Affordances as experienced by university faculties during and after the sudden transition to online teaching
The ravaging effect of COVID-19 has been felt in all spheres of life. While countries are easing their restrictions, the remnants of COVID on education remain, with most universities formally embracing online teaching. Faculty have had to deal with this sudden and enduring transition to online teach...
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| author | Najwa Alhosani Negmeldin Alsheikh Maxwell Peprah Opoku Rachel Takriti Noof M. Aljneibi Hala Elhoweris Rhoda Myra Garces-Bacsal |
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| description | The ravaging effect of COVID-19 has been felt in all spheres of life. While countries are easing their restrictions, the remnants of COVID on education remain, with most universities formally embracing online teaching. Faculty have had to deal with this sudden and enduring transition to online teaching. Although some developments have been made with online education, enormous challenges are simultaneously reported in the literature. This mixed-method study aims to assess the essence of a faculty's bionetwork of lived experience after the sudden shift to online teaching due to the pandemic. Affordance theory was used as a theoretical lens to study the benefits, challenges, and opportunities associated with online education during and post-COVID. The study data comes from faculty members at one institution (n = 170) and follow-up interviews with a smaller subset of participants from the same pool (n = 10). Path analysis and mediation analysis revealed significant differences between the participants based on nationality and gender. While the findings supported two hypotheses, the third hypothesis was not supported. Overall, the findings showed both convergence and divergence between the qualitative and quantitative data. The study incorporates recommendations for online teaching, faculty well-being, and further research based on the results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0e6a937ce2834d9d85d2f109372971d42023-03-02T05:00:16ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402023-02-0192e13159Affordances as experienced by university faculties during and after the sudden transition to online teachingNajwa Alhosani0Negmeldin Alsheikh1Maxwell Peprah Opoku2Rachel Takriti3Noof M. Aljneibi4Hala Elhoweris5Rhoda Myra Garces-Bacsal6Curriculum and Method of Instruction, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab EmiratesCurriculum and Method of Instruction, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates; Corresponding author.Special Education Department, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab EmiratesCurriculum and Method of Instruction, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab EmiratesEmirates Centre for Happiness Research, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab EmiratesSpecial Education Department, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab EmiratesSpecial Education Department, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab EmiratesThe ravaging effect of COVID-19 has been felt in all spheres of life. While countries are easing their restrictions, the remnants of COVID on education remain, with most universities formally embracing online teaching. Faculty have had to deal with this sudden and enduring transition to online teaching. Although some developments have been made with online education, enormous challenges are simultaneously reported in the literature. This mixed-method study aims to assess the essence of a faculty's bionetwork of lived experience after the sudden shift to online teaching due to the pandemic. Affordance theory was used as a theoretical lens to study the benefits, challenges, and opportunities associated with online education during and post-COVID. The study data comes from faculty members at one institution (n = 170) and follow-up interviews with a smaller subset of participants from the same pool (n = 10). Path analysis and mediation analysis revealed significant differences between the participants based on nationality and gender. While the findings supported two hypotheses, the third hypothesis was not supported. Overall, the findings showed both convergence and divergence between the qualitative and quantitative data. The study incorporates recommendations for online teaching, faculty well-being, and further research based on the results.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023003663COVID-19Well-beingOpportunitiesConstraintsFacultyOnline teaching |
| spellingShingle | Najwa Alhosani Negmeldin Alsheikh Maxwell Peprah Opoku Rachel Takriti Noof M. Aljneibi Hala Elhoweris Rhoda Myra Garces-Bacsal Affordances as experienced by university faculties during and after the sudden transition to online teaching Heliyon COVID-19 Well-being Opportunities Constraints Faculty Online teaching |
| title | Affordances as experienced by university faculties during and after the sudden transition to online teaching |
| title_full | Affordances as experienced by university faculties during and after the sudden transition to online teaching |
| title_fullStr | Affordances as experienced by university faculties during and after the sudden transition to online teaching |
| title_full_unstemmed | Affordances as experienced by university faculties during and after the sudden transition to online teaching |
| title_short | Affordances as experienced by university faculties during and after the sudden transition to online teaching |
| title_sort | affordances as experienced by university faculties during and after the sudden transition to online teaching |
| topic | COVID-19 Well-being Opportunities Constraints Faculty Online teaching |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023003663 |
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