Pandemic Preparedness and Techno Stress among Faculty of DAIs in Covid-19

Zeeshan, Mahwish; Chaudhry, Abid Ghafoor; Khan, Shaheer Ellahi

doi:10.36902/sjesr-vol3-iss2-2020(383-396)

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“…Some students may have trouble using online platforms due to insufficient technical knowledge in the use of devices [60]. Technical support from their university administration will thus motivate students to manage technological stresses and develop full readiness for online learning [84].…”

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Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on University Students’ Learning Life: An Integrated Conceptual Motivational Model for Sustainable and Healthy Online Learning

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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced many organizations around the world to make full use of a variety of emerging online communication platform technologies. Universities are among the organizations that have asked students, tutors, and lecturers to use a number of different online communication platforms to ensure the education process remains uninterrupted. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has generated considerable challenges for the global higher education community while using such emerging technologies. This research has two main goals. First, this paper will begin by investigating whether the online learning platforms used by university students during the COVID-19 period have presented any challenges to their learning. Second, the paper will then go on to address proposed solutions by developing a conceptual model to reduce the impact of such challenges. This research uses an exploratory qualitative research approach, supported by literature content analysis techniques. The data set for this study was collected during the first peak of the pandemic period in Malaysia, between the 16th of May 2020 and the 5th of June 2020. We used SPSS to conduct a descriptive analysis and NVivo12 to analyse data collected from 486 students from different universities in Malaysia. These students disclosed various obstacles they encountered when they used IT platform applications for online learning. These obstacles include (a) work and information overload received from instructors, (b) inadaptability and unfamiliarity of the new online learning environment, and (c) personal health challenges related to stress and anxiety. Based on previous relevant research, this study introduced a set of motivational factors and developed a conceptual motivational model for sustainable and healthy online learning.

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“…Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a large emphasis was put on universities’ provision of sufficient technical support to motivate students in the emergency learning process and manage any technical stresses that may arise [ 29 ]. Students’ levels of agreement on a range of perception statements related to online and hybrid learning were explored and presented in Table 2 .…”

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Comparison of students’ perceptions of online and hybrid learning modalities during the covid-19 pandemic: The case of the University of Sharjah

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Hybrid learning enables educators to incorporate elements of conventional face-to-face learning methods with structured online schemes. This study aimed to assess university students’ perceptions of online and hybrid learning during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A web-based cross-sectional study was conducted at the University of Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates (n = 2056). Students’ sociodemographic characteristics, perceptions of online and hybrid learning, concerns, and university life changes, were investigated. Perception statements were dichotomized into "positive" and "negative" based on a 50% cut-off point. Scores of > 7 and >5 indicated positive perceptions of online and hybrid learning respectively while scores of ≤ 7 and ≤ 5 indicated negative perceptions. Binary logistic regression analysis was performed to predict students’ perceptions of online and hybrid learning according to demographic variables. Spearman’s rank-order correlation was performed to determine the relationship between students’ perceptions and behaviors. Most students preferred online learning (38.2%) and on-campus learning (36.7%) to hybrid learning (25.1%). Around two-thirds of the students had a positive perception of online and hybrid learning in terms of university support, however, half of them preferred the assessment during online or on-campus learning. Main difficulties reported in hybrid learning were lack of motivation (60.6%), discomfort when on-campus (67.2%), and distraction due to mixed methods (52.3%). Older students (p = 0.046), men (p<0.001), and married students (p = 0.001) were more likely to have a positive perception of online learning, while sophomore students were more likely to have a positive perception of hybrid learning (p = 0.001). In this study, most students preferred online or on-campus over hybrid learning and expressed certain difficulties while on hybrid learning. Future research should focus on investigating the knowledge and capability of graduates from a hybrid/online model compared to a traditional model. Obstacles and concerns should be considered for future planning to ensure the resilience of the educational system.

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“…The words like cloud library, virtual library and electronic library are also used as umbrella terms to describe digitized libraries that houses collection of eresources (Olaniran et al, 2017). Moreover, technical support from their university administration will thus motivate students to manage technological stresses and develop full readiness for online learning (Zeeshan et al, 2020). Besides that, Olaniran et al (2017) revealed a high utilization of e-resources to learn but a low utilization of e-resources to teach among the respondents.…”

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A Study on University Students’ Perception on Overall Satisfaction among Malaysian Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Students

Krishnan¹,

Arumugam²,

Indiran³

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This study is to examine how Wawasan Open University (WOU) ODL students in Malaysia are satisfied. The study examined how learning experience, environment, resources, and evaluation affect student satisfaction in open and distance learning. This survey included 129 WOU undergraduates from five business programmes. Based on earlier research, a series of questions were created to gauge student satisfaction in open and distance learning. The learning experience, environment, resources, and evaluation were used to describe the data. Table 5 shows all four factors affect student satisfaction. The study found that the mean values for learning experience, environment, resource, and evaluation are all higher than moderate (between 4.1 -4.3). WOU ODL students clearly like the learning components. The paper solely discusses representative states of Malaysia and is generic. The poor response rate limited the sample size to 129. This study will help understand ODL in Malaysia. The COVID-19 pandemic increased ODL use. The study will also assist policymakers map out how instructors and students might benefit from online/blended teaching models in the future. The survey gives WOU and other ODL universities additional insight into student learning satisfaction. This study highlighted important issues and added to the literature.

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Pandemic Preparedness and Techno Stress among Faculty of DAIs in Covid-19

Cited by 13 publications

References 18 publications

Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on University Students’ Learning Life: An Integrated Conceptual Motivational Model for Sustainable and Healthy Online Learning

Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on University Students’ Learning Life: An Integrated Conceptual Motivational Model for Sustainable and Healthy Online Learning

Comparison of students’ perceptions of online and hybrid learning modalities during the covid-19 pandemic: The case of the University of Sharjah

A Study on University Students’ Perception on Overall Satisfaction among Malaysian Open and Distance Learning (ODL) Students

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