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Erschienen in: Asian Journal of Business Ethics 1/2022

20.05.2022

The social and ethical issues of online learning during the pandemic and beyond

verfasst von: Sonali Bhattacharya, Venkatesha Murthy, Shubhasheesh Bhattacharya

Erschienen in: Asian Journal of Business Ethics | Ausgabe 1/2022

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Abstract

This article describes how the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the higher education institutes in developing nations like India to relook at pedagogical approaches. Due to government imposing nationwide lockdown, higher educational institutes were quickly adopting to imbibe online learning medium. This research takes a qualitative thematic analytical approach to explore the facilitators and challenges to online learning from the perspectives of both learners and educators in higher education institutes. We have specifically explored the ethical and social concerns related to online learning and the possible solution for the same.

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Metadaten
Titel
The social and ethical issues of online learning during the pandemic and beyond
verfasst von
Sonali Bhattacharya
Venkatesha Murthy
Shubhasheesh Bhattacharya
Publikationsdatum
20.05.2022
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Asian Journal of Business Ethics / Ausgabe 1/2022
Print ISSN: 2210-6723
Elektronische ISSN: 2210-6731
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13520-022-00148-z

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