent of online teaching or, as referred to in some studies, emergency online education. This paper examined many of the challenges faced by students and lecturers, including adaptation problems among lecturers and students, internet connectivity issues, an unconducive teaching and learning workspace, and associated health risks. This study also reviewed positive developments that took place since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as the WiSeUp Moodle Training, academic discourse, and capacity development. In addition, it is suggested that researchers carry out further studies on the effects of COVID-19 with reference to teaching and learning. The paper concludes by reviewing the positive and negative teaching and learning outcomes of the transformations that Higher Educational Institutions underwent after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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