The use of technology in higher education teaching by academics during the COVID-19 emergency remote teaching period: a systematic review
Abstract This paper presents a systematic review of scholarly efforts that uniquely emerged at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and focused primarily on higher education teachers’ perspectives on technology use and on associated changes in the relationship between teachers and students amidst the...
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| description | Abstract This paper presents a systematic review of scholarly efforts that uniquely emerged at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and focused primarily on higher education teachers’ perspectives on technology use and on associated changes in the relationship between teachers and students amidst the transition to emergency remote teaching worldwide. Our narrative synthesis of 32 studies, the majority of which come from lower-and middle-income countries/regions, suggests that numerous factors interact to shape academics’ technology use in emergency remote teaching across higher education contexts. We report strong findings of teachers’ resilience and resourcefulness in their self-exploration of various technologies and teaching strategies in response to the continued severity of the pandemic. Ultimately, this review suggests directions for further research on engaging educational leaders and faculty in reimagining teaching as not only a core academic function of higher education, but also, and importantly, a humanising experience shaped by an ethics of care. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3ae53f35f4d6462eb85a2a0e36613b512022-12-22T04:23:39ZengSpringerOpenInternational Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education2365-94402022-12-0119113910.1186/s41239-022-00364-4The use of technology in higher education teaching by academics during the COVID-19 emergency remote teaching period: a systematic reviewMcQueen Sum0Alis Oancea1Department of Education, University of OxfordDepartment of Education, University of OxfordAbstract This paper presents a systematic review of scholarly efforts that uniquely emerged at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and focused primarily on higher education teachers’ perspectives on technology use and on associated changes in the relationship between teachers and students amidst the transition to emergency remote teaching worldwide. Our narrative synthesis of 32 studies, the majority of which come from lower-and middle-income countries/regions, suggests that numerous factors interact to shape academics’ technology use in emergency remote teaching across higher education contexts. We report strong findings of teachers’ resilience and resourcefulness in their self-exploration of various technologies and teaching strategies in response to the continued severity of the pandemic. Ultimately, this review suggests directions for further research on engaging educational leaders and faculty in reimagining teaching as not only a core academic function of higher education, but also, and importantly, a humanising experience shaped by an ethics of care.https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-022-00364-4Systematic reviewHigher educationTechnology usePandemicEmergency remote teaching |
| spellingShingle | McQueen Sum Alis Oancea The use of technology in higher education teaching by academics during the COVID-19 emergency remote teaching period: a systematic review International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education Systematic review Higher education Technology use Pandemic Emergency remote teaching |
| title | The use of technology in higher education teaching by academics during the COVID-19 emergency remote teaching period: a systematic review |
| title_full | The use of technology in higher education teaching by academics during the COVID-19 emergency remote teaching period: a systematic review |
| title_fullStr | The use of technology in higher education teaching by academics during the COVID-19 emergency remote teaching period: a systematic review |
| title_full_unstemmed | The use of technology in higher education teaching by academics during the COVID-19 emergency remote teaching period: a systematic review |
| title_short | The use of technology in higher education teaching by academics during the COVID-19 emergency remote teaching period: a systematic review |
| title_sort | use of technology in higher education teaching by academics during the covid 19 emergency remote teaching period a systematic review |
| topic | Systematic review Higher education Technology use Pandemic Emergency remote teaching |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-022-00364-4 |
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