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Higher Education Students’ Perceptions of Online Learning during COVID-19—A Comparative Study

Desireé Cranfield Orcid Logo, Andrea Tick, Isabella M. Venter, Renette J. Blignaut, Karen Renaud

Education Sciences, Volume: 11, Issue: 8, Start page: 403

Swansea University Author: Desireé Cranfield Orcid Logo

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The pandemic and subsequent ‘lockdown’ has dramatically changed the educational landscape of higher education institutions. Pre-covid-19, traditional universities had choices in pedagogical practice, which included a variety of teaching delivery modes. Overnight, a single mode of delivery became the...

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