Resilient Leadership: Theory and Innovation in Chinese Higher Education

The research gaps in the connection between resilient leadership and innovation necessitate this paper, especially as the world is moving away from the global pandemic of COVID-19. This paper has successfully reviewed theory and innovation under resilient leadership in Chinese higher education. The paper explores various concepts under resilient leadership. Variables and indicators of resilient leadership were reviewed. It also focuses on related models and theories under resilient leadership. Three models of resilient leadership: the compensatory model, challenge model, and the protective factor model were examined. Constructivist self-determination theory serves as a guiding principle for this paper. This theory was derived from social learning theory, which integrates psychoanalytic theory, constructivist thinking, and cognitive development theory. The paper also delved into resilient leadership and various online educations in Chinese higher education. Keywords: Resilient Leadership, Innovation in Online Education, Innovation in Chinese Higher Education DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-10-14 Publication date: April 30th 202

TEACHING ONLINE IN PANDEMIC TIME:THE EXPERIENCE OF INDONESIAN EFL TEACHERS

Myriad studies reported abrupt transition of face-to-face classrooms to online learning due to pandemic and the results were various, contextually-bounded from country to another. Yet, studies exploring the aforementioned issue in Indonesian EFL context are still scarce. This study explores issues and challenges experienced by Indonesian EFL teachers in conducting English online learning during the pandemic within qualitative approach. Twenty-five secondary English teachers from urban, suburban, rural and remote area participated in this study. Subsequently, online questionnaire and semi-structured virtual interviews were employed to collect data. Then, the data were analyzed descriptively and thematically. The results showed that the participants had positive responses to online learning to maintain learning processes in pandemic time. In terms of teaching language skills, the participants argued that speaking is the most challenging to teach online. Moreover, the study identified three types of online learning challenges related to technical aspects, teachers and students. Pedagogically, this study implied that pandemic time has given teachers disguised blessings as they had an opportunity to upgrade their information technology skills and literacies

Developing a distributed electronic health-record store for India

The DIGHT project is addressing the problem of building a scalable and highly available information store for the Electronic Health Records (EHRs) of the over one billion citizens of India