scholarly journals After COVID-19 Future Planning Regarding Higher Education System in India: A Phenomenological Study in Higher Education Institutes of West Bengal

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAHUA PATRA
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Future Planning ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Online Mode ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Education Process

Abstract India is facing a big challenge to continue uninterrupted higher education process after COVID-19 situation. Students come from heterogeneous socio-economic strata. Many are susceptible to the contagious disease because of their mal-nutritious condition, co-morbid situation like juvenile diabetes etc. We have elderly (60–65 years age) teachers also who are in vulnerable situation. So, we need specific and extremely cautious future planning to protect the lives of our future generations from this pandemic morbidity along with their progress in education so that they can keep pace with the tide of education process as in some other countries of the world. This study aims to explore the lived experience of the teachers of the higher education institutes of the state of West-Bengal, India to gain a deeper understanding of their individual experiences and future planning regarding higher education system in mind. Phenomenological approach of Moustake with pragmatic world view along with interpretive lens is used here. Through Purposive sampling method 12 study participants are identified. Participants are theteachers of different urban, suburban and rural colleges in West Bengal who had experienced a sudden turmoil in teaching-learning interaction due to prolonged emergency lockdown from March’2020 to combat COVID-19.In-depth interviews with consented call-recorded over telephone were conducted to collect primary dataduring April 2020. Participant observation also used for data collection. Fear of infection, even death and uncertainty haunted both teachers and students lead to the half-hearted motivation to study. Majority of the faculties felt awkward to teach through online method as they are new to it. During teaching there were many problems faced like insufficient data consumption power by many students, lack of required smart phone, frequent network failure. Majority of students are generally spoon fed by their private tutors. Participants supported the physical classes could not give the feasible suggestion to maintain social distance and personal protection in campus and public transport system. Some told about the herd immunity also. Some firmly supported online mode of teaching as the only safe way to teach now. Teaching-learning from home is cost efficient (direct and indirect cost), time efficient, space efficient, surveillance efficient. It has time flexibility. It also has productivity efficiency as less physical movement perhaps increases intellectual productivity. More quality time spending with the family increases happiness index. Even after the pandemic situation this online mode of education will be best suited for the holistic development of society. Single online platform should be used countrywide and teachers and students should adopt slowly to the new system for the sake of safety of majority of people. Government should subsidize data for academic websites, provide cheap smart phones to the students, focus on infrastructure of internet network. Students can be motivated through one to one telephonic conversation also. Only laboratory-based classes can be taken physically fragmenting the entire class into suitable sections. If the online teaching, learning, examination infrastructure cannot be developed in time extension of semester duration can be considered. But no physical classes should be allowed till we feel fully protected from the virus.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA SINCE INDEPENDENCE TO MODERN ERA

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 506-512
Author(s):  
Chetlal Prasad ◽  
◽  
Sanjay Kumar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
State Level ◽  
National Council ◽  
State Governments ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Education In India ◽  
State Educational ◽  
Enrolment Ratio ◽  
Teaching Learning

The institutional framework of higher education in India consists of Universities and Colleges. As reported in 2019, India has 993 universities and 39,931 colleges. One of the key objectives of the Department is to increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in higher education to 30% by 2020. Higher Education system in the country is governed by multiple agencies with University Grant Commission (UGC) as the apex body. The rule and regulations by these agencies makes the higher education system more complex. The various stakeholders in the regulatory framework in the country are State Governments, professional councils like University Grant Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) etc. and five professional councils at the state level like Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), State Educational and Research Council (SCERT) etc. This regulatory arrangement of higher education in India is very complex and disfunctional. Global Initiative for Academics Network (GIAN): The programme seeks to invite distinguished academicians, entrepreneurs, scientists, experts from premier institutions from across the world, to teach in the higher educational institutions in India.UGCs Learning Outcome-based Curriculum Framework (LOCF) in HEIs.by updating curriculum fromacademic year 2019-20.and adopting learner centric teaching learning processes bysuitable improvement in the pedagogy.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Emergency Distance Education Process Starting with the Covid 19 Pandemic from the Perspective of Teaching Staf

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 444-455
Author(s):  
emre ipekçi çetin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Educational Structure ◽  
Education Experience ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Education Process

