Abstract
The goal of this article is to identify and share the best practices and innovations to enable teaching and learning to take place during times of VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous) such as the coronavirus pandemic. This will help lay the foundations for more inclusive and equitable approaches to education when the crisis subsides. The main response to school closures is to dive headlong into academic cyberspace and remote learning, creating a human-machine symbiosis. Ideally, specific contents, learning outcomes, and a set of instructions are desirable. Different media and technologies can be used to assist students to learn in different ways and achieve different outcomes, thus also individualizing learning more. Technologies can be compared along several characteristics. These characteristics form a basis for analyzing new technologies, to see where they fit within the existing environment, and to evaluate their potential benefits and limitations. Nowadays, technologies have a tendency to become more ‘communicative’ and ‘media rich’, thus offering educators and students powerful tools to attain desired learning outcomes.
Highlights
A few months ago, most of us had never heard of the Coronavirus - an unforeseen, exogenous event- a pandemic [1]
Whether stakeholders in education have heard of this term or not, the question is the same. Is it possible to tell with reasonable certainty what the educational environment will be like a year ? Can anyone predict how many people will be infected with coronavirus in the coming months and how many will die? When will a treatment or vaccine for coronavirus be available? Can anyone kno w when schools will reopen? Will national and international examinations take place as scheduled? We are facing a black-swan event in a VUCA world
In a world where knowledge is only a few ‘clicks’ away, the potential exists for educational institutions to enable continuous learning and evaluatio n in times of VUCA
Summary
A few months ago, most of us had never heard of the Coronavirus - an unforeseen, exogenous event- a pandemic [1]. Necessary national measures have been taken to tackle the spread of the virus such as lockdown, curfews, quarantines, travel restrictions, and school closures. Covid-19 outbreak has caused significant disruption to the provision of educational opportunities for more than 1.5 billion students and youth across the planet [2]. Whether stakeholders in education have heard of this term or not, the question is the same. Is it possible to tell with reasonable certainty what the educational environment will be like a year ? Is it possible to tell with reasonable certainty what the educational environment will be like a year ? Can anyone predict how many people will be infected with coronavirus in the coming months and how many will die? When will a treatment or vaccine for coronavirus be available? Can anyone kno w when schools will reopen? Will national and international examinations take place as scheduled? We are facing a black-swan event (events nobody believes to be possible until these happen) in a VUCA world
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