Distance education as a response to pandemics: Coronavirus and Arab culture
| Autor: | Abdelrahim Ismail, Abdulrahman Essa Al Lily, Rafdan Hassan Alhajhoj Alqahtani, Fathi Mohammed Abunasser |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Social distancing
Sociology and Political Science 020209 energy Compromise media_common.quotation_subject Distance education Closeness Human Factors and Ergonomics 02 engineering and technology Article Crisis Education Globalization Political science 0502 economics and business 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Distance learning Business and International Management media_common business.industry Social distance 05 social sciences Public relations Disaster Conceptual framework Emergency Domestic violence Ideology business 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Technology in Society |
| ISSN: | 0160-791X |
| Popis: | Some countries have replaced face-to-face education with distance education in response to the coronavirus. This form of distance education differs from conventional distance education: being suddenly, unreadily and forcefully implemented, invading schooling and constituting a globally discussed phenomenon. This article builds a conceptual framework for this education, addressing the question: What are the ramifications of implementing distance education amid coronavirus? It targets Arab culture, although globalisation and the media may have harmonised any substantial cross-cultural variations. Various ramifications have emerged through analysing social-media posts, online classes and interviews. Concerning social and cultural ramifications, some may, for ideological considerations, tolerate, support, reject or subvert this education through campaigning, rumour and humour. Regarding pedagogical and psychological ramifications, unreadiness and incompetence may compromise education. Additionally, staying home may entail problems (pandemic-related stress, anxiety, depression, domestic violence, divorce and pregnancy), preventing students and teachers from learning and teaching. Concerning procedural and logistical ramifications, some Arab contexts may be digitally readier than non-Arab contexts. Additionally, stakeholders may intensify efforts to profit, ethically or unethically, from the over-demand for this education. Distance education is one of several social distancing initiatives, which Arabs have welcomed despite their well-rooted social closeness, bonding to debond, forming unorthodox ‘distanceship’. Highlights • Drawing a comparison between traditional distance education and crisis distance education. • Formulating a conceptual framework for crisis distance education. • Undertaking a critical approach to crisis distance education. • Qualitatively scrutinising crisis distance education. • Viewing crisis distance education through sociological lenses. • Documenting Arabs' views of (and dealings with) crisis distance education. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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