'Global effort needed' on worldwide online teaching

A lack of access to technology, unprepared teachers and faculty, and ethical concerns are among 바카라사이트 challenges facing 바카라사이트 implementation of online education worldwide, according to Unesco¡¯s assistant director-general for education.

About 40 per cent of students do not have access to 바카라사이트 Internet, Stefania Giannini warned. that about half of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s student population was not attending physical classes.?

¡°Global cooperation is 바카라사이트 only answer to this crisis ¨C especially to support countries that don't have 바카라사이트 capacity to know how, or have 바카라사이트 resources to deploy, distance learning,¡± Ms?Giannini?added during a dialogue on online education and 바카라사이트 pandemic co-hosted by Tsinghua University.

She hoped that 바카라사이트 online dialogue, which included about 30 panellists from 21 institutions in 15 countries, would ¡°pave 바카라사이트 way for a new cooperation between universities¡±.

Stephen Toope, vice chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, added that ¡°we will only learn enough to make progress on 바카라사이트 immense challenges of online education through collaboration at a global level.¡±

Qiu Yong, Tsinghua¡¯s president, called 2020 a ¡°historical watershed¡± that will witness ¡°바카라사이트 rise of online education at an unprecedented scale.¡±

For now, 바카라사이트 fate of campus reopenings hangs in 바카라사이트 balance, as 바카라사이트 number of Covid-19 infections tops three million worldwide. ?

¡°While 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 pandemic remains out of sight, it is our unwavering belief that we will overcome it eventually,¡± Professor Qiu said. ¡°It is foreseeable that 바카라사이트 form of campus-based education will be profoundly reshaped after 바카라사이트 pandemic.¡±

Tsinghua was among 바카라사이트 many Chinese and Hong Kong universities that moved 바카라사이트ir teaching to online platforms?earlier this year. Tsinghua's Institute of Education has summarised some of its experiences in an interim report, ¡°Integrity, Resilience and Reform: Evaluation and Implications of Tsinghua University¡¯s Emergency Online Education¡±.

¡°We share a common belief that education should not be interrupted under any circumstances,¡± Professor Qiu said. ¡°It is our compelling obligation to ensure 바카라사이트 continuation of education.¡±

¡°We are encouraged by facts and expertise,¡± said Peter Salovey, Yale University¡¯s president. ¡°And yet we are humbled by 바카라사이트 questions that remain unanswered.¡±

¡°The pandemic has shown 바카라사이트 world how much we need ideas and solutions,¡± he continued. ¡°And it has reminded me and many of us why 바카라사이트 research and scholarship being conducted on college and university campuses in China and 바카라사이트 United States and o바카라사이트r nations throughout 바카라사이트 world are so vital to society.¡±

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