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Stephen Downes

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My prediction about what will happen at the end of the pandemic, which I'll reiterate here, is that there will be a mad rush to return to 'normal', leaving everything to do with 'remote learning' and 'digital education' far behind, but then, once we're back, we'll realize what we've given up, and will seek to return to (at least some of) online learning. That prediction is reflected as reality in this article, with a great turn of phrase: "Perhaps some 'social butterflies' may disagree with my appreciation of the potential of the virtual class in facilitating my class participation.... I may respond to their commentary by quoting F. Scott Fitzgerald's sentences in The Great Gatsby, 'Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.'"

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