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Self-Efficacy and Improved Information Technology Skills: A Quantitative Essay of Skill Development During the COVID-19 Crisis

Posted on Michael T. Geier, Kristin Stowe, and Lisa A. Schwartz — Wingate University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/CIAW9995 Introduction The recent COVID-19 crisis forced university students to leave a structured learning environment for an unstructured one. In a structured learning environment, students shape their skills after their instructors’ skills (Dynan et al., 2008). In an unstructured environment, students have to practice their own self-directed skills with

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The Impact of COVID-19 in the African American Community

Posted on Lillie M. Hibbler-Britt, Ph. D. — University of Phoenix

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/LVKY7660 Introduction In the United States, communities have evaluated and implemented the closing of their local libraries as a means of saving taxpayer dollars. The argument is that the information available at a library can be easily obtained from online resources. Furthermore, books, magazines, and videos can be digitally

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The Sounds of Silence…Reflections of One Student’s Journey Through the COVID Pandemic Via the DBA HR Program at Northcentral University Online

Posted on Thomas Hotz, M.P.A. — NorthCentral University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/IJZP4542 I’m told that pursuing a doctoral degree involves an individual journey, fraught with promises and pitfalls that are unique to the individual experience of the student. To a large degree, this advice is very true. What they don’t tell you, however, is that this is more like a

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Students Are Not the Only Ones In Higher Education Affected by Covid-19

Posted on A. Dale King, Ph.D. — Lenoir-Rhyne University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/CQKT5698 Walking into the Mauney 115 classroom on Thursday, March 12, 2020, for my 8 a.m. class, I believed I was about to experience something that I had never felt in my four-decades plus college teaching career. Much trepidation was looming in the air, though it appeared the students

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Keeping Academic Quality First in an Online COVID-19 World

Posted on Niccole A. Kopit and David C. Marker — Colorado Technical University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/JOPV9678 On December 31, 2019, China reported to the World Health Organization a cluster of cases of pneumonia in people associated with the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, Hubei Province (World Health Organization. Pneumonia of unknown cause — China. 2020). On January 7, 2020, Chinese health authorities confirmed

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A Shift to Online Learning in Bangladesh Universities Post Pandemic Effect of COVID 19: A Blessing or Curse?

Posted on Naheem Mahtab — Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/VTEF9057 Introduction Almost all universities in Bangladesh, as elsewhere within the world, are moving courses online to prevent the potential spread of COVID-19. This includes lectures and tutorials, which are ready to likely be delivered via the university learning management systems like Moodle or Blackboard and google classrooms, etc.

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The Other Side of the Monitor: Student Perceptions and Challenges from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted on Dr. Perry Glen Moore — Lipscomb University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/UFDE5992 The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted my students this spring. I taught an upper-division required course (Principles of Auditing) to 22 students, of whom seven graduated. In the shift to a virtual platform for learning, I wondered how they were reacting. What was it like on the ‘other side

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Reflections on the COVID Crisis – Lessons from Transitioning MBA Finance and Economics Classes Online.

Posted on John Mulford, Ph.D. and Andrew Root, Ph.D. — Regent University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/LKND9548 Introduction The COVID-19 global pandemic of 2020 imposed a unique natural experiment on Regent University MBA students and professors. In this study we consider two research issues. Insight for Teaching in a Crisis  Regent’s School of Business and Leadership (SBL) fall, spring and summer terms include two eight-week

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How One Business School Used the COVID-19 Crisis to Keep Students Engaged While Practicing Social Distancing

Posted on Wanda L Rutledge, Ph.D., MBA and Leonard Williams, MBA — New Jersey City University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/LIYJ3196 The world changed in spring 2020. Most American universities closed their campuses and went to online instruction and student interaction for the better part of the semester, following state and federal guidelines in response to the COVID-19 virus. Overnight, daily work and learning patterns were disrupted. Face-to-face, peer-to-peer

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You Don’t Know My Story: Feeling Unconnected in an Existing Online Course

Posted on Kenneth Williams, Ph.D. — Kettering University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.64010/OWZN8101 As we quickly transitioned from on-campus learning to virtual learning, I focused on the mechanics of conducting classes through the use of new technologies and new pedagogies. As a faculty member, I am constantly reminded, and rightfully so, to maintain the high quality of learning seamlessly. In doing

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