The COVID-19 pandemic forced many academic institutions to transition to online learning in an effort to curb the spread of the virus. In particular, prelicensure nursing education has been significantly impacted by this shift. This qualitative, descriptive, phenomenological study sought to explore, understand, and describe the lived experiences…

K-12 schools were severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing them to adopt online teaching strategies. This study filled a research void by investigating how high school math teachers view online teaching and learning. It expanded online learning research by exploring more high school experiences and offered insight into the experiences…

This qualitative case study explains how teachers with high or low self-efficacy adapted to changing teaching demands for online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study considers how teachers adapted to online learning during the COVID-19 school closings using Bandura's (1971) SET as a theoretical framework. The findings suggest that a…

The COVID-19 pandemic has been an unforeseen event faced by educational institutions across the world. The sudden change for educators and students to shift from face-to-face instruction and into teaching and learning online caused major confusion due to the lack of preparedness from most educational institutions, including colleges and…

This study sought to gain perspective into the emotions of special education teachers and their feelings of self-efficacy in their ability to provide their students with virtual instruction. A phenomenological study was conducted utilizing a two-interview process to gain insight into those feelings and emotions. By utilizing a phenomenological…

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a gap in the preparation for virtual instruction and an effective use of technology. As teachers used technology and digital resources, perhaps unfamiliar to them, in response to the pandemic, there became an apparent need to determine what technology-related professional development, if any, teachers were provided…

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused an educational shift from traditional teaching to remote teaching. Teachers struggled to adapt to the changes because they were unable to properly prepare, yet administrators expected them to continue successfully teaching from home. Using Garrison et al.'s community of inquiry model, the purpose of this basic…

Virtual education has been present for some time but gained popularity over the past two years due to COVID-19. As a result, music educators needed to adjust their teaching for online delivery, resulting in various approaches to teaching students in a virtual environment (Hash, 2021). The purpose of this study was to learn how four K-5 virtual…

Institutions of higher education have identified online programs as a top innovation strategy, but lack of faculty buy-in has been cited as a major challenge to launching them. In addition, leaders have identified issues of organizational culture, such as the lack of supportive leadership and a risk-averse mindset, as key barriers to their…

The topic of this study was teachers' perspectives on online instructional challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic within a rural Title I school. The problem addressed in this study was that teachers were not ready to fully transition to online learning, especially teachers in rural Title I schools. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was…

The pandemic forced many teachers and school districts that were not previously online to become emergency online teachers and providers of distance learning. Teacher training is crucial to the success of online curriculum and online courses offered at any level of K-12 school. Now, schools faced the issue of how to deliver equitable online…

Nursing education is a practice profession that requires nursing students to participate in clinical learning. The COVID-19 pandemic forced nurse educators to review alternative methods of instruction. The purpose of this quantitative one-group pretest/posttest study was to examine whether web-based simulated learning is associated with improved…

This qualitative multiple case study attempts to capture and document the lived experiences of a group of elementary educators surrounding the COVID-19 emergency school closures of the 2019-2020 school year. The purpose of this study is to capture the observations and reactions of teachers after their experience using the Collabrify Roadmaps…

The purpose of this descriptive case study was to explore K-12 teachers' perspectives on distance learning and teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research questions that guided the study were: How do schoolteachers perceive online teaching during the pandemic? What advantages of online teaching did schoolteachers experience during the…

In 2020 a nationwide school closure happened in response to the health concerns associated with the COVID-19 virus. Districts expeditiously approached teachers with an unfamiliar virtual instruction pedagogy while many gave them little support. This unprecedented time in education led to a rise in vacancies in public schools during the pandemic…