scholarly journals Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life of Higher Education Students: A Global Perspective

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksander Aristovnik ◽  
Damijana Keržič ◽  
Dejan Ravšelj ◽  
Nina Tomaževič ◽  
Lan Umek
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
The Government

The paper presents the most comprehensive and large-scale study to date on how students perceive the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on various aspects of their lives on a global level. With a sample of 30,383 students from 62 countries, the study reveals that amid the worldwide lockdown and transition to online learning students were most satisfied with the support provided by teaching staff and their universities’ public relations. Still, deficient computer skills and the perception of a higher workload prevented them from perceiving their own improved performance in the new teaching environment. Students were mainly concerned about issues to do with their future professional career and studies, and experienced boredom, anxiety and frustration. The pandemic has led to the adoption of particular hygienic behaviours (e.g. wearing masks, washing hands) and discouraged certain daily practices (e.g. leaving home, shaking hands). Students were also more satisfied with the role played by hospitals and universities during the epidemic compared to the government and banks. The findings also show that students with selected socio-demographic characteristics (male, part-time, first level, applied sciences, lower living standard, from Africa or Asia) were generally more strongly affected by the pandemic since they were significantly less satisfied with their academic work/life. Key factors influencing students' satisfaction with the role of their university are also identified. Policymakers and higher education institutions around the world may benefit from these findings while formulating policy recommendations and strategies to support students during this and any future pandemics.

scholarly journals Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life of Higher Education Students: A Global Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksander Aristovnik ◽  
Damijana Keržič ◽  
Dejan Ravšelj ◽  
Nina Tomaževič ◽  
Lan Umek
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Emotional Life ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Improved Performance

The paper presents the most comprehensive and large-scale study to date on how students perceive the impacts of the first wave of COVID-19 crisis in early 2020 on various aspects of their lives on a global level. With a sample of 30,383 students from 62 countries, the study reveals that amid the worldwide lockdown and transition to online learning students were most satisfied with the support provided by teaching staff and their universities’ public relations. Still, deficient computer skills and the perception of a higher workload prevented them from perceiving their own improved performance in the new teaching environment. Students were mainly concerned about issues to do with their future professional career and studies, and experienced boredom, anxiety, and frustration. The pandemic has led to the adoption of particular hygienic behaviours (e.g., wearing masks, washing hands) and discouraged certain daily practices (e.g., leaving home, shaking hands). Students were also more satisfied with the role played by hospitals and universities during the epidemic compared to the governments and banks. The findings also show that students with certain socio-demographic characteristics (male, part-time, first-level, applied sciences, a lower living standard, from Africa or Asia) were significantly less satisfied with their academic work/life during the crisis, whereas female, full-time, first-level students and students faced with financial problems were generally affected more by the pandemic in terms of their emotional life and personal circumstances. Key factors influencing students’ satisfaction with the role of their university are also identified. Policymakers and higher education institutions around the world may benefit from these findings while formulating policy recommendations and strategies to support students during this and any future pandemics.

scholarly journals Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Life of Higher Education Students: A Global Perspective

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksander Aristovnik ◽  
Damijana Keržič ◽  
Dejan Ravšelj ◽  
Nina Tomaževič ◽  
Lan Umek
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Male Part

The paper aims to present the most comprehensive and large-scale study to date of students’ perceived impacts of COVID-19 crisis on different aspects of their lives on a global level. The study with a sample of 30,383 students from 62 countries reveals that due to worldwide lockdown and transition to online learning students were most satisfied with the support of teaching staff and universities’ public relations. Nevertheless, a lack of computer skills and the perception of increased workload prevented them from perceiving higher performance in a new teaching environment. Students were mainly concerned about their future professional career and studying issues, and were feeling boredom, anxiety and frustration. The pandemic encouraged some hygienic behaviors (i.e. wearing masks, washing hands) and discouraged certain daily habits (i.e. leaving home, shaking hands). Students were also more satisfied with the role of hospitals and universities during the epidemic, compared to government and banks. Further findings demonstrate that students with selected sociodemographic characteristics (male, part-time, first level, applied sciences, lower living standard, from Africa or Asia) were, in general, more strongly affected by the pandemic as they were significantly less satisfied with their academic work/life. Key factors influencing students' satisfaction with the role of university have also been identified. Policymakers and higher education institutions worldwide may benefit from these findings when formulating policy recommendations and tactics on how to support students during the pandemic.

