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The sudden COVID-19-induced transition from a physical university life to a virtual one was a painful one for many students. Social distancing measures mean more than a simple change from face-to-face to online education. This study investigates how different social aspects, such as the students' psychological sense of community, social capital, and use of social media, facilitated the perceived social support during the transition to the COVID-19 lockdown. Our results not only underline social media's role, but also indicate that the perceived social support, as well as the bonding and bridging social capital, were particularly relevant during the transition process. Our findings are aimed at organizational management by recommending actionable ways in which they could improve social support by organizing computer-supported social networks, social support predictors, and specialized interventions for students with less perceived social support. As such, the study provides unique insights into the COVID-19-induced lockdown situation among students, while offering a transition model that also generalizes to other settings. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Social Science Computer Review is the property of Sage Publications 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.)
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BackgroundSocial media platforms have become a vital resource for individuals seeking information and support regarding health issues, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). As such, the content generated on these platforms represents a valuable source of data for gaining insight into patients' perspectives on RA. However, previous research in this area has primarily relied on qualitative analyses of small sample sizes, limiting the ability to extract meaningful insights from social media content related to RA. With the advancement of machine learning techniques, it is now possible to analyze and extract insights from large volumes of social media posts related to RA.ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to identify the most common topics discussed in a large dataset of submissions about RA on Reddit, one of the world's largest online forums.MethodsThe data for this study was collected from the two largest Reddit forums ("subreddits”) dedicated to RA, r/rheumatoid arthritis and r/rheumatoid, which have 18.9k and 7.6k members respectively. We retrieved all submissions but excluded responses in our analyses. All deleted or duplicate submissions and those with fewer than 10 words were removed, retaining 11,094 submissions from over 5,000 users for the analysis. To identify common themes, we applied topic modeling, a technique in natural language processing that identifies underlying themes or topics in a collection of documents. We used the Bertopic Python package (Grootendorst, 2022), which employs deep learning techniques to perform the topic modeling.ResultsThe data indicates a significant increase in submissions to the two subreddits, rising from 113 in 2014 to 2892 in 2021 and 1928 in the first 8 months of 2022. Upon analysis, 65 topics were identified, with 4162 submissions (37.5%) remaining unclassified. A topic specifically dedicated to requests to participate in surveys was removed as it did not pertain to the experiences of forum users. Among the remaining topics, the top 10 accounted for 44.90% of all submissions. To better understand each topic, a sample of 10 submissions with the highest probability for that topic were examined (Table 1).Table 1.Top 10 most frequent topicsTopicn of submissionsShare of total*Side effects of methotrexate5268.02%COVID & vaccines4627.04%Mental health4386.68%RF and anti CCP test results3315.04%RA of friends, partners, and close relatives2623.99%Complaints about rheumatologist2123.23%Questions about Humira1882.87%Questions about prednisone1822.77%Diets and RA1752.67%Early symptoms of possible RA1702.59%Exercise and RA1682.56%* After excluding unclassified topicsThree of the ten topics pertained to specific medications - methotrexate, Humira, and prednisone, accounting for 12.71% of the total. The most prevalent topic, at 8.02%, focused on the side effects of methotrexate, with many submissions inquiring about symptoms such as nausea. The second most common topic, at 7.04%, primarily revolved around COVID-19 and related issues, with some pre-COVID vaccine discussions also included. In 2021, COVID-related discussions were the most prevalent topic. The third most frequent topic (6.68% of total), dealt with mental health and the emotional struggles faced by those living with RA.ConclusionThe surge in submissions on Reddit demonstrates its growing popularity as an online forum for discussing topics related to RA. Utilizing deep learning-based topic modeling has proven to be an effective method for extracting meaningful topics from the questions and experiences shared by users. The vast amount of data generated by Reddit, in combination with advanced machine learning techniques, enables both an overview of the various topics discussed and a detailed examination of specific topics. This makes the use of social media data a valuable source of insight into the concerns of RA platform users.Reference[1]Grootendorst, M. (2022). BERTopic: Neural topic modeling with a class-based TF-IDF procedure. arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.05794.Acknowledgements:NIL.Disclosure of InterestsNone Decla ed.
