Impact of COVID on Online Teaching Platform: Study on IB Curriculum in Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Syeda Aliza Salik ◽  
Md Rezuan Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
International Baccalaureate ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
The World ◽  
Virtual Classes ◽  
The Government ◽  
Baccalaureate Curriculum ◽  
Campus Activities ◽  
Teachers Training

The sudden upsurge of Covid 19 pandemic has caused an immense effect in all the sectors throughout the world. Likewise, the education sector is no exception. Many countries around the world have decided to keep the educational institutions closed as an attempt to stop the pandemic from spreading. As a result of the outbreak of this pandemic the government of Bangladesh has declared a general holiday since March 23, 2020. In this scenario, most of the educational institutions have called off their on-campus activities and chose online platforms to continue their academic activities. Although the virtual classes initially began at only a few private institutions, the number started to rise gradually. There is an increase in the number of learners and institutions using the internet to continue the learning journey as the days are passing by. This paper aims to discuss the problems and prospects of online teaching in Bangladesh presenting a comparative picture between the mainstream education and International Baccalaureate curriculum applying during pandemic lockdown. This paper uses Abdul Kadir Molla International School to present a partial picture of the online teaching scenario in Bangladesh. The paper discusses some challenges such as unavailability of digital devices, unstable internet connection, lack of teachers training etc. Some queries, concerns and thoughts along with some recommendations are put before your discussion.

scholarly journals A STUDY ON IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON TEACHING

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 29-32
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
School Closures ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Government Institutions ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Be The Change

“Be the change you want to see in the world.” The petrifying and severe impact of COVID-19 has shaken the world to its core. Later, most of the Governments around the world have temporarily closed educational institutions in an attempt to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In India, 320 million students have been affected by COVID-19 school closures, and though the government quickly recommended shifting to “online teaching.” Many of the government institutions are lacking of facilities to conduct online classes. Many teachers are to be updating them to challenge this situation otherwise leads to job threat. This paper with an objective to study out whether the faculties are ready to face challenges due to online teaching and to identify who among male and female are feeling more threat for their jobs due to online teaching.

scholarly journals Evaluation Methods in Teaching Translation by Saudi University Instructors under Coronavirus Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 33-46
Author(s):  
Eman Mohammad Mahmoud AlOneen
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Evaluation Methods ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Simple Observation ◽  
Assessment Tasks ◽  
University Instructors ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual

Coronavirus pandemic has posed challenges in evaluating students’ performance in educational institutions all over the world. Therefore, university instructors may encounter some problems in evaluating their students fairly through online teaching since it was not an easy task before this worldly crisis. The current study aims at investigating the perspectives of instructors who teach translation courses at some Saudi universities towards the followed evaluation methods in teaching translation courses during Coronavirus pandemic. Two methods were used to collect data: simple observation and online questionnaire. The participants were 21 instructors from 10 Saudi universities. The findings of this study show that using machine translation and CAT tools by students in doing assessment tasks does not guarantee fairness among students during Coronavirus pandemic regardless of the nature of translation courses. In addition, online exams and assignments are less fair to show the individual differences among students compared with written exams before Coronavirus pandemic. To evaluate students’ performance in translation courses fairly, the participants of this study suggested some solutions such as modifying questions' patterns of some translation exams and assignments to cope with online teaching, emphasizing the importance of live sessions and online participation as assessment tasks for students during Coronavirus pandemic, using other evaluation methods such as live oral assessment, editing texts, multiple choice editing questions, etc. The study concludes with some recommendations for future research.

Funding higher education through waqf: a lesson from Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Usman ◽  
Asmak Ab Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
The Government

Purpose This paper aims to study waqf practice in Pakistan with regard to its utilisation in funding for higher educational institutions (HEIs) and investigates waqf raising, waqf management and waqf income utilisation. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on the views of 11 participants who are actively involved in the waqf, its raising, management and income utilisation, and is divided into three subcategories: personnel of higher educational waqf institution, personnel of waqf regulatory bodies and Shari’ah and legal experts as well as archival records, documents and library sources. Findings In Pakistan, both public and private awqaf are existing, but the role of private awqaf is greater in higher education funding. However, due to lack of legal supervision private awqaf is considered as a part of the not-for-profit sector and legitimately registered as a society, foundation, trust or a private limited company. Waqf in Pakistan is more focusing on internal financial sources and waqf income. In terms of waqf management, they have firm guidelines for investing in real estate, the Islamic financial sector and various halal businesses. Waqf uses the income for developmental and operational expenditure, and supports academic activities for students and staff. Waqfs are also supporting some other HEIs and research agencies. Thus, it can be revealed that a waqf can cater a sufficient amount for funding higher educational institutions. Research limitations/implications In Pakistan, both public and private awqaf are equally serving society in different sectors, but the role of private awqaf is much greater in funding higher education. Nevertheless, the government treats private awqaf as a part of not-for-profit sector in the absence of a specific legal framework and registers such organisations as society, foundation, trust or private limited company. The waqf in Pakistan mostly relies on internal financial resources and income from waqf assets. As the waqf managers have over the time evolved firm guidelines for investment in real estate, Islamic financial sector and various other halal businesses, and utilisation of waqf income on developmental and operational expenditures, academic activities of students and educational staff, other HEIs and research agencies, it can be proved that the waqf can potentially generate sufficient amount for funding HEIs. Practical implications The study presents the waqf as a social finance institution and the best alternative fiscal instrument for funding works of public good, including higher education, with the help of three selected waqf cases. Hence, the paper’s findings offer some generalisations, both for the ummah at large and Pakistan. Social implications The paper makes several policy recommendations for policymakers, legislators and academicians, especially the government. As an Islamic social finance institution, the waqf can help finance higher education anywhere around the world in view of the fact that most countries grapple with huge fiscal deficits and are hence financially constrained to meet growing needs of HEIs. Originality/value The study confirms that the waqf can be an alternative source for funding higher education institutions whether it is managed by the government or is privately controlled.

