Residual post-pandemic ICT literacy in higher education
The case of foreign language teachers and students in Japan
Keywords:
ICT Literacy, University Teaching Methodology, Foreign Language Teaching, Post-pandemic Education, Virtual Teaching Resources, Online Education, Higher Education MethodologyAbstract
The COVID-19 pandemic forced higher educational institutions to an emergent transition to online education, which required that teachers and students were ICT literate enough to continue with their curricula. As most universities in Japan have already transitioned back to face-to-face lessons, this study aimed to analyze the process of acquisition and use of ICT knowledge in a pre, mid and post-pandemic scenario. Findings showed a drastic gap of ICT literacy between teachers and students. However, results suggest that the acquired ICT knowledge remained and is currently being used in a face-to-face or hybrid environment.
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