Ensuring the Sustainability of University Learning: Case Study of a Leading Chinese University

Ensuring the Sustainability of University Learning: Case Study of a Leading Chinese University

Yang Liu, Yu Zhang, Weifeng Qiao, Lu Zhou, Hamish Coates

The spread of the novel coronavirus at the start of 2020 shocked higher education across China then around the rest of the world. To ensure sustainability of learning, this required an unprecedented shift from campus-based to emergency online education. This created an urgent need to learn more about the quality of online education, the provision of global education, and the transformation potential of universities. This paper analyses these matters, presenting insights from large-scale research conducted on a leading Chinese university, the first ever major research university to make this substantial transition. This research applied a mixed methods design, which combines quantitative and qualitative approaches. The results provide important insight into the nature, quality, and outcomes of online learning in major Asian research universities. They signal critical areas that require reform to ensure the sustainability of future higher education.

2020

covid-19, higher education, online education, education evaluation

10.3390/su12176929

Biotemas

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Environmental effects of industries and plants, Renewable energy sources, Environmental sciences