scholarly journals STEM Students’ Perceptions on Emergency Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Successes

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 799
Author(s):  
Jodye I. Selco ◽  
Mariam Habbak
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
World Health ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
Virtual Instruction ◽  
Major Benefit ◽  
Real World Applications ◽  
Stem Students ◽  
Health Organization

Declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic by the World Health Organization in 2020 forced many schools to switch to emergency virtual instruction. This situation provided an opportunity to explore the effectiveness of online learning from students’ perspectives. To discover best practices for online learning, 584 STEM students at California State Polytechnic University Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) were surveyed about their Spring and Fall 2020 experiences. Some of the obstacles students faced were adapting to a new lifestyle, feeling disconnected, managing schedule and workload, and overcoming distractions. Despite difficulties, 61% of students benefited from the flexibility, convenience, and increased productivity. The time students normally spent commuting to and parking on campus was instead spent getting more sleep, studying, working extra hours, spending time with family, and practicing self-care. Another major benefit was the increased accessibility to course materials posted online. Major themes from students’ responses were belonging, organization and transparency, and the need for real-world applications. Incorporating these strategies enhance the effectiveness of teaching methods. Responses along with some problem-solving suggestions that can improve the effectiveness of both online and in-person learning are discussed.

scholarly journals Collaboration or Collusion? The New Era of Commercial Online Resources for Students in the Digital Age: an Opinion Piece

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristian Lieneck ◽  
Salvador Esparza
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Management System ◽  
Online Resources ◽  
Healthcare Administration ◽  
Potential Solution ◽  
Global Level ◽  
New Era ◽  
Course Materials ◽  
Programs Of Study

The purpose of this paper is to share online resources available to students at a global level, to include healthcare administration programs and any other course of study. While somewhat daunting in nature, this editorial offers faculty of healthcare administration (and other related programs of study) the opportunity to explore what course materials (of any format) may be posted to commercial external websites by current and/or previous students for ongoing collaboration among academic cohorts. Findings include an opportunity for students in any program, at any level, to post individual and/or copyrighted course materials on public, external websites, often with an underlying motivation of financial remuneration for their efforts. Best practices for identifying individual course resources posted externally to the course are provided, while a potential solution for more effective and productive collaboration within the course and the internal course online learning management system is offered.

scholarly journals EDUCATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 225-230
Author(s):  
Elena Mădălina SAVU
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Civic Participation ◽  
Premature Mortality ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Well Being ◽  
World Health ◽  
Academic Learning ◽  
Developmental Potential ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

The World Health Organization has declared Covid-19 as a pandemic that has posed a contemporary threat to humanity. This pandemic has successfully forced global shutdown of several activities, including educational activities.The COVID-19 pandemic was a forceful reminder that education plays an important role in delivering not just academic learning, but also in supporting physical and emotional well-being. Education and the acquisition of skills are crucial to solving some of the world’s most pressing problems. Education is a basic right that promotes other rights such as health and civic participation. It is key to unlocking the developmental potential of children, communities, and countries. An educated workforce can help lift people out of poverty, reduce premature mortality, strengthen gender equality, and promote civic participation. Children must also learn skills that can be flexible and adaptable in the age of uncertainty and economic change. Workers will need breadth of skills such as literacy and numeracy as well as the ability to think critically and to solve problems collaboratively. In the digital age, citizens must be prepared to respond to the challenges presented by globalization, climate change, health epidemics, and economic uncertainty. The world needs to urgently rethink the way education is done, how it is delivered, and what skills children will need in a digital age to become healthy and productive members of society. Many agree that the delivery of education to marginalized children must be improved. It is evident that online learning is different from emergency remote teaching, online learning will be more sustainable while instructional activities will become more hybrid provided the challenges experienced during this pandemic are well explored and transformed to opportunities. However, there is little consensus on how to do so in a way that best reflects the challenges and opportunities facing young people today and on why education systems have largely failed to adapt to ensure that all children are receiving the support and learning opportunities they need.

scholarly journals COVID-19: THE IMPACT OF PANDEMIC ON EMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL CONFLICTS IN MALAYSIA – A LITERATURE REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (25) ◽  
pp. 01-14
Author(s):  
Siti Aisyah Mohamad Zin ◽  
Raja Nurul Hafizah Raja Ismail ◽  
Wan Nur Ainna Waheda Rozali ◽  
Nor Kalsum Mohd Isa
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Panic Attacks ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Emotional Conflicts ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Impact

