Effects of Digitalisation on Higher Education in a Sustainable Development Framework—Online Learning Challenges during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Throughout the planet, medical challenges posed by pandemic caused SARS-Cov-2/COVID-19 coronavirus have overlapped, inter alia, with necessity to continue academic process on every level. Romania was no exception. With new vaccines against COVID-19, hope of resuming face-to-face activity, considered as ‘normal’ before 2020, has emerged. In these circumstances, not at all far-fetched, certain questions arisen, such as: should and must online university education be completely removed? Should this form continued? If so, what extent? We used econometric methods related ARDL (auto regressive distributed lag models) pooled mean group (PMG) (MG) different tests for unit roots stationarity check series implied. The results show positive effect digitalisation tertiary also impact latter sustainable development, a base future stimulation in public policies. present study aims harness experience times, from some main Romanian centres; method quantitative qualitative research based questionnaire, which answered number 258 teachers 1569 students prestigious private universities. analysis allowed us conclude that most participants educational adapted ‘saved’ years 2019–2020 and, respectively, 2020–2021. is useful institution policymakers terms formulating strategies policy recommendations support during any pandemics.