A Delphi method on the positive impact of COVID-19 on higher education institutions: Perceptions of academics from Malaysia
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the education sector. Rather than the impact of COVID-19, many higher education institutions (HEIs) are on the verge of insolvency due to a lack of digital transformation readiness and poor business models. The bleak financial future many HEIs will face...
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| description | The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the education sector. Rather than the impact of COVID-19, many higher education institutions (HEIs) are on the verge of insolvency due to a lack of digital transformation readiness and poor business models. The bleak financial future many HEIs will face while others may be forced to close their doors completely will erode HEIs’ ability to fulfil their societal responsibilities. However, HEIs that have survived and maintained their operations anticipate the transition to online learning or the effects of any economic crisis, including university closures in the short, medium, or long term. The entire educational ecosystem was forced to transform its operations quickly and entirely to an online teaching-learning scenario in just a few weeks. Notably, HEIs that have long offered online courses worldwide can easily transition to digital teaching and learning when necessary. The second roundtable session’s result of the International Higher Education Conference, organized by INTI International University on March 31 2022, was used to organize a Delphi method to identify further factors that positively impact HEIs by COVID-19. The importance of these factors was then determined using Kendall’s coefficient of concordance. Recommendations on how HEIs should move towards institutional sustainability during the endemic phase are presented accordingly. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c04ee20efec04e02b6ba231030cfc5da2022-12-22T03:22:23ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-10-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.10139741013974A Delphi method on the positive impact of COVID-19 on higher education institutions: Perceptions of academics from MalaysiaMcxin Tee0Amran Rasli1Jason See Seong Kuan Toh2Imelda Hermilinda Abas3Fei Zhou4Cheng Siang Liew5Faculty of Business and Communication, INTI International University, Nilai, MalaysiaFaculty of Business and Communication, INTI International University, Nilai, MalaysiaFaculty of Business and Communication, INTI International University, Nilai, MalaysiaSchool of Liberal Arts, Shinawatra University, Pathum Thani, ThailandPresident’s Office, Shinawatra University, Pathum Thani, ThailandAcademic Affairs’ Office, Shinawatra University, Pathum Thani, ThailandThe COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the education sector. Rather than the impact of COVID-19, many higher education institutions (HEIs) are on the verge of insolvency due to a lack of digital transformation readiness and poor business models. The bleak financial future many HEIs will face while others may be forced to close their doors completely will erode HEIs’ ability to fulfil their societal responsibilities. However, HEIs that have survived and maintained their operations anticipate the transition to online learning or the effects of any economic crisis, including university closures in the short, medium, or long term. The entire educational ecosystem was forced to transform its operations quickly and entirely to an online teaching-learning scenario in just a few weeks. Notably, HEIs that have long offered online courses worldwide can easily transition to digital teaching and learning when necessary. The second roundtable session’s result of the International Higher Education Conference, organized by INTI International University on March 31 2022, was used to organize a Delphi method to identify further factors that positively impact HEIs by COVID-19. The importance of these factors was then determined using Kendall’s coefficient of concordance. Recommendations on how HEIs should move towards institutional sustainability during the endemic phase are presented accordingly.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1013974/fullDelphi methodKendall’s coefficient of concordanceCOVID-19sustainabilityhigher education institutions |
| spellingShingle | Mcxin Tee Amran Rasli Jason See Seong Kuan Toh Imelda Hermilinda Abas Fei Zhou Cheng Siang Liew A Delphi method on the positive impact of COVID-19 on higher education institutions: Perceptions of academics from Malaysia Frontiers in Psychology Delphi method Kendall’s coefficient of concordance COVID-19 sustainability higher education institutions |
| title | A Delphi method on the positive impact of COVID-19 on higher education institutions: Perceptions of academics from Malaysia |
| title_full | A Delphi method on the positive impact of COVID-19 on higher education institutions: Perceptions of academics from Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | A Delphi method on the positive impact of COVID-19 on higher education institutions: Perceptions of academics from Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Delphi method on the positive impact of COVID-19 on higher education institutions: Perceptions of academics from Malaysia |
| title_short | A Delphi method on the positive impact of COVID-19 on higher education institutions: Perceptions of academics from Malaysia |
| title_sort | delphi method on the positive impact of covid 19 on higher education institutions perceptions of academics from malaysia |
| topic | Delphi method Kendall’s coefficient of concordance COVID-19 sustainability higher education institutions |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1013974/full |
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