Tele-Education under the COVID-19 Crisis: Asymmetries in Romanian Education
The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened social and educational asymmetries in some developing countries, such as Romania. Tele-education failed to replace face-to-face education due to the lack of symmetrical policy, connectivity, infrastructure, digitalized educational materials and digital competences....
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| author | Cristina Nicolau Ramona Henter Nadinne Roman Andrea Neculau Roxana Miclaus |
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened social and educational asymmetries in some developing countries, such as Romania. Tele-education failed to replace face-to-face education due to the lack of symmetrical policy, connectivity, infrastructure, digitalized educational materials and digital competences. Was this issue predictable and, hence, the stakeholders’ mission failed? Our qualitative research aims at analyzing, in depth, these digitalization asymmetries, with a sample formed of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) specialists working for/with Romanian 1–4 International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) schools. The collected primary data were processed with Atlas.ti 8. The results emphasize major key areas to be addressed with future public symmetrical policy and change management strategies: equal access to infrastructure, as well as development of compulsory and complementary digital skills (for teachers and students). The necessity to support school management in accessing funding is also required to enhance digitalization. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-34314d4fb1ba4d1e93c307835021660c2023-11-20T13:30:23ZengMDPI AGSymmetry2073-89942020-09-01129150210.3390/sym12091502Tele-Education under the COVID-19 Crisis: Asymmetries in Romanian EducationCristina Nicolau0Ramona Henter1Nadinne Roman2Andrea Neculau3Roxana Miclaus4Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration, Transilvania University of Brașov, 500368 Brasov, RomaniaFaculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Transilvania University of Brașov, Str. N. Bălcescu 56, 500368 Brașov, RomaniaFaculty of Medicine, Transilvania University of Brașov, 500368 Brasov, RomaniaFaculty of Medicine, Transilvania University of Brașov, 500368 Brasov, RomaniaFaculty of Medicine, Transilvania University of Brașov, 500368 Brasov, RomaniaThe COVID-19 pandemic has deepened social and educational asymmetries in some developing countries, such as Romania. Tele-education failed to replace face-to-face education due to the lack of symmetrical policy, connectivity, infrastructure, digitalized educational materials and digital competences. Was this issue predictable and, hence, the stakeholders’ mission failed? Our qualitative research aims at analyzing, in depth, these digitalization asymmetries, with a sample formed of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) specialists working for/with Romanian 1–4 International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) schools. The collected primary data were processed with Atlas.ti 8. The results emphasize major key areas to be addressed with future public symmetrical policy and change management strategies: equal access to infrastructure, as well as development of compulsory and complementary digital skills (for teachers and students). The necessity to support school management in accessing funding is also required to enhance digitalization.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/12/9/1502asymmetrytele-educationdigitalizationICT infrastructuredigital teacher trainingreplace face-to-face education |
| spellingShingle | Cristina Nicolau Ramona Henter Nadinne Roman Andrea Neculau Roxana Miclaus Tele-Education under the COVID-19 Crisis: Asymmetries in Romanian Education Symmetry asymmetry tele-education digitalization ICT infrastructure digital teacher training replace face-to-face education |
| title | Tele-Education under the COVID-19 Crisis: Asymmetries in Romanian Education |
| title_full | Tele-Education under the COVID-19 Crisis: Asymmetries in Romanian Education |
| title_fullStr | Tele-Education under the COVID-19 Crisis: Asymmetries in Romanian Education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tele-Education under the COVID-19 Crisis: Asymmetries in Romanian Education |
| title_short | Tele-Education under the COVID-19 Crisis: Asymmetries in Romanian Education |
| title_sort | tele education under the covid 19 crisis asymmetries in romanian education |
| topic | asymmetry tele-education digitalization ICT infrastructure digital teacher training replace face-to-face education |
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