Dear colleagues,
The COVID-19 pandemic has no doubt reshaped the way many of us approach pedagogy. Online and blended learning approaches have been adopted by several education institutions in developed countries. Funding availability is a key factor in determining whether new learning methods can be successfully implemented. A recent report (May 2020) published by the International Association of Universities states that there is a lack of financial (government/ministry of education) support for higher education institutions. This is more prevalent in developing countries that have seen an overwhelming drop in all campus activities. Other factors such as a lack of digital infrastructure also impede the implementation of online learning and blended learning approaches.
The pandemic is both amplifying familiar risks and creating new ones, however presents new opportunities for managing systemic challenges, and ways to build back better. Internationally, the pandemic may serve as a catalyst for the development of strategic educational inter-dependencies to leverage collective strength. As the pandemic does not discriminate demographically or geographically, it is crucial for institutions to focus on common goals that are shared.
It is imperative that contingencies are developed to comprehensively address these pressing issues, particularly in those areas of the world where internet access becomes problematic. In such situations face-to-face learning is the only viable option.
Can these challenges be mitigated? Are reforms possible? Will reforms be effective? Are education and government institutions willing to invest adequate resources? Can blended learning ever be a global solution? Will institutions revert back to the models of education that were implemented pre-COVID-19?
I would like your thoughts on this matter. Thank you for your time.
Best regards,
Aftab
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Aftab Amin
Undoubtedly, we are facing hard time. The impact of Corona is throughout the world. Education sector too has been badly affected. Most of the universities are adopting online classes. BUT in the places where internet facility is not good, online teaching-learning becomes a fiasco. To look at the current scenario, face-to-face classes are not possible in near future. However, taking this "hard time" as an opportunity to reshape the modality of teaching-learning, governments can invest much in education, which is not easy for all governments. Still to make academics alive, even classes through TV and radio CAN be alternatives as practiced for school level in Nepal, but they may not be as effective as face-to-face classes.
I totally agree it is a global crisis !!!
I think it is more vigorous and destructive than the previous diseases outbreak . a new strategies ans more interest should go toward l improving earning facilities and improve labs, scientific researches specially in the medical field.
Set up priorities and invest in whatever really matter !!
Hi Aftab,
I can tell you from my personal experience that online teaching can be quite difficult at first especially for people who are not used to it, especially in the medical field. Learning anatomy online is certainly a tremendous challenge that can be overcome with the help of virtual cadavers in some particular learning platforms or cadaveric photographs in digitized libraries in some institutions. I agree however that medicine cannot be entirely learned online and must involve hands-on experience to become a fully competent physician or surgeon. However, some essential basic sciences at the foundation of clinical medicine can be done through online learning as I have successfully done. In the future, I believe that several medical schools will turn to online learning for the first 2 years, or at least in parts. This may also help reduce the cost associated with studying medicine in several countries such as Canada, the USA, and Australia.
Cheers!
Balamane
COVID-19 will affect a lot on post COVI-19 Education. There are many challenges will encounter education after COVID-19.
I think blended learning is a great option. Sets up kids for the real world. Plus Gen Z are used to being connected so it’s an easier transition. But again it depends on each child’s learning styles and motivation to study and learn.
The pandemic has indeed caused us to look at education in a different way. Currently in correctional centres we are using online platform in terms of examinations and other related issues. Tertiary students have been studying on line al along. However the only thing that came with the COVID-19 is on line examinations. A the onset, there were challenges but after a few days everything went normal. The challenge is students in the rural areas where connectivity is a big issue which currently I am unsure how they address the matter. Again some students are not entirely computer literate but that can be addressed by offering basic computer skills where necessary and can be done electronically as well.
I think COVID-19 will influence the education sector in general and higher education in particular. Challenges will be launched such as:
1) taking into account technological means to ensure teaching in virtual classes
2) use of virtual laboratories to continue learning foreign languages and provide practical works in applied sciences
3) adopt the tools used to assess the knowledge of students online
4) establishment of the laws for the recognition of the diplomas of the online training in certain countries
In conclusion, strategies and policies will be drawn up in similar situations.
It is an opportunity to continue on an educational vein that needed to be started long ago.