The COVID-19 pandemic is a major concern to the community around the globe at the moment and the World Health Organization (WHO) records a total of more than 200 million cases worldwide. The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the world community, especially in Malaysia, from the socio-economic aspect that leads to mental health issues. The implementation of the Movement Control Order (MCO) to Malaysians is aimed at breaking the chain of pandemics by making social distancing which began on March 18, 2020, has changed the societal life pattern, especially for adolescents. If it is not managed properly, emotional conflicts such as depression, stress, anxiety, and untreated panic attacks can even affect the mental health of adolescents. There are numerous recent studies on the COVID-19 pandemic have been conducted by researchers from around the world. The COVID-19 outbreak has also affected the education sector in the country. Face-to-face learning cannot be conducted, hence, requires students to learn from home. The Ministry of Education in Malaysia has introduced a new platform to help students to continue their learning through an online learning system. Online learning has its own pros and cons. In these challenging times, the field of education is not falling behind in undergoing a transformation towards a more advanced and systematic learning process. Therefore, online learning is the best way to ensure that students do not fall behind in their studies even when they are at home. However, the implementation of online learning has the potential to affect the mental health of students such as feelings of stress, fear, anxiety, worry, and depression due to not being able to balance the use of computers during learning and to complete assignments as well as internet data problems. A study by the World Health Organization (WHO) found that the number of victims of depression worldwide is estimated to reach 300 million people and the average is of adolescents. This is the silent killer of this generation which is the pillar and hope of the country, therefore it should be given attention and proper treatment. A literature review through the content analysis method is used in this paper to look at the challenges and solutions to the recovery of emotional conflict and mental health. Thus, this paper aims to look at the challenges of this pandemic exploring scientifically the impact of COVID-19 especially in terms of emotional and mental health as well as the impact on the national education system. The attitude of "prevent before it gets worse" is very critical and needs to be given serious attention by the community in facing the escalating challenges during this COVID-19. An understanding of the effects of emotions could generate appropriate prevention measures and approaches that can be implemented to ensure that emotional conflicts can be treated to save those adolescents and inevitably to ensure the well-being of individuals affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.

scholarly journals Online Learning: A Panacea in the Time of COVID-19 Crisis

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shivangi Dhawan
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
World Health ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Online Mode ◽  
The World ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Methods Of Learning ◽  
Teaching Learning

Educational institutions (schools, colleges, and universities) in India are currently based only on traditional methods of learning, that is, they follow the traditional set up of face-to-face lectures in a classroom. Although many academic units have also started blended learning, still a lot of them are stuck with old procedures. The sudden outbreak of a deadly disease called Covid-19 caused by a Corona Virus (SARS-CoV-2) shook the entire world. The World Health Organization declared it as a pandemic. This situation challenged the education system across the world and forced educators to shift to an online mode of teaching overnight. Many academic institutions that were earlier reluctant to change their traditional pedagogical approach had no option but to shift entirely to online teaching–learning. The article includes the importance of online learning and Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, & Challenges (SWOC) analysis of e-learning modes in the time of crisis. This article also put some light on the growth of EdTech Start-ups during the time of pandemic and natural disasters and includes suggestions for academic institutions of how to deal with challenges associated with online learning.

THE IMPACT OF STUDENTS’ MENTAL HEALTH IN ENGLISH ONLINE LEARNING DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC AT SMA NEGERI 2 SOJOL

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-89
Author(s):  
Lia Umi Mulyana ◽  
Muhammad Ihsan ◽  
Yuni Amelia
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Learning System ◽  
World Health ◽  
Teaching Techniques ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Learning Policies ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Impact

The global pandemic that set by the World Health Organization on January 30, 2020 as a result of the new disease of Covid-19 has made many major changes, one of them in education where learning system are done through online. Online learning policies during the Covid-19 pandemic are the main solution to keeping the learning process going.This thesis aims to find out what impact of English online learning has on students' mental health during the covid-19 pandemic at SMA Negeri 2 Sojol  and To find out what factors hindered students in the process of English online learning at SMA Negeri 2 Sojol. In this research, the researcher applied a descriptive qualitative research which were located at SMA Negeri 2 Sojol. Data sources obtained through primary and secondary data. Data collection techniques used are  questionnaire and interviews. Based on the results of the questioner showed that they tend to just felt bored, difficult to concentrate, feelings of fear or worry if they are unable to collect tasks on time as well as their difficulty in understanding the material when English online learning during the covid-19 pandemic. Where it is caused by several factors such as poor internet network, residential environment and also monotonous teaching techniques from English teachers.

A Study on Educational Transformation through Evolution of Online Learning in the times of COVID-19 in India

2021 ◽  
pp. 172-178
Author(s):  
Jyoti Tandon
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
World Health ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The World ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Modes ◽  
The Times ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Health Organization

Educational institutions (schools, colleges, and universities) in India have always followed traditional modes of teaching and learning wherein the teachers impart the lectures and the students undertake the instructions and guidance in a face-to-face medium. But, with the advent of covid-19, educational institutions in India were left with no choice but to switch to online mediums for imparting instructions. The sudden outbreak of Covid-19 impacted the entire world in an unparalleled manner and had put us all to witness a never seen before deadly virus Corona Virus (SARS-CoV-2) that shook us all. World Health Organization recognized the devastating effects of Covid and declared it as a global pandemic. One of the major challenges faced by the institutions around the world was in continuing learning in traditional set-up; thus the educators around the world shifted to online modes of teaching and learning. This article incorporates the learning and significance of e-learning and Strengths, Weaknesses, and Opportunities of e-learning modes in the wake of a crisis situation. This article also additionally puts some light on the challenges faced by the institution with reference to imparting education through online learning modes.