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused restrictions and shutdowns affecting all industries worldwide. The scope of the steps taken to prevent the spread of the pandemic, universities in Turkey also began to provide distance education in March 2020. This process has provided an important experience in which the education system is questioned on the basis of educational infrastructure, lecturers and students. The experience of a nationwide transformation in such a short period of time in the education system is considered to be unique. In this study, it is aimed to create a decision support document by compiling this valuable experience and suggestions for further improvement of the higher education system. In this context, the opinions and recommendations of teaching staff regarding the distance education process were taken with the help of surveys which were responded by 744 lecturers from 84 universities of Turkey. As a result of the study, it was seen that factors such as the type of university, distance education experience, and age make a difference in the views of the lecturers towards distance education. In addition, the determinations and suggestions of the instructors that they stated by openended expressions were compiled under main headings. This process experienced offers an important opportunity to question the current educational structure and to improve it further. As also stated in the survey results, it is predicted that the weight of distance education in higher education will also increase at post-pandemic term. Therefore, it is thought that the necessary steps should be taken in the light of the experiences in order to make the next process more efficient

scholarly journals Transformation From RTVUs to Open Universities in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiyuan Zhang ◽  
Wei Li
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Education System ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Open University ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Institutional Differentiation ◽  
Bank System

Open and distance education has been playing an important role in China’s development of higher education and lifelong learning. In 2012, the Chinese government approved six large-scale radio and television universities (RTVUs) to become open universities (OUs), including the Open University of China (OUC), Beijing Open University (BJOU), Shanghai Open University (SHOU), Guangdong Open University (GDOU), Jiangsu Open University (JSOU), and Yunnan Open University (YNOU). The purpose of this study is to provide a descriptive analysis of the transition from RVTUs to OUs, and the current state and challenges of open universities in China after five years’ reform. Five topics are explored in this paper, including: the new positioning of open universities in China’s vast and differentiated higher education system; award bearing and non-award bearing program offerings; implementation of the online teaching and learning modes; the use of Open Education Resources (OER) and online mini-courses; and the development and use of a credit bank system. A summary of these topics follows a discussion of four issues of open university reform, including key performance indicators (KPIs) for open universities, cohesion and resource sharing between the national and provincial open universities, quality assurance for award bearing programs, and planning to transform China’s existing 39 provincial RTVUs into OUs. It is expected that the results of this study would contribute to knowledge about institutional differentiation in the world’s largest higher education system, and on the merits of open and distance education in the human resource development in China. This paper may also provide insight for other countries that are engaged in institutional differentiation of higher education systems punctuated by the essential role of open universities in such planning and implementation.

scholarly journals Learning in the COVID-19 Era: Higher Education Students and Faculty’s Experience with Emergency Distance Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (09) ◽  
pp. 40
Author(s):  
Talal Alasmari
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Education ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Education System ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Teachers And Students

Purpose: The main aim of the study is to student and faculty’s experience with emergency distance education in the higher education system at the time of COVID-19 Research Methodology: This research has employed a quantitative approach where survey questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection. The data was collected from teachers and students separately. The sample of teachers was 916 and the sample of students was 4623. For both the questionnaires, three point and five point Likert scale was used to record the responses. SPSS was used to analyse the data with the help of frequency analysis and correlation analysis. Findings: The results of this research have indicated that emergency distance education tends to impact learning experience of teachers and students in Jeddah. The quantitative findings of this study have suggested that supportive and efficient infrastructure is important for the purpose of ensuring smooth learning in the COVID-19 era. Limitations/ Implications: This research has been carried out in the context of Jeddah hence the scope of the research was restricted. The results of this research are only applicable for higher education system in that geographical region

scholarly journals When teaching must go on: ESP teachers’ strategies and challenges during COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Luluk Iswati
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Authentic Materials ◽  
English Departments ◽  
Class Participation ◽  
Online Mode ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
Effective Lessons ◽  
Teaching Learning

Abstract. Online classes have been rampant since the global spread of COVID-19. ESP teaching in higher education institutions is no exception, following the national government’s call to employ an online mode of teaching. Although technology has been long used to facilitate the teaching-learning process, the practice of online teaching is not without problems. Thus, this study was aimed at investigating ESP teachers’ strategies to make effective lessons delivery, optimize students class participation, and what challenges were emergent during their online teaching. The participants of this study were six ESP teachers in five private and one state universities who teach in various non-English departments. Data were gathered through interviews via WhatsApp. The findings showed that the strategies employed by ESP teachers were among others: ensuring instruction clarity, employing various learning platforms, virtual grouping, using authentic materials, etc. To optimize students’ online class participation was done by scoring students’ active participation, not giving non-doable tasks, using more asynchronous than synchronous method, etc. The challenges are having inconsistent internet connection, teaching while taking care for children, difficulty in monitoring students’ progress, etc. The findings imply the need of serious attention from higher education institutions in conducting ESP online teaching during this pandemic as it requires not only technical preparedness, but also most importantly the human aspect involved in it. Keywords: strategies, challenges, online teaching, ESP, pandemic

scholarly journals COVID-19 AND EDUCATION MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF SILESIAN REGION - POLAND