The universities in Nigeria are not prepared for the virtual CLASSROOMS due to lack of equipment to go for the online teaching and learning process
On the field of Performing Arts. there are two wonderful results already. First, making a performance seems to be impossible in circumstances of lockdown. However, performing community is clever and we find out that the fear about distance in the team is something, which increases our general attention, therefore builds up new quality and this is useful. True, in general, it is unthinkable to rehearse and produce and share/present some product without being physically in the same space, but it encouraged us to try out something new- like rehearsals in skype- bolder. On the other hand, to establish/create a new show in another medium, there are good old, already proofed traditions like radio drama, film, TV. Somehow we learned to value both more: live performing with a real audience and post-edited products at the same time. And this will come to be essential also in teaching: to value different atmospheres, to create them more precisely. In our teaching, we will evaluate live contact more... Separation is the keyword- people are already too much on screens and in screens and clued to screen... Apps, games... people are designed to communicate, this is the lesson to learn and what should be shared wider.
Hello . Learning online or blended can be practical, but I have a big challenge. How to teach all medical skills without a clinical environment. Hospitals are not a safe teaching environment.
COVID-19 has already seen emergency committees being formed make learning continue, virtually and or remotely. however, the big question in Africa and other developing countries is whether this is a reality especially for learners from low resourced homes/families who cannot afford the online kits...
In this case, how can we eliminate the fear of dealing with the real patient compared to the simulated patient?
As we had already the practice of using blended classrooms and giving students online exams, now the students were able to tackle with online teaching. But I wonder how the students from villages will be able to cope up with the situation. According to me learning should never be interuppted.
Current days represent a solid line before covid19 and after it. In Education, I think we do not need typical schools and universities few years later. Even countries which have not a suitable infrastructure are using online learning. This means that the wholeworld will accept the new culture. Development in communication tools will help the virtual learning to be the leader. All obstacles will disappear time by time. It is an opportunity for the schools and universities to transform from teaching classical topics to support the significant scientific research.
Buenos días, está pandemia a develado las carencias del sistema educativo ,las brechas educativas , pero nos ha proporcionado una oportunidad de adaptación al avance tecnológico e informático a todos los involucrados en el sector educación.
We must realize that education can (also should) not return to what it was earlier. Blended learning is the way forward.
This is a good question. I hope we see change. I hope we leverage our new knowledge to make the reforms we need in education at a global level. I would like to believe that this is possible. I think your emphasis on blended learning and not purely online learning is an important distinction as well as your recognition that face to face education is the only viable option in some localities. Education is really slow to change-everywhere. But, maybe COVID will be an important catalyst that makes these things happen.
Please go to this link:
https://theconversation.com/education-post-covid-19-customised-blended-learning-is-urgently-needed-138647
Online learning during Covid 19 has given opportunity to utilize new teaching and learning strategies. At the same time the diversity in students situations has been a challenge. Some students have been isolated at home away from working responsibilities while others are carrying heavier loads due to Covid 19 (i.e. teachers who have to modify courses!). Providing collaborative opportunities may be welcome or burdensome! Also some students are living at home with limited resources to accommodate parents and children all needing space, computers, and online access. Education's online response to the Covid crisis can serve to highlight variables and complications of online learning that have been less visible previously as well as being the catalyst for creative alternatives for the future.
The topic is exactly what I had decided to study about for my PHD Dissertation one month ago. By in-depth interview with teachers and students to compare the difference between online and offline teaching, you will find out blended learning pedagogy is most suitable for post COVID-19 Education.
first of all we should thanks God for being able to go through a pandemic with excellent health, if we are not survive, none of the plans we can do after the covid pandemic ends, blended or hybrid learning method is one of the most up to date innovations that can be applied after the pandemic period ends, but not all scientific subjects can be carried out with this method, example; subjects that prioritize practical (psychomotor and affection aspects). besides that the blended learning method can only be applied effectively in a country that is already established with the present of technology (wifi, supporting electricity, etc). Last but not least the important thing, that we are as human cannot repeat the same mistake again, messing up the norm of universe..no more create other un responsible “corona” disaster. Lets we start with new life with new chapter in future..cheers and stay safe ;)
covid 19 only reminds us of and possibly reenergises our resolve to do what we ought to have done already. as it were, subsaharan africa will be slow to catch up because of challenges like lack of electricity in many parts of these countries, high intetnet costs (governments e.g uganda are over taxing), and the lack of know-how in using such platforms among many would be users. non-less, whatever the situation now is the time. there cant be looking back. online learning MUST be deliberately factored in countries' national budgets. those that do not wholly embrace it will be left behind
@umar gaur. yes i agree with you. but we should also know that students that can not afford e learning are many (esp in sub saharan africa). the flip side of this is that drop outs are going to increase or universities will have no choice but to donate segrees to this category of students. but for this should short term. with deliberate governments' efforts to help, this problem should be resolved
Thank you for your contributions. Here's another point for consideration.
