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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The pandemic has forced students all over the world to live life out of the norm and in the \u201cnew normal\u201d of things with no social interaction with peers, finding new ways to communicate and online learning.<\/p>\n

An in-depth survey, conducted by the Independent Institute of Education (IIE), shows that the lack of peer contact and motivation are two key challenges higher education students have to endure after institutions took teaching online in response to the pandemic and lockdowns.<\/p>\n

The survey provides a quantitative and qualitative look at how public universities and private institutions responded to last year\u2019s challenges, as well as the impact of various strategies and approaches on students.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we prepare to launch into a new academic year this March, lessons learned from last year will provide a valuable roadmap for the future, given that we will continue for the foreseeable future to face many of the same challenges we encountered last year,\u201d says Dr Felicity Coughlan, director at the IIE.<\/p>\n

Coughlan says one of the survey findings revealed that students did not cite access to data or hardware as their primary struggles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe number one issue, cited by more than 40% of respondents, was that students missed their peers and found it hard to adjust to online learning, which led to a loss of motivation on the part of many.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy comparison, less than 24% of university students in the study cited fees as a barrier experienced under lockdown, and 29% mentioned data struggles.\u201d<\/p>\n

The survey was conducted using the sentiments of students across 22 institutions \u2013 eight private institutions and 14 public universities across South Africa \u2013 about their lockdown learning experience.<\/p>\n

The survey looked at student perceptions of the responsiveness of institutions to the Covid-19 crisis, and the extent to which they felt they were being prepared for the working world.<\/p>\n

According to Coughlan, many respondents rated the standard of online teaching and engagement as \u201cgood\u201d or \u201cexcellent\u201d, more than 27% of students from universities cited lack of support as an issue under lockdown. Even within faculties in the same institution, inconsistency was experienced as contained in student comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome were good and some were bad,\u201d said an engineering student.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t like how things are being done now,\u201d said another, \u201cI feel a lack of enthusiasm coming from everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

The survey further highlighted the differences in the experiences and expectations of students, with 65% of university students saying that their online learning experience was preparing them to be successful in the future workplace. Although many respondents believe studying from home prepares students for a new age of working from home, others were despondent.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnline does not equal better,\u201d said one respondent, with another adding: \u201cI am just worried about how this mess will translate by the time we start working\u201d. \u201cIt\u2019s making me too anxious to even think about my future workplace,\u201d said a commerce student.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe focus for Higher Education Institutions this year must be on two fronts,\u201d says Coughlan.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnsuring consistency and effectiveness of teaching and learning, as well as providing the crucial support students need. Students expressed a need for safety, consistency, security and predictability, and as we head into another uncertain academic year, effort must be made to address these concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen teaching face-to-face, there will usually be a measure of consistency of delivery across modules. However in the online space, there may be a huge variation in terms of how lecturers manage the development of knowledge and skills. It is this varied nature that may have made students hold less positive perceptions, because of the aforementioned lack of predictability and consistency.\u201d<\/p>\n

She says going forward and while the current pandemic-crisis continues, higher education institutions must make an extra effort to introduce measures that will support students and assist with maintaining their emotional well-being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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