Lecturers' Experiences of the Blurring of Work and Home Boundaries during the COVID-19 Pandemic at a South African ODeL University

Autor/inn/en	Naidu, Katharine; Modise, Mpho-Entle Puleng
Titel	Lecturers' Experiences of the Blurring of Work and Home Boundaries during the COVID-19 Pandemic at a South African ODeL University
Quelle	In: Open Praxis, 14 (2022) 4, S.270-279 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Naidu, Katharine) ORCID (Modise, Mpho-Entle Puleng)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1369-9997
Schlagwörter	Family Work Relationship; COVID-19; Pandemics; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Distance Education; Teaching Experience; Work Environment; Electronic Learning; College Faculty; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Arbeitsmilieu; Fakultät; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The unprecedented extended COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns forced higher education institutions (HEIs) to find innovative ways to effectively deliver student tuition and support. The lockdown brought many challenges to the education sector, including increasing the blurring of the work-home boundaries. This study investigated how COVID-19 accelerated the blurring of lecturers' work-home boundaries in the College of Education at a distance education institution in South Africa. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from 15 lecturers. The results showed that a lack of workspace at many lecturers' homes forced them to work beyond normal office hours. One of the key findings was that complete segmentation and integration were impossible because these lines were continuously blurred during the pandemic. The demand for immediate feedback by students exacerbated the situation for many lecturers. There is a need for the design of fluid policies that can be readily implemented during times of emergency such as the pandemic. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Council for Open and Distance Education. Lilleakerveien 23, 0283 Oslo, Norway. Tel: +47-22-06-26-30; Fax: +47-22-06-26-31; e-mail: icde@icde.org; Web site: https://openpraxis.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01