Online learning remains the best alternative during the Covid-19 pandemic as keeping social distance was advocated. Recently, there has been recorded dramatic increase of using virtual class across the globe. The study aimed to explore the perceptions of international students regarding the online learning in China during Covid-19 pandemic. To bring this to an end, individual interviews and focus group discussion were employed on international students of selected university in China. Students' low engagement and participation, less interactive class, and network bandwidth problems were some of the challenges identified in the study. Accordingly, the study suggested several aspects that need careful consideration for effective online learning. Orientation and adequate training for instructors in addition to employing effective monitoring mechanisms were the highly recommended aspects. Furthermore, participants of the study stated some positive outcomes gained due to the participation of online learning; gaining of new digital skills and more self-regulation behavior were stated.
Over one billion students worldwide were severely impacted by school closures predicated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Most reviews have focused on developing countries with established infrastructure supporting e-learning. This contrasts with many African countries struggling to provide their students with the financial and structural support they need during this unprecedented time. This literature review examines Africa University Student learning during the COVID-19 era. A literature search was conducted on the Web of Science and EBSCO for relevant studies published from 2020 to 2021. The search terms include COVID-19, university student, learning, and higher education. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were used in selecting the final 58 articles. Our analysis found that Africa benefited from e-learning by acquiring technical skills and developing proactive coping strategies. However, the benefits are undermined by challenges associated with restricted access to technology, poor institutional policies, disruptive environments, and emotional turmoil. We learned that the representative Asian country, China, invested in multiple online teaching methods and focused on improving awareness of e-learning. These strategies enabled China to go back to school quickly after the lockdown. Future research should include all the scientific databases to obtain comparable results.
Research on the Pandemic is worth carrying due to the risk and ongoing risk; the COVID-19virus, which was first detected at the end of 2019, has caused countries across to Globe to either shut down entirely or partially, therefore, unprecedently affected people's daily life and has also intensified my worry on how Nigerians will survive due to its implication. In recognizing the dilemma associated, the Global financial institutes, Governments, and private individuals of different countries provided palliative materials. The study was aims to determine what aspect of one's life was affected the most and how was the palliative material provided by the Government distributed in Awka, Anambra State. The study adopted a quantitative means of data collection among a sample 120participants.Random sampling techniques was used to select the respondents. Data obtained were conceptually analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science(SPSS). A key result from the finding reveals that finance was the aspect affected mostly, and that government palliative was not effectively distributed as some were being hoarded and hijacked. It is also recommended in face of any pandemics that the vulnerable, the poor and the informal workers should be considered first, because they are usually the one affected first.
The covid-19 pandemic is a major health challenge for society and health workers globally. The study sought to determine the effect of perception, attitudes, and myths on vaccine acceptance in residents in West African countries. This cross-sectional study of 1170 respondents was conducted while maintaining social distancing measures in sub-Sahara Africa. Data was collected using a validated self-administered questionnaire via social media platforms. Data gathered were analysed using SPSS version 25.0 for windows. Of 1170 responses received, 59.5%, 51.8%, 70.8%, and 39.5% were from respondents between 30–39 years, males, from English-speaking countries, and had a college degree or above. Respondents had good knowledge (96.999%) of the COVID-19 vaccine, and information about the vaccine was mainly through social media/internet (55.6%) and media houses (23.8%). The overall results show that the majority of the respondents, 96.80% were aware of the Vaccine through social media. However, the findings from covariates show that myth and perception, gender, educational qualification, and employment status have a significant impact (p<0.05) on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. The study suggests that people in Sub-Saharan Africa need to be reassured of the importance of vaccinations through proper information dissemination. Thus, information highlighted a need for Stakeholders and Policymakers to contribute to holding an optimistic attitude and perception free of devoid of misconceptions circulating on social media towards vaccine acceptance.
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