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Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

Tony Bates brings together reports from reports from sub-Saharan Africa, Iran, Japan, the UK, Canada and the USA describing how institutions have responded to the sudden shift to online learning. I like what he has to say in his concluding section. One thing: "Covid-19 has magnified very clearly the current inequities in the system and the importance of universal and low cost internet access for education." Another thing: "let's give some thought to the students. Their lives have been turned upside down by this crisis, and they should be always the first consideration."

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