Resilience by Academic Institutions During COVID-19

Abstract

COVID-19 has affected our educational sector adversely, which resulted in the closure of all academic institutions. This global health crisis demands social distancing as the way to keep the virus away and forced the academic institutions to adapt to this physical distancing from the students as well as colleagues. The faculty needs to be motivated in order to be innovative, interactive, and accessible. The pandemic has not only led to the disappearance of old teaching methods but also the adoption of the modular concept of e-learning. Through a review-based study, the authors discuss the diverse response by the academic institutions and assesses their resilience towards education and transition to online learning during challenging times. Through this study, the authors opined that significant opportunities are there which will help in learning from pedagogical developments of other academic institutions. This will help in strengthening the collective response to COVID 19.