scholarly journals Helping Québec Pharmacists Seize the Vaccination Service Opportunity: The Pharmacy Best Practice Workshops

Pharmacy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Kajan Srirangan ◽  
Arnaud Lavenue
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
World Health ◽  
Participant Satisfaction ◽  
Pharmacy Profession ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Vulnerable Population Groups

Vaccinations are a safe and effective way to protect against infectious diseases. The World Health Organization estimates vaccines have saved more lives than any other interventions and every year about two to three million deaths are averted worldwide through immunization. To improve vaccination coverage, pharmacists have been increasingly involved in immunization roles in their communities—as advocates, educators, and immunizers. Community pharmacy-based vaccination services have increased both in the number of immunization providers and the number of sites where patients can receive immunizations. In Canada, health care is under provincial legislation—and so, there are distinct differences in scope of pharmacist practice across the country. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020, in Québec, Canada’s second-largest province, pharmacists did not have the authority to administer vaccines. To help prepare pharmacists in Québec to become immunizers, we developed and deployed a series of accredited workshops. In these facilitated workshops, pharmacists were able to share best practices that may lead to providing effective vaccination services, identify common competency gaps, discuss effective patient communication skills, and determine how to target the most vulnerable population groups. Participants were also asked to evaluate the workshop. Our results indicate the evaluation was very reliable in measuring participant satisfaction (Cronbach’s α = 0.94) and pharmacists commented that the workshops’ learning outcomes exceeded their expectations, and the topics covered were relevant and applicable. The evaluation also asked participants to identify weaknesses of training, so future educational interventions can be planned accordingly. We believe this work will contribute to the continual growth and advancement of the pharmacy profession in Canada.

scholarly journals Online Education in the Time of COVID-19 Crisis

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 70-77
Author(s):  
Keshav Dahiya ◽  
Naman Malhotra ◽  
Vaibhav Bachhwal ◽  
Neha Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
World Health ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Learning Modalities ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Teaching Modality

Prior to the pandemic, Indian educational institutions relied primarily on traditional means of instruction, like as face-to-face lectures in a classroom. Many academic units have already begun to mix learning throughout the pandemic, but many still maintain archaic traditions. The rapid outbreak of a lethal disease known as Covid-19 due to the SARS-CoV-2 Corona Virus startled the whole world. It was labeled a pandemic by the World Health Organization. This has challenged the worldwide education system and prompted educators to move to an online teaching modality overnight. Many schools, which were previously reluctant to adapt their traditional approach to pedagogy, were unable to move totally to online instruction. The paper discusses the importance of online learning and of e-learning modalities analysis in times of crisis, including strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges (SWOC). This article also highlights the emergence of EdTech startups during pandemics and provides ideas for academic institutions to tackle online learning issues.

scholarly journals AN ASSESSMENT OF TOBACCO EXCISE ADMINISTRATION PRACTICES IN INDONESIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yudhi Dharma Nauly
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
Excise Tax ◽  
Revenue Collection ◽  
The World ◽  
Directorate General ◽  
Economic Slowdown ◽  
Health Organization

The global economic slowdown has unquestionably brought down the performance of the Indonesian economy. This, in turn, presented an extraordinary challenge to the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DGCE) in collecting excise revenues. In the last few decades, tobacco has contributed the largest part of excise revenue. Accordingly, it is inevitable for the DGCE to implement best practices in administrating tobacco excise to optimize revenue collection, while at the same time, enhance public health. Conveniently, The World Health Organization (WHO) provides a series of extensive best practices in that particular field. This study assessed tobacco excise administration practices performed by the DGCE against best practices set by the WHO. This study revealed that, in general, the DGCE has performed well in several practices. However, there are some WHO’s best practices which are unsuitable to be implemented in Indonesia. Unique fiscal, economic, political and social circumstances in Indonesia need to be taken into account in determining and establishing tobacco excise tax policy. 

scholarly journals Inclusive Policymaking Tools: A COVID-19 Pandemic Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ans Irfan ◽  
Ankita Arora ◽  
Christopher Jackson ◽  
Celina Valencia
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Health ◽  
Mortality And Morbidity ◽  
The World ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Equity And Inclusion

World Health Organization (WHO) estimates indicate the United States of America has the highest novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) burden in the world, with over 5 million confirmed cases and nearly 165,000 associated deaths as of August 14th, 2020 (WHO 2020). As the COVID-19 mortality and morbidity has disproportionately impacted populations who experience vulnerabilities due to structural issues such as racism (Laurencin and McClinton 2020; Lin II and Money 2020; Martin 2020; Kim et al. 2020), it has become increasingly necessary to take this opportunity and intentionally codify diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices in the policymaking process. To encourage and facilitate this, we synthesize existing literature to identify best practices that can not only be used to inform COVID-19-related public policy activities but will also continue to inform inclusive policymaking processes in the future. We identify specific tools for policymakers at all levels of government to better operationalize the DEI framework and enact inclusive, equitable public policies as a result.

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