The COVID-19 pandemic has changed education forever. This is how
The COVID-19 has resulted in schools shut all across the world. Globally, over 1.2 billion children are out of the classroom. As a result, education has changed dramatically, with the distinctive rise of e-learning, whereby teaching is undertaken remotely and on digital platforms. Research suggests that online learning has been shown to increase retention of information, and take less time, meaning the changes coronavirus have caused might be here to stay. While countries are at different levels in their rate of infection with COVID-19, globally more than 1.2 billion children in 186 countries are currently affected by school closures due to the pandemic. In Denmark, children under 11 are returning to nurseries and schools after they were initially closed on March 12, but in South Korea students are responding to their teachers' appeals online. With this sudden shift away from teaching in many parts of the world, some are questioning whether the adoption of online education w...