Agility in Teacher Training: Distance Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor/inn/en	Nissim, Yonit; Simon, Eitan
Titel	Agility in Teacher Training: Distance Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Quelle	In: International Education Studies, 13 (2020) 12, S.11-26 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1913-9020
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; COVID-19; Pandemics; Distance Education; Higher Education; Teacher Education Programs; Online Courses; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; School Closing; Educational Change; Student Attitudes; College Students; Coping; Adjustment (to Environment); Correlation; Age Differences; Computers; Ownership; Marital Status; Gender Differences; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Online course; Online-Kurs; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Bildungsreform; Schülerverhalten; Collegestudent; Bewältigung; Korrelation; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Digitalrechner; Eigentum; Familienstand; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic forced the world to respond in new and unconventional ways. Quick thinking and unusual flexibility were required whilst operating under conditions of uncertainty and fear. This article deals with agility in the implementation of distance learning during the Covid-19 pandemic as it occurred at Ohalo College of Education with the outbreak of the epidemic in Israel in March 2020. Within 48 hours from the moment that Israel's government announced a nation-wide lockdown, the College shifted from frontal teaching and learning to social distancing and distance teaching. The College adopted agile leadership that led to moving 700 courses to distance learning and teaching, with 150 lecturers and 1,500 students in their homes; the semester continued, but differently, in light of the lockdown and limitations ordered by the government. It is clear that such swift organization, executed with maximum flexibility, did not benefit from proper planning and was far perfect. This article offers a look at academic agility as demonstrated during the transition of a college of education to distance learning under emergency conditions. It will be examined through an analysis of survey responses from students. The goal of the survey was to assess students' attitudes toward the implementation of this strategy. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01