Assessment and examination are the most critical and important activities in any Open and Distance Learning (ODL) platform. The main concern for assessment in the ODL system is its ability in assessing the student’s understanding, skillset and knowledge. Multiple-choice questions,...

Purpose: The article studies how the shutdown of campuses and subsequent change to online course delivery during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have changed the experience of organisational space in management education. Design/methodology/approach: The study utilises a mixed...

This research sought to explore self-reported satisfaction levels of mature students enrolled in the virtual financial accounting course of the first online-only bachelor's degree in Portugal. While doing so, it attempted to generate understanding of which factors may affect undergraduate mature...

It has been three years from now when humanity has first experienced COVID-19 virus. No one expected the consequences of new disease, however, now it can be certainly claimed that the coronavirus had huge effect on people’s life in different spheres. Those spheres included health, economics,...

[enter Abstract Body]This paper aims to describe survey data on student retention in the distance learning in the form of learning comfort levels during the Covid-19 pandemic. The technique used to collect data is a survey at several universities in Indonesia on the subject of students and...

[Einleitung:] Als zu Beginn des Jahres 2020 das Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 zur globalen Pandemie erklärt wurde, traf diese Entwicklung die Menschen in Deutschland völlig unvorbereitet. Eine solche jede*n Einzelne*n betreffende Gefährdungslage durch ein neuartiges und potenziell tödliches Virus...

Demand for personalized online tutoring in higher education is growing but there is little research on its effectiveness. We conducted an RCT offering remote peer tutoring in micro- and macroeconomics at a German university teaching online due to the Covid-pandemic. Treated students met in small...

Faced with the crisis of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in March 2020, Saudi Arabia embarked on a journey to adapt the way in which schooling operated, enabling a continued education for children across the country. This was a unique journey, and one that will have lasting...

Background: The ongoing information and technological revolution, as well as the Covid-19 pandemic, accelerated the use of e-learning worldwide. Objectives: This article aims to present the results of our empirical research among students of economics and business from Central and Eastern Europe...

Faced with the crisis of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in March 2020, Saudi Arabia embarked on a journey to adapt the way in which schooling operated, enabling a continued education for children across the country. This was a unique journey, and one that will have lasting...

Dieser Bericht präsentiert die Resultate der Längsschnittbefragung von Studierenden während ihrer Ausbildung am AKAD College. Dabei wurden alle Studierenden, die zwischen August 2018 und Februar 2020 ein AKAD-Ausbildungsangebot zur Berufsmaturität II starteten, zu mehreren Zeitpunkten ihrer...

This article focuses on the perception of crisis management of case business university due to the shift from in-person learning to online or distance form based on COVID-19 and suggestions to improve university branding and competitiveness. Results are based on interviewing students enrolled at...

French Abstract : Introduit par le régime militaire du Myanmar (alias Birmanie) il y a presque 50 ans, l’enseignement à distance visait à remédier à la surpopulation universitaire et à permettre aux étudiants des régions éloignées d’obtenir un diplôme d’études supérieures pour...

School closures, forced by the COVID-19 crisis in many countries, impacted on children's lives and their learning process. There will likely be substantial and persistent disparities between families in terms of educational outcomes. Distant learning solutions adopted by schools have been...

In the new normal, educational institutions find ways for teaching-learning to continue. Remarkably, distance education has been a great means of continuous learning. In this kind of learning condition, access to quality learning is paramount. The main goal of this research was to determine the...

The study investigates the students’ learning readiness and their level of learning outcomes in the science subject during the modular distance modality. The descriptive-correlational design gathered relevant data to determine the relationship between learning readiness and the level of...

Targeting to evaluate the analytical rigour of empirical research in management education, this study's goal is to find out how students felt about the sudden shift to online education. As well as to provide an assessment of online education performance in higher education from the students'...

The spread of COVID-19 caused wide scale disruptions in the educational sector across the globe. Digital education involving use of digital tools, virtual platforms and online learning is viewed as one of the viable alternatives to continue the academic activities in such a backdrop. Higher...

This article provides an overview of the extent of school closures and the use of distance learning in the Nordic countries during the COVID-19 pandemic (March 2020 to June 2021). Taking the preparedness of the educational systems into consideration and combining several reports summarising...

Focus and personal energy during study and work are vital in all learning outputs, especially in the covid-19 time that addresses the importance of self-focused behaviour in online learning environments. In this paper, we present a method of gaining insight into previous knowledge of students’...

[Einleitung ...] In diesem Beitrag möchte ich mich mit den zentralen Fragen der aktuellen Debatte zu den mittelfristigen und langfristigen Folgen der Corona- Schuljahre auseinandersetzen. Der vorliegende Beitrag soll dabei keine einfachen Lösungen formulieren, sondern vor allem Fragen stellen,...

In England, school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic represented a sudden but relatively long-lasting shock to children's education. During the first lockdown, schools were closed to all but the most vulnerable children and those with key worker parents from 23 March to the end of May;...

The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a monumental blow to the education of English school children. Over the past 18 months, English school pupils experienced two long periods of nationwide school closures. The first round of universal school closures lasted 10 weeks (from 23 March to 1 June 2020);...

The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a monumental blow to the education of English school children. Over the past 18 months, English school pupils experienced two long periods of nationwide school closures. The first round of universal school closures lasted 10 weeks (from 23 March to 1 June 2020);...

In England, school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic represented a sudden but relatively long-lasting shock to children’s education. During the first lockdown, schools were closed to all but the most vulnerable children and those with key worker parents from 23 March to the end of May;...

This study aims to analyze how workaholism and work engagement influenced Distance Learning (DL) - as a subset of teleworking, work-to-family conflict (WFC), and negative affect in Italian teachers. Moreover, among other aims, it analyzes if teachers' perceived negative impact of DL on life...

COVID-19 shifted schools and colleges to online instruction with little causal evidence of outcomes. In the fall of 2020, we randomized 551 West Point students in a required Introductory Economics course across twelve instructors to either an online or in-person class. Final grades for online...

This paper empirically examines how the opening of K-12 schools and colleges is associated with the spread of COVID-19 using county-level panel data in the United States. Using data on foot traffic and K-12 school opening plans, we analyze how an increase in visits to schools and opening schools...

The Covid-19 pandemic drastically disrupted the functioning of U.S. public schools, potentially changing the relative appeal of alternatives such as homeschooling and private schools. Using longitudinal student-level administrative data from Michigan and nationally representative data from the...

Based on the chain of events brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 was the year of online education and in many parts of the world, including Romania, this is still the norm in most higher education institutions. After a full academic year of distance learning, 131 undergraduate business...

This paper empirically examines how the opening of K-12 schools and colleges is associated with the spread of COVID-19 using county-level panel data in the United States. Using data on foot traffic and K-12 school opening plans, we analyze how an increase in visits to schools and opening schools...

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world. It changed the way we do business, and it changed our lives in terms of socializing. Nevertheless, it also brought essential changes in the educational segment. This school year, at the tertiary level, courses’ contents and examinations are...