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Recent research has demonstrated that participants in public meetings are unrepresentative of their broader communities. Some suggest that reducing barriers to meeting attendance can improve participation, while others believe doing so will produce minimal changes. The COVID-19 pandemic shifted public meetings online, potentially reducing the time costs associated with participating. We match participants at online public meetings with administrative data to learn whether: (1) online participants are representative of their broader communities and (2) representativeness improves relative to in-person meetings. We find that participants in online forums are quite similar to those in in-person ones. They are similarly unrepresentative of residents in their broader communities and similarly overwhelmingly opposed to the construction of new housing. These results suggest important limitations to public meeting reform. Future research should continue to unpack whether reforms might prove more effective at redressing inequalities in an improved economic and public health context. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Urban Affairs Review is the property of Sage Publications 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.)
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PurposeAs of December 2021, WeChat had more than 1.2 billion active users worldwide, making it the most active online social media in mainland China. The term social commerce is used to describe new online sales through a mix of social networks and/or peer-to-peer communication or marketing strategies in terms of allowing consumers to satisfy their shopping behaviour through online social media. Thus, given the numerous active users, the development of online social media and social commerce on WeChat is a critical issue of internet research.Design/methodology/approachThis empirical study takes WeChat as the online social media research object. Questionnaires for WeChat users in China were designed and distributed. All items are designed as nominal and ordinal scales (not Likert scale). The obtained data was put into a relational database (N = 2,342), and different meaningful patterns and rules were examined through data mining analytics, including clustering analysis and association rules, to explore the role of WeChat in the development of online social media and social commerce.FindingsPractical implications are presented according to the research findings of meaningful patterns and rules. In addition, alternatives to WeChat in terms of further development are also proposed according to the investigation findings of WeChat users' behaviour and preferences in China.Originality/valueThis study concludes that online social media, such as WeChat, will be able to transcend the current development pattern of most online social media and make good use of investigating users' behaviour and preferences, not only to stimulate the interaction of users in the social network, but also to create social commerce value in social sciences.
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This paper offers a detailed empirical account of how human–environment relations were reconfigured in the UK and Ireland during the 2020–2021 COVID‐19 lockdowns, a period which natural scientists defined as the COVID‐19 Anthropause. Bringing this scientific concept into conversation with geographical work, we consider anthropause as both a lived condition and an historical moment of space–time decompression. Our expanded conceptualisation of anthropause, centred on lived experience and everyday life, develops a more hopeful politics than those offered by the 'Great Acceleration' narrative, which suggests digital media and urbanisation separate humans from nature. In contrast, we identify affirmative and inclusive modes of 'anthropause environmentalism' and explore their potential for fostering convivial human–nature relations in a world that is increasingly urban, digital, and powered by vernacular expertise. To make this argument, we turn to the Self‐Isolating Bird Club, an online birdwatching community operating across several social media platforms which, at the pandemic's height, reached over 50,000 members. We trace three key changes to human–nature relations illustrated by this group which we use to structure our paper: connection, community and cultivation. The COVID‐19 Anthropause recalibrated the fabric and rhythms of everyday life, changing what counts as a meaningful human–nature relationship. This paper will be of interest to geographers exploring environmental change at the interface of more‐than‐human and digital geographies, as well as environmentalists and conservationists. To conclude, we offer suggestions as to how scholars and practitioners might harness the lessons of anthropause to respond to the 'anthropulse'. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers is the property of Wiley-Blackwell 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.)
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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in users' knowledge anxiety, which has been further intensified by the diversity of information platforms and the emphasis on digital personal branding. While previous research has examined the relationship between digital personal branding and negative emotions, little is known about the mechanisms behind negative reactions to digital personal branding from non-direct factors or users' spontaneous negative emotions. To address this gap, this study draws on cognitive appraisal theory (CAT) and social identity theory (SIT) to explore the relationships between users' knowledge anxiety, cognitive processing biases, and brand avoidance, and the impacts of herding behavior and attachment anxiety on these relationships. A sample of 530 consumers completed an online survey, and the data were analyzed using a partial least squares path model. The results revealed that user knowledge anxiety directly and indirectly influenced brand avoidance behavior through cognitive processing bias, and attachment anxiety moderated the path between cognitive processing bias and user knowledge anxiety. However, herding behavior was not found to be significant in online knowledge sharing communities.
