Archive | 2021
Some Challenges for Universities, in a Post Crisis, as Covid-19
Abstract
As the COVID-19 pandemic continued to escalate, educators around the world had been encouraged to move to online and distance learning. Most governments around the world temporarily closed the educational institutions in their countries in the effort to contain the spread of the pandemic of COVID-19. The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has estimated that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented educational disruption with 1.2 billion students and youth across the planet affected by school closures. When education “moves home,” what impact will it have on students, academics, administrators and senior educational managers, especially at universities? In this chapter, some challenges will be discussed, as well as the crucial implementation of the culture of open educational resources (OER) and issues of ethical sustainability, social justice and human rights to ensure the quality of accessible learning possibilities for all.