Post-COVID-19 Challenges and Opportunities for Higher Education Institutions in Oman: A Study of Modern College of Business and Science

Q4 Social Sciences

International Journal of Learning in Higher Education Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.18848/2327-7955/cgp/v30i01/69-87

H. Magd, Saurav Negi, M. Ansari

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The present study discusses the implementation of online learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Omani higher education context and investigates the post–COVID-19 challenges and opportunities for higher education institutions (HEIs) in Oman. The study is focused primarily on a premier HEI in Muscat, Oman, known as the Modern College of Business and Science (MCBS), as a case to understand the post-COVID-19 challenges and opportunities for HEI in the Sultanate of Oman. The data was collected through the semi-structured interview with the faculty and administrators to investigate the post-COVID-19 challenges for an educational institution in terms of delivery of the online mode of teaching. The study highlighted several challenges faced by the institution from the sudden lockdown and change of teaching methodology in favor of online teaching. Some of the main challenges include issues related to the internet/network, student engagement, academic integrity, social interaction, course delivery in numerically based courses, quality teaching and learning, and employment and internship. There is a dearth of literature on challenges and opportunities for HEIs specifically in Oman from the perspectives of teachers and academic administrators, and the study tries to fill the gap on that account.

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2019冠状病毒病后阿曼高等教育机构面临的挑战与机遇:现代商科学院研究

本研究讨论了2019冠状病毒病大流行期间阿曼高等教育背景下在线学习的实施情况，并调查了阿曼高等教育机构(HEIs)在2019冠状病毒病后面临的挑战和机遇。本研究主要以位于阿曼马斯喀特的一流高等教育机构——现代商业与科学学院(MCBS)为例，了解阿曼苏丹国高等教育机构在2019冠状病毒病后面临的挑战和机遇。数据是通过对教师和管理人员的半结构化访谈收集的，目的是调查一所教育机构在实施在线教学模式方面面临的新冠肺炎疫情后的挑战。该研究强调了该机构面临的几项挑战，包括突然封锁和教学方法的改变，以支持在线教学。一些主要的挑战包括与互联网/网络、学生参与、学术诚信、社会互动、基于数字的课程交付、高质量的教学和学习以及就业和实习相关的问题。从教师和学术管理人员的角度来看，关于阿曼高等教育面临的挑战和机遇的文献很少，本研究试图填补这方面的空白。

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