2023: Online Teaching and Learning in Asian Higher Education

In a world where online education has become paramount, this book serves as a comprehensive guide to navigating the challenges and innovations encountered in Asian higher education during the COVID-19 pandemic. It delves into various aspects of online teaching and learning, including curriculum design, student engagement, assessment strategies, and the use of technology in the classroom.   “Online Teaching and Learning in Asian Higher Education is an innovative collection as it provides insights into online learning environments related to Asian culture and education while presenting practical applications for future recommendations for students, educators, and practitioners.” —Katie K. Koo, University of Georgia, USA “This volume is an important guide for instructors, researchers, and institutional leaders to inform policy and practice surrounding online learning.” —Karlo Avenido, GUS Canada Colleges, Canada “This book includes all the up-to-date information you want to know on online teaching and learning during COVID-19. It would help educators better understand and serve online students. I highly recommend it to all educators.” —Jing Hua, Troy University, USA “This book comes in handy at a time when individuals and institutions alike are grappling with online learning. The focus on Asian higher education is especially relevant and would be of interest to educators and policymakers in the region.” —Sarah Jane Lipura, University of Auckland, New Zealand “As we all attempt to define the “new normal” after the COVID-19 pandemic, this book provides a new perspective on online teaching and learning. The chapters offer tangible items that are useful for educators across the globe to incorporate into their day-to-day work. This book captures the new era of higher education and gives an in-depth glimpse into what this generation of students is experiencing.” —Yuan Zhou, Sul Ross State University, USA “This book is an important resource for international students discussing current issues in the field of online learning in Asian countries. And it will be an essential guide to researchers and readers who want to learn in this field.” —M. Said Doğru, Kastamonu University, Turkey “Education has undergone an immense digital transformation over the past decade, with digital tools and teaching undoubtedly becoming critical for reducing and minimizing barriers to education during the pandemic. This book is a valuable resource for educators, practitioners, and other educational staff members as it critically examines online teaching and learning, innovative digital developments within the curriculum, effective teaching strategies and practices, and the challenges faced in Asian higher education during COVID-19.” —Helen Liu, York University, Canada “Such an amazing resource to draw wisdom from. In the age of digital transformation, practitioners and researchers in student engagement could learn so much from this book about engaging students digitally outside of classrooms. Thank you for your contribution to benefit colleagues and students in a broader scope to support students to thrive in an exciting time and space.” —Ken Guan, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA “The importance of sustaining good online engagement practices beyond the immediate needs of a pandemic situation cannot be overemphasized in a world where learning and teaching must align with authentic student work-life experiences. The good work educators have done in developing student learning from a distance, through optimizing technology, is documented in this volume as a resource and an invitation to further conversations as we continue to finesse our craft in different contexts. I recommend this as a crucial part of our learning journey.” —Chng Huang Hoon, NUS Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Center  

1. Online Teaching and Learning in Asian Higher Education
2. Microlearning: A Faculty’s Experience
3. Changing to Online Teaching Successfully: Evidence from Student Learning
4. The Use of Learner-Centered Pedagogies and E-Portfolios to Facilitate Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers’ Development in an Asian System
5. Project-Based Approach to Enhance Online Learning: A Case of Teaching Systems Thinking and System Dynamics Modeling
6. Pedagogical Approaches of ESL Educators with an Intent-Focussing on Interaction, Time and Pace During COVID-19: Lessons Learnt
7. Beyond the Effectiveness of Online Learning in the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Perspective of Hong Kong University Students’ Well-Being
8. Promoting Online Authentic Continuous Assessments
9. Assessment and Teaching of Twenty-First-Century Skills for Students of Engineering
10. Communities and Engagement: Are Students Still Able to Demonstrate Empathy in an Online Course?
11. Navigating Digital Environments One Step at a Time During COVID-19
12. Practical Reflections on Meshing the Analogue and Digital Teacher Self Through Pushed Change
13. Teaching Presence in an Instant Messaging (IM) Community of Inquiry (COI): Telegram as a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
14. ICT and Twenty-First-Century Skills for the Students of Engineering
15. Navigating Online Teaching in Asia: Innovations and Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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