Abstract
Abstract The COVID-19 outbreak has influenced virtually all aspects of our life, in particular, hundreds of millions of people around the world have been forced to study online. To observe the practical realization of emergency remote teaching of chemistry during the first wave of COVID-19 in Russia we gave the survey to 217 teachers and 355 students from more than 50% regions of Russia about their experience during distance learning of chemistry. 17% of students were lacking chemistry lessons at all. We compared this with the situation in Letovo international boarding school in Moscow and found relative success in terms of lessons adaptation and overall satisfaction compared to the Russia-wide survey. This might be because of the fine educational organization effort and implemented learning management system (LMS). There is a high probability of a second COVID-19 wave or any other occasion that may lead to sudden change to distance learning. Teacher community should learn from world-wide and country-wide experiences of the first COVID-19 wave to become prepared for future challenges. Those preparation measures may include implementing LMS and strategy development.
Highlights
The pandemic of COVID-19 has a dramatic influence on almost every area of human activity
There is a high probability of a second COVID-19 wave or any other occasion that may lead to sudden change to distance learning
Despite some unique challenges of Letovo boarding school our experience may act as an example of relative success of distance learning compared to the rest of Russia
Summary
The pandemic of COVID-19 has a dramatic influence on almost every area of human activity Education is no exception: according to the UNESCO 188 countries around the world cancelled all lessons in schools, that affected up to 91.3% of all primary and secondary school students Schools closures caused by Coronavirus (Covid-19), 2020). Closing schools is one of the most common nonpharmaceutical interventions to the pandemic In Russia schools are closed since March 23 (Over 80% of schools in Russia closed or on vacation from March 23, 2020): for the first two weeks of this period most of the schools had a vacation and after that distance learning period has started all over the country. The end of a school year in Russia is May 31st, Russian schools were on the emergency
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