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The chapter presents short case studies of how universities and countries have adapted teaching and learning to deal with the Covid-19 era and how higher education has transformed towards a new normal. Case studies are presented for five universities in five countries: The University of Melbourne, Australia; Imperial College London, UK; Seoul National University of Education (SNUE), South Korea; The University of Hong Kong; University of Danang, Vietnam. The transition to online and blended learning has been problematic for students, teachers and university management, particularly in universities which have previously relied on on-campus teaching. An analysis and synthesis of the case studies shows that, while there are contextual differences, there are also global trends. In the face of restrictions on contact, there has been a transition to substantial degrees of online and blended learning in a short space of time, and this transition commonly seems set to be ongoing.
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These data are derived from the following research project: Mulder, R. Bone, E. K. French, S., & Connelly, C. F. (2021). Characterising approaches to online curriculum delivery during the COVID19 pandemic and their impact on student engagement and perceptions of learning, supported by a Research Development Award from the Melbourne School of Graduate Education at the University of Melbourne. See French et al. (2022); Further outputs from this work are forthcoming.
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The data on the number of Covid cases and vaccination rate were obtained from the official website of Vietnam Ministry of Health (https://moh.gov.vn/vi_VN).
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The Department of Inspection and Legislation is in charge of implementing internal inspection activities in the field of school activities to prevent and detect violations of law.
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Bridges, S.M. et al. (2023). International Perspectives on the Transformation of Teaching in the New Normal. In: Kember, D., Ellis, R.A., Fan, S., Trimble, A. (eds) Adapting to Online and Blended Learning in Higher Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0898-1_13
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