The COVID-19 Pandemic, Massive Online Education, and Teacher Learning

Abstract

I am one of 16.7 million Chinese teachers (Ministry of Education, 2019b) who were asked to grasp online education tools and techniques within a short period of time (in my case, two weeks). All of a sudden, preparing teachers for online education became a central concern for all school administrations in China. The following is a very personal reflection of mine on teacher learning in the background of the COVID-19 pandemic and massive online education in China.