| | JANUARY - MARCH - 202319INSIDERBy Robert Dillon, Director of Innovative Learning, School District of University CityHEALING THE BLACK EYE ON REMOTE AND DISTANCE LEARNINGThere is a lot not to like about low quality remote and distance learning. As a learner, it can make you feel lonely and distant from the learning. It can also create a dislike for the content being presented. It can spark confusion, extra work, and a general sense that you are just going through the motions. This has been the feedback that many educators have received from their students over the past few years when many were forced into learning through this method. The explosion of low quality remote and distance learning that consumed the daily learning experience of almost every teacher and every student throughout the pandemic has created a negative connotation around all remote and distance learning. There is truly a black eye on remote and distance learning because it was designed and received in truly horrible conditions. We asked many teachers to attempt this type of teaching for the first time in their career. We asked many students to try to grow this way for the first time in their education careers as well. Coupling this with the technology concerns and constraints that many districts and households faced and distance and remote learning was set up to fail.Articles abound that distance learning was a failure. That students lost learning because of the types of instruction that they received while they were at home. There was much celebration Robert DillonCXO INSIGHTS
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