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ArticleTechnology in society2020

Distance education as a response to pandemics: Coronavirus and Arab culture.

Abdulrahman Essa Al Lily, Abdelrahim Fathy Ismail, Fathi Mohammed Abunasser, Rafdan Hassan Alhajhoj Alqahtani

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Article in Technology in society, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Impact of COVID-19 on School Populations and Associated Factors: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Abdulrahman Essa Al LilyKing Faisal University, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
Abdelrahim Fathy IsmailKing Faisal University, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
Fathi Mohammed AbunasserKing Faisal University, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.
Rafdan Hassan Alhajhoj AlqahtaniKing Faisal University, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Some countries have replaced face-to-face education with distance education in response to the coronavirus. This form of distance education differs from conventional distance education: being suddenly, unreadily and forcefully implemented, invading schooling and constituting a globally discussed phenomenon. This article builds a conceptual framework for this education, addressing the question: What are the ramifications of implementing distance education amid coronavirus? It targets Arab culture, although globalisation and the media may have harmonised any substantial cross-cultural variations. Various ramifications have emerged through analysing social-media posts, online classes and interviews. Concerning social and cultural ramifications, some may, for ideological considerations, tolerate, support, reject or subvert this education through campaigning, rumour and humour. Regarding pedagogical and psychological ramifications, unreadiness and incompetence may compromise education. Additionally, staying home may entail problems (pandemic-related stress, anxiety, depression, domestic violence, divorce and pregnancy), preventing students and teachers from learning and teaching. Concerning procedural and logistical ramifications, some Arab contexts may be digitally readier than non-Arab contexts. Additionally, stakeholders may intensify efforts to profit, ethically or unethically, from the over-demand for this education. Distance education is one of several social distancing initiatives, which Arabs have welcomed despite their well-rooted social closeness, bonding to debond, forming unorthodox 'distanceship'.

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CrisisDisasterDistance learningEmergencySocial distancing

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PMID32836570
PMCPMC7387275

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