Although online education is a good alternative to the face-to-face education system in critical situations such as the current situation, but due to the sudden occurrence and rapid spread of the disease, many countries have not been able to adapt their education. As various studies have shown, although there have been examples of plans for distance learning and online learning in many countries during the epidemic, most have been limited in scope and size. Is not a global crisis. As with the Covid-19 epidemic, countries with limited technology faced limitations in their schools to fully implement online education and failed to do so (Sintema et al., 2020). An important part of the schools that suffered serious damage in this way was related to rural schools and multi-grade classrooms. The students of these schools lacked the least experience of online education in the past and suddenly faced a phenomenon that was frightening for many of them. The fact is that in times of crisis, education will not be normal and technology alone cannot fill the gap created in learning. Especially in places such as rural areas where students face many restrictions on access to the same technologies (David et al., 2020). Teaching is moving online on an unprecedented scale. The important thing is that these events will not be just a short-term issue. Rather, it can have long-term consequences for affected groups and, most importantly, rural students who lack the facilities to access online education and are likely to increase inequalities (Burgess et al., 2020).
Education has become in advanced stages, as education in kindergarten is part of the stages of educational development in the future, and in the future because they have not been properly established education. Children, in order to learn, need an educational environment that has certain specific characteristics. Children learn more through play and seeing Teachers are in front of them and imitate them. In addition to the presence of some studies that indicated the risks and negative effects of technology on the child.
Education has become in advanced stages, as education in kindergarten is part of the stages of educational development in the future, and in the future because they have not been properly established education. Children, in order to learn, need an educational environment that has certain specific characteristics. Children learn more through play and seeing Teachers are in front of them and imitate them. In addition to the presence of some studies that indicated the risks and negative effects of technology on the child.
It depends on nature of learner who deal with online learning. Online learning may waste their real life experiences, but it needs the appropriate proportion to learn in both online and non-online contexts.
Dear Morteza Bakhtiarvand ,
I think you raise an important issue here by highlighting the lack of equity concerning access to educational technology in a pandemic. However, technology is not a must in the present circumstances provided that students are prepared to take responsibility for their own learning (sometimes referred to as self-regulated learning). I am sure many rural students still have access to traditional learning resources, such as books and have been using the lockdown as an opportunity to read and study on their own initiative. Perhaps this is where an educational advancement needs to take place in rural areas. It might be worth researching into the alternative education literature for past examples of this.
I have been teaching large cohorts of students how to do their dissertations. Going online has actually been an improvement in some ways but I am aware that some students do not have access to a computer or a good internet signal, which makes their learning very difficult if they are trying to use their smartphone.
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