Emerging Issues Regarding Online Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Teacher's Perspective

This study aims to consider possibly overlooked issues regarding online education implementation during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic from a teacher's perspective. Due to the pandemic, the university where the author works has implemented HyFlex, that is, simultaneous face-to-face and online learning, as its core policy to meet student needs. HyFlex allows students to choose a preferred attendance mode, which implies that a teacher must cover both face-to-face and online teaching at once. These efforts to preserve students' rights to learn may have resulted in issues concerning teachers' rights to work being overlooked. This study examined certain issues affecting teachers related to class time, workload, well-being, and security that have emerged during the pandemic. These issues urgently need close examination and discussion, as current online and blended learning approaches become increasingly standardised in the post-COVID era. The study further presents original diagrams to conceptualise the shift from traditional to more comprehensive course design that highlights the growing predominance of online learning. The study aims to help improve systematic curriculum development and human resources management to better meet the needs of relevant stakeholders in the new era of learning.