Higher Education in the Face of a Global Pandemic

Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis, Ph.D. (2015), is an Associate Professor and Director at the Ali Mazrui Center for Higher Education Studies, University of Johannesburg. He has published several academic works on issues of higher education in Africa, including a recent article in Educational Philosophy and Theory.Petronella Jonck, Ph.D. (2011), University of the Free State, is an Associate Professor at the North-West University. She has published scholarly outputs, including a recent article in International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change.

• ForewordRobert J . BalfourList of Figures and TablesList of AbbreviationsNotes on Contributors1 IntroductionEmnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis and Petronella Jonck2 The Challenges of Online Learning in African Higher Education: A Critical Reflection on the Digital Divide Associated with the COVID-19PandemicEmnet Tadesse Wolgegiorgis3 Teacher Unions and the State’s Management of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Provision of Basic Education in South AfricaLogan Govender4 Higher Education Institutions’ Readiness for Alternative Delivery Modes and Online Pedagogy in the Face of a Global Crisis: A Case StudyVerona Leendertz, Clarise Mostert, Jhalukpreya Surujlal and Herman van der Merwe5 Students’ Learning Styles and Perception of Online Learning: Exploring a Multimodal Approach to Teaching and LearningFreda van der Walt and Andile Nkoyi6 Responses and Mechanisms for Mitigating the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on East African Higher EducationEmnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis7 Information Literacy as a Meta-Literacy Prerequisite for Teaching and Learning in an ICT EnvironmentAnna-Marie Pelser and Eben Swanepoel8 Determining the Outcome of an Information Literacy Initiative for Postgraduate Students: A Case StudyPetronella Jonck9 South Africa’s University Teaching and Learning Dynamics Amid a COVID-19 PandemicPhefumula Nyoni and Kholekile Hazel Ngqila10 ConclusionEmnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis and Petronella JonckIndex