Randa Diab-Bahman

Faculty of Business, Kuwait College of Science and Technology, Doha City, Kuwait

Publications

• Review Article   
  The Emotional Impact of COVID-19 on Undergrads
  Author(s): Randa Diab-Bahman* and Abrar Al-Enzi
  
  In the pursuit of keeping Kuwait’s education active during unfortunate times, it is essential to turn to non-conventional learning methods such as Virtual Learning Environments (VLE). The tools and expertise are readily available at first glance; however, it is important that we further examine the primary roll-out of this framework and monitor its’ overall impact on the primary stakeholders–the students, who are often left out of the conversation. In this paper, we reached out to students in higher education universities in Kuwait, in order to gain insight on their perspectives in terms of emotional and social impact of COVID-19 on online education, and their overall sentiment regarding the roll out of VLE in their institutes. We investigated the sentiments of 309 students from three private universities in Kuwait currently undergoing VLE models and platforms as med.. Read More»
  

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