What are the biggest and most important challenges of switching from traditional to electronic? How can these challenges be faced in light of the current crisis?
The issue of social separation, isolation, and the procedures that depend on it to close institutions and prohibit roaming in many countries are among the most manifestations of the stage of confronting the new Coronavirus, and this has imposed a different reality on our societies. We must strive to improve our chances of benefiting from it so that we do not return to us. After the emergence of the cloud Corona, with severe health, psychological, and social effects.
Among the most prominent files that need to be dealt with at this stage are those related to our students whose universities or schools were closed indefinitely.
Despite the importance of this sudden transformation at a time when a global pandemic is spreading in most of the countries of the world, and to control it, most countries of the world adopted the policy of social distances, which forced everyone to move to work and distance learning techniques, but this sudden transformation of an educational system that students and parents have not been trained on It can lead to many challenges and problems. Students, their parents, and their teachers may become frustrated, anxious, anxious, and fearful of failure ..., which leads to more psychological stress on our already debilitated mental health.
By e-learning to have an appropriate information cap, without impacting cognitive values. Since it is actually considered the best way to ensure that a school year is not missed for students due to a factor beyond the control of the student , teacher and scientific institutions.
This ordeal can be overcome with patience, prayer and positive health protection
ONLINE LEARNING READINESS. Most universities throughout the world are not ready for the transition from the traditional classroom to online learning----to be more specific, universities have the resources, but instructors are not ready. The challenge is to move from paper-based textbook to online materials. Successful transition of the course material must not lose the content nor quality. This is a big challenge.
COURSEWARE is required for successful online learning. The 3-hours lecture must be reduced to electronic medium, such as electronic file summary, VDO summary, PPT summary that would require no more than 30 minutes to absorb. Most universities do not have this in place. Despite six months of COVID-19 had passed, not too many universities are aware of the requisite for courseware development. This failure is due to administrator-lead response to the current covid-19 crisis. The solution to the in-class or classroom challenge, i.e. instructional delivery of content should be resolved by the individual professors.
CONFUSION AND MISUNDERSTANDING comes from the inability and unwillingness to understand online PLATFORM and online learning. The current platforms, such as GOOGLE MEET, GOOGLE CLASSROOM, ZOOM, etc. are online platforms meant for VDO conferencing and online meeting. They do not provide content of the learning. The learning comes from the interaction among: (i) teacher, (ii) students, and (iii) content. The online platform is just a tool and a online location to obtain information, i.e. a hosting spot.
DOING SOMETHING. Instructors, not administrators, should do something to face the challenge. The role of instructors is to create content and deliver. the role of administrators should be supportive.
ASK YOURSELF IF YOU ARE A PROFESSOR. How many of your 3-hours lectures had been summarized into 15-30 minutes VDO and are now made available for online learning? How many courseware have you develop? How many chapters in the textbook from your courses had been summarized into online learning and is now available for students?
CRISIS is defined by problem accumulated over time without concrete solution. Covid-19 and the so-called lockdown or whatever new-normal we may call it---does not creat crisis. The inability and the unwillingness to look for solution in face of Covid-19 that are the causes of the crisis. All universities, especially in the developed economies, have the resources, but lack the willingness to use and share. Visit MOOC website and see how it could be used and improved.
https://www.mooc.org/
Adapting to new conditions and using technologies and means of distance communication.
Most institutions over the world were not well-prepared for this sudden transition.
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I think that all countries alover the glob obliged to shift to e-learning inspit of inappropriate infrastructure . I future we should act on making e-learning as an essential part in graduate and post graduate teaching .
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The most difficult challenge is how to evaluate students' real level of performance.
If someone tells you that the online courses are very easy and do not include any work, then he is lying! On the other hand, e-learning can be flexible and comfortable, and allow you to know what you need to advance in your career or enter a new career. It just needs a lot of work until you become comfortable with the new technology.
Mutasem Z. Bani-Fwaz Liqaa Habeb Al-Obaydi Suhad Mohammed Ruaa SH Redeiny Shurooq Talab Jaafar
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Dear Mutasem Z. Bani-Fwaz ,
E-learning is the appropriate solution to communicate information to students and to stay in touch with them to ensure the continuation of the academic process in addition to it is, in fact, the best way to ensure that the school year for students is not missed due to the Corona virus.
Regards
Though electronic media is not a wag for completely replace the natural sytem of education, but it is a one of the best way to continue in such pandemic situation.
Its the new challenges for the world. I think E-learning is the appropriate solution in this moment.
Crisis should be also seen as opportunities to learn and a change to build new knowledge, which was never an option in "old normal" times:
Preprint A systematic literature review on the studies related to COV...
E-learning can not take over traditional teaching completely.
It has so many challenges, mostly for developing countries.
I think,
we should ask from students and take their experienses as 1st priority:
Students’ Experiences of E-Learning Challenges; a Phenomenological Study
https://ijvlms.sums.ac.ir/article_45841.html
And on the other hand, it hat not been easy for the teachers either:
https://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2020/03/it-s-ok-feel-anxious-how-professor-china-faced-coronavirus-disruptions-and-fears
B.R.,
Ari
Financial challenge for internet bundles can be overcome by buying in bulk from providers by universities.
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