Cited by 2,268Education during COVID-19 pandemicOnline and Blended LearningE-Learning and COVID-19

COVID ‐19 and online teaching in higher education: A case study of Peking University

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Bao, Wei·2020·Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies

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Starting from the spring of 2020, the outbreak of the COVID-19 caused Chinese universities to close the campuses and forced them to initiate online teaching. This paper focuses on a case of Peking University's online education. Six specific instructional strategies are presented to summarize current online teaching experiences for university instructors who might conduct online education in similar circumstances. The study concludes with five high-impact principles for online education: (a) high relevance between online instructional design and student learning, (b) effective delivery on online instructional information, (c) adequate support provided by faculty and teaching assistants to students; (d) high-quality participation to improve the breadth and depth of student's learning, and (e) contingency plan to deal with unexpected incidents of online education platforms.

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  1. Bao, W. (2019). Bridging the gap between research and practice: Identify- ing high-impact educational practices for Chinese undergraduate edu- cation. Peking University Education Review, 1, 105-129.
  2. Li, Y., Wu, S., Yao, Q., & Zhu, Y. (2013). Research on college students' online learning behavior. e-Education Research, 34(11), 59-65.
  3. Shang, J., & Cao, P. (2017). "Internet plus" and the reform of higher education: A preliminary study on the development strategy of higher education informatization in China. Peking University Education Review, 1, 173-182.

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Authors
Bao, W.
Affiliations
Graduate School of EducationInstitute of Education Economy, Peking University Beijing China
Venue
Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2020-04
Volume
2
Issue
2
Pages
113-115
ISSN
2578-1863 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3014723334
Cited by
2,268
References
3
Citations by year
2026: 79 · 2025: 147 · 2024: 243 · 2023: 395 · 2022: 545 · 2021: 656 · 2020: 202 · 2014: 1
FWCI
681.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Ministry of Education of China and the project The Research of Faculty Development
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Education during COVID-19 pandemic
  • Social Sciences › Education › Online and Blended Learning
  • Social Sciences › Education › E-Learning and COVID-19
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, online learning, higher education, Peking University, teaching methods, online instructional design, student participation, faculty support, teaching assistants, contingency planning, online learning platforms, campus closure

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