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Educating in Emergency!

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Educating in Emergency! by Anand Deshbhratar Educating in Emergency  As I write this article, there already is great confusion and uncertainty about the reopening of schools and colleges for this academic year. Various educational institutions are in dilemma on how to continue their courses/education at this time of emergency. There is massive pressure from EdTech groups to pursue educational institutions to go fully online. Many institutional  managements are not only happily welcoming this but also forcing it in their institutions (without waiting for the Government Guidelines), and I am afraid that in doing so, the very fabric of " learning " is being compromised as the desperation is out of institutional sustainability than the learning itself. In addition to that, in this process, the most important stakeholders remain neglected. Yes, you guessed it right! I'm talking about the students, who may be forced to change their mode of learning which they hav
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What is online education?

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What is Online Education? Defining Online Education by Anand Deshbhratar Online Education Y 2K  has opened up the ocean of multiple possibilities. One of those is education without boundaries. Never before it made so much sense to most of us as it is now due to the Global Crisis -  COVID-19  Pandemic.  The  COVID-19  pandemic has created a defining moment for online learning.  This Pandemic has forced every organization to think  out of the box  and tap on to this ocean of possibilities to go on. With residential campuses closed, many institutions  have had to rapidly pivot to offer their courses/education remotely without knowing the basics of  Distance Learning .  It is not that  Online Education  or  e-Learning  is new, however, the global realization of these multiple possibilities that internet can offer in this pandemic is new. With new excitement comes new confusions, and it is important to get into right understanding before jumping into the ocean of multiple possi
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