scholarly journals The Problems of the World of Education in the Middle of the Covid-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 450-457
Author(s):  
Beby Masitho Batubara
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Total Data ◽  
The Government

Indonesia is the number one country with the highest number of Covid patients in Central Asia. This has an impact on various sectors including the education sector. In Indonesia, approximately 45 million students in Indonesia or it can be said that 3% of the total data globally, students who cannot take part in learning, the government issued a learning process policy in the midst of a pandemic, this policy determines the learning process which is usually carried out face-to-face, changes be learning online. This research uses a qualitative descriptive approach, with the type of library research, which is the collection of data related to the object of research in the form of literature or studying and deepening the literature literature books, reports and scientific journals, research results and other sources. The obstacles faced in implementing this learning method, namely the unpreparedness of students in the online teaching and learning process,Several studies have stated that not all of the teaching staff in Indonesia in various regions are equalized in carrying out the learning process online based on quality, competency in the use of communication and technology). Not only that, the weak education of the elderly to accompany students in using online media and not supported by facilities to carry out online learning. Dith the provision of internet networks with requiresubstantial costs. The problems in the world of education amid the Covid-19 pandemic must be a serious concern of the central and local governments.

scholarly journals Automatic device for remote measuring of circularity: Development and implementation in education courses

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4A) ◽  
Author(s):  
Slobodan Dudić ◽  
◽  
Jovan Šulc ◽  
Vule Reljić ◽  
Brajan Bajči ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Automatic Device ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Work Piece ◽  
Remote Measurement ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
The World ◽  
Novi Sad ◽  
The University ◽  
Education Courses

In conjunction with the development of technology, teaching in educational institutions around the world has also changed from traditional teaching, where blackboards and chalk were used, to modern teaching with blended or completely online learning environments. Online teaching became a necessity over the past year as the COVID-19 pandemic occurred throughout the world. One of the biggest problems that arose was the impossibility of students to work with equipment on the spot during laboratory exercises. In turn, many universities have used labs with physical devices that can be launched remotely through the Internet from anywhere. One such device is presented in this paper. An automatic device for the remote measurement of geometric tolerances, circularity, was developed and applied in the teaching process at the University of Novi Sad. The exercises were performed by students who remotely started and controlled the device and measured the deviation of the actual from the defined diameter of the work piece in the desired cross section. At the end of the semester, students completed an evaluation questionnaire and expressed satisfaction with the implementation of this exercise.

scholarly journals Coping Strategies Among College Students During Covid-19 Pandemic

Khazanah ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Malisa Falasifah ◽  
◽  
Denda Anisa Fitria ◽  
Farahdiba Ramadhani Hakim ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Self Talk ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

Due to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in December 2019 , the government around the world has closed all the educational institutions and change the system of education to control the spread of disease. The sudden shift from the physical classroom to virtual space impacts on the mental health of the college students. The purpose of this study was to explore the coping strategies among college students around the world during the Pandemic Covid-19. This paper used descriptive explorative analysis, through literature review. A literature search on Google Scholar using keywords “coping strategies”, “college students”, “pandemic”, “covid-19” revealed 15 articles with a total of 12,532 participants of college students around the world. The findings of this study reveal that the coping strategies used by college students are (1) Problem-focused coping by (a) Seeking social support (friends, family, school) and (2) Emotion-focused coping by (a) Positive reappraisal (praying to God, do hobby) (b) Accepting responsibility (Understand students’ role, self talk) and (c) Distancing (Avoid going to public). The COVID-19 pandemic have given a significant adverse impact on the mental health of college students. Major coping strategy adopted by the students is problem-focused coping by seeking social support from their friends, family members and university. Educational institutions should work together with the government of each country to maintain the college students’ mental health.

scholarly journals “COVID-19 and students perception about MOOCs” a case of Indian higher educational institutions

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manivannan Anand Shankar Raja ◽  
Tomy K. Kallarakal
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Student Participation ◽  
Learning Motivation ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Business Analytics ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The World ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
The Government

