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Discussion Conclusions
In general, the results comply with a number of findings The survey results demonstrate that the impact of social
obtained previously. In the first months of the pandemic, distancing measures on higher education practices is
remote teaching practices were analyzed by researchers quite significant. The majority of participants have
(Liguori & Winkler, 2020; Maslov, 2020; Ozer, 2020). assessed highly their individual levels of both
It has been emphasized that the global-scale emergency preparedness for teaching/learning and of satisfaction
called for the creation of a crisis-driven with the educational outcomes. Interestingly, students
teaching/learning environment rather than complex have displayed higher levels of preparedness and
institutional planning. As such, it may have become “the satisfaction. However, the assessment of the impact of
biggest educational technology experiment in history” social distancing measures on physical and mental
(Anderson, 2020; Daniel, 2020). It seems that health is generally more negative, the trend being more
humankind has been presented with an opportunity to visible in student responses.
view the world more holistically and realistically (Xafis,
Schaefer, Labude, Zhu, & Hsu, 2020). The authors have Funding source
also described various aspects of using modern digital This research received no specific grant from any
technologies in education (Melnyk & Pypenko, 2020). funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-
In the present paper, we focus on the crisis response by profit sectors.
institutions of higher education that varied from country
to country. In the digitally advanced countries, the References
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