Title:
DISRUPTION IN GLOBAL HIGHER EDUCATION: ONLINE LEARNING AS A RESPONSE TO COVID-19

Authors:
Pamela A. Lemoine ,Robert E. Waller ,Thomas J. McCormack ,Christopher J. Garretson and Michael D. Richardson*,

Abstract:
Global higher education institutions are attempting to adapt and modify their response to the pandemic disruption. Today, higher education leaders are confronted with COVID-19 and the adaptation to online learning, which tends to be something beyond any institution’s control. The adoption of online learning happened in response to COVID-19 when few of these institutions were well prepared for the sudden, disruptive move. Continuous adaptation became the key construct as administrators, faculty and students struggled to implement online learning. It is undeniable that online instruction, use of web tools, and the variety of learning management systems and related applications all create disruption. Colleges and universities must scale up their use of technology to provide instruction, develop expertise in the wide array of hardware, management platforms, applications, and wireless technologies, and design and implement models of using these technologies to provide programs of high quality during the COVID-19 pandemic