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Lived Experiences, Challenges, and Coping Mechanisms of Undergraduate Students on Cybersecurity in Digital Environments
Higher education students use digital devices for learning, entertainment, and financial transactions. The present study examines undergraduate (UG) students challenges faced in cyber security space amid digital environments. The study employed a qualitative research design with a narrative inquiry method to capture the lived experiences, challenges, and coping mechanism of UG students through semi structured interviews. The researchers analyzed the qualitative data of ten UG students using the inductive thematic analysis method. UG students shared overall that they face varied experiences, multiple challenges, and cope with cyber security issues in multiple ways. Findings from the study led to recommendations for stakeholders, which includes designing higher education classes in a more secure way. This may offer students orientation on cybersecurity knowledge which keeps them safe and helps them understand the digital environment overall. 2024 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. -
Flipped Classroom Strategy in Online Teaching: Challenges Faced by Higher Education Teachers
Flipped classroom model has gained increasing interest among university teachers in recent years [1] (Stohr et al.). The reason for its popularity is attributed to its bearing on Vygotskys constructivism theory and for the student centered approach [2] (Ziling Xu et al.). Countries in the world are affected by COVID-19 including India. Hence higher education institutes have begun their online classes. Flipped classroom teaching has been quite prevalent in Indian higher education recently. Online class initiation from higher education institutes in India has pushed faculty members to teach online and faculty have begun flipped classroom teaching online. Flipped classroom teaching in online differs from the face to face mode. There are challenges and issues while using flipped classroom in online mode by the faculty members of higher education. This leads to the present study to find out the challenges of flipped classroom teaching in online mode by teachers of higher education. The present study adopted qualitative research method. Structured interviews and focus group discussion were conducted to answer the research question. Study was able to discuss the challenges of flipped classroom in online mode. These challenges are to be dealt with by the stake holders to bring teaching efficacy. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025. -
Innovative instructional strategies that motivate students to learn during the pandemic
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread all over the world affecting public health at the outset of 2020. This has slowed down almost every sector of human life including education. However, few of the private educational institutes have risen to the occasion immediately and have continued providing education online. Teachers were forced to adapt themselves to teach online. Students started to attend online classes from home. Inevitably, parents had to invest in purchasing computers or smartphones and internet connections to support their children's education. Though all these changes began with an overwhelming spirit from all stakeholders, in no time it has become a monotony. This has led to the present study to find innovative instructional strategies that can motivate learners to learn and sustain interest in learning during pandemics. The present study employs a qualitative research design to address this issue. 2022, IGI Global. -
Covid-19 and school management
The breakout of COVID-19 from Wuhan, China has shaken the world economy, giving a traumatic experience to people across the world. Most of the countries have locked down their business enterprises. Schools have started teaching online, and teachers have moved to online teaching in no time. School managers are making quick decisions on various challenges faced by their schools. These uncertain conditions have led to the present study. The present study explores the impact of COVID-19 on various dimensions of school management, such as finance, infrastructure, staff training, student enrollment, student retention, student welfare activities, co-curricular activities, and challenges and opportunities; how to maintain efficiency amidst COVID-19 pandemic; and how to reduce the pandemic effect in schools. This research employed the phenomenological qualitative method to address the research problems. The data was collected from the semi-structured online interview and review of related literature. The study describes the effect of COVID-19 on various dimensions of school management. 2022, IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
Gamification in teacher education: Teacher educators and trainee teachers' perspectives in India
Gamification emerged as a teaching-learning pedagogy in recent years. Its usage increased during the Covid-19 lockdown and continued post-pandemic time. Its usage ranges from online to offline tools; teachers lack its awareness as a pedagogy. The present study aimed to understand perspectives of teacher educators and teacher trainees on inclusion of gamification pedagogical training in teacher preparation programmes. The study employed a mixed-method approach and included qual-quant sequential explanatory research design. Researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with six teacher educators and six trainee teachers and collected the opinion of 200 teacher educators and trainee teachers. The study employed inductive thematic analysis and Chi-square analysis for qualitative and quantitative data respectively. Findings revealed six main themes and twelve sub-themes. Chi-square revealed a gender science-stereotype amid association between teacher educators and teacher trainees' opinion. Senior teacher educators did not believe in the importance of gamification inclusion in teacher preparation. 2024, IGI Global. All rights reserved. -