Two-thirds of the world’s population will be living in cities by 2050, the United Nations has projected, with India, China and Nigeria set to drive a surge in urbanization.
Today, around 55 percent of the world’s population is thought to be living in an urban area or city, with that figure set to rise to 68 percent over the coming decades, according to the “Population Division” report from the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
This is a good reflection, what we are learning in the context of the pandemic and that we can think of possible solutions even in this context, because as long as there is no vaccine the problem may continue to require physical isolation. In this sense, blended learning approaches can contribute to reduce the need for fully face-to-face activities. But there is also the challenge of enabling everyone to access online activities, creating conditions to reduce the exclusion of many people. Therefore, I believe that this situation revealed the need for everyone to be able to access, analyze and evaluate the media that are being used, and more than that they can also use the media to express themselves and communicate. Media literacy is necessary and urgent so that teachers can provide better training experiences for everyone.
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There entire world is confuse though on survival mode nowdays.Trying to cope up with crisis in their own fields. Scientists are trying to find "some treatment, vaccine". Everything is temporary except changes. This pandemic would end soon. We all emerged better technological savvy educationist. Just a matter of one semester. There was a slow transition was going on for last few decades, to train 21 century goal oriented medical students.They prefer active learning over passive teacher centered learning.
Dear Dr. Aftab Amin ,
There are a set of challenges facing the phase of education COVID-19, which are represented in the weak awareness towards e-learning, the low e-teaching skills of most teachers, the weak credibility of the evaluation, and therefore I see the introduction of mixed teaching based on the integration between e-teaching and traditional teaching.
In the developed countries, online education may be a weapon to overcome the current problem. But, in developing and underdeveloped countries, it is not at all possible to disseminate the online education to each and every nook and corner of the country due to unavailability of smart phone, laptop, electricity,internet connectivity etc.
It does not depend so much on the platform, as to the way you as educator are formulating the exam question. Ideally the answer to the exam question should require problem solving and not mere reproduction of taught material. In our experience medical images with artifacts are given to students and the expected answer is discussion of those artifacts.
Hi Aftab,
I think it will take several years before learning institutions can go back to the pre-COVID 19 complete face-to-face teaching method. The pandemic is very much alive; there has been increase in number of people tested positive in certain parts of the world. Meanwhile, I think blended teaching and learning method should be appropriate technique in this current situation.
Yes, I can attest to some of the challenges identified coming from a developing country context. What is evident is that the learning curve is steep and it would take some time for it to flatten.
Best,
Debra
In my experience, online learning is system that we can say "no" to do now. During in pandemic, as a teacher we should be face the virus with that. But I will say that we don't really ready for this situation. I found a lot of problems in online learnint, at least in my city. Internet is not support all of my student, student also said that online learning make they hard to understands our study, and than in my research, during pendemic the creativit of my student is "die". I found a lot of student just copy a paper form internet when they want finish a task form home.
Education post COVID-19 will vary completely. A lot of changes and difficulties will encounter many countries after COVID-19. A lot of countries will turn to online Education partially or completely.
lease see this link:P
http://www.guninetwork.org/higher-education-after-covid-19
See this very useful link too:
https://www.educationcannotwait.org/covid-19/
Thids is good article too:
Article Education in and After Covid-19: Immediate Responses and Lon...
Regarding covid19 irradication the term blended learning in pedagog sesson is much useful - https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/blended-learning-getting-started/0/steps/7848
There are a set of challenges facing the phase of education COVID-19, but these challenges differ from context to context. if the purpose is teaching at the expense of other requirements, I am in favor of achieve this purpose regardless of some difficulties. Therefore, chose the method and mode that is suitable for the context and abilities of both students and families. In addition, governments are required to provide support at this phase in order to help schools and universities especially in terms of technical expertise.
