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Schools Went Online Over One Weekend : Opportunities and Challenges for Online Education Related to the COVID-19 Crisis  (2020)

Mäkelä, T., Mehtälä, S., Clements, K., & Seppä, J. (2020). Schools Went Online Over One Weekend : Opportunities and Challenges for Online Education Related to the COVID-19 Crisis . In Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2020 (pp. 77-85). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/217288/

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All authors or editors: Mäkelä, Tiina; Mehtälä, Saana; Clements, Kati; Seppä, Jenna

Parent publication: Proceedings of EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2020

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Place and date of conference: Online, The Netherlands, 23.-26.6.2020

ISBN: 978-1-939797-50-6

Publication year: 2020

Pages range: 77-85

Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

Place of Publication: Waynesville

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

Persistent website address: https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/217288/

Publication open access: Not open

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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/71096

Abstract

This study aims to further the understanding of the opportunities and challenges for online education from the perspective of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. The situation was unique in many ways, as the migration from traditional to online education was very rapid and forced by situational circumstances. However, it also had the potential to foster organizational change in the use of online education in a way that has never been seen before. A literature review was used to explore the opportunities and challenges for online education, and the results are discussed in connection with the COVID-19 crisis. The study identified nine opportunities and nine challenges for online education that apply to online education in general and that can be considered when creating strategies for dealing with a crisis situation similar to COVID-19.

Keywords: online learning; online study material; online teaching; distance teaching; distance studies; possibility; challenges; COVID-19

Free keywords: Covid-19

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Ministry reporting: Yes

VIRTA submission year: 2020

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