scholarly journals Institutional Traps of Digitalization of Russian Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 59-75
Author(s):  
M. A. Golovchin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Original Matrix ◽  
Russian Higher Education ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Institutional Traps ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Russian Universities

In 2016-2018 the state in Russia adopted a package of program documents, which implies the transfer of education to the large-scale introduction of digital technologies. This phenomenon has been called “digitalization of education”. In scientific literature, electronization and digitalization are increasingly called one of the institutional traps for the development of Russian universities, since the corresponding institutional environment has not yet been formed due to the forced nature of innovations. As a result, the processes of introducing new technologies into education are still not regulated. Within the framework of the purpose of the study, the manifestations of the trap of electronization and digitalization of Russian higher education were analyzed on the basis of sociological data, and the theoretical modeling of the process of adaptation of educational agents to the institution of digitalization was carried out.In the course of the study, the approaches were summarized that have been developed in discussions on educational digitalization. The article presents the author’s vision of the studied phenomenon as an institutional trap; as well as understanding of the institutional features and characteristics of electronization and digitalization in education.The research method is the analysis of estimates obtained in the course of an expert survey which was conducted by the Vologda Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences among the representatives of the teaching staff of state universities in the Vologda region. In the course of this analysis, the indicators of educational digitalization as an effective innovation were clarified such as an increased accessibility of educational resources; simplification of communication and the process of transferring knowledge from teacher to student; increased opportunities for training specialists for the new (digital) economy; improving the quality of education in universities, etc. Based on the results of the empirical study, it has been determined that the conditions for the development of digitalization in Russian universities are currently ambiguous, which is closely related to the level of competitiveness of the educational organization.The scientific novelty of the research consists in the presentation of an original matrix describing the process of university employees adaptation to the conditions of digital transformation of education. The matrix is proposed on the basis of a sociological analysis of the impact of the trap of electronization and digitalization on the activities of educational agents. The matrix can be taken into account in the practice of higher education management.

Building Domestic Support for West Germany's Integration into NATO, 1953–1955

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-162
Author(s):  
Jan Uelzmann
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Lower Saxony ◽  
The West ◽  
The North ◽  
Public Sentiment ◽  
Competing Events ◽  
The Government ◽  
Domestic Support

Konrad Adenauer's government in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) engaged in a large-scale media campaign to create political consent for the FRG's integration into the West, a policy that rested to a large extent on rearmament and entry into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. To counter public criticism of rearmament, the West German authorities used Mobilwerbung, a company that maintained a fleet of mobile film screening vans. Clandestinely financed by the government, Mobilwerbung brought government-commissioned films and political speakers into the FRG's remotest areas. Based on archival records on deployments in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, this article traces Mobilwerbung's role as a government unit that reacted dynamically to competing events. Through highly detailed reporting on audience reactions, Mobilwerbung served both as a public relations vehicle to foster consent and as an analytical tool that allowed the mapping of public sentiment regarding rearmament.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF CORPORATE MARKETING COMMUNICATION (CMC) BRANDING MODEL IN IAIN TULUNGAGUNG: TOWARD THE ERA OF WORLD CLASS UNIVERSITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-128
Author(s):  
Agus Purwowidodo ◽  
Muhamad Yasin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Internal Communication ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Marketing Communication ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Corporate Marketing ◽  
Corporate Advertising ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Government

The study describes and analyzes the use of corporate marketing communication strategies towards Higher Education at the international level. This study used a qualitative descriptive method, with the research site at IAIN Tulungagung. The research subjects are members of the academic community, teaching staff, education staff and stakeholders. The research period was for the 2018/2019 academic year. The results showed that the typology of the marketing or promotion model used collaboration between internal parties (academics, stakeholders) and external parties (institutions, channel partners, media, government, industrial bodies and institutions, the educational community and the general public). Its implementation uses corporate advertising, sponsorship, sales presentations, online activities, branding, corporate advertising, press releases, press conferences, events, and awards. The study implications deal with the increase in: (1) Higher Education Identity, Image, Reputation; (2) Higher Education Social Responsibility (CSR); (3) media relation effectiveness; (4) more efficient marketing communications; (5) the more intensive Internal Communication System; (6) investor relation improvement; (7) conducive relations with the Government, and (8) the reliability in overcoming crisis communication. These have an impact on improving the quality of IAIN Tulungagung toward the level of International Higher Education.