Examining University Students Attitude towards e-Learning and Their Academic Achievement during COVID-19
Higher education around the world has moved to online teaching due to COVID-19 pandemic. Students in higher education are compelled to attend online classes and adopt e-learning mode. There is not much evidence on training the students to adopt e-learning and remote learning. However, do they have a positive attitude towards e-learning and has it affected their academic performance? Present study administered an e-learning attitude scale to 840 students of a reputed University to examine whether they have positive or avoidance attitude to e-learning and also analysed e-learning attitude across students demographic characteristics. Study revealed a slight positive correlation between e-learning attitude and academic achievement of postgraduate students and not for undergraduate students. Girls excelled in their achievement and have a more positive e-learning attitude than boys have. Boys showed avoidance e-learning attitude. However, Socio Economic Status (SES) did not affect students e-learning attitude but influenced their academic achievement. Study concludes that stakeholders must create more opportunities to develop a positive attitude towards e-learning as future education is likely to be technology integrated. 2022 by the authors. -
USER EXPERIENCES OF CHATGPT AMONG ENGINEERING STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND WORKING PROFESSIONALS IN INDIA
The introduction of Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT) in November 2022 brought about rapid changes in the workplace and academia. Its usage ranged from student assignments to workplace targets in the engineering field. Although it has brought novel ideas to its application in various fields and task efficiency in the workplace, its perceived application varies among students, teachers, and professionals. This study employed the snowball sampling technique and interviews with eight students, eight faculty members, and eight working professionals from computer science engineering who used ChatGPT regularly. The study adopted a qualitative research design and employed the narrative data analysis technique. Researchers conducted in-depth, semi-structured interviews to elicit user experiences from the recruited samples. The findings brought out six main and twelve subordinate themes regarding ChatGPT user experiences: adapt, adopt, embrace, ease, speed, engage, and automate. The inclusion criteria involved ChatGPT users from the computer science engineering domain only. Future research may focus on developing ChatGPT user policies for various fields of their applications. 2024, Grand Canyon University. All rights reserved. -
Effect of social influence on the saving behaviour of freelancing undergraduate students, mediated by financial literacy and self-control; [Vliv socino aspektu na spo?icchovstudent? na volnnoze ve vztahu k finan?ngramotnosti a sebekontrole]
Currently, India is among the countries with the largest youth population with 65% of the people aged below 35 years. These youths engage themselves in a multitude of things which generation-x was not aware. Their daily routine, study habits, entertainment, computer knowledge, and financial affairs are different from that of earlier generations. There is a need to study their financial situation and saving habit as their approach towards enjoyment, recreation, and lifestyle are influenced by factors like social media and popular culture. This study aims to find the mediation effect of financial literacy and self-control on the relationship between social influence and saving behaviour of undergraduate (UG) students, who are freelancing while pursuing their studies. The study obtained 357 responses to questionnaires through purposive sampling method. The study adopted causal mediation research design and employed mediation analysis to find the direct, indirect, and total effects of the relationship between social influence and saving behaviour among freelancing UG students. The results of the study revealed a partial mediation effect, indicating that the social influence not only had a direct impact on the saving behaviour of UG students in India, but also mediated it through financial literacy and self-control. Further research could focus on understanding students knowledge of digital-financial management, as digitisation of the financial sector is rapidly expanding. 2023 The Authors. -
Pre-Service and In-Service Teachers Perceptions of Using Virtual Reality Tools in Teaching
This paper explores pre-service and in-service teachers perceptions of virtual reality (VR) technology as a teaching and learning tool in the classroom in India. The study aimed to answer four research questions, including the adoption rate of VR technology among teachers, their confidence levels in teaching using VR technologies compared to digital technologies, attitudes towards using VR technology, and the usefulness of different uses of VR technology. The survey conducted among 102 teachers found limited adoption of VR technology, lower confidence levels in using it, but willingness to use it in the future. The paper recommends providing adequate training and support to increase teachers confidence in using VR technology in their teaching practices. The study also suggests that strategies to promote VR technology should consider gender differences in attitudes towards it. Overall, the research concludes that teachers view VR technology as having potential benefits for learning and teaching across various uses. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025. -
