@article{1454026,
      author = {Hussain, Imtiaz A. and Tartila Suma, Jessica,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1454026},
      title = {Coronavirus pandemic & online education : impact on  developing countries /},
      abstract = {In this book, eight substantive chapters examine how  "developing" countries such as Bangladesh, Malaysia, and  Mexico confronted the pandemic-driven online education  shift. As local instruments, resources, and preferences of  specific universities meshed with global platforms, ideas,  and knowledge, the book addresses several questions. Was  the mix too flaky to survive increasing competitiveness?  Were countries capable enough to absorb mammoth software  technological changes? Throwing a "developed" country (the  United States) in for contrast, the book elaborates on the  inequities between these countries. Some of these  inequalities were economic (infrastructural provisions and  accesses), others involved gender (the role of women),  political (the difference between public and private  universities), social (accessibility across social  spectrum), and developmental (urban-rural divides). In  doing so, new hypotheses on widening global gaps are  highlighted in the book for further investigation. Imtiaz  A. Hussain founded the Global Studies & Governance  Department (GSG) at Independent University, Bangladesh  (IUB, 2016), after serving in Philadelphia University and  Universidad Iberoamericana (1990-2014). He has published  over 20 academic books, journal articles and newspaper  pieces that cover many regions (Afghanistan, the Atlantic  area, Latin and North America, and South Asia), touching on  diverse topics (the environment, politics, refugees,  security, trade). He received his Ph.D. in Political  Science from the University of Pennsylvania (1989). Jessica  Tartila Suma is a Senior Lecturer at the Global Studies &  Governance Department (GSG) at Independent University,  Bangladesh. She is also a doctoral student in the College  of Architecture, Planning, and Public Affairs (CAPPA) at  the University of Texas, Arlington, and holds a Master's in  Political Science (Rutgers University). She completed both  her Master's in Development Studies (2013) and BSS (Honors)  in Media and Communication (2008) at IUB, and has a keen  interest in foreign policy, humanitarian assistance,  refugee education, as well as political, communication,  democratic transitions. She also served as Deputy Director  of IUBs Centre for Pedagogy (2020-21).},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6853-2},
      recid = {1454026},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxi, 215 pages) :},
}