Research about remote learning has spread worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since March 2020 all educational institutions have implemented their own answers to the emergency in a more or less effective coordination with schools. However, distance or remote learning is not reaching a large sector of students and workers that do not have access to technology and training for this modality have been left behind. Just for instance, in Mexico, during the quarantine that has lasted for more than a year, 5 millions of students decided or were forced to leave their courses.
On the other hand, there is not enough information yet about the learning outcomes during this exceptional period. We are not sure about how well the emergency plans worked in order to save or fulfill the learning objectives. The opening of schools for a short time after a fall in the COVID-19 cases and a new lockdown before cases begin to surge again, is a matter of questions about what kind of learning students finally developed.
The development of remote learning resources become a breakthrough on the educational technology and the perspective for years to come is that many students would have access to a more diverse range of options, with the possibility of studying in different institutions that would provide on-line services developed and tested during the pandemic. Nevertheless, it is not clear if students that do not have access to technology for this modality would have it tomorrow. Neither is clear if remote learning of the present time have the quality enough to become a strategy of massification and improvement of education or if distance learning deficiencies of today would have to be corrected in the future.
I just think about this questions because the only thing we can be sure about is that this shift in the global education scenario will take many years to be understand in all of its magnitude
Remote and online learning has proved itself to be a short-term solution, highlighting many issues with technology access and inclusivity.
Check https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/coronavirus-education-global-covid19-online-digital-learning/
Flexibility – Being able to learn online provides you with the freedom to learn wherever you are, without having to attend a class at an allocated time. ... Makes education accessible – Online learning gives you access to education later on in life, for example if you work full-time but want to pursue an area of study. https://www.onlinebusinessschool.com/why-online-learning-is-the-future-of-modern-education/
Excessive time on screens has been linked to anxiety and depression. It is also much more difficult for teachers to reach out to their students if they are having trouble, and they have to deal with bugs in online learning systems as well. Because of this, many students feel left behind https://fhspost.com/how-is-distance-learning-affecting-students/
Scientists looking at the effectiveness of distance learning found that in some studies, distance education students performed slightly better in exams and grades than traditional classroom students, but that overall the average performance outcomes weren't that different. https://www.ef.edu/blog/language/online-learning-vs-in-person-classes-whats-better/
It must be acknowledged that distance learning was a great help to students and teachers during the pandemic. It allowed the school to continue to operate under very difficult conditions. The pandemic has positioned distance learning as a formidable complement to face-to-face learning, which of course remains the preferred mode for the majority of students and teachers.
Dear Dr. Guillermo López Franco,
Today there are serious doubts about the quality of Education and there are several factors that obstruct its quality. After the Covid-19 there is a lack in the training, organization and leadership of school groups in general. What quality do we aspire to? On the one hand, there are unevenness in terms of educational quality in schools located in places with "their own Cultures", with respect to those with "Cultural plurality", and on the other hand, i consider that while Covid-19 lasts, it would be appropriate to give wide scope to the initiatives of the Student under the guidance of the Teacher, which would entail growing in educational quality.
Certainly, the pandemic has redefined the method of education.
I notice that things are changing slowly and will change more rapidly in the future. We have to develop new guidelines and creative ways to enhance the learning style. Yes, remote learning is here to stay because technology dominating the world, and the old ways of learning have to be replaced. But having said that, offline teaching and learning are undoubtedly the best but we have to change according to the world around us.
Everything has positive and negative sides to it. Let us all look at the positive side of things.
Dear Dr. Guillermo López Franco
The Higher Education sector must prepare for what is coming our way. As much as we say that "Distance Education" will affect the quality of Education and that as a consequence, it will frustrate both Teachers and students, it is also true that the use of a "wide range of Information Technologies to Online Education" is useful, but it still raises many "theoretical-practical" problems. At present, we are seeing "in crescendo" concern that "distance learning" could also worsen/contrast "different and real inequalities in the way of seeing what education is".
The problem is still open ... Kindly see the following link in scientific field:
Article Secondary School Language Teachers’ Online Learning Engageme...
Don't. It saves a lot of time and resources. Distractions are avoided.
Friendships are always possible. The quality can be assured by effective verification tests.
Hi Dr Guillermo López Franco . See the following link: https://futureready.org/remote/
See the following link: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED518690.pdf
Also see the following link: https://thejournal.com/articles/2021/05/11/study-device-quality-impacts-remote-learning.aspx?m=1
Kindly see also the following link link: https://www.educations.com/articles-and-advice/5-reasons-online-learning-is-future-of-education-17146
In relation to Mr Paul Tritella's answer, I find that distance learning is sometimes effective even when the teaching itself is face-to-face. This advantage is all the more important when it comes to large classes.
In my opinion, the important thing is the checks on the objectives that the students have to achieve and which can be rewarded by compensation to be invented, points for a prize, for example.
Without serious checks it is difficult for a boy to find the will and a nearby reward can certainly motivate.
It's not going to eliminate traditional schooling. However, it has a place, for sure.
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