Philanthropic and Functional Motivation of DREAMS Afterschool Intervention Programme Volunteers: A Correlational Study
Rapid increase in access to information and communication technology among youths have changed their approach towards life. Present study aims to find the relationship between philanthropy and functional motivation among fresh DREAMS volunteers. Study adopted two standardized tool to measure philanthropy and functional motivation. Study selected all the fresh 255 volunteers who just joined DREAMS afterschool intervention programme (AIP), which included 25 boys and 230 girls. Study employed descriptive correlational design and administered the survey questionnaire to participants of the study. Statistical analysis of the data revealed a significant positive moderate correlation between philanthropy and functional motivation. Philanthropy could explain 11.8% variation in functional motivation of fresh volunteers. Quartile points explains almost 74% of the participants fared high on functional motivation than philanthropy. Thus, present day youths have high functional motivation to volunteer than philanthropy. Future researchers may delve into the root cause for lack of philanthropic mindset among gen Zs. 2024 Asian Journal of Human Services, All rights reserved. -
Mentors perceived interest, motivation, and volunteering intention at DREAMS after school intervention programme
DREAMS stands for Desire, Readiness, Empowerment, Action, and Mastery for Success. Dreams afterschool intervention programme (ASIP) is to empower children who are weak in psychosocial skills to realize their full potential and to plan for a successful life with the help of college student mentors and senior community mentors. The present study explored the college student mentors interest and motivation to serve at DREAMS and the volunteering intention to stay or discontinue as mentors. The study bases its investigation purely on the mentors revelation of their experiences of DREAMS ASIP. Study followed phenomenological inquiry method and conducted semi-structured interview with 10 college-student mentors, which included 6 active mentors and 4 dropouts. A face-to-face interview conducted by the researchers recorded all the unique points diligently and conducted the data analysis using thematic analysis. Study found 3 main themes and 12 subordinate themes out of thematic analysis. The master themes are mentors interest, mentors motivation, and mentors volunteering experiences. The results section of the article presents the details of themes and sub-themes along with few excerpts of interviewees. Implications of the study might help other ASPs to understand the nature of their volunteers interest and motivation. Future researchers may study factors affecting the mentors strengths and weaknesses within the organisation. 2023 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR ALL. -
Smart Business and Education in the Age of VUCA and BANI
In a world increasingly characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) and, more recently, brittleness, anxiety, nonlinearity, and incomprehensibility (BANI), both business and education stand at a critical crossroads. Organizations and learning institutions must now evolve to remain relevant and resilient in this turbulent landscape. The urgent need for adaptive thinking and emotional agility is essential now to navigate disruption while fostering innovation and human-centered growth. In this new era, success depends not on predicting the future, but on developing the capacity to adapt and lead through constant change. Smart Business and Education in the Age of VUCA and BANI explores how smart technologies and data-driven innovation are transforming business and education in the VUCA and BANI world. It highlights adaptive strategies, digital inclusion, and AI-driven practices in shaping sustainable and equitable futures. Covering topics such as technological advancements, business innovation, and artificial intelligence, this book is an excellent resource for academicians, researchers, business leaders, global economists, educational administrators and leaders, policymakers, educators, and more. 2026 by IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved. -
Teachers professional development on student achievement: perceptions of district superintendents of schools in USA
The perceptions of school superintendents on planning and designing of school teachers professional development programmes (PDP) place a crucial role in inservice teacher development. The present study aimed to examine the school superintendents perceptions towards professional development of teachers based on students academic achievement. The study employed quantitative descriptive research design which included descriptive and inferential statistics to interpret the superintendents perceptions on teachers professional development plan. The researchers utilized quntitiatve surveys to gather data from 128 public school superintendents and captured their perceptions on Teachers PDPs. Findings reported that superintendents perceived PDPs must integrate knowledge on student achievemet, skills needed, and worthwhile-content mastery. Study further revealed that, students academic achievement details can provide accurate components to be included in teachers PDP. Future researchers may explore the evidence-based planning of PDPs to motivate the teachers active participation in professional growth activities. 2025, Intelektual Pustaka Media Utama. All rights reserved. -
