After 2020, what do teachers and students think of online learning?

In 2018, almost 7 million people enrolled in approved online courses in the United States, according to the National Clearing House for Education Statistics. That number doesn't include, private or non-credit training programs. It was estimated at the end of the spring of 2020 that more than 90% of students took online classes at some stage because of the virus. But with all these changes, I thought it would be interesting to compare what teachers and students thought about online teaching since the dust... or maybe shock and transition, has settled a little.

 

I started searching through blog posts and articles of what teachers and students were saying about online teaching/instruction in 2020 and here is a little of what I found.

Teachers

 

- Teachers were shocked by how much work online teaching was and can be. Many teachers said that they had never compared an online course to a traditional course before as far as content and workload. They were surprised by how much research was involved to build the course, time it took to develop the course and that their in-person lesson activities didn't always work well in that format. It took them a lot of time to learn the learning management or delivery system and were surprised by how much time it took to check in with students, grade assignments and posts/discussion boards.

- Teachers were also surprised at the differences in communication.

 

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