Remote Learning and Distance Education: A Reference Handbook

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A one-stop reference resource for understanding remote learning and distance education, a form of schooling that burst into the national consciousness with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic but which remains poorly understood in many ways. Can remote learning models of educational instruction produce the same (or better) academic results than in-school learning What are the socialization impacts of remote learning for students What do education experts think is the next frontier in remote learning How do students feel about virtual school This book explores those questions and many more. Remote Learning and Distance Education begins by laying a foundation of historical background and context for understanding the origins and evolution of distance education, which advocates believe has the potential to change the national and international educational landscape in beneficial ways. But its evolution was accelerated dramatically, and in unpredictable ways, when the COVID-19 pandemic transformed millions of actual classrooms into "virtual" ones. As primary and secondary schools all around the world hurriedly shifted to remote learning and distance education classroom models, teachers, students, administrators, and parents all became immersed in a mode of learning that some experts believe is becoming an important part of the future of American education.

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William H. Pruden III, JD, is Director of Civic Engagement and Instructor of History and Social Studies at Ravenscroft School, Raleigh, NC, USA.