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Table 1 Prior systematic reviews published in 2020–2021 pertaining to technology use in higher education teaching in the COVID-19 context

From: The use of technology in higher education teaching by academics during the COVID-19 emergency remote teaching period: a systematic review

Paper

Review foci

Number of articles reviewed

Range of publication date

Highlights of findings

Bond et al. (2021)

To map the higher education literature conducted on ERT in the early stages of the pandemic outbreak

282

Up to the first week of December 2020

Most studies on ERT focused largely on the perceptions of undergraduate students of teaching and learning in STEMM-related fields

Dedeilia et al. (2020)

To identify COVID-induced challenges and propose innovations of medical and surgical education

61

Up to 18 April 2020

Concerns such as shortage of protective gear and overwhelming stress on medical students are reported. Mitigations including telemedicine and attending to trainee’s mental health are discussed

Gordon et al. (2020)

To describe and evaluate the developments in medical education in response to COVID-19

49

From 1 December 2019 to 24 May 2020

Developments in remote medical education were rapidly deployed as alternatives to clinical placements to support learning during the initial outbreaks of COVID

Na and Jung (2021)

To identify the challenges university instructors faced when teaching online during COVID-19

8

From 1 January 2020 to 30 April 2021

Seven different categories of teachers’ challenges are identified; design opportunities and support needed to overcome these challenges are proposed

Talib et al. (2021)

To evaluate the impact of transitioning to teaching and learning online in the context of COVID-19 on teachers, students, and education as a whole

47

Later than 2019

Numerous opportunities and challenges of teaching and learning during the times of COVID are reported and discussed from the perspectives of various stakeholders