TITLE:
Measuring the Students’ Perception towards Changed Knowledge Sharing System during the Pandemic: A Case on Public Universities of Bangladesh
AUTHORS:
Md. Mashiur Rahman, Harun Ar-Rashid Mamun, Mohammad Al-Amin, Md. Tajul Islam
KEYWORDS:
Student’s Perception, Knowledge Sharing System, Pandemic, Public Universities
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.10 No.5,
May
31,
2022
ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 outbreak has disrupted the education of more than 300 million
students worldwide. Bangladesh was not in exception. Various educational
institutions in Bangladesh have suspended classes for more than two years, and
some public and private university teachers have begun to take classes and take
homework online. But most students at public universities come from poor or
lower-middle-class families, and many of them lack access to mobile devices and
the internet, hampering the online teaching system. In this regard, the purpose
of this study was to measure students’ perceptions of changes in the knowledge
sharing system during the pandemic. Using quantitative methods, 200 responses (students)
from Bangladeshi public universities were collected through an online questionnaire
between May 2021 and July 2021, according to the study purpose. Interesting findings
from the study suggest that most students are comfortable with the changing
knowledge-sharing system during the pandemic. It also found that online
knowledge-sharing systems during the pandemic have increased students’
technological efficiency. Furthermore, the study found that overall
institutional efforts to transform knowledge-sharing systems during the
pandemic have been sufficient. However, changing knowledge-sharing systems have
negatively impacted mental health. Therefore, there is no evidence that
changing the knowledge sharing system during the pandemic has had a positive
impact on the overall learning environment. The findings of this study will
help policymakers and educational institutions to make the changed knowledge
sharing system more inclusive, practical and effective to arrange educational
institutions better in future.