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The purpose of this paper is to present the educational computer emergency response team (EduCERT) framework, an integrated response mechanism to bolster national cybersecurity through collaborative efforts in the higher education sector. The EduCERT framework addresses this gap by enhancing cyber security and mitigating cybercrime through collaborative incident management, knowledge sharing and university awareness campaigns.

The authors propose an EduCERT framework following the design science methodology. The framework is developed based on literature and input from focus group experts. Moreover, it is grounded in the principles of the technology-organization-environment framework, organizational learning and diffusion of innovations theory.

The EduCERT has eight components: infrastructure, governance, knowledge development, awareness, incident management, evaluation and continuous improvement. The framework reinforces national cybersecurity through cooperation between universities and the National Computer Emergency Response Team. The framework has been implemented in Jordan to generate a cybersecurity foundation for higher education. Evaluating the EduCERT framework’s influence on national cybersecurity highlights the importance of adopting comprehensive cyber-security policies and controls. The framework application shows its relevance, effectiveness, adaptability and alignment with best practices.

Despite the impact of applying the framework in the Jordanian context, it is essential to acknowledge that the proposed EduCERT framework’s practical implementation may encounter challenges specific to diverse international educational environment sectors. However, framework customization for global applicability could address varied educational institutions in other countries.

Furthermore, the proposed EduCERT framework is designed with universal applicability that extends beyond the specific country’s context. The principles and components presented in the framework can serve as valuable design advice for establishing collaborative and resilient cybersecurity frameworks in educational settings worldwide. Therefore, the research enhances the proposed framework’s practical utility and positions it as an invaluable contribution to the broader discourse on global cybersecurity in academia.

This paper enhances national cybersecurity in the higher education sector, addressing the need for a more integrated response mechanism. The EduCERT framework demonstrates its effectiveness, adaptability and alignment with best practices, offering valuable guidance for global educational institutions.

Post-pandemic sovereign authorities in several economies have nudged primary education institutions to adopt platform-based teaching. The shift to platform technology attempts to ensure continuity in the teaching–learning process. In the context of predominantly digitally mediated teaching process, this shift may exacerbate disparities and social injustice by limiting access to primary education in resource-constrained developing economies. The purpose of this study is to explore the efficacy of such a digital framework provided by government and private partners and the challenges faced by the teachers in absence of proper scaffolding.

Using an integrative theoretical framework that is composed of capability theory, technology adoption theories and the scaffolding framework, this paper analyses the challenges faced by primary school teachers when adapting to platform-based teaching. Social media analytics along with text analytics using Natural Language Processing and latent Dirichlet allocation-based topic modelling approach to extract latent topics or themes used by users during their tweets related to e-teaching.

The findings of this study highlight that adopting a platform-based and hybrid approach improves access to education and flexibility and highlights the importance of scaffolds in achieving desired learning outcomes. EdTech companies can play a significant role through private-public partnership models to offer technical scaffold. Collaborative efforts between educational institutions and EdTech service providers are essential for ensuring the long-term sustainability of platform-based teaching and learning.

After the pandemic, there has been no published literature available which examined the role of scaffolds and EdTech companies in ensuring digital ecosystem for better teaching–learning outcome through platforms.