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Wednesday, May 27, 2020

The Conversation, 24 May 2020 - Education post-COVID-19: customised blended learning is urgently needed

Title:
Education post-COVID-19: customised blended learning is urgently needed

Author:
Werner Olivier, Nelson Mandela University

Published:
The Conversation, 24 May 2020
https://theconversation.com/education-post-covid-19-customised-blended-learning-is-urgently-needed-138647

From the article:
"Many well meaning education benefactors and commentators in South Africa have expressed that in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic online self-guided learning could solve some of the current teaching problems and address the educational backlog. What learners need, the reasoning goes, is to get free internet access to educational support materials on offer online.  

Nothing could be further from the truth."