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The concept of a metaverse, a virtual world that offers immersive experiences, has gained widespread interest in recent years. Despite the hype, there is still a gap in its practical application, especially in the realm of education. This study presents the design and implementation of a metaverse tailored to the needs of education. The goal of this paper is to demonstrate the feasibility of such a system and evaluate its effectiveness. It is crucial to understand the architecture and implementation of a metaverse to effectively customise it for educational purposes. To assess user experience, a field study was conducted, collecting data through questionnaires and qualitative feedback. The results show that users were pleased with the features, player experience, and ease of use.
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The Covid-19 pandemic saw unprecedented global participation and engagement in online religion by Christians who turned to online services and faith resources for spiritual nourishment following church closures. The book does not distinguish between everyday religion and organized religion but instead sees organized religion as having a direct influence on everyday faith practices. The book consists of eight chapters and provides an insight into Christianity in Malaysia and interrogates the effect of online religious practices and engagements on personal spiritual identities and traditional religious hierarchies. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of International Journal of Asian Christianity is the property of Brill Academic Publishers 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.)
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After the economic crisis of 2008, the need for solutions that introduce alternative forms of cooperation between economic actors increased greatly. At the same time, concerns for the environment have intensified, and the integration of environmental considerations in economic activities has become increasingly important. As a response, peer-to-peer economy and peer-to-peer payment systems, among other things, have emerged. Compared with previous economic crises, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed new challenges for everyone, which could lead to the intensification of alternative path-finding processes. The ecological problems the we face mean that the aim should be to go beyond the restoration of previous economic mechanisms prioritising ecological sustainability. In this study, the authors' aim was to present the elements of a novel solution concept that is based on the hypothesis that a digital community currency created through smart contracts can promote genuine practices of sharing as opposed to the currently operating platforms' profit-oriented approach. (English) [ FROM AUTHOR] A 2008-as gazdasági válságot követően megnőtt az érdeklődés az olyan üzleti modellek iránt, amelyek a szereplők közötti együttműködés alternatív formáit biztosítják. Ezzel egyidejűleg a környezetszennyezéssel kapcsolatos aggodalmak is felerősödtek és a környezeti szempontok gazdasági tevékenységekbe történő integrálása egyre fontosabbá vált. Erre válaszul jelentek meg többek között a közösségi gazdasági és a peer-to-peer fizetési rendszerek. A COVID-19 világjárvány hatásai a korábbi gazdasági válságokhoz képest is új kihívások elé állítják a gazdasági szereplőket, ami az alternatív útkeresési folyamatok ismételt előtérbe kerüléséhez vezethet. Az előttünk álló ökológiai problémák miatt azonban a járványt követően a korábbi gazdasági mechanizmusok helyreállításán túl a célnak egy az ökológiai lábnyom csökkentését elősegítő gazdasági modell kiépítésének kell lennie. Ebben a tanulmányban a szerzők célja egy újszerű megoldási koncepció elemeinek bemutatása, amely azon a hipotézisen alapul, hogy az intelligens szerződések révén létrehozott digitális közösségi valuta elősegítheti a megosztás valódi gyakorlatát, szemben a jelenleg működő sharing economy platformok profitorientált megközelítésével. (Hungarian) [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Vezetéstudomány / Budapest Management Review is the property of Corvinus University of Budapest 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.)
