Emergency Remote Education: Experience from Sri Lanka during COVID-19

Autor/inn/en	Liyanagunawardena, Tharindu R.; Williams, Shirley A.
Titel	Emergency Remote Education: Experience from Sri Lanka during COVID-19
Quelle	In: Asian Journal of Distance Education, 16 (2021) 1, S.207-229 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Liyanagunawardena, Tharindu R.) ORCID (Williams, Shirley A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1347-9008
Schlagwörter	Distance Education; Foreign Countries; Parent Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Home Schooling; Access to Education; Access to Computers; Online Courses; Barriers; Futures (of Society); COVID-19; Pandemics; School Closing; Elementary Secondary Education; Rural Areas; Urban Areas; Educational Resources; Sri Lanka + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Ausland; Elternverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Homeschooling; Home instruction; ; Hausunterricht; Heimschule; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Online course; Online-Kurs; Future; Society; Zukunft; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Urban area; Stadtregion; Bildungsmittel; Ceylon
Abstract	This study explores the Emergency Remote Education (ERE) experience in Sri Lanka using mixed method research to understand how ERE was offered in Sri Lanka and what this homeschooling experience was like for both parents and teachers. An online survey (N=153) of parents and six semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of teachers were used to gather data. The findings suggest, despite all the hurdles faced, the teachers have offered some form of ERE to their pupils. However, the uptake of ERE has not been satisfactory in many instances. In resource rich settings, ERE has been more successful. Parents in the Western province, where computer penetration is highest in the country, were more satisfied with the ERE provision than parents in other parts of the country. While online offering of ERE may seem viable or desirable in certain areas or circumstances, large parts of Sri Lanka are not prepared for online educational delivery due to the multifaceted digital divide, which should be considered in any future implementations of ERE. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01