Pages

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

We hope universities will learn from the lockdowns - Will Covid-19 finally trigger a long-overdue technological disruption of higher education?

Title:
We hope universities will learn from the lockdowns

Author:
Kenneth Rogoff

Published:
Daily Maverick, 6 July 2020
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2020-07-06-we-hope-universities-will-learn-from-the-lockdowns/#gsc.tab=0

From the article:
Will Covid-19 finally trigger a long-overdue technological disruption of higher education? Throughout the world, sudden mid-semester lockdowns aimed at combating the pandemic forced universities to switch to distance learning almost overnight. But while this rapid transition has been tough for faculty and students alike, some good might yet come of it.