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 162-168
Author(s):  
Luis Ochoa Siguencia ◽  
Gilberto Marzano ◽  
Renata Ochoa-Daderska ◽  
Zofia Gródek-Szostak ◽  
Anna Szeląg-Sikora
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Education System ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Teaching Methodology ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning

COVID-19 outbreak has changed the economic and social relations and caused a critical impact on the higher education system. The closure of University campuses to prevent community transmission of the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has shifted face-to-face classes to online learning, distance learning, e-learning, mobile learning, and social learning. E-Learning and virtual education may become an essential component of the higher education system in the next years. Accordingly, teaching staff had to adapt their teaching methodology and tools to eLearning tools and platforms for effective student engagement. This paper reports on a first study conducted from December 2020 to January 2021, involving one hundred Higher Schools teachers of Management in the Silesia Region.The study showed many serious problems related to the emergency teaching-learning experience since it was essentially based on the translation of face-to-face approach in the online environment. 

scholarly journals INNOVATIVE METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION OF UKRAINE: MODERN ASPECT

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (194) ◽  
pp. 101-106
Author(s):  
Olena Dolgopol ◽  
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Olena Kiryanova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Education System ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Educational Innovations ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Relevant Today ◽  
Innovative Methods ◽  
Teachers And Students

The integration of Ukraine's higher education system into the European educational space is associated with a variety of challenges and obstacles. It is clear that modern Ukrainian society cannot continue to teach young people according to outdated principles, technologies and methods. Therefore, the issue of educational innovations remains acute and relevant today, especially in the context of Ukraine's European integration processes. The aim of the article is to study the important issue of application of modern innovative methods and technologies in higher education of Ukraine, as well as to determine the benefits of their active introduction in higher education and the challenges for university teachers in the context of forming a new pedagogical paradigm and state policy in higher education. The author determines the essence of innovation in the higher education system as changes within the system, ideas, and processes, and tools, and results, taken in the unity of qualitative improvement of the pedagogical system. Also the author defines innovations in the field of pedagogy as a purposeful progressive change that introduces stable elements (innovations) into the educational environment that improve the characteristics of both its individual components and the educational system as a whole. The author is convinced that pedagogical innovative changes of different nature and scale occur at different levels and in the following areas of the higher education system: review and update specialties and specializations; formation of new educational-professional and educational-scientific programs and their constant updating; formation of new curricula; development and implementation of new learning technologies, in particular distance learning through the introduction of distance learning platforms and services; changes in the activities and images of both teachers and students, changes in relations between them, the creation and development of innovative creative groups. Thus, it can be noted that the basis of innovative technologies and methods of teaching higher education are active methods that help to form a creative and innovative approach to understanding professional activities. And it also develops independence of thinking, the ability to make optimal decisions in different situations.

scholarly journals The Influential Factors in the Effective Implementation of Evaluation in the Teaching-Learning Process in the Iranian Higher Education System

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamed Abbasi Kasani ◽  
Gholamreza Shams Mourkani ◽  
Farhad Seraji ◽  
Morteza Rezaeizadeh
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Education System ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Teaching Learning

Background: Evaluation is an inherent element of the teaching-learning process and is influenced by several factors. Objectives: The present study aimed to identify the influential factors in the effective implementation of evaluation in the teaching-learning process in the Iranian higher education system. Methods: This study was conducted using the synthesis method and a qualitative approach. The sample population included all the national studies focused on the influential factors in the evaluation of the teaching-learning process during 2000 - 2018. In total, 36 studies were selected, and after several screening stages, 10 studies that were more relevant to the subject matter were selected as the research sample based on the review of the titles, abstracts, and research content. The database search was performed using keywords such as ‘factors/indicators affecting the evaluation of students’ and ‘teachers/implementation of evaluation’. The databases included CIVILICA, Magiran, Elmnet, Noormags, and SID. The research data were extracted and analyzed using the content analysis method. Results: After data analysis, the influential factors in the implementation of evaluation were classified into two dimensions, five factors, and 29 indicators, including the structural dimension (conditions and environment of evaluation, educational system, and evaluation system) and behavioral dimension (teachers and students). Conclusions: The results of the data analysis led to the identification of the influential factors in the effective implementation of the teaching-learning process evaluation in the Iranian higher education system as a model.

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