A position paper on the Quest for Education Quality and Inclusivity in Low Resource Environments such as Zimbabwe through Social Media

Social media has revolutionised human interaction globally especially on the informal front. This paper proposes that the social media facility could be ‘tamed' to help bridge the educational divide that is apparent especially in developing countries such as Zimbabwe and that was magnified by the Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic split education provision along income lines with those from the higher income bracket accessing educational instruction virtually even during such an ‘emergency' while those from the low income group were literally on sabbatical, virtually excluded. The obtaining scenario threatens realisation of Sustainable Development Goal Number 4 by 2030 as planned by the United Nations. The particular goal is aimed at ensuring "inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning opportunities for all”. In some instances, some candidates get to the examination room so inadequately prepared that the situation can be described as de facto exclusion. In order to assist Covid-19 pandemic affected learners and to uplift education quality in low income communities, this paper recommends the provision of a tablet per class/grade that should be viewed as a learning/teaching tool. The class teacher can use the tablet to download material, show educational videos to the class, audio/video record learners for educational ends, receive educational materials from the Ministry and its partners and avail these in an interesting multimodal manner to the learners.

Institutional Quality and Education Quality in Developing Countries: Effects and Transmission Channels

The main objective of this study is to analyze the effect of institutional quality on education quality in developing countries. The literature review explores the channels through which institutional quality transits to affect education quality. The empirical analyses cover a sample of 82 developing countries. The main results obtained using ordinary least squares and two-stage least squares estimators show that institutional quality has a positive effect on student achievement and school completion, and a negative effect on educational failure. Concerning the role of transmission channels, the results show that a deterioration in institutional quality, characterized in particular by the presence of corruption, political instability, or the deterioration of government effectiveness, reduces the effectiveness of public spending on education and the quality of teaching through unethical behavior of teachers and the recruitment of untrained or less trained persons to carry out teaching tasks.

Virtual Lab Development to Enhance Student Learning: A Quality Circle Approach

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the student fraternity to physically access the laboratory and conduct experiments offline. Across the world, new platforms have been designed with ICT tools for the smooth conduction of academics specifically for laboratory courses. This article aims to provide quality circle-based guidance to the community to develop a Virtual Laboratory. The virtual lab is developed through an emphasis on Quality Circle methodology. The Quality Circle team has developed an instructional methodology known as the virtual laboratory (VL). It incorporates pedagogical techniques that help students to better understand the theoretical concepts in an effective and joyful way. © 2022, Rajarambapu Institute Of Technology. All rights reserved.

Implementation of Data Analytics and Machine Learning in Thailand Education Sector

Since the global epidemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) over the past few years, Thailand education sector has been affected by the requisites for a digitization system and distance education. This sudden change has affected the quality of learning and statistical evaluations in the long term. Consequently, data analysis and categorization in learning quality assessment are critical for predicting the number of future students and learning performance after the COVID-19 outbreak. However, vast data analytics might be applied to the education sector in many aspects. In addition, machine learning can influence the categorization of students that are useful for analyzing the performance of different educational systems. Therefore, this study reviews the perspective and usability of data analytics and machine learning that influences current situations in Thailand education sector © 2023, International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning.All Rights Reserved.

Evaluation of User Experience on the Augmented Reality Glovic Cafe and Bakery Jember Application to Maximize User Experience

Technological developments increasingly support the design and implementation of more interactive learning media in the field of education, one of which is the use of augmented reality (AR) technology. The conditions and situation of the Covid-19 pandemic are also increasingly making education digital and online. The more various kinds of applications are developed, the more they must evaluate the user experience of the appearance and function of the application. Measurement of user experience in applications can use the User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ) tool, with 26 questionnaire points. The UEQ Quality results show that the Attractiveness scale is 2.04, the Pragmatic Quality scale is 1.68, and the Hedonic Quality scale is 1.17 which shows positive evaluation results, which means that it can be concluded that users tend to like the application in terms of user experience. Based on this data, users have used similar applications, and the updates are still lacking. The scales that show well are attractiveness, perspicuity, efficiency, and stimulation. From the results of the respondent's data processing, it was concluded that the convenience of using the application was good enough from the user's perception. The data also showed that the user enjoyed the application. © 2022 IEEE.

