Covid-19: Leapfrogging 8,000 students from face-to-face to online learning in three weeks

Tania Prinsloo; Pariksha Singh

doi:10.17705/1CAIS.04810

Covid-19: Leapfrogging 8,000 students from face-to-face to online learning in three weeks

Tania Prinsloo, Pariksha Singh

University of Pretoria

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Abstract

In this paper, we discuss how a large residential university had to cope with the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In particular, we discuss how a course with approximately 8,000 students had to move to an online environment in a matter of weeks. All stakeholders took numerous actions to perform the move: top management supplied 2,000 loan laptops to students, suppliers zero-rated their data bundles, and assistant lecturers made videos, PowerPoint slides, and even telephone consultations. This colossal effort paid off with only a slight decrease in pass rates after the first semester.

Original language	English
Article number	9
Pages (from-to)	71-79
Number of pages	9
Journal	Communications of the Association for Information Systems
Volume	48
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.04810
Publication status	Published - Jan 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Action Points
COVID-19
Lessons Learnt
Online Learning

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Information Systems

UN SDGs

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