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Boosting Learner Engagement in COVID-19

The document discusses keeping learners engaged during distance learning due to COVID-19. Teachers play a crucial role in ensuring learners stay motivated as lack of in-person contact and need for self-organization can challenge absorbing information. While online learning allows continued instruction, it may be a sub-optimal substitute for in-person teaching especially without universal infrastructure or teacher/student preparation.

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Boosting Learner Engagement in COVID-19

The document discusses keeping learners engaged during distance learning due to COVID-19. Teachers play a crucial role in ensuring learners stay motivated as lack of in-person contact and need for self-organization can challenge absorbing information. While online learning allows continued instruction, it may be a sub-optimal substitute for in-person teaching especially without universal infrastructure or teacher/student preparation.

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a conversation about an important role in boosting learners’ engagement in education affected by the

COVID-19 pandemic.

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One of the biggest challenges of the distance learning during the COVID-19 crisis is to keep learners
engaged. 

The lack of person-to-person contacts, the difficulties of communication on digital devices, the need to
self-organise can become additional challenges for the learners to absorb new information and keep
track of the learning process.

The teachers’ role becomes crucial as for making sure that the learners stay engaged and do not loose
their motivation.

The current COVID-19 crisis has obliged most education systems to adopt alternatives to face-to-face
teaching and learning. Many education systems moved activities online, to allow instruction to continue
despite school closures.

Considering the alternative of no schooling, online schooling has been an important tool to sustain skills
development during school closures. That being said, there are still concerns that online learning may
have been a sub-optimal substitute for face-to-face instruction, especially so in the absence of universal
access to infrastructure (hardware and software) and lack of adequate preparation among teachers and
students for the unique demands that online teaching learning pose.

Better learning process

You can finish the learning material according to your suitability and level of understanding. If within an
hour you can already understand your learning, you will be able to move on to other learning materials.

Low cost

Studying online can save costs in terms of transportation costs, travel, accommodation and other costs
involved in attending classes or courses in a place far away from where you live. Reference materials are
also available online. Dont you agree?

Easy to make revision

The revision process is also easy because you can repeat as many times the content of the reference
material

Time, effectiveness and flexible place

you can choose the study time, place and atmosphere they want for their learning, it is more effective
because it is not tied to a strict learning schedule.
Opinion

Education systems should aim to strengthen engagement between schools and parents in order to
improve information and guidance to parents on effective practices for supporting their children’s
learning. At the same time, teachers need support to incorporate technology effectively into their
teaching practices and methods and help students overcome some of the difficulties that are associated
with this form of learning environment. Supporting teachers’ training about the use of digital resources
for pedagogical practice and promoting teaching practices adapted to this context is key to ensure that
ICT is leveraged effectively.

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