scholarly journals Online Classes during COVID-19 Pandemic in Higher Learning Institutions in Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahona Joseph Paschal ◽  
Demetria Gerold Mkulu
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Technology System ◽  
Based Instruction ◽  
Learning Institutions

During COVID-19 period students usually had to go to a physical place for learning. Nonetheless, the outbreak of the COVID-19 has birthed an array of highly creative innovations that have cut across several industries but has exposed the lack of technology in these sectors including the already fragmented education sector of African countries which needs restructuring and transforming. Many public and private Universities have had to be reactive but face steep contextual challenges in the conventional methods of creating, delivering, and capturing value in the education sector. This paper aimed to investigate online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic in different universities in Africa with a focus on five universities. The study adopted the Constructivist Theory. The research was guided by three main objectives including (1) To explore the effectiveness of online education in African Universities; (2) To assess the challenges facing online classes during COVID-19 in African universities; and (3) To determine possible strategies to curb challenges facing online education in higher learning institutions during COVID-19 and post-pandemic in Africa. The study employed a qualitative and quantitative method in data collection. The targeted population is lecture students from five Universities in African countries including Tanzania. The result of the study indicated that studentslearned more in less time and liked their classes more when ICT-based instruction was included. Notwithstanding, the majority of the participants demonstrated that learners in higher institutions in Africa have trouble accessing the E-learning technology system.

scholarly journals Online Classes during COVID-19 Pandemic in Higher Learning Institutions in Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. p1
Author(s):  
Mahona Joseph Paschal ◽  
Demetria Gerold Mkulu
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Technology System ◽  
Based Instruction ◽  
Learning Institutions

During COVID-19 period students usually had to go to a physical place for learning. Nonetheless, the outbreak of the COVID-19 has birthed an array of highly creative innovations that have cut across several industries but has exposed the lack of technology in these sectors including the already fragmented education sector of African countries which needs restructuring and transforming. Many public and private Universities have had to be reactive but face steep contextual challenges in the conventional methods of creating, delivering, and capturing value in the education sector. This paper aimed to investigate online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic in different universities in Africa with a focus on five universities. The study adopted the Constructivist Theory. The research was guided by three main objectives including (1) To explore the effectiveness of online education in African Universities; (2) To assess the challenges facing online classes during COVID-19 in African universities; and (3) To determine possible strategies to curb challenges facing online education in higher learning institutions during COVID-19 and post-pandemic in Africa. The study employed a qualitative and quantitative method in data collection. The targeted population is lecture students from five Universities in African countries including Tanzania. The result of the study indicated that students learned more in less time and liked their classes more when ICT-based instruction was included. Notwithstanding, the majority of the participants demonstrated that learners in higher institutions in Africa have trouble accessing the E-learning technology system.

scholarly journals Exploring Barriers Contributing towards an Effective Online Learning among Undergraduates’ Students using PLS-SEM

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (15) ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
Nurul Aien Abd Aziz ◽  
Noreen Noor Abd Aziz ◽  
Mohd Hafizan Musa ◽  
Shaherah Abdul Malik ◽  
Rusnani Mohamad Khalid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Technology Skills ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
Learning Institutions

In March 2020, the world was first hit by Covid-19 that started to have negative impact on all sectors including education. Most of the higher learning institutions had a shift to use the technology in imparting knowledge and conducting online learning for students. This paper analyzed the effect of attitude, interruption, personal skills and technology skills towards effective online learning. A total of 375 valid questionnaire responses was coded and analyzed using PLS-SEM analysis. The findings showed the attitude and technology skills were significant factors to the barriers of effective online learning among students. Keywords: Online Learning; Technology; Education learning; Technology skill eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i15.2511.

Challenges and Trends of TAPS Packages in Enhancing Engineering Education

2010 ◽  
pp. 158-166
Author(s):  
Manjit Singh Sidhu
Keyword(s):  
Deep Learning ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Computer Technology ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Learning Institutions

It can be envisaged that the use of multimedia computer technology as replacement, or supplement to, human educators in engineering education would become widespread in the future. Such technology can be employed to demonstrate and correlate real life application and theory thereby promoting deep learning. Interactive courseware for higher learning institutions may be extremely useful where trained human resources in the engineering education sector are limited. This Chapter discusses the current trends of incorporating new technologies with TAPS packages in the teaching of engineering subjects.

Indian Education System In Fight Against Covid 19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
pp. 87-96
Author(s):  
Utsav Raj ◽  
Shivank Khare
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Indian Education ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Web Portal ◽  
Secondary Schooling ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Web

The Coronavirus pandemic and thus the following lockdown has forced schools and colleges across India to temporarily shut and this unprecedented move had created a huge gap within the education bodies despite the central and the government doing their best to support e-learning and online education. Globally, the Indian Education sector is amongst the most important, with an in-depth network of quite 1.4 million schools and 993 Universities, 39931 Colleges, and 10725 Stand-Alone Institutions listed on the AISHE web portal. Because the Indian education system was mostly supported by the offline system and classes. Most of the first, and secondary schooling sectors were all supported offline education system has got to opt the web classes for empowering the education, and for the advantages of the scholars. Many faculties within the country have switched to online classes thanks to the lockdown, but one in four students is unable to connect because they don’t have a laptop, desktop, or tablet, according to a survey by economic times.

