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E-learning challenge studying the COVID-19 pandemic

Aida Kamysbayeva (Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan)
Alexey Koryakov (MIREA Russian Technological University, Moskva, Russian Federation)
Natalya Garnova (Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russian Federation)
Sergey Glushkov (Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russian Federation)
Svetlana Klimenkova (Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Irkutsk, Russian Federation)

International Journal of Educational Management

ISSN: 0951-354X

Article publication date: 23 September 2021

Issue publication date: 4 November 2021

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Abstract

Purpose

The COVID-19 crisis experience is shaping new guidelines for learning activities that need to be developed from an interdisciplinary and holistic perspective based on the analysis and assessment of potential impacts and social expectations.

Design/methodology/approach

The research is devoted to the study of modern e-learning challenges in the context of social distance, the analysis of learning experience, problems and opportunities associated with online learning. The research was carried out at the “Blinded for peer review” and involved 300 graduate students. A qualitative method based on a two-step process was used in the study. The discussion allowed participants to discuss and compare personal learning experiences primarily related to the COVID-19 crisis.

Findings

The results of the study demonstrated that online learning is an efficient tool for the development of hard skills while being less effective for the improvement of soft skills; they also allowed us to identify important aspects of professional personnel training which should be taken into account while developing a strategy for harmonizing on-campus and online education with the diversification of curricula by various pedagogical technologies and digital tools, as well as bringing social interactions into classroom activities.

Originality/value

Due to the fact that most study participants were technical and economic students, it was concluded that the e-learning format is an effective methodology for the development of technical and digital skills of students.

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Acknowledgements

Funding: The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.

Data availability: Data will be available on request.

Conflict of interest: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.

Citation

Kamysbayeva, A., Koryakov, A., Garnova, N., Glushkov, S. and Klimenkova, S. (2021), "E-learning challenge studying the COVID-19 pandemic", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 35 No. 7, pp. 1492-1503. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-06-2021-0257

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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