Coronavirus Impact on Digital Technology Use in University Student Software Engineering Project Management

Abstract

This chapter discusses the challenges for the higher education sector during the coronavirus pandemic. It examines the advantages of information and communication technology (ICT) tools in advancing higher education and students' changing communication practices during the recent pandemic. The chapter identifies research gaps, highlighting the consequential effect on lesser-developed countries, the psychological effect on the student community, and the vital role of management in handling distributed software development practice. It also presents that the main objective should be to develop more resilient higher education teaching and learning provisions that are responsive and adaptive to future crises. For example, an undergraduate software development case study describes a group of computer science students' views on digital communication channel utilization behaviour during the coronavirus pandemic. Finally, a multiple-choice questions and answers method provides the students' views regarding the relevant research issues and a view of university students' communication channel utilization patterns.