scholarly journals Analyzing Universities Service Quality to Student Satisfaction; Academic and Non-Academic Analyses

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 126
Author(s):  
Kardoyo Kardoyo ◽  
Lola Kurnia Pitaloka ◽  
Rozman Rozman ◽  
Bayu Bagas Hapsoro
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Economics Faculty ◽  
Academic Service Quality ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Learning Institutions

Indonesia has many higher learning institutions both public and private sectors such as colleges, polytechnics, institutes and universities and they are competing among them to get students to enroll in their institutions. It has become competitive among them to get students than before. The growing competition among higher learning institutions had forced them to strive to improve their service quality provided to students. The student satisfaction of service quality can be divided into two parts, namely satisfaction in academic and non-academic. The purpose of this research is to determine whether the academic and non-academic service quality affect student satisfaction of Economics Faculty Universitas Negeri Semarang. This research used an exploratory method that explaining the relationship between hypothesis testing, making prediction and getting the implicit meaning of problems that want to be solved. This study was conducted at the Economics Faculty of Universitas Negeri Semarang. The data analysis used SEM PLS. The population in this study were students from the Economics Faculty of Universitas Negeri Semarang who registered in 2015 and graduated in 2018. The total number of population in this study were 3,596 students majoring in Economics Education, Accounting, Management, and Economic Development. This study used a stratified sampling technique where students from all disciplines and levels were determined using the Slovin formula. Questionnaires were distributed to a sample of 360 students and were administered by trained enumerators. Data were collected using self-administered assessment questionnaires of a five Likert scale and analyzed using SEM PLS 6.0 Warp PLS.  The results of this research were, first, academic service quality did not influence student satisfaction. Second, the non-academic service quality has a positive and significant influence on student satisfaction. This is because the supported learning infrastructure was found to be a factor that satisfied the students compared to teaching methods that was carried out by faculty members. It was also found that attitude and behavior in academic aspect were not significant in improving the students’ satisfaction. Therefore, it is suggested that Faculty of Economics of UNNES should focus on maintaining and improving the service quality of non-academic aspects in order to compete with other higher learning institutions.

scholarly journals FACTORS INFLUENCING STUDENTS' INTENTION TO ENROLL IN BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTING DEGREE: AN APPLICATION OF THEORY OF REASONED ACTION

2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 340
Author(s):  
Zainin Bidin Zainin Bidin ◽  
Hasnah Haron Hasnah Haron ◽  
Yuserrie Zainuddin ◽  
Ishak Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Reasoned Action ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Personal Beliefs ◽  
Accounting Profession ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Learning Institutions ◽  
Main Influence

The accounting profession in Malaysia is facing a dilemma. The demand for accountants in this country is higher than the number of accountants that can be produced. In order to attract more students to this field, factors influencing their intention to choose, must be identified. This study tries to identify the factors influencing student's intention to enroll into a Bachelor of Accounting degree. The Theory of Reasoned Action developed by Ajzen and Fishbein was used as the framework. One hundred and seventy three (173) students from public and private higher learning institutions in Penang and Kedah took part in this study. The results showed that personal beliefs of the students were the main influence his attitude to choose. Pressures from peers and lecturers were also seemed to be important factors that the student considers in making his or her decision.

scholarly journals FACTORS INFLUENCING STUDENTS' INTENTION TO ENROLL IN BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTING DEGREE: AN APPLICATION OF THEORY OF REASONED ACTION

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 340-361
Author(s):  
Zainin Bidin ◽  
Hasnah Haron ◽  
Yuserrie Zainuddin ◽  
Ishak Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Reasoned Action ◽  
Reasoned Action ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Personal Beliefs ◽  
Accounting Profession ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Learning Institutions ◽  
Main Influence

The accounting profession in Malaysia is facing a dilemma. The demand for accountants in this country is higher than the number of accountants that can be produced. In order to attract more students to this field, factors influencing their intention to choose, must be identified. This study tries to identify the factors influencing student's intention to enroll into a Bachelor of Accounting degree. The Theory of Reasoned Action developed by Ajzen and Fishbein was used as the framework. One hundred and seventy three (173) students from public and private higher learning institutions in Penang and Kedah took part in this study. The results showed that personal beliefs of the students were the main influence his attitude to choose. Pressures from peers and lecturers were also seemed to be important factors that the student considers in making his or her decision

Factors of Stress among Undergraduate Students during Movement Control Order

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-86
Author(s):  
Suziana Hanini Sulaiman ◽  
Suhana Mohamed Lip ◽  
Shazarina Zdainal Abidin ◽  
Norshilawani Shahidan ◽  
Natasha Ariffin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Movement Control ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Education Sector ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Control Order ◽  
Learning Institutions

The implementation of Movement Control Order (MCO) to curb the spread of Covid-19 has various effects on the community, regardless of the field they are involved in. Enforcement order to stay at home has resulted  to the closure and restriction of all types of operations including the education sector. Due to the implementation of MCO, the teaching and learning activities that used to be conducted face-to-face have been completely replaced by online learning. This situation eventually has given some stressful impact and has caused difficulties to students of higher learning institutions to continue their studies virtually. Various factors have been found as stressors among undergraduate students. It is hoped that this study would help to find effective ways to reduce stress among undergraduate students. 

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