Education, equality and international development

This chapter explores the relationship between education and development and how this has been considered in research and policy. The chapter discusses key issues regarding how this relationship has been understood, conceptualized and monitored. It pays particular attention to debates around gender equality and girls' education and how these have been positioned in relation to a wider development agenda within global policy frameworks, including the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals, and in the work of international development organizations. © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Lessons Learned from the Educational Experience during COVID-19 from the Perspective of Latin American University Students

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the educational context. University students were exposed to an educational transition from a face-to-face context to emergency remote teaching (ERT). This change affected the educational experience of students and teachers in general, and impacted their educational performance, as well as their emotional and mental health, among other aspects. However, learning from the successes during the ERT and reflecting on good and bad practices will allow us to configure effective learning scenarios that respond to the new normal. The objective of this paper is to describe and present the lessons learned during ERT from the experience of university students in Latin America who have already returned to face-to-face instruction. The study used a qualitative inductive approach and a phenomenographic design. The sample consisted of 640 undergraduate students (63% women) of higher education who experienced online education during the year 2021 and a face-to-face modality during the first semester of 2022, belonging to universities in Chile, Venezuela, and Ecuador. The results suggest that new learning scenarios should consider specific pedagogical practices, including active, collaborative, meaningful, and problem-based strategies, together with a diversity of feedback practices. It is concluded that the ERT brought good practices that should guide university educational policies. © 2023 by the authors.

Framework Design of Intelligent Career Recommendation System for Undergraduates

The development of artificial intelligence technology has proudly enhanced the quality of life and education of students. The outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020 dealt a huge blow to the world economy and workplace environment, therefore planning a career path before graduation is a primary and core task for undergraduate students to succeed in this era. This paper introduces the framework design of an intelligent career recommendation system, which is based on the analysis of the required career ability and students' individual ability to achieve accurate career recommendations. © 2022 IEEE.

Teaching Sports and Exercises Science: experiences and life skills of a lecturer

The following document reports the experiences and life skills developed under the current didactic situation in Sports and Exercise Science. In particular, the manuscript discusses the pedagogic theories that should be fostered to improve the return to campus. The real-life experiences are presented in light of the Social and Emotional Learning and the Learning by Doing theories. The following document aims to reflect on social constructivism and embodied theories to improve the new (post-covid) learning environment. The introduction focuses on the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education benchmark statement and progresses to the most recent Blended approaches. With reflections upon in-class assessments, spaces and pace. In conclusion, the cartesian dualism (body-mind) is discussed and ideas for future research in pedagogy are presented to improve teaching and learning experiences in the post-covid scenario. Insegnare Scienze Motorie: esperienze e abilità di un docente universitario. Il documento ha come scopo quello di riflettere sul costruttivismo sociale e sulle embodied theories per migliorare il nuovo ambiente di apprendimento (post-covid). Il seguente documento riporta le esperienze e le abilità sviluppate nell‘attuale situazione didattica, nello specifico riguardo le scienze motorie. In particolare, nel testo sono discusse le teorie pedagogiche che dovrebbero essere incoraggiate per migliorare il ritorno in aula. Le esperienze didattiche sono presentate alla luce delle teorie dell‘apprendimento sociale ed emotivo e del Learning by Doing. L‘introduzione si concentra sul Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education benchmark e presenta i più recenti approcci didattici definiti Blended, con l'aggiunta di riflessioni su valutazioni, spazi e ritmo della classe. In conclusione, viene discusso il dualismo cartesiano (corpo-mente) e vengono presentate idee per future ricerche in pedagogia al fine di migliorare le esperienze di insegnamento e di apprendimento nello scenario post-covid.

Telehealth parent training for a young child at risk for autism spectrum disorder

The global pandemic has highlighted the importance of telehealth to access behavioral interventions. Face‐to‐face parent training improves the development and behaviors of young children at risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We evaluated a telehealth parent training intervention for a child at risk for ASD. Two parents identified possible early ASD symptoms in their 30‐month‐old son (lack of imitation, pointing, and vocal manding). Both parents simultaneously received telehealth behavioral skills training on the Parent Intervention for Children at Risk for Autism program for 1 hour per week over 29 weeks. Multiple baseline designs across parent and child behaviors showed that both parents improved their parent teaching fidelity above 80% and the child improved on all trained behaviors. This study expands the utility of telehealth behavioral parent training to young children at risk for ASD to mitigate early symptoms of ASD. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Behavioral Interventions is the property of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)

Role of live webcast as a new medium in the propaganda and education of liver transplant recipients

