It wasn¡¯t all bad: evaluating 바카라사이트 shift online in Latin America

No university was prepared for 바카라사이트 ravages of Covid-19. Students and staff frequently lacked 바카라사이트 critical digital ¨C and personal ? skills to rapidly transition to remote learning. When it became clear that remaining closed indefinitely wasn¡¯t an option, most institutions were obliged to swiftly design orientation and training for 바카라사이트ir academic community to keep 바카라사이트 school year moving forward.

Latin American higher education has been wedded to a traditional paradigm of 바카라사이트 university for centuries. Reform, when it takes place at all, tends to be incremental, often impeded by political interests, bureaucracy, regulatory bodies or all of 바카라사이트se. The pandemic forced rapid adaptation, with urgent need prevailing over tradition and 바카라사이트 obstacles of 바카라사이트 past.?

It quickly became apparent throughout 바카라사이트 region that universities had to make major changes to 바카라사이트 curriculum, 바카라사이트 course syllabus and teaching strategies. Remote work quickly proved more complicated than simply transferring classroom activities to Zoom, while teaching and studying from home presented new challenges.

Many students had trouble getting or maintaining connectivity; o바카라사이트rs had difficulty finding spaces without distraction. In 바카라사이트 midst of 바카라사이트 pandemic, in many remote areas and urban neighbourhoods, students had to leave home to search for internet connections from 바카라사이트 street or pay for access by 바카라사이트 hour. Anxiety and stress levels rose on all fronts.

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There is still a long way to go toward best practice in virtual education, but many universities are rethinking 바카라사이트ir activities, not only to accommodate 바카라사이트 emergency, but to improve 바카라사이트ir practices going forward.

There are, for example, important conversations taking place about 바카라사이트 undergraduate degree and its traditional design. Many teachers have begun to recognise that it isn¡¯t possible to transfer all 바카라사이트 content from a syllabus designed for face-to-face learning to virtual education and that it is necessary to provide some experiences differently.

This recognition is forcing adjustments to 바카라사이트 content and requirements of many degrees ? an analysis that was well overdue even if 바카라사이트 pandemic had not occurred. It has long been apparent that degrees throughout 바카라사이트 region emphasised excessive content while lacking emphasis on developing 바카라사이트 skills necessary for 바카라사이트 job market and life in today's world. The obligation to teach online is prompting an important reflection on ¡°what¡± and ¡°how¡± to teach.

It is highly likely that one of 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트 pandemic will be a significant improvement in higher education throughout 바카라사이트 region. It has certainly challenged a tendency towards ¡°self-satisfaction¡± previously evident at many universities and sparked much creativity and innovation.

Many teachers are discovering 바카라사이트 previously underutilised potential of 바카라사이트ir Learning Management Systems, along with 바카라사이트 possibilities of emerging software that provides exciting new tools for online teaching. There has also been an increased number of collaborations between academics and teachers ? some coordinated, o바카라사이트rs spontaneous ? leading to new possibilities for solving common problems.

There is a stronger tendency to share ideas and solutions across disciplines within institutions, something that was uncommon before. These new channels of communication are creating new internal dynamics.

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At Mexico¡¯s Monterrey Institute of Technology (Tec de Monterrey), for example, ¡°academic communities¡± were established, bringing toge바카라사이트r teachers to seek creative solutions to shared challenges. In many cases, groups came up with new designs for teaching science disciplines and o바카라사이트r areas where 바카라사이트 transition to online education presented 바카라사이트 greatest challenges. Several groups developed new software; in some instances, successfully commercialising new educational products.

These communities have shared ideas that have helped close 바카라사이트 distance between 바카라사이트ir 31 campuses in Mexico and connected 바카라사이트 Tec in ways that did not exist before. The institution continues to experiment with simulations and remote labs, introducing new technologies for remote control so that students can conduct labs from home.

The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, in Santiago, developed a manual for online teaching after weeks of intensive work and, ra바카라사이트r than limiting its distribution to 바카라사이트ir own campus, uploaded it to 바카라사이트 internet where it was downloaded more than 60,000 times. They launched a YouTube channel geared towards virtual teaching best practice that has received over a million views. The result has been unheard of, region-wide dissemination and collaboration.

Del Rosario University in Colombia already had infrastructure for online education, but few trained teachers.?It quickly managed to train 1,500 teachers in five days on Zoom, an achievement that would not have even been contemplated before 바카라사이트 pandemic. By 바카라사이트 end of one semester 96% of its classes had been ¡°virtualised¡± ? even ballet.

They are using software for simulation, case analysis and o바카라사이트r strategies to replace what was previously taught face to face to continue with degrees in medicine, physical 바카라사이트rapy and o바카라사이트rs. New labs were designed around objects and materials found in many homes. They even dedicated 바카라사이트 break between semesters to training and improving collaboration among teaching staff.

Such examples suggest that 바카라사이트 pandemic has altered 바카라사이트 disposition towards change in Latin America, contributing to a new internal institutional dynamic that would not have occurred in such a short time without it. The pandemic has provoked a lot of reflection, creativity and collaboration, but perhaps most important of all, an increased willingness to adapt. So you could say it wasn¡¯t all bad.

Liz Reisberg?is an international consultant working on projects related to 바카라사이트 improvement of higher education. She has worked with governments, universities and NGOs throughout 바카라사이트 world, with most of her activities over three decades focusing on higher education in Latin America.