@inbook{b0c81aab80624716a36cc6c519b063cf,
title = "Lessons from the Student Learning Experience in the Pandemic Era: A South African University Perspective",
abstract = "The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated sudden and swift adaptations to modes of teaching and learning in many countries and South Africa was no exception. This chapter analyses the results of surveys undertaken with the undergraduate student population in 2020 and 2021 at a South African university, focusing on the specific adaptations to the questionnaire to elicit responses relating to the student experience during the pandemic. Both quantitative and qualitative data are used for a deeper understanding of new issues faced by students; adapting to a digital world, overcoming challenges of connectivity, experiencing new assessment methods, finding environments conducive to learning, dealing with hunger, and coping with anxiety and loneliness. The chapter puts forwards some recommendations for taking new modes of teaching and learning forward in the future.",
keywords = "blended learning, COVID-19 pandemic, online learning, South Africa, student experience",
author = "Darlington Mutakwa and Denyse Webbstock",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Darlington Mutakwa and Denyse Webbstock, 2023.",
year = "2023",
doi = "10.1163/9789004680371_01",
language = "English",
series = "Higher Education: Linking Research, Policy and Practice",
publisher = "Brill Academic Publishers",
pages = "167--185",
booktitle = "Higher Education",
address = "Netherlands",
}