The Future of Online Learning After COVID

Abstract

As education institutions struggled to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of their fundamental problems were brought to the surface. Emergency adjustments to online learning were intended to minimize the disruption to learning as much as possible in the midst of a global pandemic. But now that schools in the US are beginning to reopen for in-person instruction, it is time to critically assess these changes to higher-education and consider their long-term impact on the future of college learning. This chapter will confront these issues and explore how education resources can be used to ensure student engagement and prevent social isolation in future modes of hybrid and online learning.