Overcoming Challenges in Online Learning

This book examines four distinct areas of education that suffered as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Asian and African regions, and tackles the challenges and barriers that came as a result of the shift to online learning. Presenting perspectives from China, Malaysia, Nigeria, and the UAE, chapters frame research within the context of "innovation experiences" to explore transformative learning theory, and set out the ways in which leaders, educators, students, and parents adapted to learning during the pandemic. Foregrounding four central topics (challenges and barriers; teaching and learning; assessment; educational technology; and interactive learning environments), the volume provides globally relevant findings and implications for the effects of the pandemic on learning in these regions, and furthers the field of educational technology more broadly. Topics covered range from teaching and leading in the online learning environment to educational technology and the interactive learning space. Sharing innovative experiences to aid progression and share best practice for online learning moving forward, the book will be highly relevant to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of higher education, online and eLearning, and technology in education.

Areej ElSayary is Assistant Professor in the College of Interdisciplinary and Mental Health Ambassador at Zayed University, UAE. Abdulrasheed Olowoselu is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Modibbo Adama University, Nigeria.

Part 1: Introduction 1. Introduction to Challenges of Online Learning 2. Educational Management and Leadership in Online Learning Environment: Challenges and Solutions 3. Situational Leadership in Online Learning Environment: The Global Pandemic Era 4. Exploring the Role of Digital Transformation in Higher Education Institutions: Challenges and Benefits of Online Learning in China Part 2: Online Teaching and Learning 5. A Framework of Formative Assessment Strategies in Online Learning 6. The Impact of Using Virtual Laboratory on Online Science Classes in Response to the Instructional Challenges During COVID-19 7. Educational Assessment in Practice: A Framework to Encourage/Foster Assessment Informed Teaching and Learning in the Classroom Context 8. Barriers of Online Professional Development of English as a Foreign Language Teachers in China: A Qualitative Analysis Part 3: Educational Technology 9. Students' Active Engagement in Online Learning 10. Implementation of Online Teaching and Learning Technology Tools for Effective Learning 11. Using H5P to Enrich Online Learning Engagement in a Postgraduate Certificate Program Teaching 12. Online Curriculum Design Framework Part 4: Interactive Learning Environment 13. Using Interactive Technology to Enable Interactive E-learning Environment 14. Students' Perceptions on Challenges and Barriers Impacting Their Wellbeing During Online Learning in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) 15. Students' Online Learning Strategies in ESL Classrooms 16. Innovative Experiences in Teaching and Learning