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Over the past two years, ripple effects from the Covid-19 pandemic have amplified disconnection and loss while also fueling greater human creativity and connection through technological mediums. How can leaders continue maximizing technology and collaboration to best support and foster interpersonal connection and innovation while also navigating the human conditions and emotions present during times of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA)? The unpredictable nature of these times requires leaders and change agents to continue learning and refining ways to help their teams, organizations, and communities to flourish. Within the current context of Covid-19 rebuilding and repair, this paper explores how participation in digital or virtual communities of practice (VCoP) and leadership centered on psychological safety and humanistic principles have been experienced by leaders and coaches. An informal discussion was facilitated, and a qualitative survey was conducted to begin exploring questions pertinent to VCoP and humanistic leadership (HL). Practitioner testimonials and key insights are shared. The findings of this exploratory study suggest that the main benefits of VCoP have been leader exposure to diverse industry practices and the bridging of physical and professional disconnection caused by Covid-19 social distancing and remote working requirements. Findings related to HL indicate that the leaders surveyed believe HL is essential in the work they do and that HL and fostering resilience entail both practicing and promoting holistic self-care and relational connection. Meaningful participation in VCoP and HL practices are framed as vital tools for leading and evolving in a post-Covid-19 world. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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PurposeAs work-from-home policies were being implemented during Covid-19, organizations have been migrating their learning and development programs to digital platforms. This study aims to understand the role of employees' perceptions about four key attributes of online learning platforms (OLPs), namely, online environment, ease of use, online content (OC) and online engagement anchors in their levels of work engagement (WE). Further, it also investigates how the personality attributes of the employees and financial incentives for online learning influence this relationship.Design/methodology/approachUsing the snowball sampling technique, online questionnaires were distributed to about 350 employees in four IT firms in India who were working from home during the Covid-19 period. The total number of valid responses was 306 and consisted of software developers, technical leads, process specialists, testers and managers. The analysis was done using Python software (V.3.7.4) packages and Process Macro (pyprocessmacro V.1.0.8) developed for Python.FindingsPerceived OLP features significantly influence employee WE. OC and ease of use are significant influencers of employee WE. The perception of OLP features indirectly affects WE through the learner's personality characteristics. Moreover, the financial incentive to learn online shares a negative interaction effect with OLP features to influence WE.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to the existing literature on virtual knowledge management by identifying the driving factors that reinforce the acceptance of OLPs. Moreover, to the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first attempt to link online learning management system key characteristics with employee outcome as engagement. Most of the previous work has ignored exploring such a relationship in an organizational setting.
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En mars 2020, une école polytechnique canadienne est passée a l'apprentissage en ligne et a une communauté de pratique virtuelle (vCOP) en raison de la pandémie. La vCOP a été créée pour soutenir le corps enseignant et le personnel dans cette transition. L'école polytechnique a baptisé son vCOP Digital Learning Exchange (DigEx). En guise d'étape préliminaire a la recherche sur l'efficacité du DigEx, cette revue systématique de la littérature examine la littérature publiée sur les vCOP dans l'enseignement supérieur au cours des cinq dernieres années. Les recherches analysées se sont toutes déroulées avant ou pendant la pandémie mondiale de COVID-19 et permettent de saisir l'impact des vCOP pendant cette période de transition. Plusieurs aspects des vCOP étudiés sont identifiés et comparés, y compris les caractéristiques définissant les communautés, les outils numériques utilisés et les raisons de leur sélection, les impacts positifs de l'utilisation de ces outils numériques, les barrieres créées par l'application de la technologie, et les avantages ressentis suite a la participation du corps enseignant et du personnel aux vCOP.Alternate :In March 2020, in response to a global pandemic, a Canadian polytechnic moved to online learning and a virtual community of practice (vCOP). The vCOP, known as the Digital Learning Exchange (DigEx), was created to support faculty and staff in this transition. As a preliminary step in researching the efficacy of the DigEx, this systematic literature review examines recently published literature that examined vCOPs in higher education over the last five years. The studies reviewed all occurred before or during the COVID-19 global pandemic and serve to capture the impact of vCOPs during this time of transition. Several aspects of the vCOPs studied are identified and compared including the defining characteristics of the communities, the digital tools used and the rationale for their selection, the positive impacts of using these digital tools, the barriers created by applying the technology, and the benefits experienced as a result of faculty and staff participating in vCOPs.
