Effective factors and issues in online learning inCovid-۱۹: a global review

The sudden outbreak of Covid-۱۹ shocked the entire world, and education section was notexempt from this calamity. This unexpected outbreak caused schools and universities and othereducation centers to halt their physical classes and rashly switch into online classes. This reviewpaper has as its primary objective identifying related issues faced by different countries aroundthe world and also comparing them to get a global overview, and debating whetherdissemination of the Covid-۱۹ has adversely affected educational process in different countriesthe same way or not. Internet connection, lack of technological devices, deficiency in ICTcompetencies, and insufficient power supply are reported by most African, South American, andAsian countries as their significant issues in online learning. In contrast, mental health issues,concerns for future jobs, and discrimination among students are reported as significant issues inNorth America. Lack of training for teachers and students and inaccessibility to stable internetconnections and digital devices are the main problems for selected European countries. Theother reason behind this review is to find out the most significant factors in computing aneffective online learning experience. In this sense, three factors are acknowledged in this paperas influential factors in online learning classes, Student engagement, technology, and majors,which will be discussed in detail. Unfortunately, our review found out in undeveloped countriessuccess of online education is highly corelated with financial status of countries, whereas, indeveloped countries its success has other areas of concern among people.

کلیدواژه ها:

Online education ، covid-۱۹ ، technology ، online learning issues ، onlinemethodology.