scholarly journals Using of publicly available cloud services for distance learning of public servants

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1 SI) ◽  
pp. 43-45
Author(s):  
Sergiy Kandziuba
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Advanced Training ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Public Servants ◽  
Part Time

Traditional methods, tools and forms of training of civil servants require a significant number of additional highly qualified teaching staff, an increase in the number of educational institutions for training, retraining and advanced training, frequent and long absences from work. All this is time and money, which our country is very short of.The way out of this situation is a large-scale transition to a qualitatively new level of full-time and part-time education - distance education.The experience of the NAPA DRID shows that the use of the G Suite for Education package allows to quickly and efficiently create a single information and educational space for training and retraining of public servants in the region.

scholarly journals DINAMIKA LPTK MENUJU PERGURUAN TINGGI KELAS DUNIA (WORLD CLASS UNIVERSITY/WCU)

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Iskandar Agung, Agus Santosa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
The Status ◽  
Guest Lecturer ◽  
World Class ◽  
The Government ◽  
Academic Qualifications

LPTK as a producer of educators must be proactive towards a world-class higher education (world class university / WCU). The study was conducted in 2014. The results of this study by using a number of criteria indicate that LPTK has shown dynamics to strive towards world universities. Yet the dynamics are still small and limited, because faced with a certain number of constraints, namely (1) the lack of academic qualifications of teaching staff come from overseas graduates, as required as one of the criteria towards WCU; (2) improving the quality of lecturers is often hindered by foreign language skills, the elderly, funding, and limited provider institution quality graduate programs; (3) sending lecturers to continue their studies abroad are still hanging from the directorate Higher Education; (4) the submission of budgetary limitations that do not provide the flexibility to call / use a guest lecturer / adjunct lecturer who come from abroad; (5) there are many new courses that achieve accreditation status B / C in the assessment of BAN PT, so they concentrated on improving the status of accreditation of the study programs; (6) the reliance fund / budget delivery of education LPTK against the government (APBN), so the lack of flexibility in allocating funds specifically aimed at supporting the WCU program; (7) the appointment of a lecturer / lecturer in LPTK are insufficient to meet the needs, especially in terms of the angle ratio of the number of faculty and students; and (8) lack of journals in college container itself or else outside an accredited institution of national / international lecturers publish scientific papers. Keywords : higher education, LPTK, dynamics, world class university

scholarly journals 4th Industrial Revolution as a Challenge to the University Community

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 581-586
Author(s):  
Tatiana Muzychuk ◽  
Anna Bychkova
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Team Building ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
The Creation

Currently, one can observe accelerated implementation of high-tech solutions including those developed on the basis of artificial intelligence in various sectors of economy and public relations, in particular, in education. In this regard, the article discusses the main challenges that the 4th industrial revolution poses to the higher education system. These challenges include the automation of a number of professions; lack of competent personnel; digitalization of the educational process, etc. The prospects of introducing a blockchain to fix personal achievements in the context of the development of artificial intelligence technologies in particular, are highlighted. The possibilities of processing large volumes of data (Big Data) are described in order to create ratings of universities, departments and teaching staff. The experience of introducing artificial intelligence technologies into the creation of an individual educational path and the formation of a «digital footprint» at the STI University «20.35» is analyzed. Namely, the creation of a digital fingerprint and its application; building a student’s optimal development path; effective team building and improving the effectiveness of e-learning are considered. The conclusion is made about the need to preserve the universal basic component of higher education.

scholarly journals Taking over someone else's design: implications for the tutor's role in networked learning

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mireia Asensio ◽  
Janice Whatley ◽  
Chris Jones
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Networked Learning ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Common Situation

This paper reflects on the experiences of a particular tutor taking over a specific course. It is an example of a common situation found in higher education (HE) institutions, when newly appointed or temporary part-time or full-time staff are hired to teach courses that have been designed and developed by other members of teaching staff. The experience of this particular tutor may help us to illuminate the role that tutors have more generally in networked learning environments. For the purpose of clarification, we define networked learning as 'learning in which C&IT is used to promote connections between one learner and other learners, between learners and tutors, between a learning community and its learning resources'.DOI:10.1080/0968776010090307 

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