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the outcomes of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in the light of COVID-19 concerning the students of higher educational institutions (HEIs) in India. The COVID-19 has disrupted the normal teaching-learning role across the world and has put everyone in a nightmare. HEIs are now requesting students to take up MOOCs to explore and attain knowledge and the same is even followed by the corporate institutions. MOOCs are one of the crisis management solutions to ensure that education is continuous and not disrupted. Design/methodology/approach The data included in this research has been collected from students of HEIs across India using a convenient sampling method. The collected data was exposed to a factor analysis using a principal component analysis (PCA) technique to reduce multiple dimensions. Findings The various stakeholders such as the government, HEIs and the MOOC providers have to play a crucial role in developing intellectual human assets for the nation’s growth and progression by extending flexible and cost-effective learning facilities. Education should be free to boost up the learning motivation, and hence it is the responsibility of the stakeholders to provide few courses free of cost, which will increase the rate of enrolment and student participation. Research limitations/implications From the research, it is well understood that MOOCs are useful to keep oneself updated with the market and industry trends especially when the world is focusing on business analytics, artificial intelligence and other technologically driven topics and concepts. Practical implications The present study contributes to the growing body of evidence that MOOCs play an important role in providing flexibility in learning. In the future, if there are similar crisis, which will disrupt education, then the best alternative will be MOOC through which many stakeholders will benefit. Education should be free to boost up the learning motivation, and hence it is the responsibility of the stakeholders to provide few courses free of cost, which will increase the rate of enrolment and student participation. Social implications Education is a service for the society which will have a long-term positive impact on improving the standard of living of the people. Hence, MOOCs can be one of the educational elements to provide learning opportunities to all age groups. Originality/value This study has explored the perception of MOOCs among the students of HEIs in India in the COVID-19 pandemic. The fresh data collected from the students is a reflection of their experiences during the COVID-19 lockdown. Indeed, it is quite surprising to know that majority of the respondents have arranged to learn during the pandemic, which shows the thirst and urge to learn. Digital technology and tools are welcomed and accepted by the student community.

India Foundation for Education Transformation: Its Service to the Society

2021 ◽  
Vol 05 (03) ◽  
pp. 9-11
Author(s):  
Ranjit Kumar Mandal ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The World ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Education Transformation

Skill is the most important component in education which makes a person capable of earning his or her livelihood. The system of education takes care of the development of school skills among the children in the schools. But the spread of pandemic Covid-19 has drastically disrupted every aspects of human life including education and impacted the skill development process has also been impacted. It has created an unprecedented test on education. Outbreak of COVID-19 has impacted more than 120 crores of students and youths across the planet. In India, more than 32 crores of students have been affected by the various restrictions and the nationwide lockdown for COVID-19. In many educational institutions around the world, campuses are closed, and teaching-learning has moved online. In India many schools were quick to react but to a limited extend. While many schools in the cities have adapted to online teaching schools in the remotest areas did not have the resources to get on the starting grid. Here the India Foundation for Education Transformation moved in a contributed its bit.

MEDICAL EDUCATION BY E-LEARNING METHODS: A TEMPORARY ALTERNATIVE OR A NEW BEGINNING

2021 ◽  
pp. 73-74
Author(s):  
Suneel Kumar ◽  
Kamaldeep Singh ◽  
Dheeraj Kumar Jakhar
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
New Beginning ◽  
Physical Presence ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Government

The Covid-19 epidemic made the educational institutions to adopt online education systems in an attempt to continue teaching safely as well as to comply to the instructions from the government. Online education systems have been there for many years but they have gained popularity recently, more in the form of a necessity rather than a luxury. This presented a new challenge for the institutions, teachers and the students as they needed to adapt to the online teaching systems. E-learning is the outcome of development of science and technology and is different from traditional teaching in many ways. In traditional teaching the physical presence of the student and teacher at same site is a very crucial factor, while in E-learning the presence is virtual. There are two types of e-learning, synchronous and asynchronous. E-learning has many advantages as well as disadvantages, but how gracefully it gets incorporated in the traditional medical teaching, that only time will tell.

scholarly journals Role of Hinduism in Creating Awareness About Sex and Its Related Functions

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-116
Author(s):  
P. Chandrasekar ◽  
P. Gurusamy
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The World ◽  
Rational Mind ◽  
The Government ◽  
Adolescent Period

Hinduism is otherwise known as Sanatana dharma, the oldest of all religions in the world. Its scriptures allow absolute freedom to the rational mind of human to choose the choice as per individual’s choice wherein individual freewill is exercised. The present review article aims at how a Hindu is educated and guided by the scriptures to lead a harmonious life in the society in general and in particular the sexual functions as prescribed. The main focus of this article are the roles of individuals, families, community, the religious, and educational institutions, and the government to create awareness in the areas such sex, sexual functions and sexual problems among men and women. They are essentially important and needed for the healthy practices of sex in our Indian culture. To strengthen it further, some practical measures are suggested to bring in a change, especially adolescent period is a very exciting phase and they are facing lot of difficulties and challenges in the area of sex. Therefore, the educational institutions should conduct training and workshop for teachers, parents and students on reproductive health and healthy sexual function and the state and central should encourage to undertake the scientific research studies in different areas and groups, for different groups.

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