Benefits, barriers, and incentives for improved resilience to disruption in university teaching.

ABSTRACT: Pandemics, earthquakes, fire, war, and other disasters place universities at risk. Disasters can disrupt learning and teaching (L&T) for weeks to months or longer. Some institutions have developed business continuity plans to protect key organisational services and structures, allowing L&T to continue. However, little research touches on how academics, learners, and communities of practice might respond before, during, and after disasters and how their resilience to disruption can be fostered to reduce impacts on L&T. In this research, we investigated academics' perceptions of building resilience to major L&T disruptions in the New Zealand context. Specifically, we explored how academics characterise a resilient academic and institution, and identified the benefits, barriers, and incentive

SUBMITTER: Dohaney J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7256496 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature