University Life in an Era of Disruption of Covid-19: Perceptions of Readiness and Attitudes of South African Students

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This project examines how undergraduate and postgraduate students registered in the 2021 academic year navigated online teaching.
Specifically, it focuses on students’ perceptions of their readiness for the ‘new normal’ and their attitudes towards this transition.
Additionally, the study surveys academic staff readiness for online teaching.

The study uses a mixed methods approach, collecting both qualitative data through open-ended questions and quantitative data via Likert-scale questions.
Data was gathered through an online questionnaire. The target population includes academic staff from 2021 and undergraduate and postgraduate students registered in 2022.

Selected Publications:

  1. Maringe, F., & Chiramba, O. (2022). Equity, access, and success in higher education in times of disruption: Contemporary and future imaginaries.
    South African Journal of Higher Education, 36(4) (Special Issue).
  2. Botha, C.F., Motala, S., & Menon, K. (2022). Peak performances: Covid-19 and the transformation of teaching and learning in higher education.
    Southern African Review of Education (Special Issue), 27(1).
  3. Motala, S., Samuel, M., & Simpson, Z. (2022). Beyond the pandemic: Lessons for the future of SOTL in the global South (part one).
    Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in the South, 6(1) (Special Issue).
    https://doi.org/10.36615/sotls.v6i1.269