K-12 schools campus, food service, and transportation directors COVID-19 and current challenges
This study examines the COVID-19 experiences of K-12 school campus directors, especially in terms of building and grounds, transportation, and food services from the Midwestern United States. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed to online education mode and implemented safety protocols to ensure equitable access to K-12 education. School directors play a crucial role in United Statess school administration. The researchers used a mixed method research design and purposive sampling. The sample included 9 school-grounds directors, 34 food service directors, and 31 transportation directors. A 5-point Likert-type questionnaire was prepared by the researchers to collect the relevant data for the study. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis. While revealing their experiences, various school directors mentioned that key challenges are reliable sources of information for them to work, inequities in resource allocation, finance allocation, and lack of professional training. The survey highlighted the need for several resources, including federal and state funding, teacher professional development programs, and community partnerships that support K-12 education. School directors addressed challenges regarding transportation, buildings, grounds, and food services during COVID-19. The study revealed the need for systemic policy changes and communication resources to create resilient and adaptive learning environments for K-12 education. Eventually, the study recommended that policymakers and educational leaders bring changes to K-12 infrastructure to withstand crises like COVID-19. 2026, Intelektual Pustaka Media Utama. All rights reserved. -
Rising from Covid-19: Hybrid Teaching Experiences of University Teachers
COVID-19 pandemic has affected higher education all over the globe. The unprecedented situation has brought changes in teaching at universities. Universities across the world decided to teach online. By the time, teachers hone online teaching Skills Universities resorted to hybrid teaching. Teachers are oblivious to hybrid teaching and had situational anxiety. In spite of all teachers started their hybrid classes. The present study assumes transtheoretical model for hybrid learning derived from ecosystem theory. Recent research is yet to capture the hybrid teaching experiences of university teachers amid COVID-19. The present study employed qualitative research method to capture in-depth understanding of hybrid teaching experiences. Study interviewed eight University teachers to understand the hybrid teaching experiences and applied interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) to interpret the interview data. The findings of the study emerged with themes and sub-themes describing hybrid-teaching experiences and listed major challenges faced by them. Few of the challenges are handling online and offline students group simultaneously, technology integration to classes, technological barriers, and COVID-19 anxiety. Study recommends more research in the area for broader understanding of nuances of hybrid teaching. Nevertheless, to find solution to the challenges faced by the teachers while conducting hybrid classes. The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025. -
Challenges and expectations of emerging student-athletes among catholic institutions: a qualitative study
Catholic institutions in India are known for providing holistic education focusing all round development of the children. However, there are contextual dilemmas in practicing the holistic approach while meeting the gospel values amidst diversity. The study aims to understand the various challenges student-athletes face in Catholic institutions while pursuing their sporting aspirations. It includes support systems, infrastructural facilities, mental well-being, career aspirations, and policy requirements. Through semi-structured interviews, study explored the challenges and expectation of emerging student-athletes in Catholic institutions across India. Ten lead student-athletes from diverse sports categories were selected for an in-depth interview through snowball sampling technique. The narrative analysis revealed that, athletes are not satisfied with the institutional support. Furthermore, academic demands and time constraints are affecting their mental health. They frequently fall sick, face physical injuries, and lag in academic work. They are feeling unattended by their institution and are looking forward for institutional support in sport related expenses and academics. The study found that, encouragement and emotional support from family, teachers, and coaches would help them lead a healthy and purposeful life. The study recommends stakeholders to help emerging student-athletes find support for their financial, emotional, and professional goals. Future research may take an account of sports-education practices among Catholic institutions in India. 2025 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. -
Video Gaming Addiction and Socio-Emotional Learning of Pre-University Students
