Design of a University Pandemic Response Decision Support System

The global effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how people conduct their daily lives. Institutions of higher education have been greatly impacted by these changes and must find ways to adapt to this new environment. Universities are a unique case because they must control disease spread, while maintaining the same or similar quality of education. The University Pandemic Response Decision Support System (UPRDSS) is a system designed to help universities pick the most suitable method for instruction delivery when faced with any pandemic. Using George Mason University as a case study, the goal was to design a system that allows university administrations to make an educated operations decision. The UPRDSS achieves this by simulating the spread of disease, analyzing learning outcome data, and using a multi-attribute utility function to determine the most appropriate method of instruction that enables positive learning and health outcomes.

Andragogy and the Socratic Method of Instruction

This chapter focuses on the connection between the Socratic Method and the foundational elements of andragogy as defined by Malcolm Knowles. This chapter will also explore the benefits of implementing Knowles' two foundational elements of andragogy consisting of his six assumptions and his eight design processes. Also explored is the implementation of Knowles' learning contract within the Socratic Method as a way to enhance the adult learner learning experience. In addition, this chapter includes references to John Henschke and his Building Blocks of Adult Learning and how they also support the Socratic Method of instruction.

Using Technology to Support Culturally Responsive Practices in Post-Secondary Settings

Culturally responsive teaching (CRT) is a research-based method of instruction that centers students' racial, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds in the curriculum and pedagogy to ensure equitable outcomes as well as promote critical consciousness related to social injustice. CRT is typically associated with P-12 educational settings; however, the principles and mindsets of culturally responsive education have been applied in post-secondary educational settings. The practices associated with CRT require intentional planning, preparation, and implementation. The abrupt shift to virtual and remote learning required quickly leveraging various technology tools to ensure CRT practices were incorporated into teaching and learning in order to create an equitable and culturally-responsive learning environment.

Optimizing the Cooperation Between Teacher and Parents in the Implementation of Studying From Home for Early Childhood

Early childhood education is being conducted at home in the event of a Covid-19 pandemic. Parents in the WhatsApp Group receive teaching materials from the teacher via this method of instruction. As a result, teachers and parents must work together to ensure that children at home are still receiving an education that is tailored to their individual needs. This study used a qualitative approach based on interviews with teachers and parents from five Aisyiyah Bustanul Athfal Kindergartens located in Pekanbaru City. In the study, teachers and parents found that a positive attitude in communication patterns between them. They can lead to good patterns of cooperation, with parents being able to guide and motivate their children while implementing learning at home and being directly involved in learning with children by accompanying their children while studying.

The correspondence system of teaching primary school children in New Zealand : an account of its evolution and a comparative study of the methods applied and of the standards attained

Following on a visit paid by the Director of Education for New Zealand to some of the Australian states where Correspondence Classes had already been in operation for some years, it was decided to introduce on a much smaller scale a similar method of instruction to serve the educational needs of the very isolated families in New Zealand. A sole teacher was appointed to initiate the scheme but it is evident that, from the beginning, the Department had no reliable estimate of the subsequent growth of the institution nor of the work which it was later to accomplish.

The correspondence system of teaching primary school children in New Zealand : an account of its evolution and a comparative study of the methods applied and of the standards attained

Following on a visit paid by the Director of Education for New Zealand to some of the Australian states where Correspondence Classes had already been in operation for some years, it was decided to introduce on a much smaller scale a similar method of instruction to serve the educational needs of the very isolated families in New Zealand. A sole teacher was appointed to initiate the scheme but it is evident that, from the beginning, the Department had no reliable estimate of the subsequent growth of the institution nor of the work which it was later to accomplish.

Online Gerontology Courses: Issues of Equity

The COVID-19 Pandemic changed higher education in several significant ways. The most significant impact was on methods of course delivery. In March 2020, all educational institutions changed their methods of instruction to fully online instruction. It happened almost overnight and left the students as well as the instructors unprepared for the unanticipated metamorphosis . The sudden and unanticipated change in the method of instruction and delivery of course contents also highlighted issues of equity. There appeared to be high levels of inequity in the use of technology across school and college campuses. A survey of students conducted by the author at the University of Louisiana at Monroe revealed different types of inequity such as, lack of finances to buy equipment, lack of training in the use of technology, and lack of personal space to study from home. A significant percentage of student population at ULM consists of first-generation college students. These students were impacted the most by the new methods of course delivery. Additionally, the author looked up similar surveys at other educational institutions and conducted a meta-analysis of published studies. This paper presents these findings.

Disability at the Intersections: Expanding Critical Disability Reflective Practices

The development of more culturally competent special education teachers is integral to striving for a more equitable education system for all students. However, the development of cultural competency around disability as diversity, especially from an intersectional lens, is often underrepresented in teacher preparation programs. As a result, if it is included at all, it is often at the discretion of individual teachers willing to incorporate such content into their teacher preparation classes. For teacher educators who are searching for ways to infuse disability as diversity content into their coursework, critical disability studies provides a framework for implementation by supporting teacher candidate’s critical reflective practice. In adopting such a framework, teacher educators can better target the development of cultural competency in their special education teacher candidates. As such, the aim of the present article is to provide a method of instruction to support the development of critical reflective practices in special education teacher preparation programs.

Higher Education in India in context of Pandemic - Covid 19

The spread of pandemic Covid-19 has definitely upset each part of human life including training. It has made an extraordinary test on training. In numerous instructive organizations around the globe, grounds are shut and educating learning has moved on the web. Internationalization has eased back down significantly. In India, around 32 crore students halted to move schools/universities and every instructive action finished. Regardless of every one of these difficulties, the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) have responded emphatically and figured out how to guarantee the congruity of instructing learning, exploration and administration to the general public with certain devices and methods during the pandemic. A few estimates taken by HEIs and instructive specialists of India to offer consistent instructive types of assistance during the emergency are examined. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, numerous new methods of learning, new points of view, new patterns rise and the equivalent may proceed as we proceed to another tomorrow. The Covid-19 pandemic encouraged the whole society on how need is the mother of development by permitting instructive organizations to embrace internet learning and present a virtual learning society. The pandemic has been guiding the instruction area forward with mechanical development and headways. The pandemic has essentially upset the advanced education segment. An enormous number of Indian understudies who have tried out numerous Universities abroad, particularly in most noticeably awful influenced nations are currently leaving those nations and if the circumstance continues, over the long haul, there will be a critical decrease in the interest for worldwide advanced education moreover. The ongoing pandemic made an open door for change in instructive methodologies and presentation of virtual training in all degrees of training. As we don’t have a clue how long the pandemic circumstance will proceed, a steady move towards the on the web/virtual training is the interest of the current emergency. UGC and MHRD have eaten numerous virtual stages with online vaults, digital books and other web-based educating/learning materials. A mix of the conventional innovations (radio, TV, landline telephones) with portable/web advancements to a solitary stage with all vaults would upgrade better openness and adaptability to training. Virtual training is the most favoured method of instruction during this season of emergency because of the flare-up of Covid-19. The post-Covid-19 instruction is by all accounts training with broadly The COVID-19 scare is giving sleepless nights to students who were to appear in entrance examslike JEE for B. Tech admissions and/ or to class 12 students appearing for Board exams. KCET, GUJCET & MHT CET (supposed to be conducted in April) are expected to be postponed to May tentatively. CBSE has also postponed its exam for now and will release the revised dates on March 31, 2020. It is not incorrect to assume that we will soon see many other organisations follow suit and a whole lot of entrance exams in India be further postponed due to Coronavirus. Looking at the state of affairs, it is a matter of concern what the impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) will have on the higher education system in India.