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PurposeVirtual communities are useful sources of travel information for tourists. To better promote the sustainable development of virtual communities and provide theoretical guidance, this study aims to explore how the cognitive load generated by tourists in the information-seeking process facilitates the formation of their continuance intention.Design/methodology/approachBuilt on the cognitive load theory and flow theory, this study investigates the formation mechanism of virtual community users' continuance intention to seek travel information. A total of 328 valid questionnaires were collected and used for hypothesis testing.FindingsThe results show that perceived usefulness, perceived information consistency and prior experience positively affect continuance intention. Concentration and time distortion have significant effects on continuance intention. Moreover, concentration and time distortion mediate between prior experience and continuance intention.Originality/valueThis study clarifies the formation mechanism of virtual community users' continuance intention of travel information seeking from a new perspective. The conclusions enrich the research on consumer behavior in the information search field and provide a reference for virtual communities.
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The metaverse is unavoidable in an increasingly digitalized society and will potentially have a profound influence on what is understood as teaching and learning in its formal and informal dimensions, both in initial and continuing education. This research, carried out through document analysis, aims to reflect on several challenges and opportunities that the metaverse poses to education as a source of opportunities for a more relevant and effective teaching process, which necessarily involves the development of both the implementation and monitoring of research studies in the follow-up of education in the metaverse environment.
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The study model structure so as to takes into explanation a changes to the hospitality as well as tourism trade due to COVID-19, consequent changes to trade learning mechanisms, along with the prospective implications in favour of work-integrated training internship placements on behalf of the upcoming generation of students, former students as well as trade experts, is offered. The configuration for future studies so as to evaluate COVID19 hospitality in addition to tourism business internship would-be approaches is projected in favour of conversation. The paper is an educational discussion which outlines showing analysis of virtual training, also online training, and internships during COVID19 in hospitality and tourism. [ FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results is the property of ResearchTrentz 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.)
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PurposeCurrently, the Covid-19 pandemic is changing how consumers shop, encouraging deeper levels and increased reliance on e-commerce systems and social media such as online communities. The online interaction of consumers is more important and brings many uncertainties, which impact the original commerce environment. This study aim to investigate the ethical consideration of information credibility and perceived privacy risk from a psychology perspective in marketing, this study draws on social support theory from social psychology to develop a research model to investigate the role of information credibility and perceived privacy risk on social commerce websites.Design/methodology/approachThis study investigated social commerce websites and communities. The research data of this study was collected through a questionnaire from consumers on three famous social commerce platforms. Using PLS-SEM to perform data analysis, this study research the importance of information credibility, perceived privacy risk and trust on social commerce websites.FindingsThe findings discuss individuals' reaction to privacy issues and to understand the motives to disclose or reveal personal information within a marketing or consumption context. The research also explores the theoretical implications by integrating theories from information systems and social psychology to investigate ethical issues in social commerce.Originality/valueCovid-19 makes peer-to-peer communication in online communities is developing collaborative consumption, and information produced in these communities can influence the decisions of consumers. Covid-19 has exacerbated such a change in social commerce environment. Therefore, information credibility plays an important role in developing online communities. It is important to look at the psychological antecedents that drive consumers' willingness to share their personal information when using online communities. The author has clarified which aspects of trust in social commerce should be strategized, including information trustworthiness, perceived privacy risks, social support and information sharing. These are the details that companies should pay more attention to when operating social commerce. Only by paying more attention to these details and giving consumers a positive feeling can consumers' trust be maintained or enhanced, ultimately leading to a successful trust economy.