Objective To evaluate the role of live webcast as a new medium in the propaganda and education of liver transplant recipients. Methods According to the contents of live webcast propaganda and education meeting for liver transplant recipients, relevant data of the live webcast meeting were counted and analyzed, including baseline data of participants, participation pattern, viewing frequency and duration, etc. The characteristics between live webcast and traditional propaganda and education meetings were compared. Results By the end of the live webcast meeting, 273 participants were registered, including 2 oversea participants and 271 from China. These domestic participants were from 26 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China. The total number of views was 1 526. Participants attended the meeting by clicking direct link (n=243), WeChat group access (n=22), WeChat chat access (n=7) and Dingding App access (n=1). The viewing duration was (68±5) min. Compared with the traditional method, the number and places of registers of the live webcast propaganda and education meeting were increased. The questioning methods and filling out follow-up information were more convenient. Participants could attend the meeting free from charge anywhere, and saved more time. The live webcast propaganda and education meeting was not affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and data statistical method was optimized. Conclusions Live webcast as a new medium, has a wide range of advantages, which provides a novel form of propaganda and education for the recipients after liver transplantation. It is of significance to improve the long-term survival rate and to enhance the quality of life of recipients after liver transplantation. © 2020 The authors.

Maintaining quality of higher education during difficult times: Accreditation compliance in foreign language education

The world has witnessed substantial changes as a consequence of Covid-19 pandemic in many spheres of life including higher education. Assuring quality and maintaining compliance with accreditation criteria during the pandemic have been two critical considerations requiring change and adaptation in higher education institutions. The aim of this study was to investigate challenges in terms of assuring and sustaining quality and completing accreditation self-study process effectively under the circumstances of the pandemic. The study featured a case study design employing qualitative research methodology through interviews conducted mainly face-to-face and over Zoom. A semi-structured interview from created by the researcher was used to collect data from 10 instructors involved in the accreditation self-study process of a program during the most chaotic period of the pandemic. The themes that emerged from the study based on quality criteria and influence of the pandemic were: "Course Delivery”, "Format and Content of Assessment” and "Instructors' Professional Development”. The perceptions of the instructors on the aforementioned themes were elaborated on and discussed in the study from different perspectives. © 2023 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.

E-learning Quality Assurance Guidelines for Higher Education Institutions in Jordan

The Covid-19 pandemic affected many areas around the world, and with the lack of a vaccine, social distancing and keeping a high level of hygiene was the only actions people can rely on. Because of this change in the way of life, education was affected where it became not normal for students to socialize and have direct contact with teachers. Taking the case of higher education in Jordan, and its conversion into an online based learning approach, this paper examines an assessment of the quality of education that was taking place during the lock down. Then, it presents a literature study of guidelines published about quality of e-learning, and after evaluating the literature and the specific needs of Jordanian institutes, the paper presents a set of guidelines as a scorecard for higher education-al institutes to follow and maintain a high level of education quality in their online teaching approach. © 2022 Association for Computing Machinery.

Estimating the Quality of Information Technology Services Using the Generalized Additive Regression

When covid-19 attacked the world, all activities in the economic, social, cultural, and educational fields which were initially carried out onsite, were all done online, especially education at Telkom University which mostly uses website-based applications such as LMS, Igracias, SiRAMA as learning media center. So, the possibility of problems with the website is very large. To overcome this, students can issue a ticketing to ask for assistance from IT support at Telkom University, namely the Information Technology Services. Therefore, the role of the Information Technology Services in online education is very important, because the service is directly dealing with problems that occur in every student of Telkom University. In this research, the author proposes a prediction system for the quality of service of the Information Technology Services to predict whether the services of the Information Technology Services have been maximized and have greatly helped Telkom University students. The author uses the Generalized Additive Model for regression algorithm to estimate the quality of the Information Technology Servicesector's service which is selected due to its flexibility. © 2022 IEEE.

Digital Leadership Competencies to Improve the Quality of High Schools in Tasikmalaya City in the Post-Pandemic Covid-19

Purpose: The objectives of this study are separated into two parts. The first step is identifying how digital leadership implementation will proceed following the Covid-19 pandemic. The second objective is to investigate digital leadership's effects on improving senior high school quality in Tasikmalaya City, West Java, Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach: Using a rating scale questionnaire, the study collected primary data. Respondents in this study were high school personnel in the Indonesian city of Tasikmalaya. For data collection, a random sample method is used. Findings: According to this study, when organizational leaders can deliver digital leadership services to their subordinates, the company is better able to adapt, innovate, compete, and evolve following its vision and goal. Furthermore, all of these changes will have a favorable effect on the organization's quality. Research limitations/implications: The practical and theoretical ramifications of the current study are significant due to the addition of new relationships to the understanding of school education and the presentation of a path forward for its application. Originality/value: The research model is innovative since previous studies have not addressed the digital leadership system in the setting of Indonesian senior high schools. © 2022 Ani Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved.