For next academic year, more likely there will be a mix of online-only and hybrid teaching methods.
The hybrid approach includes both online and face-to face to different ratios for the delivery of contents.
However, if things get really bad because of Covid-19 health crisis, then faculty and students can switch completely to the online-only method of delivery.
Best regards
Prof. Dr. Mazin A. M. Al Janabi
Full Professor of Finance & Banking and Financial Engineering
EGADE Business School, Tecnologico de Monterrey,
Santa Fe Campus, Mexico City, Mexico.
Mixed teaching is appropriate and very useful during the COVID-19 education stage, as it combines the advantages of traditional teaching and distance teaching.
Please see this link:
https://www.iau-aiu.net/Covid-19-Higher-Education-challenges-and-responses
At this point, we don't know the extent to which COVID-19 will cause some proportion of colleges and universities to close down or merge. The most vulnerable of tuition-dependent institutions, particularly the ones already facing demographically driven declines in demand, will be the hardest hit by the pandemic.
For the vast majority of colleges and universities that will survive COVID-19, most will likely see declines in revenue and increases in costs. We hope that schools prioritize their people as budgets are reduced. We learned from the 2008 recession that relying on layoffs to balance university budgets is the fastest way to kill innovation, risk taking and morale.
The biggest challenge is that the government and individuals are not prepared for the aftermath of the COVID-19 on educational provision that can be a disaster on the national transformation and socio economic development. The government of the developing countries are just looking for containing pallative methods not paying attention to the educational provisions. The nation is not ripe for the online Education because the Pandemic situation started suddenly. Let the government and well meaning organisations that have good will in developing Education to intervene. Illiteracy is a bane of national development
Blended learning like hybrids and cocktail are the result of great things coming together and forming new visions, landscapes and realities.
GM
I think we will have to see before corona and after corona. It is important to change because CV-19 is a lesson for conservative classes.
Ingrid García
This is a good discussion Aftab Amin now based on the experiences lived during the COVID-19 pandemic, we can move in that direction. Before, there were many people opposed to teaching dictatorship without ever having experienced, without any experience. At least now that many have had to go through teaching dictatorship, they will be able to collaborate with improvements based on facts and not just opinions. Regardless of how we will continue, whether face-to-face or distance learning, I think we have an excellent opportunity to move forward with blended learning. to promote media literacy so that everyone can not only consume the media responsibly but also produce communication and expression with the media.
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Hello
In my opinion after January 2010 e-learning will be the way for teaching
Until we have not a vaccine most of the people will be in dangerous
Best regards
Ingrid García
We need awareness in the education process, and to feel that the student does not have the ability to interact with online platforms.
Yes, awareness is important in putting pedagogy before technology. The Bloom's Digital Taxonomy can help us to do that as demonstrated in the following to ensure learning outcomes are matched to technology and not the other way around:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGEprVb5HHg&list=PLpqgMVhvoDOEx5yc1wkAVtFUWdIoEwheh&index=41
Best,
Debra
Aside from blended, flexible learning is also one of its solutions during this time of pandemic. Modular instruction is also good for students in remote areas who do not have access to internet connections.
Hello
Recognition of error is a virtue, and virtue is a supreme value in our true religion. Perhaps governments have had to recognize their limitations in the medical field in the first degree and in the educational field in the second degree so why do we not recognize, this is a very educated time for governments to rethink how to organize education and develop a new mechanism Rise to the level of ambition, because the world before Coruna virus differs from the world after it, as well as education before Corona virus differs from education after it. Thank you my brothers ...
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What most developing countries suffer from makes this impossible for them to start studying remotely. In most developed countries, this may be possible, but the most important question here is whether students will interact with these systems and whether the law in our Arab countries like Iraq allows such kind of Education and what is the position of the old men of education, thank you ...
Dear Aftab,
For next academic year, more likely there will be a mix of online-only and hybrid teaching methods.
The hybrid approach includes both online and face-to face to different ratios for the delivery of contents.
However, if things get really bad because of Covid-19 health crisis, then faculty and students can switch completely to the online-only method of delivery.
