Higher education in the face of a global pandemic

Introduction / Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis and Petronella Jonck -- The challenges of online learning in African higher education : a critical reflection on the digital divide associated with the COVID-19 pandemic / Emnet Tadesse Wolgegiorgis -- Teacher unions and the state's management of the COVID-19 pandemic in the provision of basic education in South Africa / Logan Govender -- Higher education institutions' readiness for alternative delivery modes and online pedagogy in the face of a global crisis : a case study / Verona Leendertz, Clarise Mostert, Jhalukpreya Surujlal and Herman van der Merwe -- Students' learning styles and perception of online learning : exploring a multimodal approach to teaching and learning / Freda van der Walt and Andile Nkoyi -- Responses and mechanisms for mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on East African higher education / Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis -- Information literacy as a meta-literacy prerequisite for teaching and learning in an ICT environment / Anna-Marie Pelser and Eben Swanepoel -- Determining the outcome of an information literacy initiative for postgraduate students : a case Study / Petronella Jonck -- South Africa's university teaching and learning dynamics amid a COVID-19 pandemic / Phefumula Nyoni and Kholekile Hazel Ngqila -- Conclusion / Emnet Tadesse Woldegiorgis and Petronella Jonck.