The onset of Covid-19 around the world shut down face-to-face education in schools and universities. Thus, the Coronavirus pandemic replaced face-to-face education with virtual education. Therefore, universities must have necessary infrastructures for e-learning, such as the development of the World Wide Web and accelerating it as well as the capacity to produce educational software [1]. However, some students may not have access to required facilities for e-learning and may even be affected by the pandemic. So, they need to be supported by the universities [2,3]. Like students, professors need support in times of crisis. Professors and educational staff need professional access and quality support to be able to continue teaching in times of crisis. In addition to universities, some organizations also provide support to students and faculty. For example, UNESCO has collected a number of scholarly resources to create digital content for faculty. Some governments, including Costa Rica, Croatia, and the Philippines, are using virtual platforms to support the faculty [4]. Therefore, universities' support for professors and students can be a great help in continuing education during the pandemic. Some of the required supports are as follows:

References

1. Ghafouri Fard Mansour. “Virtual education boom in Iran: The potential that flourished with the Corona virus”. Iranian Journal of Medical Education 20 (2020): 33-34.
2. The university of Sydney (2020).
3. European Association for International Education (2020).
4. UNESCO (2020).

Citation

Citation: Khalil Kalavani., et al. "Universities Support for Professors and Students during Covid-19". Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 3.1 (2021): 23-24.

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