Best regards
Prof. Dr. Mazin A. M. Al Janabi
Full Professor of Finance & Banking and Financial Engineering
EGADE Business School, Tecnologico de Monterrey,
Santa Fe Campus, Mexico City, Mexico.
An expert once stated," the kind of democracy that a state has is reflected on the quality and relevance of the law that the state passes". Important is the passing of relevant legislation to support the educational system . Crucial is that the education department effectively addresses the questions of the students and parents in a manner that they are able to understand in cooperation with the different local government units and or private institutions. Moreover, the education department shall be quick in correcting misinformation flooding social media, put off or alleviate the growing public doubt and fear as schools in the elementary and high school plan to reopen.
A lot depends on how the state supports the efforts
The way ahead is a new road to be built by mixing the material of the old and the new
In the link below you will find resources pages compiled by the IAU. They offer information about latest developments regarding the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on universities, share recommendations and initiatives, offer opportunities to engage or exchange and provide a selection of recent country-based and international news items regarding higher education and COVID-19.
https://www.iau-aiu.net/Covid-19-Higher-Education-challenges-and-responses
We are living amidst what is potentially one of the greatest threats in our lifetime to global education, a gigantic educational crisis. As of March 28, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing more than 1.6 billion children and youth to be out of school in 161 countries. This is close to 80% of the world’s enrolled students. We were already experiencing a global leaning crisis, as many students were in school, but were not learning the fundamental skills needed for life. The World Bank’s “Learning Poverty” indicator – the % of children who cannot read and understand at age 10 – stood at 53% of children in low- and middle-income countries – before the outbreak started. This pandemic has the potential to worsen these outcomes even more if we do not act fast.
What should we be worried about in this phase of the crisis that might have an immediate impact on children and youth? (1) Losses in learning (2) Increased dropout rates (3) Children missing their most important meal of the day. Moreover, most countries have very unequal education systems, and these negative impacts will be felt disproportionately by poor children. When it rains, it pours for them.
Learning. Starting the school year late or interrupting it (depending on if they live in the southern or northern hemisphere) completely disrupts the lives of many children, their parents, and teachers. A lot can be done to at least reduce the impact through remote learning strategies. Richer countries are better prepared to move to online learning strategies, although with a lot of effort and challenges for teachers and parents. In middle-income and poorer countries, the situation is very mixed and if we do not act appropriately, the vast inequality of opportunities that exists – egregious and unacceptable to start with – will be amplified. Many children do not have a desk, books, internet connectivity, a laptop at home, or supportive parents. Others do. What we need to avoid – or minimize as much as possible – is for those differences in opportunities to expand and cause the crisis to have an even larger negative effect on poor children’s learning.
https://blogs.worldbank.org/education/educational-challenges-and-opportunities-covid-19-pandemic
Radio and TV are also very powerful tools. The advantage we have today, is that through social networks, WhatsApp or SMS, ministries of education can communicate effectively with parents and teachers and provide guidelines, instructions and structure to the learning process, using content delivered by radio or TV. Remote learning is not only about online learning, but about mixed media learning, with the objective of reaching as many students as possible, today.
Staying engaged. Maintaining the engagement of children, particularly young secondary school students is critical. Dropout rates are still very high in many countries, and a long period of disengagement can result in a further increase. Going to school is not only about learning math and science, but also about social relationships and peer-to-peer interactions. It is about learning to be a citizen and developing social skills. That is why it is important to stay connected with the school by any means necessary. For all students, this is also a time to develop socio-emotional skills and learn more about how to contribute to society as a citizen. The role of parents and family, which has always been extremely important, is critical in that task. So, a lot of the help that ministries of education provide, working through mass media, should also go to parents. Radio, TV, SMS messages can all be used to provide tips and advice to them on how to better support their children.
https://blogs.worldbank.org/education/educational-challenges-and-opportunities-covid-19-pandemic
Meals. In many parts of the world, school feeding programs provide children with their most nutritious meal of the day. They are essential for the cognitive development and well-being. These programs are complex logistical and administrative endeavors. It is not easy, but countries should find the way to provide those meals using the school buildings in an organized fashion, community buildings or networks, or, if needed, distribute directly to the families. If delivering meals or food is not feasible logistically, cash transfer programs should be expanded or implemented to compensate the parents. Planning is needed, but one has to be ready to flexibly adjust plans, as the information we have about the likely paths of the pandemic change day by day, influenced by the uncertainty around which mitigation measures countries are taking. The process of reopening of schools might be gradual, as authorities will want to reduce agglomeration or the possibility of a second wave of the pandemic, which can affect some countries. In that uncertain context, it might be better to make decisions assuming a longer, rather than a shorter scenario. The good news is that many of the improvements, initiatives, and investments that school systems will have to make might have a positive long-lasting effect.
