A Novel Framework for Facilitating Emergency Remote Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

In today’s educational landscape educators and administrators are confronted with unprecedented challenges as they have to hastily move education online. Emergency remote teaching is a response to this crisis. However, the research about the efficacy of remote teaching is scarce because of COVID-19 which is a rapidly evolving situation and also because of a lack of clarity about what constitutes instruction during an emergency. Moreover, the actual practices for emergency remote teaching are unclear in the context of Kuwait. This study aims to investigate how educators are implementing emergency remote instruction in order to reshape education during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kuwait where traditional instructional approaches and practices are dominant. Using a case study research design, the researchers delve into educators’ perspectives by collecting qualitative data from interviews. The results indicate that educators used multiple pedagogical approaches to enhance student participation and learning. It also revealed the problematic aspects of remote or distance education. Finally, the results were used to construct and present a Novel Remote Learning Framework, which is an empirically- grounded, theoretically-informed conceptualization of emergency remote instruction which is expected to reshape instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“…Salah satu aspek yang paling berdampak adalah pendidikan (Munir, Erlinda, & Afrinursalim, 2021). Sementara siswa tetap di rumah melindungi diri mereka sendiri dan orang lain dari pandemi, para pendidik disarankan untuk segera menanggapi situasi tersebut dengan beralih ke pengajaran jarak jauh atau pembelajaran jarak jauh menggunakan teknologi digital (Almutairi, Ali, & Ghuloum, 2021). Dengan meningkatnya kasus virus corona di Indonesia, pihak berwenang bertekad memberlakukan penguasaan secara daring di semua jenjang pendidikan.…”

“…Sistem ini diterapkan untuk meminimalisir penyebaran virus corona dan memaksimal-kan proses belajar mengajar (Munir et al, 2021). Dengan kata lain, tumbuh perasaan bahwa hanya teknologi dan pengajaran jarak jauh darurat yang dapat membantu mengurangi dampak COVID-19 pada sistem pendidikan (Almutairi et al, 2021).…”

“…Tidak seperti pembelajaran jarak jauh formal atau pembelajaran online, pengajaran jarak jauh darurat bukanlah hasil dari desain instruksional yang direncanakan dengan hati-hati. Ini sangat kontras dengan instruksi online yang efektif (Almutairi et al, 2021). Hal ini sejalan dengan hasil penelitian yang menemukan bahwa guru memiliki respon negatif terhadap dampak pembelajaran daring dan lebih memilih pembelajaran tatap muka untuk siswa sekolah dasar.…”

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“…It is important to acknowledge that Moroccan teachers demonstrated remarkable willingness to cope with the new instruction delivery system and used their own private resources to help sustain the engagement and motivation of students while studying remotely. According to Almutairi et al (2021), professors embarked upon their online teaching journey with limited experience or awareness of internet resources.…”