Rapid Orientation of Students for Emergency Remote Learning during the COVID-19 Lockdown

Autor/inn/en	de Klerk, Danie; Krull, Greig; Maleswena, Tshepiso
Titel	Rapid Orientation of Students for Emergency Remote Learning during the COVID-19 Lockdown
Quelle	In: Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 9 (2021) 1, S.61-75 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (de Klerk, Danie) ORCID (Krull, Greig) ORCID (Maleswena, Tshepiso)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2307-6267
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; School Closing; Distance Education; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Online Courses; Orientation; Student Adjustment; Coping; Student Attitudes; Program Effectiveness; Well Being; College Students; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Online course; Online-Kurs; Orientierung; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Bewältigung; Schülerverhalten; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Collegestudent; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	In response to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the President of South Africa declared a national lockdown that commenced on 27 March 2020. This posed numerous challenges to the higher education sector, one of which was the preparation of students forced to stay at home to be able to study remotely under unique and often unfavourable circumstances. This article outlines and reflects on the conceptualisation, development, and implementation of an online orientation programme aimed at preparing students to rapidly move to emergency remote learning as a result of a nationwide lockdown. Teaching and Learning Centre staff in the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management at a South African university rapidly created a short online orientation programme in the institutional Learning Management System, using Salmon's five-stage model as a conceptual framework. The objective was to enable students to acquire the skills and knowledge required for continuing with the university academic programme from 20 April 2020 via emergency remote learning. The orientation programme covered the priority areas of how to get started in emergency remote learning, broad study skills, how to use the required technologies for learning, and managing personal well-being during social isolation and emergency remote learning. In this article, the conceptualisation and development of the orientation programme is analysed, before reflecting on its implementation, challenges, mitigating measures, and lessons learned. Feedback from students indicates that the majority of students felt more prepared for continuing the academic programme, although they still reported feeling anxious about the many uncertainties. The intervention emerges as a useful strategy for helping students transition during a crisis and contributes to the understanding of how to prepare students for rapid transition to Emergency Remote Learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01