- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- The Great Lock-down and the Acceleration of Online Learning Pedagogical Practices: Faculty Use of Online Instructional Technology as a Result of the 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic At One Urban HBCU
- Creator:
- Harbison, Omar Z.
- Date of Original:
- 2022-05
- Subject:
- African Americans--Education (Higher)--Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- born digital
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This study examines the COVID-19 pandemic, a global event that triggered a societal catastrophe affecting human health and the educational sector. The pandemic has affected the way higher education institutions functioned. University operations were interrupted to the point that lockdowns, curfews, and other limitations were enforced by local governments, state governments, and the federal government. Faculty and administrators were forced to redesign the classroom experience, resulting in the introduction of remote classroom instruction and online learning. A large number of faculty members were unprepared to teach in this new environment, and they had to acquire new instructional technology skills and methods suited for online education. In this study, several research factors are analyzed using a mixed-methods case study approach. These methods examine how, if at all, the rapid shift to distance learning accelerated the usage of online learning pedagogical approaches and instructional technologies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The theoretical framework that guides this study is change theory. As a research model, crisis management theory serves as a lens through which to analyze the nature of the pandemic, as well as the process that an academic institution can follow to make decisions effectively during a crisis. The research findings indicate that COVID-19 had a significant impact on the method of instruction and also increased the use of instructional technology.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2022_harbison_omar_z
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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