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This study aims to examine the reality of virtual communities and institutional excellence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, using the University of Hail as a case study. It aims also to investigate the extent to which mechanisms for virtual communities and institutional excellence are available at Hail University. the achievement of the goals of electronic institutional excellence, and the major obstacles that stand in the way of achieving the goals and electronic institutional excellence. This study employs a random sample and a descriptive analysis. Social survey method is descriptive and analytical studies. 245 students who got help were studied. To gain data, a sample was given a questionnaire. The study's spatial and human limitations were Hail University teachers and students. Finalizing the research will take 12 months. After analyzing the study's underlying assumptions, the first and third hypotheses were approved as the college's electronic information networks, academic communication, and information sources. Due to limited electronic collaboration, the second theory was partially accepted. Due to lack of experience, the report proposed building rehabilitation and training programs for "virtual communities." One researcher' biggest issues was not knowing how to use virtual communities to attain greatness. Main results The most important results were a high institutional level under the coronavirus pandemic (3.82), followed by an average of 3.81 for academic processes. The results highlight the prospects for effective application of the COVID-19 crisis responses by offering a secure electronic educational environment with expanded virtual capabilities. This highlights the University's role in handling the crisis, establishing institutional excellence, and addressing education.
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PurposeThis paper aims at exploring how and to what extent universities enlisted Facebook, a social media platform, in the discharging and shaping of their accountability during the COVID-19 emergency.Design/methodology/approachDrawing on the literature on accountability in the virtual world and crises, a netnographic analysis of the Facebook postings by a sample of Italian universities is performed to identify and interpret the accountability discharged via social media platforms by universities during the COVID-19 pandemic.FindingsUniversities used social media in a range of modes, from conveying simple instructions to rendering traditional accountability for their conduct during the crisis. However, in various Facebook postings, they give voice to various stakeholders' thoughts and experiences, thereby completely reversing the traditional accountability relationship and making the various stakeholders feel included in the university community.Practical implicationsSocial media can constitute a useful tool for organizations willing to deploy different modes of accountabilities, according to what is required by the specific situation. In the authors' case, social media provided a forum for account-sharing during a critical situation that was common to both the account giver and the recipient.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors' knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the use of social media by universities for accountability purposes and to reveal their possibilities in supporting more ethical forms of accountability.
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Due to the chaos and confusion caused by the sudden transition from face-to-face teaching to online and remote teaching in early 2020, numerous language teachers had no choice but to rely on online communities on social networking sites. The current study therefore examined how some language teachers were utilising online communities on Facebook during the COVID-19 pandemic. Employing a mixed-methods approach, data were mainly collected through: (1) an eight-month observation of a technology-focused language teacher community on Facebook to identify different types of posts generated by its members before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 340);(2) a questionnaire to understand the community members' backgrounds and experiences of being in the community (n = 51);(3) semi-structured interviews with some of the questionnaire participants (n = 13);and (4) a post-interview questionnaire (n = 12) to get a better understanding of their responses. A content analysis of online posts and community members' responses suggest that language teacher communities on Facebook were supporting teachers during the stressful periods of the pandemic professionally and emotionally. The main findings are discussed in terms of the benefits and drawbacks of using online language teacher communities for professional purposes. The overall goal of the study is to offer much-needed answers on how pre-existing communities can be used to assist language teachers in times of a crisis.
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School closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic have had a major impact on teaching activities. Adopting a mixed-methods design, this study aims to categorize daily instructional practices in the early stages of school closure using two-cycle content analysis, present the transition of the categories over days, and test the differences between categories using ANOVA. A total of 48 high school teachers with varying levels of teaching readiness (measured by online professional development experience and distance teaching TPCK) kept teaching logs where they recorded daily teaching practices and assessed teaching satisfaction and perceived student engagement. They also submitted diary entries to report episodic optimal experience. Four salient emergency online teaching patterns emerged, which were further interpreted based on the Community of Inquiry framework (Garrison et al., 1999) as four presence orientations: 1) low social low cognitive, 2) low social high cognitive, 3) high social low cognitive, and 4) high social high cognitive. Daily transition of these orientations revealed slight to medium changes. Teachers adopting different orientations were found to differ in terms of teaching readiness, teaching satisfaction, and perceived student engagement. No difference was shown in optimal experience. The results inform future professional development programs how to prepare high school teachers for the next emergency crisis. • Mixed-methods used to explore online teaching and teachers' optimal experience during pandemic. • Four emergency online teaching orientations emerged from teaching diaries. • Daily transition of emergency online teaching orientations revealing slight changes. • High social low cognitive presence perceived as an effective online teaching approach. [ FROM AUTHOR]