The Use of Digital Transformation to Address Education Challenges Caused by COVID-19 in Developing Countries
The Use of Digital Transformation to Address Education Challenges Caused by COVID-19 in Developing Countries
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利用数字化转型应对发展中国家因 COVID-19 造成的教育挑战
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2020
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S. Kagoya
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S. Kagoya
2019冠状病毒病的突然到来极大地改变了全世界各部门的运作方式。本研究旨在探讨利用数字化转型应对2019冠状病毒病带来的教育挑战，为发展中国家，特别是乌干达和坦桑尼亚带来数字化机遇和经验教训。这是因为乌干达和坦桑尼亚等发展中国家的教育部门因2019冠状病毒病大流行而面临巨大挑战，这些国家的学生自2020年3月疫情爆发以来一直没有学习，因此影响了他们的正常学习，以及其他成本。应该回顾的是，2019年12月27日，中国首次报告了该大流行，地点是湖北省省会武汉市。它立即像丛林大火一样蔓延开来，首先主要影响了意大利、英国、德国、法国和美国等欧洲国家（目前领先）。大流行于2020年3月初晚些时候在非洲蔓延，这突然使他们别无选择，只能关闭边境，执行世卫组织关于covid- 19的指导方针。为了照顾包括乌干达和坦桑尼亚在内的许多国家的病人，除了卫生部门外，从教育到其他部门都突然关闭。本研究采用定性方法；采用叙事法和文献回顾法，采用叙事资料分析法和满意度分析法。调查结果显示，在教育部门使用数字化转型有许多好处，如果得到充分利用，它将解决乌干达和坦桑尼亚作为发展中国家教育部门面临的主要挑战。该研究还显示，2019冠状病毒病在家庭个人学习中增加了数字转型的使用，这些学生之前面临技术恐惧症的挑战，并采取了实体学习。该研究建议在教育部门采用和实施拟议的数字化转型框架，以实现联合国开发计划署的目标和联合国可持续发展目标，并使年轻一代掌握数字技能，最终通过创造性和创新性的数字在线工作减少贫困，从而缩小最不发达国家和最不发达国家之间的数字差距。本研究有其局限性、意义和建议，详见本文。
The abrupt coming of Covid-19 has been drastically altered the way the whole world is conducting all its sectors. The purpose of this study is to examine the use of digital transformation to address education Covid-19 challenges, bringing digital opportunities and lessons to developing countries particularly Uganda and Tanzania. This is motivated by the massive challenges, which the education sector in developing nations like Uganda and Tanzania is facing due to covid-19 pandemic outbreak, where students have not be learning since the outbreak in March 2020, hence affecting their normal progress, among other costs. It should be recalled that, the pandemic was first reported on 27 December 2019 in China- in the capital city of Wuhan, in Hubei province [31]. It immediately spread like bush fire and affected mostly at first European nations of Italy, United Kingdom, German France, and United States of America (leading currently). The pandemic later in early March 2020 spread in Africa, which abruptly left them with no choice other than closure of their borders, implementation of WHO guidelines on covid- 19. There was abrupt closure of sectors, which started from education to the rest, apart from the health sector to cater for the patients in many countries including Uganda and Tanzania. This study utilized qualitative method; narrative approach and literature review method, and narrative data analysis and contentment analysis were used. Findings revealed that the use of digital transformation in the education sector has numerous benefits and if embraced fully, it will address the key challenges faced by the education sectors of Uganda and Tanzania as developing countries. The study also revealed that Covid- 19 has increased the use of digital transformation in home personal learning among students who were prior facing a challenge of technophobia and had resorted to brick and mortar learning. The study recommends the adoption and implementation of the proposed of digital transformation framework in education sector to attain UNDP goals, UN sustainable development goals and equip the young generation with digital skills which will eventually reduce poverty via creative and innovative digital online jobs, hence narrowing the digital gap between MDCs and LDCs. This study has limitations, implications and recommendations as detailed in the paper.