Tag: online learning

December 29, 2021

According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the pandemic saw the closure of schools in over 100 countries around the world. One billion learners have been out of school, meaning that half of the world’s student […]

December 27, 2021

While there clearly are still lessons yet to be learned from the ongoing pandemic, the ebb and flow of emergency remote instruction versus the return to in-person instruction has already brought one of higher ed’s simmering issues to a rolling […]

November 29, 2021

A few months into the 2021-22 school year, teachers, parents, and students are once again confronted with the devastating reality of pandemic-prompted learning loss. The global health crisis forced students out of the physical classroom and into a new virtual […]

November 23, 2021

Year after year and in study after study, we see the same thing: Confident students are better students. But, as one student pointed out in a 2019 survey, that confidence is easily shaken. “I feel like if you do poorly […]

November 16, 2021

As we settle into another academic year filled with uncertainty due to the pandemic, educators are taking a deeper look into what can be learned from the tumult of the last two years. Schools around the world were forced to […]

November 15, 2021

During EDUCAUSE 2021, equity, online learning, and digital transformation were major discussion topics. Also of interest? The many edtech tools and services behind higher ed’s efforts to forge new and innovative paths to meet the needs of all learners. Here’s […]

November 15, 2021

The last time I taught in a physical college classroom was in 1999, when my adult students shook off their weariness from a day of working and taking care of their children to pay attention to their classmates and me […]

November 11, 2021

COVID ushered forth a dramatic and immediate change in learning–namely, a massive pivot to online learning. Faced with closing physical campus classrooms, colleges and universities took quick stock of their online capabilities in order to sustain learning. And now, with […]

October 26, 2021

In early March, 15 schools in the United Kingdom reported they were made incapable of delivering online learning for students after a cyberattack forced the education trust to shut down all systems to investigate whether the cybercriminals accessed the central […]

October 25, 2021

As students returned to school this fall, educators grappled with the reality of a disrupted year and its lingering effect on learning. A study from consulting firm McKinsey & Company estimated that K-12 students were an average of five months […]

October 22, 2021

Higher education is in a very different place from where it was at the start of the pandemic. Roll back the clock to the end of 2019, and schools and universities were slowly starting to open up online learning as […]

October 4, 2021

High-quality online learning programs require the expertise of many. Finding the bridge between all the expertise embedded within your organization is critical to developing highly effective learning experiences. During the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Quality Scorecard Review journey for our […]

October 4, 2021

Much to everyone’s concern, the Delta variant is rapidly spreading in the U.S. – and it’s causing higher ed leaders to question whether they must alter their autumn semester plans. Some colleges are requiring vaccines or reimposing mask mandates. Others […]

September 30, 2021

It should come as no surprise that the current school year is facing as many problems as the previous one, if not more. With new variants of the COVID-19 virus spreading rapidly worldwide, worries about providing the best learning environment […]

September 20, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic created a greater need for college mental health services as students struggled with the social and economic consequences of shuttered campuses, online learning and, in some cases, the illness or death of loved ones. Now, as most […]

September 17, 2021

As we enter the 2021-2022 school year, many of us are still reeling from the last one. Last year was defined by massive changes to the learning landscape. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting stay-at-home orders meant that students and teachers […]

September 15, 2021

Last March, Zoom, the ubiquitous online conferencing platform, became a staple of daily life for many students and educators as learning shifted online. Millions downloaded it—and first learned of it—back in early 2020, when lockdowns forced billions of students online, […]

August 23, 2021

Across industries, ransomware and cyberattacks have proliferated in the past year, largely due to the rapid shift to remote work and school. The education sector has been hit particularly hard–the 2020 calendar year saw a record-setting 408 publicly disclosed cybersecurity […]

August 20, 2021

As schools, parents, and students across the country prepare for school re-entry, many are celebrating a return to the classroom. There is no shortage of studies and expert opinions stating that the majority of students learn better in-person. But, for […]

August 2, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and move to emergency remote learning led to a “positive reassessment” of higher-ed institutions’ online learning priorities, according to a report from Quality Matters and Eduventures Research. The report is based on survey responses from 422 chief […]