ICT Skills of University Students from the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Batez, Maja

doi:10.3390/su13041711

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“…The chemistry students also agreed that they need time to up-date and develop their knowledge and skills. A similar finding was made by Batez [13] who observed that students need to update their ICT knowledge and skills to meet with the demand of virtual education in the covid-19 era.…”

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Harnessing the Challenges of Covid-19 Ethics on Students Learning in Chemistry

Nnoli¹

2021

SJSR

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This paper discusses the challenges of covid-19 ethics on students’ learning of chemistry in secondary schools in Anambra State and how to harness the challenges. Three research questions and one null hypothesis guided the study. A descriptive survey design was used. Three hundred (300) SS3 chemistry students drawn from 45 secondary schools out of 258 public schools in Anambra State formed the sample for the study. Twenty (20) item structured questionnaires on a four-point rating scale developed by the researchers were used for data collection. A reliability coefficient of 0.85 was established using Cronbach Alpha techniques. After the administration of the instrument to the respondents, the data obtained were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research question and z-test to test the null hypothesis at the significance level of 0.05. The results obtained showed that male chemistry students have greater challenges on covid-19 ethics than their female counterparts. They are faced with the following challenges of covid-19 ethics that hinder the inculcation of chemistry learning. Lack of interest in STEM education (chemistry) due to persistence lockdown, lack of E-learning abilities, lack of ICT knowledge, lack of computer or android phone to study at home and tired of being locked indoors. There is no significance difference between male and female chemistry students’ level on covid-19 ethics in the learning of chemistry in Anambra State. It was recommended that students should be encouraged to develop interest in chemistry, have access to ICT gadgets and computers, engage in E-learning abilities and inculcate more study habit at home. This should help the government and chemistry teachers to assist in ameliorating the predicaments in STEM education.

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Harnessing the Challenges of Covid-19 Ethics on Students Learning in Chemistry

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2021

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“…Educational activities also conform to health protocols, namely maintaining distance, preventing crowds, and reducing physical activity. At present, learning and student activities generally use online media, research activities have decreased in volume, and campus management activities are directed to the online assignment (Batez, 2021;Cameron-Standerford et al, 2020).…”

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Higher education leadership and uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic

Nugroho

Paramita

Mengistie

et al. 2021

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The impact of the pandemic on higher education activities is a major concern around the world. Higher education is obliged to carry out the necessary measures of adaptation, innovation, and management change, which are promoted by leaders at various levels. The leadership is further committed to encouraging transformative changes to meet students’ most critical needs. Leadership is expected to be able to use all resources in the organization, even in limited conditions due to pandemic impacts. The crisis condition during pandemic become the main approach in implementing higher education leadership. First, the leader develops effective multi-directional communication to mediate and respond to actual needs and changes, especially involving parties impacted or affected by policy changes. Second, the leader develops a cooperation network to support mutually one another to form productivity. It is necessary to network with all interests to formulate the best solution to reduce the adverse impacts of the pandemic. Third, the leader develops empathy to encourage the work environment, increase productivity, and combine efforts to promote health on their personal and professional sides. Fourth, lecturers develop an own set of heuristics for managing their classes using technology as the main work in the new normal situation.JEL Classification A23; I00; I23

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“…Meanwhile, Spanish researchers have highlighted how the use of ICTs has negatively impacted teachers' health and how the students considered that the university teachers were capable and could change from face-to-face to online education [65,66]. Although few studies and reports have focused on the university level [28,67,68], the implementation of online teaching was carried out in some scenarios without training, resources, or skills, implying longer hours of working [69].…”

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“…In Ecuador, recent researches have focused on the mental health of Ecuadorian students focusing on the pressure and impact of using ICTs [72], resources available at the time [60], and the experience of the teacher [72]. In Spain publications, researchers have focused on students' perspectives regarding the change to the education, use of the ICTs, and only little has included the teachers' point of view [28,65,67,72,74]. One Spanish research had as participants the university teachers training the future teachers from elementary schools, although the objective was to evaluate the impact of ICTs on the teaching process [75].…”

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“…However, as previously stated, most studies focused on students' perspectives, more commonly in secondary educational levels. Only in few cases have inter-continental studies included university teachers' perception of the challenge of virtual teaching imposed by COVID-19 pandemic [67,72,77,78,80]. Although other researchers have indicated their relevance in using ICTs in education and the impact during the pandemic [69,72], there is still missing information.…”

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The Higher Education Sustainability before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Spanish and Ecuadorian Case

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Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are key to create sustainable higher education institutions (HEIs). Most researchers focused on the students’ perspective, especially during the online teaching caused by COVID-19; however, university teachers are often forgotten, having their opinion missing. This study’s objective was to determine the factors that contribute to the inclusion of ICTs. The research based on a comparative study through an online qualitative survey focused on the inclusion and use of ICTs in two HEIs and two different moments (pre-and post-lockdowns). There were differences regarding country and working experience (p < 0.001), being linked to the ICTs use, evaluation of obstacles, and the role given to ICTs (p < 0.05). The COVID-19 caused modifications of the teachers’ perspectives, including an improvement of the opinion of older teachers regarding the essentialness of ICTs in the teaching process (p < 0.001) and worsening their perception about their ICTs skill (p < 0.05). Additionally, an initial model focused only on the university teachers and their use of ICTs has been proposed. In conclusion, the less experienced university teachers used more ICTs, identified more greatly the problematic factors, and considered more important the ICTs, with the perception of all teachers modified by COVID-19.

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ICT Skills of University Students from the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 35 publications

References 28 publications

Harnessing the Challenges of Covid-19 Ethics on Students Learning in Chemistry

Harnessing the Challenges of Covid-19 Ethics on Students Learning in Chemistry

Higher education leadership and uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Higher Education Sustainability before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Spanish and Ecuadorian Case

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