Experience of Online Learning from COVID-19: Preparing for the Future of Digital Transformation in Education

Bo Jiang (), Xinya Li, Sijiang Liu, Chuanyan Hao, Gangyao Zhang and Qiaomin Lin
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Bo Jiang: School of Education Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
Xinya Li: School of Education Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
Sijiang Liu: School of Education Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
Chuanyan Hao: School of Education Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
Gangyao Zhang: School of Education Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
Qiaomin Lin: School of Education Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 24, 1-18

Abstract: COVID-19 has affected traditional instructional activities. Home-based isolation and restrictive movement measures have forced most learning activities to move from an offline to an online environment. Multiple studies have also demonstrated that teaching with virtual tools during the COVID-19 pandemic is always ineffective. This study examines the different characteristics and challenges that virtual tools brought to online education in the pre-pandemic and pandemic era, with the aim of providing experience of how virtual tools supported purely online learning during a health crisis. By searching keywords in public databases and review publications, this study tries to summarize the major topics related to the research theme. These topics are the characteristics of learning supported by technologies in pre-pandemic and pandemic era, the challenges that education systems have faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study also compares the functions, advantages and limitations of typical virtual tools, which has rarely been done in previous studies. This study tries to present the features of virtual tools that support online learning and the challenges regarding real-life risk scenarios, and tries to provide educational institutions with a distinct perspective for efficient teaching and learning in future potential health crises.

Keywords: post-pandemic era; digital learning tools; COVID-19; health care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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