The positive impact of Coronavirus pandemic on lifelong learning
List of Authors
  • Mashahi Khalafalla Abdelrahman , Mutwakil Abdellatif Elfadni

Keyword
  • covid-19, pandemic, lifelong learning, online learning

Abstract
  • Coronavirus is not only a virus with health effects, but a virus that reorders our lives and makes us think differently about the future and rearranges our social and economic priorities including online education. After coronavirus outbreak and a decision of suspending studies in schools and universities has been being made by governments for practicing social distancing to prevent students from being infected, a new big challenge has been being imposed regarding educational process especially this decision has affected about a billion people who are no longer employed in education anymore. This study aimed to obtain and highlight the opportunities and the impact of the positive side of Corona pandemic on learning to benefit from them in lifelong education. To achieve the objectives of this research, the researcher used descriptive approach to study the nature of the study. The study in hand provides brief overview of the literature about the study, and how it contributes in enhancing lifelong learning and ultimately concludes along with recommendation to give directions for future research by applying different level of analysis on exploring the positive impact of Corona pandemic on lifelong learning. The researcher found that there are a positive impact of the Corona pandemic, such as expanding investment in educational technology, increasing people's awareness and conviction in online education. Furthermore, teachers and trainers are trained on new systems in the field of online education, which will support lifelong education in the future.

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