Online Learning in Response to a Pandemic: Is it Working?

The COVID-19 pandemic took the world by storm in early 2020, almost nine months later not much has changed. Schools had to adjust quickly, moving completely online within a matter of weeks. While some students favor this new form of online learning, many are upset with how little they have accomplished since COVID-19 shut down schools in mid-March. Additionally, it is no secret that students are not the only ones affected by this sudden switch to online learning. Parents and teachers alike have struggled to adjust to learning from home. Parents of younger students have had to turn their lives upside down in order to assist their children with schooling. Working parents have quickly become homeschool teachers in the blink of an eye while teachers and professors moved lessons, tests, and exams to completely new, online formats. Today, we will take a look at these different viewpoints on Distance Learning. By Chloe O'Hallaron and Amelia Sheldon