COVID-19 arguably produced the biggest shift in education since the invention of the printing press. Nearly overnight, teaching and learning moved from classrooms to online environments. School systems invested thousands of dollars in Chromebooks, Wi-Fi hotspots, and other technologies. Educators spent countless hours working to ensure that students could learn from home uninterrupted.
Yet, aside from where the learning occurred, what else actually changed?
For the most part, teachers applied the same practices they used in their classrooms to remote instruction. This is understandable; after all, educators have faced enormous challenges during the pandemic, from ensuring continuity of learning to caring for students’ social-emotional needs.