Some countries will be able to increase their teachers’ digital skills. Radio and TV stations will recognize their key role in supporting national education goals – and hopefully, improve the quality of their programming understanding their immense social responsibility. Parents will be more involved in their children’s education process, and ministries of education will have a much clearer understanding of the gaps and challenges (in connectivity, hardware, integration of digital tools in the curriculum, teacher’s readiness) that exist in using technology effectively and act upon that. All of this can strengthen the future education system in a country.
https://blogs.worldbank.org/education/educational-challenges-and-opportunities-covid-19-pandemic
Hi . some countries going to to adopt blended learning but there will be some difficulties to teach specific topics that require piratical training. We need to consider these challenges and thinking hot to overcome them in order to achieve the educational goals.
A very important step is the lowering of gate keeping of knowledge
Information and education should be available at a very low cost
For this world bodies and institutions should buy the rights and make them freely available
Interesting reflection! I think at least we have seen that changes are possible, necessary, and worthwhile!!!
I think the stake holders should bell the cat by getting together and setting up a global momentum for creating a barrier free and cost free generation of worth while educational resources as precious commons
With hardly any option left regarding online learning the importance of making it accessible across the digital divide is the challenge in wh educationists of the world need to unite with everyone contributing what everyone one can
When, perhaps in the spring of 2021, the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) coronavirus pandemic will expire, then some of the education processes will still be conducted in the form of e-learning or in a hybrid formula, i.e. a combination of e-learning didactics in conjunction with traditional, stationary form, i.e. teaching activities carried out in the buildings of schools and universities. Perhaps only from autumn 2021 a significant part of the didactic process will be carried out partially, in a hybrid way, or more traditionally, stationary, if the problem of the pandemic is solved through the use and dissemination of the availability of a vaccine for Coronavirus in many countries. But because effective e-learning and videoconference platforms, platforms where teachers post teaching materials for pupils and students have been created in many schools and universities, schools and universities invested significant financial resources in creating these e-learning platforms, teachers learned about the functions and instruments these e-learning platforms, etc., so even if the problem of the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) coronavirus pandemic is resolved, part of the didactic process may remain in e-learning, so the hybrid formula of teaching implementation may then dominate.
Best wishes,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
In a nutshell: the so-called "coronavirus pandemic" is giving the final blow to school systems, at every level.
In many developed countries, blended learning is a well-established practice. It has enabled these countries to adapt to the demands of the current pandemic. Digital remote learning and teaching is backed up by dependable infrastructure and skilled, motivated teachers.
Pl. See this article:
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The traditional educational institutions need to rise up to the challenge and make the learning environment more pleasant and less burdensome like schools should relax uniform rule in many schools where it is being imposed due to pecuniary gains as there is as nexus of school uniform and other accessories selling and the school management likewise there are other hangers on who feed on the crumbs of the school system and who have been made to shut shops because of the pandemic
The regulators of these schools should ensure that the school system is pruned of such not so necessary expenditure to help make the school a more equitable and hospitable place where tensions are released instead of further played up and learning becomes a boon not a curse in stressful times like these
Perhaps in the future also the peer and parent teacher bonding that was so necessary for the success of a remote school functioning during covid needs to be further strengthened
It is real now that continuing in the traditional learning system is not good enough, been a lesson learnt as a result covid-19 pandemic. Both the face-to-face and online learning has their pros and cons, hence Blended learning seems to be a better approach
Education post Covid will be a reality to many that life has changed. The challenge is that many families in rural communities in the Caribbean will continue to suffer for lack of connectivity. Generous stakeholders who donate devices to schools are not aware of this. However, what has occured during this semester was a crash course in online learning and how to manouver or use the features of a device, a task that was unknown to thousands of students and a few teachers as well. It is also difficult to do practical, hands on activities with students especially those who learn better by tactile or kinesthetic means.
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