Education challenges after Covid-19

Covid-19 meant a huge challenge for everybody in the world. From one day to the other home-office became widespread in a lot of professions. Education was one of the areas where we faced a lot of troubles. In 2020 spring semester we had to quickly transform all classical university courses to online ones without having appropriate knowledge about distance teaching methods and applications. During the semesters under emergency situation, we had to learn a lot to enhance our education quality. Students used to these comfortable and modern possibilities and now, we are back in school, and we face a new problem. Is it possible to go back and continue education the same way as we did before Covid-19-can we step in the same river twice? We made a survey just after the starting of distance education and after the first semester back to classical face-to-face teaching to collect the opinions of students. In this paper we should like to present the experienced change in students' attitude which we should adopt into our work. © 2022 IEEE.

"I Feel Like I Am Teaching Myself” - An Exploratory Study of the Factors and Implications of Online Learning

Higher education institutions had to adapt to a new normal quickly brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. This research set out to explore the factors impacting the adoption of online learning by students and the implications of these factors on future learning. An online survey was conducted and analysed using quantitative and qualitative methods, guided by an extended technology acceptance model. The research was necessary as online learning is anticipated to continue to be used for education by higher education institutions. The findings showed the benefits of learning flexibility of online learning. However, social isolation resulted in low motivation and perception of lowering the quality of education. The research concludes that students need reassurance that they are getting an adequate education through structured learning materials and processes with timely lecturer support. Students need access to peers and must be encouraged to engage. Furthermore, students need to find their optimal learning spaces because, as life-long learners, they need to teach themselves effectively. © 2022, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Impact of COVID-19 on Students' Generic Skills - A Case Study in a University from a Developing Country.

The education sector was considerably affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, risking the learning process and forcing governments to pull out contingency actions to ensure the students' development of generic and specific skills and guarantee education quality. These actions include the shift to online and hybrid (i.e., online and in-person) classes. This work assesses the pandemic effect on the generic skills of undergraduate students in a Colombian university. The study aims to determine the effect of COVID- 19 on the development of generic skills quantitatively. Two datasets were retrieved: i) A dataset with the scores obtained by the students in an institutional Generic Skills test and in the midterm tests; ii) A dataset with the students' scores in the Colombian standardized test for undergraduate students, called the Saber Pro test. Three analysis stages were performed: i) Univariate exploratory analysis; ii) Differential analysis to compare the No COVID vs. COVID scenarios; iii) A correlation analysis. Results showed that the scores of the Generic Skills and the Midterm tests increased significantly when comparing the two scenarios, except for the Written Communication. As for the Saber Pro test, only the scores for Written Comprehension, Quantitative Reasoning, and the global scores increased significantly. On the other hand, the correlation analysis showed a strong correlation only between the scores obtained at the Generic Skills and the Saber Pro tests for the English Proficiency skill. In addition, the analysis elucidated a weak correlation between the Generic Skills test's average and the Saber Pro's global score. Finally, the results prove that online education is a feasible alternative that offers students more flexibility to ensure the development of generic and specific skills.

Return to University Classrooms With Blended Learning: A Possible Post-pandemic COVID-19 Scenario

After more than 2 years of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, a gradual return to face-to-face teaching has been taking place. Therefore, administrators need to establish procedures to facilitate and ensure the quality of teaching during this process. The purpose of this article is to describe the strengths and challenges of implementing Blended Learning (BL). The design used is consistent with a secondary investigation of a narrative review. As a result, several recommendations are presented for building institutional frameworks that enable the implementation of high-quality BL models in the context of a gradual return to face-to-face courses in higher education. From a theoretical and contextual perspective, considerations for transitioning to this model are discussed, based on lessons learned from emergency remote education. We conclude that the present post-pandemic scenario constitutes a pivotal moment for determining the way education is delivered in higher education.

Evaluating the Performance of ID3 Method to Analyze and Predict Students' Performance in Online Platforms

The primary goal of this work was to establish the influence of the epidemic on education, especially the impact of online platforms on students' overall performance. To improve education quality in this new normal, it is vital to ascertain the elements influencing students' performance. During the Covid-19 epidemic, online-based learning (e-learning) activities increased significantly as every educational institution shifted its operations to digital means. To improve education quality in this circumstance, it is vital to ascertain the elements that influence students' performance. Data mining techniques are becoming more used in educational field research. Educational data mining is a new area that tries to study the unique, ever more extensive data sets generated by educational settings to better understand the students who use them. In this study, Iterative Dichotomiser 3 was implemented to explore precisely 280 students' data to evaluate its performance on an online learning platform. 10-fold cross-validation and the percentage split method were used to assess the classifier. In this analysis, the 10-fold cross-validation method outperformed the percentage split by almost 3 percent, where this validation method achieved almost 77.86 percent accuracy. The effectiveness of the ID3 classifier in predicting students' performance on an online platform will be investigated in this research. © 2022 IEEE.