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The Selection of Online Learning Tools for Higher Education: Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic Applicable to Numerous Learning Contexts

The Selection of Online Learning Tools for Higher Education: Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic Applicable to Numerous Learning Contexts

Paul Evan Acquaro
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781668439968|ISBN10: 1668439964|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668439975|EISBN13: 9781668439982
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3996-8.ch001
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Acquaro, Paul Evan. "The Selection of Online Learning Tools for Higher Education: Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic Applicable to Numerous Learning Contexts." Handbook of Research on New Media, Training, and Skill Development for the Modern Workforce, edited by Dominic Mentor, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3996-8.ch001

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Acquaro, P. E. (2022). The Selection of Online Learning Tools for Higher Education: Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic Applicable to Numerous Learning Contexts. In D. Mentor (Ed.), Handbook of Research on New Media, Training, and Skill Development for the Modern Workforce (pp. 1-20). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3996-8.ch001

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Acquaro, Paul Evan. "The Selection of Online Learning Tools for Higher Education: Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic Applicable to Numerous Learning Contexts." In Handbook of Research on New Media, Training, and Skill Development for the Modern Workforce, edited by Dominic Mentor, 1-20. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3996-8.ch001

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Abstract

Among the many ways the COVID-19 pandemic has been felt worldwide is in the closure of physical spaces, prompting a shift online in many aspects of daily life, including education. Many universities, colleges, and other educational institutions adapted quickly, though often in an ad-hoc manner, to what some researchers have called emergency online learning. Even in pre-pandemic times, selecting and implementing platforms and tools to support online learning effectively in educational contexts was not a clear-cut task. Finding the right balance between pedagogy, training, support, data security, and privacy and ensuring ease of use confounded the efforts to provide an effective online learning environment. This chapter re-examines the results of a study on online learning tool choice conducted pre-pandemic coupled with a review of lessons learned from literature on emergency online learning to better understand how decision makers can best select the tools for their institutions.

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