Video gaming addiction has been increasingly recognized as a concern among adolescents, potentially affecting their emotional regulation, social interactions, and academic performance. Thus, study aims to examine the relationship between video gaming addiction and socio-emotional learning (SEL) among pre-university students using quantitative survey design. The study utilized two standardized instruments; the Gaming Addiction Scale (GAS) and the Social-Emotional Learning Scale (SELS) to measure students' levels of gaming addiction and SEL components. Researchers employed stratified random sampling technique and obtained 200 successful response to the survey from pre-university students across various institutions of Bangalore, India. Data were analysed using Pearson correlation analysis and simple linear regression (SLR) to determine the extent to which video gaming addiction influences different dimensions of SEL, such as task articulation, peer relationship, and self-regulation. The study found a weak negative correlation and GAS could account for 4% of SEL as revealed by SLR. Future research may focus on educational policies and intervention strategies to promote healthier gaming habits and improved socio-emotional learning among young learners. 2026, IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved. -
SDG-4 Research Insights on SDG-4 Among Asia Pacific Countries
Educating all is a global movement for years; however, providing education with quality, equity and justice is a matter of concern. Despite United Nations (UN) determination to achieve all 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030, achieving the SDG-4 has its own challenges. Thus, the present chapter of the volume aims to capture insights from research that has occurred pertaining to SDG-4 since 2015. The study explored research journal databases mostly indexed in Scopus or Web of Science. It did not include findings from any predatory journals. The study revealed significant research works that are conducted to support quality education among Asia Pacific (APAC) countries, viz., India, Japan, Australia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, South Korea and a few other. Some of the milestones mentioned are nutritious food, health and hygiene, environmental education, inclusivity, climate education, STEM education and robotics. The current chapter suggests that future researchers conduct systematic studies and qualitative research to capture the nuances of SDG-4 implementation across the world. Copyright 2026 by G S Prakasha and Anthony Kenneth Published under exclusive licence by Emerald Publishing Limited -
SDG-4 in Action: Teachers Training in Classroom Pedagogical Practices
Education has the potential to change the culture of society. It is the education that can change the youth and adults mindset in support of achieving all United Nations sustainable development goals (UN SDGs). Since students understanding and implementation of the SDGs begins from their schools, teachers should be given considerable training and awareness to be equipped to implement the SDGs in their lesson plans on a regular basis. Nevertheless, teachers must strongly uphold the responsibility of supporting the UN SDGs and then must pass on to the younger generation. Thus, the present chapter aims to suggest teacher activities that can enhance teachers understanding of SDGs. It further suggests pedagogical practices for teachers in their regular classroom to develop a deeper understanding and the need for achieving UN SDGs among students. Thus, the present chapter comprises two sections. This chapter presents 14 teacher development activities on SDG-4 target indicators and 13 classroom activities to develop awareness on SDG-4 target indicators among students. The chapter suggests teachers to create activities that can generate critical thinking about sustainability as per the nature of their cohort, class size, context, and the facilities available in their school and immediate surroundings. Copyright 2026 by G S Prakasha and Anthony Kenneth Published under exclusive licence by Emerald Publishing Limited -
Transforming Teacher Education: Leveraging Smart University Technologies to Foster Equity, Innovation, and Inclusive Learning
This chapter critically examines how emerging technologies are transforming teacher education within the evolving model of the Smart University, with a focus on aligning innovation with the universal values of educational equality and justice. Through a multidisciplinary lens, it explores how tools such as artificial intelligence, learning analytics, digital classrooms, and institutional digital infrastructures can be strategically adopted to modernize education and foster inclusive and human-centered learning environments. The Smart University is positioned as a space of both technological and ethical transformation, requiring a rethinking of pedagogical goals and responsibilities in teacher preparation. Central to this vision is the integration of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a framework that anticipates learner diversity by offering flexible pathways for engagement, knowledge acquisition, and expression. When embedded in smart systems, UDL enables teacher education to move beyond standardized approaches, promoting accessibility, personalization, and learner agency. The chapter also addresses critical challenges associated with smart technologies, including digital inequities, data privacy concerns, algorithmic bias, and the risk of depersonalized learning. It argues that technological progress without ethical grounding can exacerbate educational disparities rather than resolve them. To counter this, the chapter calls for a values-driven approach to technology integration-one that centres inclusion, justice, and equity. In doing so, it reimagines the Smart University as a high-tech institution and as a transformative environment that equips future educators to navigate diverse, digitally enriched, and socially responsible classrooms. 2026, IGI Global Scientific Publishing. All rights reserved.